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Oh Mayan God by Maksime

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made by Maksime for LD 43 (JAM)

Intro

We are back !

This time we swapped our previous 2D artist, who couldn't make it, for 2 new members.

We were also joined by our musician/dev friend who took care of all the music.

Quick description

Brace yourselves, for the end of the world is nigh. The Bat God Camazotz has summoned the Great Eclipse. If it reaches totality, it will be all over.

Fortunately, all hope is not lost.

Q'uq'umatz, the Feathered Serpent God can help. Help Hunahpu sacrifice enough citizens for Q'uq'umatz to prevent the deadly eclipse. But hurry up, time is ticking.

Controls

Use A and D to move left and right, Space to jump.

Press E to pickup an offering and E again next to the altar to sacrifice it.

You can only pickup one offering at a time so choose your path wisely.

You need to sacrifice every citizens and chickens to win the game.

Sacrifing buys you some time (humans more than chickens).

Update !

We uploaded a new version of the game !

The link to the new itch.io page can be found below.

Feel free to play the patched version for a better/easier experience of the game.

Changelog

v1.1

  • Bugfix : Fix a bug preventing offering pickup even though the your character is aligned with the offering.
  • Bugfix : Fix the hitbox to prevent dying when turning next to spikes
  • Bugfix : Fix a bug preventing jumping right after touching the ground
  • Bugfix : Fix the volume slider not saving on the options menu and resetting to full audio
  • Bugfix : Fix a bug allowing you to move during the intro text if you restarted the game
  • Bugfix : Fix a softlock in the far left temple leaving you unable to jump out of a hole
  • Bugfix : Fix a bug allowing you to move after victory by displaying and hiding the pause menu
  • Enhancement : Better jumps ! You can now control the height of your jumps based on the time you keep the jump button pressed.
  • Enhancement : Better spikes ! We changed slightly the graphics of the spikes, it should be more visible now !
  • Enhancement : Better performance overall, mostly due to dark clouds particles
  • Enhancement : More volume adjustments possible ! You can now freely adjust the sounds, music and fx volumes independently
  • Enhancement : The "options" menu is now accessible in-game

Credits

Programming

  • Youhou
  • Reno
  • Metalfox
  • Maksime

Art

  • Droom
  • Mesian

Music & Sounds

  • Dioxymore
  • Maksime

Special Thanks

  • Acelys Services Numeriques
HTML5 (web) https://spicyfrog.itch.io/oh-mayan-god
Windows https://spicyfrog.itch.io/oh-mayan-god
macOS https://spicyfrog.itch.io/oh-mayan-god
Linux https://spicyfrog.itch.io/oh-mayan-god
HTML5 (web) https://spicyfrog.itch.io/oh-mayan-god-patched
Windows https://spicyfrog.itch.io/oh-mayan-god-patched
macOS https://spicyfrog.itch.io/oh-mayan-god-patched
Linux https://spicyfrog.itch.io/oh-mayan-god-patched
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/43/oh-mayan-god

Ratings

Overall 542th 3.404⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Fun 669th 3.077⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 944th 2.577⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Theme 204th 3.942⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 320th 3.904⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Audio 316th 3.404⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Humor 364th 3.16⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Mood 554th 3.269⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Given 25🗳️ 29🗨️

Feedback

Daniel_Abeleira
04. Dec 2018 · 12:33 UTC
Nice game. Good job!
DeathBySnail
04. Dec 2018 · 12:46 UTC
Nice use of parallax backgrounds, and art in general. Spikes are quite hard to see (took me several attempts before realizing the game was ending because I was touching them).
🎤 Maksime
04. Dec 2018 · 12:50 UTC
@daniel-abeleira thank you !

@deathbysnail thank you for the feedback ! Making the spikes pop out more was definitely on our todo list but we didn't have enough time to make it happen. We might release a patched version with enhanced visibility on them.
durist
04. Dec 2018 · 12:51 UTC
Nice idea. The game is too hard. Every spike touch kills you. Give the guy some health to lose. And like mentioned above, spikes are not visible enough.
🎤 Maksime
04. Dec 2018 · 13:01 UTC
Hey @durist thanks for letting us know.
What kind of trouble do you have ? Does it not load ? Is it laggy ?
muzigpuzig
04. Dec 2018 · 13:06 UTC
I just played your game and it was pretty fun, even though i didn't manage to win in about ten tries :) My best achievement was where i got all chickens and had only two girls left. The music was pretty intense and made me a bit nervous about winning, lol. The biggest eyecatcher was imo the multi-layered background, which i haven't seen realized like that before. It contributed to a great atmosphere as it made the world feel "deeper" even though its just a 2D Platformer. I got stuck twice near the girl very left on the map and wished to have a reset button, I F5'd the page instead. Also it would be cool if the Gamecontrols and Gametimer would freeze until "ok" on the Text message in the beginning. Some of the obstacles (the thin grey with red peak) seemed like the are just visuals and not real gameobjects. All in all I really enjoyed your game, good job!!
JoramWolters
04. Dec 2018 · 13:08 UTC
Hi,

Pretty decent game! I thought the art wasn't too consistent, though the animations are on the whole very nice.
The insta-death on nearly invisible spikes wasn't fun though, if you had had either lives, or more visible spikes it might have been a fair game, but right now it feels very unfair, especially when you're pretty far into the game, it doesn't feel good to have to start over.

Good job on getting a whole game done within the time though!
🎤 Maksime
04. Dec 2018 · 13:22 UTC
Hello @muzigpuzig !
Thank you for the detailed feedback !
The music is supposed to be more and more epic as the Bat God gets angrier and angrier.
We are aware there is a spot where you can't get out if you fall into it.
We will release a patched version of the game that fixes this among other things.
There is a pause menu if you hit the "Esc" key that allows you to restart the game :wink:

Hi @joramwolters :slight_smile:
Thank you for your time !
Can you tell us which part of the art feels out of place ?
As we said above, we know about the spikes not being visible enough.
Hope you can come back and play again when we'll have a patched version !
Cheers !
arc1llusion
04. Dec 2018 · 23:33 UTC
The controls feel nice and responsive, and the theme was pretty good too! Challenging, there was one obstacle that I didn't even realize could kill me (Gray spike things?). Animations were nice as others said. Well done!
Antoine Vion
04. Dec 2018 · 23:35 UTC
Hi ! I liked a lot your graphisme very nice job ! I didn't really understood the gameplay but i i killed a lot of chickens x) Well played again i had a good feeling playing it !
Trevor Hayes
05. Dec 2018 · 11:05 UTC
I really like the increasing tension in the music and atmosphere. After many attempts I managed to get everything but 1 chicken. I found starting over after one mistake frustrating. I think a checkpoint after each sacrifice might solve that while still being difficult enough. I would like to see the ending so I will try again later :)
🎤 Maksime
05. Dec 2018 · 13:19 UTC
@arc1llusion thank you ! Please check our game again soon-ish to play the patched version with enhanced graphics for the spikes !



@antoine-vion well, if you killed a lot of chicken and had fun doing it, that's a win for us !



@trevor-hayes Nice of you to point out the increasing tension in the music, I'm sure our composer will appreciate that !
I'm sure you can do it ! You might wanna check again when a patched version will be out :slight_smile:
We're considering adding an "easy" mode, that has less threats, why not a checkpoint system, thanks for the idea !
Trevor Hayes
05. Dec 2018 · 22:31 UTC
I came back, and beat it :sweat_smile:
smbe19
06. Dec 2018 · 15:01 UTC
Very nice game. The art and music are well done!

There are some small things that could be improved like showing that you are carrying something. Also, if you die, it should respawn way faster, I don't want to have to click two buttons just to restart. Checkpoints when you sacrifice something would also be nice. Finally, being able to only carry one thing at a time is kind of annoying as you then have to solve the same puzzle multiple times.
Droom
06. Dec 2018 · 15:23 UTC
@smbe19 Thanks for your relevant suggestions. All of these should be implemented into the game. Carrying multiple items is an interesting idea as it would improve the puzzle mechanic based on "finding and picking up stuff to sacrifice in the right order". At the moment the gameplay around this could be summed up to "sacrifice pleb at the last moment, and sacrifice as many chickens before sacrificing pleb", as this last action fully resets the eclipse.
1257th or nothing
06. Dec 2018 · 17:39 UTC
I really liked the atmosphere of the game, very well supported by great graphics, animation and sounds !
Though, instant deaths are pretty frustrating as some parts of the game are hard to go throught.
Anyway, you did a great job here and I enjoyed playing your game :smile:
🎤 Maksime
07. Dec 2018 · 16:30 UTC
@1257th-or-nothing thank you for playing our game !

We're currently working on a patched version that will be fairer to the player (more visible spikes, better jumps).

It should be live very soon and will be followed by another patch that will include, amongst other things, a tutorial, an easy mode, a better UI, etc !

Stay tuned ! :smile:
🎤 Maksime
07. Dec 2018 · 16:30 UTC
@1257th-or-nothing thank you for playing our game !

We're currently working on a patched version that will be fairer to the player (more visible spikes, better jumps).

It should be live very soon and will be followed by another patch that will include, amongst other things, a tutorial, an easy mode, a better UI, etc !

Stay tuned ! :smile:
jk5000
17. Dec 2018 · 14:00 UTC
The graphics, animations and music is pretty good in this game. The game is simple and good, but like said before the game is a bit difficult. Even though the music is good, I would still have liked some sound effects in the game. Overall is this a good LD game. Well done.
🎤 Maksime
20. Dec 2018 · 09:46 UTC
@jk5000 Thanks for the review !
There is actually sound effects in the game, but we didn't have much time to mix the sound properly during the event.
Did you try the patched version ? It includes a volume mixer from within the game options !
Hopefully you'll give it a try !
jk5000
21. Dec 2018 · 14:41 UTC
I have played the game again, and I hear the sound effects. The sound effects is okay, but I would have liked them to be a bit more powerful and perhaps a bit more cartoony.