Mictlan: An Ancient Mythical Tale News

Interview with Santiago Sobrino

For our Spanish-speaking fans, take a look at this interview with Santiago Sobrino, an archeologist living in Yucatan whose valuable work of research and codices analysis help us in our development process of Mictlan: An Ancient Mythical Tale, allowing us to create historically accurate characters.

Click on the image to watch the interview!

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Huehuecoyotl

The Aztec god of poetry, music, dance, and mischief: Huehuecoyotl, the "Old Coyote", enters the pantheon of Mictlan's gods.

This very unique-looking god is usually represented wearing garments made of "olive" shells and copper bells on arms and legs, which are associated with wind and music. He also has golden beads that fall from his hand as pictured in Codex Borgia.

In Aztec culture, coyotes were a symbol of cunning and worldly wisdom, Huehuecoyotl is also associated with worldly desires and unbridled sexuality: he is one of those gods considered as a combination between good and evil.

Alex Loera is the talented artist in our team who designed these versions of Huehuecoyotl.

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Tzizimine

The mythical world of Mictlan is wide and it hides the scariest deities, so terrifying that they could not be imagined... because we've drawn them for you!

Here we present to you the Tzizimine, women-like creatures, with rotten, decaying flesh which reveal the skeleton underneath, with clawed hands and feet, wearing ornaments made of skull necklaces and human hearts.

The Tzizimine are nocturnal deities whose purpose was to devour human beings at the end of the Fifth Sun. They would descend from the sky at night and stalk the little kids to kidnap them. They would also appear in the eclipses to eat the sun and swallow the entire humanity.

Our visual artist Sergio Vázquez Heredia has created different versions of these creatures: from beautiful women who wait for travelers at the crossroads, to rotten and hungry creatures.

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Mayahuel: 3D model

From concept art, to 3D model!

Here we present to you Mayahuel, the Mexican goddess of the maguey plant, also associated with fertility, creation and nourishment. She embodies the feminine power, both earthly and celestial. You can read more about this character in this post.

[h3]How would you benefit from the help of this powerful goddess, in Mictlan?
Do you like the 3D model so far?
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Amoxoaques: 3D model

Our Amoxoaques, from concept art (here and here) to 3D models!

3D Modeling requires a lot of patience and attention to detail, especially when it comes to work with the quality of the textures and developing hybrid anatomies, such as the Amoxoaques.

These tree people who protect forests and jungles, have the basic bone structures of humans but rough bark-like skin. Modeling their appearance requires even more work and time, given our limited resources as an Indie Studio, so we're truly giving our best to achieve AAA results!

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