Supergiant Games - Blog Posts
Happy Lunar New Year! Posting this a little late, but I had to draw Asterius for this year’s LNY~
Had to draw Aphrodite after going through mid-way in game. Supergiant Games always comes up with the best character designs, and hers is <333
Mount Alodiel.
Pyre
can’t believe this loser is a big brother (she will outgrow him soon)
oh OH DO WE WANNA GO?
the dialogue that would result from this...
the absolutely beeeee-aUTIFUL art the supergiant team could conjure...
I HAVE MADE A SMALL LIST OF OUTFITS THAT WOULD ACT LIKE KEEPSAKES IF YOU INCREASE A RELATIONSHIP ENOUGH
Hypnos: "Weighted Blanket Cape" : reduces movement but causes less damage in the back
Cerberus: "Spiked Belt" (It was a collar but the dread prince's neck is too small for it) : close proximity to enemies while dashing will cause slashing damage
Charon: "Stygian Hat of Shades... hah" : Larger hitbox but thrown projectiles from above give less damage.
"Oh hello boss! It seems like my private associate has given you quite Ithe accessory. I'd say keep it in tip top shape, or I might have to deliver that with more than just a heartfelt sorry."
Orpheus: "Merry Minstrel" (... it's a clown outfit): Makes you more prone to traps... cartoon physics but! ✨cartoon physics✨ aka. enemies who fall out of the bounds will be able to levitate before falling to their doom
Dionysus: "Party Rockers in the House TONIGHT(?)" (A silk croptop that is cut completely open in the back with a gold chain keeping it all together... business in the front, party in the back): More damage when attacked from behind... but increases movement and better chances at dodging whilst dashing.
Poseidon: "Hot Girl Summer(?)... wait what's summer?" (A combination of bright hawaiian shirt with a speedo): Better at dodging, more damage to Zagreus if exposed to lava
Aphrodite: "Look Like a Girl, Think Like a Guy" (A combination of a cloud covering his body or booty shorts that read "my eternal punishment on the back): Takes more damage but makes higher chances of good boons. Also (shoutout to my friend), idle animations have the cloud around his parts. If you're idle for too long, it disappears and shows off the shorts or he does the "birth of venus" pose
Asterius: honestly did not think of one but... I can feel Theseus getting shocked and going
"You- you sly BLACKARD, how dare you rob my dear Asterius of his noble garb. What monstrous intentions does a dread wretch like you have with wearing it?"
"Um- style?"
Hermes: "Shoes with Wings? Now that IS Awesome!": Added faster dash movement and has Charon make a comment along the lines of "Huhngghhh~" in a loving way
Sisyphus: "Bould-ed to the Ground": Reduces movement... but in a flow state allows you to make close enemy dashes with extra damage.
... Bouldy: "... I got a rock": a random amount of rocks you can use to distract enemies.
Every Hades encounter with a new accessory starts off with a variation of:
"What does my son pick up on his misadventures? Do you wish to hold onto keepsakes that you will inevitably lose in the blood?"
"*angry huff* "they. are. called. TRINKETS. FATHER. AND I WILL CHOKE THE LIFE OUT OF YOU WITH GRANDMA'S SWEATER" (Zagreus' sprite appears with a HIGH-turtle neck with a large cute pattern of people dying of the cold and starving)
I think Hades would be the best game of all time if there was a dress-up feature.
In this essay I will explain how dressing up Zagreus in stupid armor/ Nyx's dresses would be benef-
I think Hades would be the best game of all time if there was a dress-up feature.
In this essay I will explain how dressing up Zagreus in stupid armor/ Nyx's dresses would be benef-
Melinoë - Hades II 💀🔥
Feeling a bit silly for making two life series fan art pieces and then posting something completely different but I hope you can still enjoy it!! <3
Close up and (part of the) speed paint in the cut off below! ↓↓↓
Couldn't film the whole part unfortunately since my pc didn't want to cooperate :(
To the people saying Aphrodite 'looks Trans',
1) why is 'looking trans' an insult to you?
2) women can have masculine features and be AFAB
3) women can have masculine features / be masculine and still be beautiful
4) if you find the fact that Aphrodite has a more masculine face or is maybe trans a problem.., this game isn't for you and it never was
hades sketches from may that i forgor to post
I already know who is getting all my nectar and Ambrosia.
A bit of an older piece, but one I'm still very happy with, is this crossover I did of Zagreus and Persephone as Pieta from william adolphe bouguereau
Pleasant dreams, O’sleep…
hades 2 is so good so far I love odysseus so much I want to chop him up and blend the pieces and inject the juice into my veins
hermes is such a cutie patootie
picture taken w my phone sorry for the bad quality 💀
Melinoë and Odysseus; Fated Pair
cleaned up n inked
the kid he never got to raise
the kid he never got to raise
finally reunited achilles n patroclus and eurydice and orpheus. they are everything to me
trying my hand at different styles
hazbin hotel x max friendship pics from hades
Redraw of a 2016 drawing!
Old art here
We are magnets pulling from different poles With no control We’ll never be apart
I can’t stop drawing this dork
Im very normal about them
Melinoë from Hades 2 because I can’t wait for Hades 2 and more of Supergiant’s immaculate designs
Hades is like "Stupid boy", "You are a weakling, boy! Disgraceful!!" Like, my brother in Zeus... you are the one who made him
guys!!!!! can you believe it?????? hades 2 is real!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
MAJOR Hades 2 spoilers under the cut!
I am so unwell about this... the way their bodies are arranged in a circle made me think they were cornered and making a last stand back-to-back when Chronos got them.
Also the fact that Nyx was frozen away from the rest implies either: 1) Chronos attacked her first to get her out of the picture; 2) She was the last one left and faced Chronos in the hallway leading to Hades' room to buy Melinoë and Hekate time to escape
In case the pic is too low quality those are the Chronos victims clockwise from the top: Achilles, Zagreus, Megaera, Dusa, Persephone, Thanatos :((
Hades II Theory Regarding Chronos
I have been playing a ton of Hades after the Hades II trailer got me hooked. Currently about 80 hours in, and I noticed something that made me speculate on the Chronos storyline.
Basically I think the Satyr Cultists that Zagreus encounters in the Temple of Styx are actually worshippers of Chronos, and their activity is directly linked to the titan's escape from imprisonment in the sequel.
This is the Codex entry for Satyr Cultists taken from the wiki:
When I first read it, I found it strange that Hades, the immensely powerful God of the Dead, would be worried about some goat-people freeloading in a temple so far above his residing domain in Tartarus. Also why is the satyrs' hatred for Hades so pronounced? This feels like one of the unresolved plot points in the first game that is more than likely to be expanded in the sequel.
Achilles's Codex entry calls satyrs "vermin-worshippers". I first assumed this to mean the satyrs worship the rats they share the temple with, but that just felt odd. Then during my runs passing through the Temple of Styx, I noticed that there are statues of vipers/snakes everywhere.
There is also the hostile Snakestone mob that sometimes can be found in the same room as Satyr Cultists. According to Achilles's Codex:
"..the boorish satyrs despoiling the surface seem to take up residence in the same spaces, and may well be to blame for these nuisances, as they are for many others."
So it is implied that the satyrs built the Snakestones, and by extension I suspect that the snake, and not the rats, is the actual subject of worship for this "cult".
And in Greek mythology, the snake is, interestingly, a symbol of Cronus, the King of the Titans.
Here is an article I found that mentions the relationship between Cronus/Chronos (Hades II is conflating these two figures it looks like) the snake, particularly in Orphic poetry. Apparently in some versions, Cronus has the lower half body of a snake.
The game tells us that the satyrs are openly antagonistic towards the House of Hades. Maybe their hatred comes from Chronos being defeated and eventually held hostage in Hades's domain?
Also worth mentioning that while the origin of the word "satyr" is unclear, it has been speculated that the name is related to the root "sat-", which means "to sow". Remarkably, it is also the root of Saturn, a.k.a. the Roman equivalent of Cronus.
TLDR: The satyrs cult Zagreus fights in the Temple of Styx may in fact be worshippers of Chronos, as evidenced by the abundance of snake motifs and artifacts in their lair. The satyrs may have a role in Chronos escaping imprisonment in Tartarus, leading to the events of Hades II.