Hi all, I’m making a game where you, the player, is tasked by Prometheus, the Titan who stole fire from the gods, to “steal fire” from the 12 Greek Olympian gods. First stage will be on Dionysus, the god of wine and ecstasy.

I’ve got the tutorial section mostly done now, and I think the pixel art I made looks great! I still need to eventually get on to making my own player sprite though…

What do you all think of this? Do you think anything needs to be added to make the world look better (e.g. more variety in the tileset maybe?) or have any ideas for some good puzzles I could add?

some more screenshots:

Player is interacting with a rock covered in vines with an orange core. Dialogue box reads: "By harnessing the power of Helios, the all-seeing Sun god, you can see things other mortals cannot"

Player is interacting with a rock covered in vines with an whitish grey core. Dialogue box reads: "By harnessing the power of Anemoi, the four winds, you can control air itself to eliminate obstacles in your adventure."

Player is interacting with a rock covered in vines with an blue core. Dialogue box reads: "This allows you to lower the sea level to create a path forward. Not parting the seas, that's Moses's thing."

  • sprite0@sh.itjust.works
    2·
    21 hours ago

    just semantics; you’re talking about the 12 Olympians but technically the Greeks had a much deeper roster than just the major dieties.

    I know you specified but i don’t think most people connect “The Olympians” with the major greek dieties in general but I could be wrong.

    • sbird@sopuli.xyzOPEnglish
      3·
      18 hours ago

      That makes sense, the Greeks has a bunch more gods and deities and such they worshipped.

      In my game I’m also including four of the nature deities, Helios (the sun god), Achelous (the river god of the Achelous river), the winds, and Gaia (the Earth). The idea is that you can interact with the totems to use their abilities (e.g. Gaia totem would heal you)

      • sbird@sopuli.xyzOPEnglish
        2·
        18 hours ago

        later down the line I might add a few more nature deity abilities, but I think four is probably enough.

        • sprite0@sh.itjust.works
          2·
          15 hours ago

          Hecate is the best greek goddess just saying!! As the goddess of liminal spaces maybe she could decorate your interstitials 😁🌘