Earth Atlantis 2 - Wishlist Now !

Huge thanks to @geoffkeighley and @thegameawards We’ve never hit 1,000 likes on any post before—couldn’t have done it without you.

🦞🗿 + DLSS 5 🤯 Mind-Blowing #pixelart #STG #DLSS5

Actually, we’ve been working on a side project for a while now—an retro arcade-inspired game called Venus Viper. One of the characters, named “Sister Mertel,” is a direct homage to the iconic design of Maetel from Galaxy Express 999 (and we’re not even trying to hide it). That’s one of the joys of being indie devs—we get to throw random stuff from all the old games and anime we grew up loving into our games.😁 Thank you, Masako Ikeda 池田昌子, for bringing her to life. RIP. #銀河鉄道999 #メーテル

You know you’re really old when Maetel from Galaxy Express 999 is still the most beautiful female character in anime to you. Such an incredible character and story. RIP Masako Ikeda. #銀河鉄道999 #メーテル

@SeriesCX1 @akio_1963 The game was extremely difficult. It was deliberately designed to drain all your money. 😀

@PixelPerfex @akio_1963 When i was younger, I spent quite a bit of money in the arcade on that game. In the Hunt is one lf my all time favs!

No debate: In The Hunt is one of the most beautiful pixel-art shmups ever made. The graphics and designs are absolutely top-notch. @akio_1963 But what impressed us the most is actually this effect — Supersonic Torpedo trail. Pure MAGIC. It looks so elegant and powerful. It blew our minds when we first saw it in the arcade decades ago… and it still does today. We recently tried recreating our own version without directly copying the original sprite. It was quite challenging. No plans to use it in Earth Atlantis 2 yet. Huge kudos to the original creators. #STG #Shmup #RetroGaming

@resonmon @akio_1963 The camera is currently fixed. The player ship is roughly the same relative size as in In The Hunt — the screen is simply wider (from 4:3 to 16:9). Zooming in too much isn’t practical, as the bosses and their rooms are quite large and would make the game hard to play.

@PixelPerfex @akio_1963 Can i ask you guys something ? Is there a way to zoom in camera and play like that ? I always loved the In The Hunt because the focus is submarine and it's size matches that. I would love to see an option chanGe the zoom ratio or make submarine bit more larger.

@day_patch @akio_1963 It might be trickier than it seems because most levels contain both interior and exterior areas. A color that works perfectly with the color of water can easily look off against the darker interior backgrounds.

@PixelPerfex @akio_1963 I agree, Your game is looking so good! Just a thought if you end up using the trail would consider maybe matching color of the water don't know how difficult it would be?

@DominicHailsto1 @STGshmups @akio_1963 Nice. Only need SID-style music.

@PixelPerfex @STGshmups @akio_1963 I loved that game so much I made a c64 homage called The Hunt. (Wip)

[New Feature] We’re adding an upgrade system to Earth Atlantis 2. Players can enhance their ship and unlock new weapons and items. #STG #Shmup #RETROGAMING

Our game director loves Riku Miura / Ryuichi Kihara’s pairs figure skating gold at the 2026 Winter Olympics—and their epic comeback story—so much that he’s watched it 20+ times. He named these twin bosses “Rik & Ryu” in Earth Atlantis 2. 🐟🐟😅 #りくりゅう #RikuRyu #STG

@HitmanGFX44 Agree, the shooting part is very good, submarine level as well

@PixelPerfex Final boss of Super Mario Land. Tatanga. Those shooter sections of the game are really underrated.

The Mount Rushmore of the most iconic SHMUP bosses. The 4th spot is up to you. #STG #RetroGaming #Shmup

@terrenomic This Salamander 1 boss is awesome. Love it.

@PixelPerfex I was late knowing this. Ashame the other most iconic shumup boss i can recalled The 2 brain bosses i know Golem or Gofer. Sadly these 2 should be the 4th.

Looks like Chichibinta Rika gets 10x more ❤️ than our game. 😄 Anyway… THE PEOPLE HAVE SPOKEN. The fish officially claims the 4th spot!! 🐟🎊 #STG #RetroGaming #Shmup

Destructible parts (mask & fins) — done. Boss movement and attacks — done. Good progress this week. #STG #RetroGaming