GALATRIA 6.0 — The biggest update yet: grab a friend, pick your Joystick

GALATRIA 6.0 — The biggest update yet: grab a friend, pick your difficulty, and bring a bomb.

Two New Game Modes

2-PLAYER VERSUS — Local split-screen race! Both pilots face the exact same waves side by side; the first to die loses. Press-fire ready-up, 3-2-1 countdown, winner/loser showdown, name entry and a dedicated versus scoreboard that keeps your rivalry on record.

2-PLAYER CO-OP— Two ships, one battlefield. Shared team score and shield charge, individual lives — and if your wingman goes down, your next power-up brings them right back. The run only ends when BOTH of you are out. Co-op runs get their own scoreboard.

[*]Player 2 flies the same ship in yellow. Second gamepad or shared keyboard — both work, and every pad button can be remapped per player (CONTROLS > GAMEPAD A / GAMEPAD B).

Choose Your Difficulty

Every start now asks how much you can take:

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[*]EASY — "Daddy, can I play?" The classic ramp.

[*]NORMAL — "Every day's job." Stage 1 plays by stage-3 rules.

[*]HARD — "Bring it on!" Stage 1 plays by stage-5 rules.

[*]PRO — "I might need some diapers..." Stage 1 plays by stage-7 rules: triple lanes, kamikazes and a guarded, shielded boss right out of the gate.

Bosses, stage numbering and your starting ship stay untouched — the difficulty only turns up the heat. Higher risk, higher score.

The BOMB

[*]You launch every run with one bomb slung under your hull. Downed cruisers drop a fresh one (once per wave) — but you can only carry one.

[*]Trigger it and the music holds its breath: the bomb sails to the centre of the screen and detonates into an expanding warp ring that wipes every enemy shot, vaporises small ships, tears 50% off cruisers and rips the boss shield clean off.

[h2]Bosses Fight Back[/h2]

[*]nergy shields — every boss now raises a shield worth +50% of its hull. Watch it flare blue where your shots strike, then shatter it and go for the kill.

[*]Boss guards — from stage 7 the boss arrives with an escort of orbiting cruisers (up to six!). Strip the escort or fight through it.

[*] Kamikaze divers — from stage 6, wave survivors stop retreating and dive straight at you. Outfly them for seven seconds and they lose their nerve.

[*]From stage 11 the maze stays at its hardest layout — with a guaranteed hidden power-up for pilots who dare the detour.

[*]Beat a boss from stage 7 on and there's a 10% chance it coughs up a bonus power-up.

Speed Kills Pay

[*]The faster you drop a ship, the more it's worth — up to double points for instant kills.

[*]Chain rapid kills into streaks and the screen lets you know: FAST! at 10 in a row, SUPER! at 20.

33 New Achievements

From "Scrap Metal" to "Top of the Ladder": a full difficulty ladder for HARD and PRO pilots, bomb mastery, flawless-boss and streak challenges, versus and co-op trophies — 42 achievements in total.

Also in 6.0

Linux build with full Steam support.

[*]Massive optimisation: the download shrank from ~2 GB to under 450 MB.

[*]Smoother than ever on handhelds: all shaders pre-compile on the loading screen, so nothing stutters when the action starts.

[*]Post-boss pacing restored — wrecks drift clear of the screen before the next stage rolls in.

[*]Countless smaller fixes: Bluetooth controller detection, full-width play field in versus, remappable BOMB key, and more.

See you in stage 11, pilots.