Mictlan: An Ancient Mythical Tale News

[h3]Breaking, wonderful news![/h3]

We are thrilled to confirm the participation to our game, Mictlan, of the talented Mexican actress, Ishbel Bautista!

Ishbel is the protagonist of the series Hernán, in the main role of Marina "La Malinche".

We couldn't be happier to see our team expanding with such great talents and personalities who will give their own unique contribution to our project. We are truly grateful for the amount of support Mictlan is getting.

Our game is bringing together some of the best Mexican artists in order to uphold the good name of México and of its culture and traditions.

We will host a Livestream event on Facebook with Ishbel next week, so stay tuned for more!

As promised, here is the first documentary of the series we've planned in order to show more of what happens behind the scenes of Mictlan, a big project involving a very talented group of people you'll get to meet along the way.

In this episode, we're exploring the work of our amazing Concept Art Team to see how their ideas and Guillermo Alarcon's vision come to life thanks to their passion, talent and art skills.

We would like to thank the Mexican Association of Video Games AMEXVID, our incredible team, our lead historian and archeologist, Santiago Sobrino, our Concept Art Director Yashaswi Karthik, and our formidable Sound Engineering Team for producing all the original music for this video.

[previewyoutube][/previewyoutube]


If you're enjoying seeing how Mictlan is developing and you would like to see more of our game, please support us by registering on Kickstarter and follow Mictlan: An Ancient Mythical Tale!

Here is a sneak and peek behind the scenes of the showcase video we are doing for our sponsors!

As we hope you've noticed by now, our plans for developing Mictlan: An Ancient Mythical Tale are very ambitious: we aim at creating a masterpiece in the gaming scene of Latin America.

That’s why we are collaborating with two of the world's leading brands in motion capture and 3D animation: Reallusion and Rokoko Motion Capture Suit.

In these pictures, you can see some of the scenes that we are recording as part of the production of the trailer that we will release when our Kickstarter campaign will be launched (by the way, have you subscribed yet? It is fast and free!)

We are also prepping a showcase video for our sponsors, in order to demonstrate how far we can go with these awesome collaborations and technology. Thanks to Rokoko Motion Capture Suit and Reallusion Real-time 3D Animation Software, we will make our dreams come true and bring back to life the beauty of the marvelous world of our ancestors.

Are you as excited as we are?









[h3]Want to see more?

Want to see our first official trailer?[/h3]

We will present it to our community at the launch of our Kickstarter campaign.
But in order to launch the campaign, we need at least 20k people to register to the page. It literally takes a minute to do so, but it would mean the world to us.

[h3]Mictlan community, help us out![/h3]

The sight of a sea of skulls pierced by spears and displayed in front of the temples is one of the frequent images in the codices of many Mesoamerican civilizations such as the Mexica, Maya, and Toltec.

The cult of death that pervades our country sinks its roots into a world where the cycle of life-sacrifice-death becomes a natural process and where there is an acceptance of the short-lived existence of beings and things, and where the upholding existence of the cosmos, the world and men, depends on sacrifices to the Gods, which in return offer their protection.

In Mictlan we will honor this worldview inherited by our ancestors.

Note: This is just a WIP, it doesn't represent the finalized version of our game title, and the end result will be most likely completely different.






If you're enjoying seeing how Mictlan is developing and you would like to see more of our game, please support us by registering on Kickstarter and follow Mictlan: An Ancient Mythical Tale!

We are very proud to show you the rendered version of a Jaguar (ocelotl) Warrior, who will appear in the game as NPC.

Jaguar Warriors were members of the Aztec military elite. They had to prove their value and courage on the battlefield by capturing prisoners and fighting valiantly. Only then, they could wear the jaguar's tlahuiztli (uniform), a jaguar motif which was associated to Tezcatlipoca and was also believed to give the warriors the animal's strengths during battles.

The NPC you see in the video (a work-in-progress) was knighted "jaguar" by Ahuitzotzin for his distinguished service in the Tzicoac campaign. Since then, he participated in many wars, bearing the marks of his battles on his tlahuiztli.
The pelt is torn showing his ichcahuipilli underneath, a leather band is tied around his knee after suffering from a severe injury and, in a fierce battle, his cuatepoztli (helmet) was split open due to a powerful strike.

For this Jaguar Warrior, every mark, every scar is an emblem of pride, that's why he decided to display them boastfully on his uniform... maybe it's also possible that, with the old age, he's become a bit sentimental...?

[h3]What do you think? Let us know in the comments![/h3]

[previewyoutube][/previewyoutube]


If you're enjoying seeing how Mictlan is developing and you would like to see more of our game, please support us by registering on Kickstarter and follow Mictlan: An Ancient Mythical Tale!