The Blockheads is a two-dimensional exploration, building, crafting, and survival sandbox game. It was created by David 'MajicDave' Frampton, an indie developer and owner of Majic Jungle Software. The game is set in a procedurally-generated world, where in the player controls avatars called blockheads; that can destroy or create blocks, collect or craft material resources, or form exotic structures. There are also a variety of biomes, such as: equators, poles, oceans, mountain ranges, deserts, and vast underground cave networks using a wide range of resources.