Mayan Headache

by constantin

co-authored: @0x0

Overall★★★★★★★★★★4.04

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.75

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.44

Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.94

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★4.62

Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.98

Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.67

Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.95

Mayan Headache is a puzzle game in which you behead fellow mayans in order to get the favours of the gods.

Align at least 3 heads of the same color in order to clear them.

The guillotine falls on a regular basis but can be forced to fall in order to gain time as the game speeds up over time.
This can be countered by slowing time down for a while in exchange of score points.

Controls :

Left - Right / A - D : Move your swap cursor
Space : Swap characters / Validate menu option
Shift : Force guillotine to fall
Left Control : Slow time (while it is pressed)
Up-Down : Navigate menu options
Escape : Return to main menu

Made by :

Constantin Liétard
Thomas Denis
Clara Coolen
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Also there's a llama

Tags: #3d, #atmospheric, #casual, #cozy, #cute, #dark humor, #maya, #voxel

Genres: puzzle

Comments50

arkiruthis3 Dec 2018, 23:03

WOW! This is a seriously slick production. Quality I'd expect in a commercial game. Brilliant use of the theme. Tetris Attack, but with a Mayan theme. I'd (literally) buy that.

conk3 Dec 2018, 23:04

Looks and plays incredible! While it is a simple stacking/matching colour game, it's a great mix up of the genre and the concept of mass guillotining googly eyed mayans is absolutely hilarious. Incredibly solid entry all around, difficult to really find an issue with it. Fantastic job! :grinning:

Thewerebean4 Dec 2018, 10:34

Very classy style, good job!

AndreB4 Dec 2018, 11:26

This game fits quite nicely to the theme. But its quite a cool idea congrats ;)

AndreB4 Dec 2018, 11:26

This game fits quite nicely to the theme. But its quite a cool idea congrats ;)

wowa4 Dec 2018, 11:30

It look beautiful, sounds great and has a very nice atmosphere! Also the sacrifice idea fits very good with the game mechanic. But for my taste the guillotine fall to fast and the perspective of the game field made it very hard to play. But never the less this is a great entry!

Vasco Borges4 Dec 2018, 11:44

Feels good, sounds good and looks good! Great job guys, really love it!

xenop4 Dec 2018, 11:45

What can I say guys. Wonder-full. Love the sounds,theme,gameplay effects. Yeah this is very well made game. Great job guys.

Roland De Tomasi4 Dec 2018, 12:01

Incredible !

Joker_v4 Dec 2018, 12:07

really cool game effect, the cut sound is really comfortable and the style is interesting, however to me, its hard to play it well

DBoot4 Dec 2018, 12:17

I liked it so much ! Incredible idea and superbly done ! You nailed both theme and graphics in 72 hours. Just wow, congratulations !

aker4 Dec 2018, 12:18

I like this game a lot :) It doesn't feel like there was any rush doing it and it has a simple but interesting game idea behind it. It fels a bit like a game for a smartphone or one of thos tetris games that are popular these days - but with much better graphics and an own idea :D Good job

joqlepecheur4 Dec 2018, 12:48

Excellent and perfectly fits the theme. Graphics are outstanding.

MadHumster4 Dec 2018, 12:51

Amazing! Animations and gameplay are incredibly smooth. And nice use of the theme!

Leandre Renouard4 Dec 2018, 12:52

A very cool game, graphics are really good ! The idea is very clever, love the 3D menu ! Bravo !

AxelOlivier4 Dec 2018, 13:27

Very good game, really good idea !!

Hare Software4 Dec 2018, 13:49

Love the graphics and the concept is messed up, yet very fun. The polishing on this is amazing, well done!

Sir. Syko4 Dec 2018, 13:50

Very awesome idea and really polished game! Well done :smile:

catamariii4 Dec 2018, 15:28

Awesome concept and great execution ~ I'm in love with the art and color palette! : )
(bonus points for the llama!)

MZA4 Dec 2018, 17:30

It looks beautifull and the feedback you get from cutting the heads off is 👌. High Production value.

I am being extremely picky here but ...The scoreboard blends in with the environment quite well. For people who wants to get high scores - may make a bit difficult.

chrissx24 Dec 2018, 18:57

Fantastic work guys! I love the art style, the colors, animations and general atmosphere and humor! :)

rexpeppers4 Dec 2018, 21:13

Holy crap that's good stuff. Well done!

Groggi4 Dec 2018, 21:56

Love the idea! Great puzzle game fits perfectly for the theme, fun to play and looking good.

Fnissalot4 Dec 2018, 22:47

Super nice art! Fun tetris/puyo etc. thing!

gamepopper4 Dec 2018, 23:18

I like how vibrant and smooth it all looks. It's a good puzzle game and I like the execution theme. Great stuff!

ursagames5 Dec 2018, 01:00

Your game was played on my stream ( twitch.tv/ursagames ) for the first day of Ludum Dare streams - you can find the timestamp of your game here: https://goo.gl/N2rkr8

stardynamic5 Dec 2018, 01:02

Hi. I saw this game on Ursa's stream. This could easily be turned into a mobile game!

franfox5 Dec 2018, 11:28

Nice game! Very well polished and theme applied as a funny way. I love the llama :P

Stamblew5 Dec 2018, 19:16

Wow!!! One of the best games I've played so far in this jam. The mood is amazing and the graphics and UI... god!! Well done everyone!

BlackLambert5 Dec 2018, 20:09

Quite polished for a game jam game. Very impressive.

kovareka5 Dec 2018, 20:13

Awesome game. It will be a good mobile game :)

Gaming Night5 Dec 2018, 20:38

Waou, this game is really beautiful, loved the art really much :)

Jantaaa5 Dec 2018, 21:41

Beautifull vizual-wise, simple yet good music and sounds, very polished. Had fun, laugh and overall great time with your game guys, thanks for creating it!

devilqube5 Dec 2018, 23:04

Very nice looking and well implemented.

Xelphyre6 Dec 2018, 00:54

Loved this! Clever idea.

SecretPocketCat6 Dec 2018, 11:21

Great idea executed extremely well.
The visuals are great, the music super fitting and the theme is linked mechanically. Do I event have to mention the llama?

My only complaint would be that easy is still too hard or I just might be super bad at this...

spierek6 Dec 2018, 12:51

Really great production values, but I felt like the amount of time it takes for the guillotine to fall was really arbitrary and made it really difficult to pursue any meaningful strategy. The amount of score drained when using slow-motion is also too high in my opinion - you have to waste way too many points to get even a minor advantage. IMO a separate, automatically refillable bar would work better here.

All in all I think this the game's core is solid but with some tweaking you could end up with a much more enjoyable game.

Jupiter_Hadley6 Dec 2018, 13:44

Nice graphics, interesting game. I included it in my compilation video series of games from the Ludum Dare, if you’d like to take a look :) https://youtu.be/QGU5NZBTfXo

Drauthius6 Dec 2018, 18:47

Great and beautiful entry! Looks great and seems quite polished. Also, llama!

Hex Agendum6 Dec 2018, 21:34

Wow so lovely, and simple. Boy, the Mayans sure did sacrifice folks.

velvetlobster7 Dec 2018, 01:44

Best voxel graphics I have seen so far, lots of beeeautiful effects

f4kethis7 Dec 2018, 20:15

This looks spectacular and the music is perfect. I've never played a game with these mechanics before either, it felt really difficult - I couldn't keep up well enough to think through my moves - so maybe a slower ramping up of the guillotine speed would help, but it was fun anyway and I'm crazy impressed that you made something so beautiful over a weekend.

Paul_P17 Dec 2018, 20:24

I adore that aestethic, its such a funny game i like it

Fattori10 Dec 2018, 06:34

amazing aesthetics, gameplay, and use of the theme. I think this game is good enough for a bigger release for mobile maybe? Congrats!

tanis10 Dec 2018, 17:42

This is absolutely smooth. A real good job in such a small time. Love it! :)

Arvejeitor12 Dec 2018, 13:04

Nice art, simple but effective game

jotson12 Dec 2018, 21:10

Gruesome but really good. Really like the voxel art and the animations on the people are great.

skiddings12 Dec 2018, 21:43

The style is great! It's pretty solidly put together too

Game-mon17 Dec 2018, 22:21

Cool creation! I love the voxel art as well as the game idea. Very unique & fun. Also nice soundtrack and sfx that creates a cool mayan mood. Congrats, you made a great job! :D

elysiagriffin18 Dec 2018, 21:34

Hey bL_Constantin! Thanks for submitting your game for me to play on my livestream!

If you'd like to rewatch the playthrough, you can find it here: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/346058131?t=10h48m38s

Good luck on your ratings, see you next LD! :D

💜 Elysia Griffin AKA Button Feedback Lady

https://www.twitch.tv/elysiagriffin

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