A Java game applet I programmed after taking AP Computer Science. The goal is to appease the Mayan Sun Gods by building them as many temples as possible. You begin with one block that expands and contracts sideways at the bottom. When it reaches the right width, you can freeze it by pressing any button. Then, another block appears on top of it and you proceed to build the pyramid. However, you lose if the block on top is larger than the one below (pyramid violation, enraged gods). Each block that conforms to the pyramid shape increases your score by a value proportional to the difficulty setting. A completed pyramid moves the game to next level (which is faster and/or requires stacking more blocks). There are three difficulty settings and an instructions window. I coded the entire game from scratch and created the background and graphics using Photoshop.

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