#satcm

[madamutzsar]

see: a photograph of whats going on in my head at any given time

[sphinxtaughtmehowtoread]

Prince tut doodles

[shantalangel]

Some thoughts. The game, of course, shows Tut's story as so-called comedy, but if to think about the context… seriously, it's scenario of 18+ horror movie:

You live a wonderful life of a normal teenager (I don't know how old he is, but clearly under twenty), and not just some ordinary person but the heir to the throne; because of this, of course, your entire life everyone treat you like a treasure (and yes, most likely, they raise you a fragile flower that cannot stand up for himself (though I don't know the full picture here, since I'm judging by the beginning of the plot)). And then, out of nowhere, your closest relative tortures you until you die, after which kidnaps you, and you find yourself in a completely unfamiliar nightmarish place where only "living" things are your half-decayed body, which for completely mysterious reasons can move, and an unknown animate object which tells you something about your stolen soul. The first, second and third thing, of course, are complete nonsense for you, bordering on insanity, because you are not a magician and have never met anything similar before.

As a result, you are now completely alone with your thoughts of this whole wild situation and complete ignorance of whether your entire family has betrayed you and whether at least someone is going to save you, and if not, then what to do at all.

Moreover, you're locked in a prison, piled high with human corpses and torture devices (don't know though if Tut knows what iron maidens are), and with a huge pit filled to the brim with severed human heads – all of which was obviously dragged here by either your precious relative or some other kidnapper. Of course, maybe if you're already dead, your views on death somehow changes - like, if it no longer threatens you, then what to fear? But, on the other hand, you exist, obviously, only as long as you have at least some kind of body - lose it, and your soul will end up who knows where, and who knows in what state (hope Tut at least doesn't feels that as soul he is sealed in an urn), as if you've died again, what is no good already. And also, my God, your normal child psyche is locked inside your own corpse! No way it will stay normal for long in such a state.

And, in addition to all this, absolutely unclear who, with unclear goals (at least for me, at the very beginning of the game and from monkey god’s words, it is unclear whether the monkey is going to save the poor guy later), is exploiting you simply because "Oh, how convenient, you can't die! Now we need you to go through some masochism!!" and gods having some feuds between them.

God forbid such a “comedy” appear in your dreams at night… O.o

[sphinxluvduvwuv]

I did the animation and artwork for this, commissioned the music from a creator on fiverr who you should check out :3

[nejackdaw]

So my Switch copy arrived

[sphinx-fandom]

20 Years of Sphinx - Story Time

What is your history with the game and the fanbase?

Can you believe it's been 20 years already? I thought we should do something a little bit different to celebrate. I want you to share your story, your history with this amazing game and it's fanbase. Feel free to reblog or comment with your history with this amazing game.

[mellow-normal]

[kainissoable]

Ever since my chat with @drowsynelapsi the other day I've been thinking about Sphinx and the Cursed Mummy's depiction of Set. It's been pointed out by several people that he doesn't bear any real resemblance to Set as described in Egyptian myth, but digging a bit, I do think it's a very fitting design.

(fig. 1: spot the difference)

Set was always a god of deserts and foreigners, and ancient Egyptian deities could change their appearance at will, although they were described as having skin of gold and hair of lapis lazuli (which explains the colour scheme for his boss form). The desert was the Red Land, so it makes perfect sense for satcm Set's colour scheme to be primarily red. And while I'm really not crazy about how the game whitewashed ancient Egypt, Set having "foreign" pale skin very much does work. Especially since Set only really became seen as an evil god after Egypt fell under the rule of various paler skinned invaders, so a pale skinned Set who seeks to rule Egypt during the New Kingdom period works startlingly well thematically, especially for a game that mostly seems to have tossed all of Egyptian history and mythology in a blender and pressed pulse.