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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Narrative | #811 | 3.561 | 3.561 |
| Enjoyment | #890 | 3.803 | 3.803 |
| Creativity | #1721 | 3.856 | 3.856 |
| Audio | #1722 | 3.371 | 3.371 |
| Artwork | #3762 | 3.250 | 3.250 |
Ranked from 132 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
How does your game fit the theme?
We tackled the 'countdown' theme by creating a race against the Mayan doomsday clock, where feeding the gods is the only way to delay the inevitable.
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JMO Assets
LightningBolt
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ChefGames
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I really love the idea and art style. Impressive for a 4 days game jam, Good Job!!!
Thanks a lot! Really appreciate the kind words. We pushed hard during those 4 days, so I'm glad you liked the art and concept!
man that was difficult, kept failing at the very last one. that was fun, there was a lot to keep track of but the difficulty felt good, ended up replaying a few times lol.
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed the challenge and replayed it a few times. Fun fact for that last stage: you don't even need to buy the 7th worker — 6 sacrifices are enough. Greed is what ruined your civilization! 😈
Great game! It's frantic and it makes sense and it rewards thinking ahead. Too difficult for me to get past the obsidian though.
It could help to make it more clear where the villagers are at any given time. It became confusing trying to keep track of everything I needed and everything I was producing at once.
Hello! Yes, the level with obsidian is difficult... it was done intentionally, but there is a little trick that will help you pass the level!
Thank you for your feedback and rating!
This was super addicting. I really liked this. I didnt know how to do the blood sacrifice? I thought I would just have to offer up a worker. I must've missed a reading somewhere when playing and trying to manage my time correctly. Overall I really enjoyed this. Great use of theme. Great art. Great audio. Over all a 5/5 in every category for me.
Thank you! The altar works in such a way that the first person sent there becomes a worker, and the next ones become victims. Sorry for making this point unintuitive, but you're right about that.
Great game! The controls were very simple, but it would be great to have a controls screen at some point. Love the music!
Thanks for the feedback! We made a simple settings menu on Escape and a small icon on the right. You can change the volume and restart the game there. Or are you referring to some special settings?
This is the most stressful game I've played so far in the jam. It was incredibly stressful, but wow, was it good.
I really loved the core gameplay. You have to manage your villagers' placement down to the very second. It reminded me a bit of Age of Empires 4, where the placement of every villager and how many you assign to each resource is crucial.
You can't overproduce, but you also have to make sure you're producing enough.
This is incredibly insanely good, enjoyed it so much , Well done
Hi! Thanks for the feedback, it's important for us to know your opinion. Do you think you could recommend us to your friends?
I WILL NOW , Sorry for late reply i was sleeping , BUT I WILL SHARE IT WITH EVERYONE
Really enjoyed the game, lacking sounds but i found my self failing and starting over sevral times
Not a fan of these visuals, but the core gameplay is great! Actually I believe this would be a really nice game to expand post jam.
Incredible game, would do Chaac and Kukulkan proud! Believe it or not, our game is also inspired by the Mayan Calendar and the game Tzolk'in, even if we do take it in a bit of a different direction! I had a lot of playing your game, it reminds me a lot of Stacklands!
Thank you very much for such a sincere feedback!
All 4 days, we invested in the game, our artists studied photos and articles about Mayan tribes, our team is pleased to read such reviews as yours🫵
Would you recommend our game to your friends? so that as many people as possible know about us and the game gets a full release!
Gosh those gods are needy >_<
Great game, beautiful art!
The gods will wish for more! 👹
Thank you for your feedback!
Pretty fun game! I wouldn't have thought a hectic worker-placement game was possible, but it came together well. It would be nice if there was a way to drag multiple resources at once -- at some points the hardest part of the game was how quickly I could move the mouse :)
Hello! We are glad that you liked our game, it is important for us to receive feedback from players! Yes, indeed you are not the first person who talks about the set of several cards in the hand at once, we had such an idea at the development stage, to give after a certain era such an opportunity to the player on the simplest resources such as water and wood, but unfortunately we realized this late and did not dare to introduce such mechanics on the 3rd day of development because it requires serious balance and study to avoid bugs, easy passage. But in the later versions of the game, if many people will wait for it, we will definitely add it!
Tell me, would you recommend our game to your friends?
Thank you for your time in our game, it's important for us! :)
What an impressive game! Allocating time and resources wisely under a tense countdown is no small challenge. I really like the gameplay design, and the art style is very distinctive too. Really love it.
Hello! I'm glad to hear that, my friend, thank you very much for such a multifaceted review, when we read such comments, we understand that we did it for a reason! Thank you very much!
Great game team ! Added this to my favourites!
Really??? What do you like most about the game and what makes you continue playing for you?
Do you think you could recommend our game to your friends?
I think keeping everything balanced is really tough though the game build up tense it didn't feel unfair. I would definitely recommend it to my friends !! I think you've already got enough feedback on being able to move group of cards.
Thank you very much! Yes, they wrote a lot about moving a group of maps, if you are interested in reading why they didn't add, you can read in my answers to the comments above:)
A really great game! It was exciting to play while constantly on edge, and it was really sad to say goodbye to the workers(
Hello! They knew their destinies from the very beginning:(
To do great evil and save everyone or do nothing and lose everyone, a choice without a choice!
Thank you for your time, we are very pleased to see such comments!
Do you think you could recommend our game to your friends?
it really hurt to see this
but whats crazy is I played like 3 more times after...
Ahahah did you think it would be so easy?
I'm glad that the game was able to hook you on so many races!
So we did everything right!
cool game! Well played
Thank you for your comment, it's valuable to us! Every comment is a canopy of gold 🫵
What do you add so that you want to play it all the time?
Really cool game, had vibes of Cultist Simulator with the timed cards. I agree, being able to move a group of cards would be great, but I loved the race against the clock. I could see this being a polished released game!
Hello! Yes, you are not the first person who talks about it, it's already in our list for future updates if the game is in demand!
Do you think you can recommend this game to other players or not?
I'm very glad you liked it, thank you for your comment!
Sure, I already mentioned it to my husband to try (He really likes this kind of game). It's a nice polished jam entry and feels like it could be more!
Super! Thank you very much for your time, we are waiting for a comment and preferably an assessment worthy of your husband's opinion about our game! Ahahahah
Have a nice evening!
Very much enjoyed the theme and idea. Did not like the card mechanic for resources. Maybe I missed it, but I would also like to see how many workers are on a resource node
Hello! You probably didn't notice that near the resources required to produce what you need, there are numbers like 0/3 on the left, you can load three workers and then 3/3 is the number of workers in the node. It's okay, it happens, I hope it didn't spoil the impression of our game :)
Thx for you comment!
Huge fan of this game, it reminds me of this civilization flash game i used to play except infinitely more tense. I only wish there was a way to move multiple cards around, especially once the numbers got larger. I'm a huge fan, great job!
Hello! Me and other guys from our team are happy that we have a loyal fan, it really inspires to do more! Thank you for your comment, it's important for us, we would also be grateful for worthy in your opinion ratings for our game if you still haven't done it for any reason:)
Good luck!