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Creative Bloq
Creative Bloq
Technology
Chris Schilling

"It's the perfect amount of creative challenge": How we made the Hades II artwork

Hades II game art.

After the critics got their mitts on Supergiant Games’ first Hades entry, it was rightly acclaimed as a masterpiece, and not just for its stellar gameplay. The title took the studio’s signature art style and infused it into the tales of ancient Greek mythology, with the result an eyeball-satisfyingly engrossing way to tell its narrative.

This May saw the early access release of its sequel, Hades II. Supergiant’s art director Jen Zee and her team have hit the spot again, introducing brand new protagonist Melinoë while evolving the look of the original’s cast of deities.

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