Olympus Ascendant

Welcome to Olympus Ascendant! A new game currently in development at Aellyn Studios! This game is a beautiful roguelike mashup of Greek Mythology and Cult of the Lamb. Go on adventures and quests throughout Ancient Greece! With a completely voiced cast for you to fall in love with. Gain favour with the Gods and fall out of favour with others. Each decision impacts the world around you and how the Gods portray their gratitude… or discontent. 

Olympus Ascendant is inspired by Cult of the Lamb, Hades, World of Warcraft, and For the King. It is an RPG-style roguelike with procedurally generated dungeons. Following Cult of the Lamb style with its 2.5D world that allows players to focus on rebuilding their destroyed village or quests or both. With a customisable experience for all.

The story of Olympus Ascendant is enticing and engaging from the beginning. Players wake up in a world destroyed by disasters caused by angry Gods. Recruited by the Fates to help save the world or plunge it further into chaos. The choice is yours… or is it?

The incredible team behind Olympus Ascendant started out small. The game started as a holiday project by our Creative Director.

Then came the artists. First was the incredible Nikole Ferguson (Niko) https://niko-katt.carrd.co/, who helped create the designs behind the Gods / Goddesses over the last few months. She has also been the Artist behind many of the character designs in Tales of the Valente.

Zeus Concept Art

Next we have Inkspecco https://www.instagram.com/Inkspecco, who has been integral in creating the animation sprites for characters. Starting with basic animations and soon movement sprites and more for the player character. Working closely alongside Niko to bring the concept art to life!

Zeus Talking

Completing the original Aellyn Studios trio is Helena Harman (Kuureye) https://kuureye.carrd.co. Their work for Olympus Ascendant is a little more for entertainment purposes. Creating comics of our characters and world.

Next up is Colby Butler (insomn) https://www.instagram.com/insomniactix. They have played a key part in creating the enemies players will face. Starting with none other… than some rats. Because who doesn’t want to fight big rats.

Twilight Rats

And finally, Hognoseinabottle https://www.tiktok.com/@hognoseinabottle has been working hard, smashing out design after design of environmental assets! Helping bring the physical world of Olympus Ascendant to life.

Each of these artists has been incredible in the early stages of development for OA. Please show them some love and follow each of their personal pages. Besides our artists, we have some incredible writers, developers, and more working on our games. We will be showcasing their works over the coming weeks as we go into more detail on the games development.

Besides, our development team, did we mention it is completely voiced? With some INCREDIBLE talent already announced as our Gods and Goddesses. With so many more joining as time goes on.

Do you want to help out with the creation of our games, our blog or even moderate our Discord? Well, you can! Join our Discord at https://discord.gg/aellyn and open a General Ticket to get involved with creating our game in any capacity! Designers, artists, programmers, marketing - if you’d like to join the Olympus Ascendant team, that’s how you do it!

As some of you know here at Aellyn Studios we have more than just Olympus Ascendant in development! Currently in production we have Tales of the Valente! A cosy adventure that follows Bastien as he learns to overcome his fears. Now that we are developing Olympus Ascendant doesn’t mean Tales of the Valente isn’t happening. It is! And many of our team are using the skills we learn from OA to apply towards TOTV.

We also have Oaris, a space exploration MMO that is in pre-production. This games development is slow as the team learn the complexities that come with making a MMO. Who knew it would be one of the hardest types of games to make?

Both of these games are still in the early stages of development, but our team is learning and growing every day to be able to deliver the best versions of these games possible!

Follow us on our socials for more information on our studio and games! You can find our socials here - https://linktr.ee/aellyn_studios and our website here - https://www.aellyn.net for more information on our studio and games!

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