Eagle Island Twist: Expanding a Beloved Roguelite to New Platforms

Eagle Island Twist, a roguelite platformer by Pixelnicks, ported to PS4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch by Sickhead Games

Title: Eagle Island Twist
Release Date: May 28, 2021
Developer: Pixelnicks
Publisher: Screenwave Media (now Retroware)
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Engine: MonoGame

When Pixelnicks expanded Eagle Island with the Twist update, the game grew beyond its original Switch and PC release to land on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One for the first time. Where the base game throws you into procedurally generated dungeons as Quill and his owl Koji, Twist adds a second full campaign, a new character named Fia, a kookaburra companion, and 45 handcrafted retro-styled stages that play more like a classic platformer than a roguelite.

We handled the console ports again, bringing both the original roguelite campaign and the new Twist mode to new players. The challenge was making the procedural generation systems run fast and produce identical, reliable results on every platform.

Eagle Island Twist launched on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch in May 2021.


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