Alice Lai - All Together Now: Creating Multiplicative Power in Hades @roguelikecelebration

Uploaded October 2021 | Updated September 2026, 3 days ago

I'll talk briefly about the design behind Hades' focus on creating upgrades and powers that build upon and interact with each other while also doing a technical dive into the engine and the various benefits and drawbacks of the programming techniques we used to achieve that in Hades.

Alice Lai - All Together Now: Creating Multiplicative Power in Hades

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