Mayan Marbles: Rotating Bubble Popper

Mayan Marbles is a fun bubble shooter game where the target rotates. Like most bubble poppers, you must group at least three connected balls of the same color to remove them. This game includes a timer, which of course means that you only have a limited amount of time to clear the screen. To play, just aim your bubble toward the spot where you want it to land. One thing to keep in mind is that because the target is rotating, you'll need to aim at the spot where the matching colors are going to be, rather than where they currently are. Also, these colored balls are highly magnetic, which means that they'll stick to whatever balls they touch first, instead of "squeezing" through spaces the way some other bubble shooter games might do.

Instructions

The game's pretty easy to play, but hard to win. There are 25 levels, each of which gets a little bigger and a little faster. To shoot, simply use your mouse to aim where you want your colored ball to land, then click to shoot. If you don't like the color that comes up, just click the shooter to change colors. As the wheel completes a rotation, more colored balls will be added. Balls are also added when you make three non-matching shots. Once the balls get past the border of the playing screen, the game is over. Fortunately, the game keeps track of your progress, so you'll be able to return to the same level after leaving for a while.

Tips and Tricks

It's often the case that instead of clicking to change color, you're better off waiting until the wheel rotates and presents you with a good shot. Often, when I try to cycle through to the color I'm wanting, the wheel has rotated to a position where I can no longer make the shot I was hoping for. It takes a little bit of practice to get the balls to go where you want them. If they just barely graze a target ball, they're going to stick to whatever they touch first, and that can be a little frustrating. But it's part of the game.

Mayan Marbles Review

I've completed all 25 levels of the game, and it's pretty fun. For some reason, when you first load the game, it takes a surprisingly long time to download. However, once you've played it the first time, downloads don't take nearly as long. One thing to be aware of is that if you run out of time, you should refresh your page. There appears to be a bug in the game that causes the target to spin faster and the timer to run out more quickly if you just click the button to play again.