The game is presented from a side-scrolling perspective. The player guides the explorer through connected areas, avoids traps, crosses hazardous terrain, and searches for a path toward the Aztec treasure.

Progress depends on platforming, exploration, and solving environmental problems. The level structure rewards observation: some routes are blocked by hazards or obstacles, so advancing safely requires timing movements and learning the layout of each area.

Treat each screen as a timing and route-finding problem rather than rushing forward. Watch for traps, moving hazards, and safe places to stop before committing to a jump or crossing.

Explore carefully and remember the layout of previously visited areas. When progress appears blocked, search for another route or a change in the environment instead of assuming that the obstacle can be forced.