Search/Recent Changes
DBTropes
...it's like TV Tropes, but LINKED DATA!

Cocoon (2023) (Video Game)

 Cocoon (2023) (Video Game)
type
TVTItem
 Cocoon (2023) (Video Game)
label
Cocoon (2023) (Video Game)
 Cocoon (2023) (Video Game)
page
Cocoon2023
 Cocoon (2023) (Video Game)
comment
Cocoon is a puzzle adventure game published by Annapurna Interactive. It is the debut title from Geometric Interactive, a studio founded by game director Carl Jeppsen (who was previously the lead designer of Limbo and INSIDE) and composer Jakob Schmid, both of whom were former members of Playdead. It was released on September 29, 2023 for the Nintendo Switch, Playstation 4, Playstation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, and Steam.The game is centered on an insectoid protagonist who finds itself in a barren wasteland and comes across a mysterious orb. The protagonist comes across other orbs that it must use to visit the worlds inside and uncover the mysteries surrounding them.Not to be confused with the 1985 sci-fi film of the same name.
 Cocoon (2023) (Video Game)
fetched
2024-03-23T16:17:20Z
 Cocoon (2023) (Video Game)
parsed
2024-03-23T16:17:20Z
 Cocoon (2023) (Video Game)
isPartOf
DBTropes
 Cocoon (2023) (Video Game) / int_19028da
type
Eternal Engine
 Cocoon (2023) (Video Game) / int_19028da
comment
Eternal Engine: The primary world that the protagonist traverses for the first half of the game when not going inside orbs is a large industrial area that’s seemingly empty.
 Cocoon (2023) (Video Game) / int_19028da
featureApplicability
1.0
 Cocoon (2023) (Video Game) / int_19028da
featureConfidence
1.0
 Cocoon (2023) (Video Game)
hasFeature
Cocoon (2023) (Video Game) / int_19028da
 Cocoon (2023) (Video Game) / int_352151a3
type
Recursive Reality
 Cocoon (2023) (Video Game) / int_352151a3
comment
Recursive Reality: The crux of the game revolves around placing orbs containing worlds in areas in order to enter them and the orbs can be placed inside another orb and can be entered from inside under the right circumstances. It gets much more intricate near the end of the game where the player has to place an orb in an area and then use an exit pad in order to solve a puzzle and emerge from that orb, which is treated as its own reality. The ending reveals that the world is set inside its own reality which is inside another world that’s being watched over by a large monster.
 Cocoon (2023) (Video Game) / int_352151a3
featureApplicability
1.0
 Cocoon (2023) (Video Game) / int_352151a3
featureConfidence
1.0
 Cocoon (2023) (Video Game)
hasFeature
Cocoon (2023) (Video Game) / int_352151a3
 Cocoon (2023) (Video Game) / int_42215dce
type
Ambiguous Ending
 Cocoon (2023) (Video Game) / int_42215dce
comment
Ambiguous Ending: The game ends with the protagonist flying off into the sky, potentially escaping through all the worlds. However, it's then revealed that all these worlds are in fact different planets in the same solar system, which is contained within another realm being watched over by a monster. So the final fate of the protagonist is unknown.
 Cocoon (2023) (Video Game) / int_42215dce
featureApplicability
1.0
 Cocoon (2023) (Video Game) / int_42215dce
featureConfidence
1.0
 Cocoon (2023) (Video Game)
hasFeature
Cocoon (2023) (Video Game) / int_42215dce
 Cocoon (2023) (Video Game) / int_4f2d8031
type
Anchored Teleportation
 Cocoon (2023) (Video Game) / int_4f2d8031
comment
Anchored Teleportation: Used in several ways, mainly as a method for moving between worlds One of the player's major abilities, which allows them to summon a certain world orb to their position by pulling it out of any number of purple ball-shaped plants. This is quite convenient, as puzzles usually require you to figure out how to get the orb to the obstacle in the first place. There are actually three completely different ways to travel between worlds. Entering a world involves placing an orb on certain pedestals to open portals, and the player will arrive at the last exit teleporter used there. Exiting a world involves activating an exit teleporter, which will drop the player next to that world's orb wherever it is. It is possible (and necessary) to arrange worlds recursively, either exiting into themselves or moving through cycles. Finally, a few parts of the game allow the player to rip open large walkable portals between worlds. This is the only way to set up recursive worlds.
 Cocoon (2023) (Video Game) / int_4f2d8031
featureApplicability
1.0
 Cocoon (2023) (Video Game) / int_4f2d8031
featureConfidence
1.0
 Cocoon (2023) (Video Game)
hasFeature
Cocoon (2023) (Video Game) / int_4f2d8031
 Cocoon (2023) (Video Game) / int_50727f8d
type
Death Is a Slap on the Wrist
 Cocoon (2023) (Video Game) / int_50727f8d
comment
Death Is a Slap on the Wrist: Getting hit during a boss fight just forces you out of the orb you're currently in, making you restart the boss fight from the beginning.
 Cocoon (2023) (Video Game) / int_50727f8d
featureApplicability
1.0
 Cocoon (2023) (Video Game) / int_50727f8d
featureConfidence
1.0
 Cocoon (2023) (Video Game)
hasFeature
Cocoon (2023) (Video Game) / int_50727f8d
 Cocoon (2023) (Video Game) / int_515189ab
type
Single-Biome Planet
 Cocoon (2023) (Video Game) / int_515189ab
comment
Single-Biome Planet: Each world is pretty much one single biome. They do have some subterranean layers and sub-biomes, but they're still extremely homogeneous compared to Earth.
 Cocoon (2023) (Video Game) / int_515189ab
featureApplicability
1.0
 Cocoon (2023) (Video Game) / int_515189ab
featureConfidence
1.0
 Cocoon (2023) (Video Game)
hasFeature
Cocoon (2023) (Video Game) / int_515189ab
 Cocoon (2023) (Video Game) / int_549a92e7
type
Minimalism
 Cocoon (2023) (Video Game) / int_549a92e7
comment
Minimalism: Like Jeppsen’s previous titles, the game relies on a simple control scheme and forgoes dialogue and exposition in favor of emphasizing how mysterious and desolate the worlds are.
 Cocoon (2023) (Video Game) / int_549a92e7
featureApplicability
1.0
 Cocoon (2023) (Video Game) / int_549a92e7
featureConfidence
1.0
 Cocoon (2023) (Video Game)
hasFeature
Cocoon (2023) (Video Game) / int_549a92e7
 Cocoon (2023) (Video Game) / int_5a5899e4
type
Boss Game
 Cocoon (2023) (Video Game) / int_5a5899e4
comment
Boss Game: Downplayed since it's first and foremost a puzzle game, but there are no other enemies in the game apart from the bosses.
 Cocoon (2023) (Video Game) / int_5a5899e4
featureApplicability
1.0
 Cocoon (2023) (Video Game) / int_5a5899e4
featureConfidence
1.0
 Cocoon (2023) (Video Game)
hasFeature
Cocoon (2023) (Video Game) / int_5a5899e4
 Cocoon (2023) (Video Game) / int_66a52e25
type
Bullfight Boss
 Cocoon (2023) (Video Game) / int_66a52e25
comment
Bullfight Boss: The fourth boss attacks the player with its legs and must be led to flashing yellow areas to immobilize it and destroy its legs to defeat it.
 Cocoon (2023) (Video Game) / int_66a52e25
featureApplicability
1.0
 Cocoon (2023) (Video Game) / int_66a52e25
featureConfidence
1.0
 Cocoon (2023) (Video Game)
hasFeature
Cocoon (2023) (Video Game) / int_66a52e25
 Cocoon (2023) (Video Game) / int_6a1c2a6
type
Cosmic Horror Story
 Cocoon (2023) (Video Game) / int_6a1c2a6
comment
Cosmic Horror Story: You play as a lone insectoid creature who discovered a mysterious orb which takes it outside it's own world, encountering a monster it must then defeat. As the game progresses you discover more orbs, containing other worlds, and monsters that you must defeat to progressfurther, relying on Recursive Reality to solve the puzzles. Then it turns out that larger world, which contained the first three worlds, is an orb itself and is far more alien than the previous one, with it also having a monster guardian you must defeat. And finally, the Ambiguous Ending implies all these worlds are in fact different planets inside the same solar system while the final world was in fact the sun, with these solar system being contained within another orb watched over by a giant monster.
 Cocoon (2023) (Video Game) / int_6a1c2a6
featureApplicability
1.0
 Cocoon (2023) (Video Game) / int_6a1c2a6
featureConfidence
1.0
 Cocoon (2023) (Video Game)
hasFeature
Cocoon (2023) (Video Game) / int_6a1c2a6
 Cocoon (2023) (Video Game) / int_6dcfdea6
type
Hard Light
 Cocoon (2023) (Video Game) / int_6dcfdea6
comment
Hard Light: One of the player's major abilities, used to create walkable bridges. Most of its puzzles revolve around rotating machinery that changes the paths created.
 Cocoon (2023) (Video Game) / int_6dcfdea6
featureApplicability
1.0
 Cocoon (2023) (Video Game) / int_6dcfdea6
featureConfidence
1.0
 Cocoon (2023) (Video Game)
hasFeature
Cocoon (2023) (Video Game) / int_6dcfdea6
 Cocoon (2023) (Video Game) / int_81f909f2
type
Dishing Out Dirt
 Cocoon (2023) (Video Game) / int_81f909f2
comment
Dishing Out Dirt: One of the player's major abilities, used to raise and lower pillars marked by vines and flowers. Inactive pillars phase into green mist. Used by the first boss to make damaging lines of crystals in its arena. Used by the second boss to divide the arena and constrain the player's movement, allowing it to deploy its Spin Attack to devastating effect.
 Cocoon (2023) (Video Game) / int_81f909f2
featureApplicability
1.0
 Cocoon (2023) (Video Game) / int_81f909f2
featureConfidence
1.0
 Cocoon (2023) (Video Game)
hasFeature
Cocoon (2023) (Video Game) / int_81f909f2
 Cocoon (2023) (Video Game) / int_891c547d
type
Teleporter's Visualization Clause
 Cocoon (2023) (Video Game) / int_891c547d
comment
Teleporter's Visualization Clause: The third boss requires the player to teleport around the arena to avoid coming into contact with it and to hit the projectiles that can damage it. There is a purple indicator during that battle that shows where the player can teleport and the teleportation is only in effect during that fight.
 Cocoon (2023) (Video Game) / int_891c547d
featureApplicability
1.0
 Cocoon (2023) (Video Game) / int_891c547d
featureConfidence
1.0
 Cocoon (2023) (Video Game)
hasFeature
Cocoon (2023) (Video Game) / int_891c547d
 Cocoon (2023) (Video Game) / int_a24670a4
type
Benevolent Boss
 Cocoon (2023) (Video Game) / int_a24670a4
comment
Benevolent Boss: The last boss of the game will watch you from the background as you work on some puzzles, willingly gives you the orbs it's guarding (unlike the other bosses) in order to ensure you can complete puzzles, and sends you the energy balls that you reflect to destroy it. By the time it gives you the last orb, it can barely move and it finally self-destructs in a tragic manner.
 Cocoon (2023) (Video Game) / int_a24670a4
featureApplicability
1.0
 Cocoon (2023) (Video Game) / int_a24670a4
featureConfidence
1.0
 Cocoon (2023) (Video Game)
hasFeature
Cocoon (2023) (Video Game) / int_a24670a4
 Cocoon (2023) (Video Game) / int_ad754f85
type
Evolving Title Screen
 Cocoon (2023) (Video Game) / int_ad754f85
comment
Evolving Title Screen: The title screen is originally presented as an empty area with a few pedestals present. It gets filled with the bosses that have been defeated as the player progresses.
 Cocoon (2023) (Video Game) / int_ad754f85
featureApplicability
1.0
 Cocoon (2023) (Video Game) / int_ad754f85
featureConfidence
1.0
 Cocoon (2023) (Video Game)
hasFeature
Cocoon (2023) (Video Game) / int_ad754f85
 Cocoon (2023) (Video Game) / int_ba6baee1
type
High-Altitude Battle
 Cocoon (2023) (Video Game) / int_ba6baee1
comment
High-Altitude Battle: The final boss must be fought three times in order to get the orbs back from it, all of them occurring in the air. The player has to fire at activation switches before firing a projectile at the boss. It will reflect the projectile in the second and third battles, requiring the player to react, otherwise the protagonist will fall down to the ground.
 Cocoon (2023) (Video Game) / int_ba6baee1
featureApplicability
1.0
 Cocoon (2023) (Video Game) / int_ba6baee1
featureConfidence
1.0
 Cocoon (2023) (Video Game)
hasFeature
Cocoon (2023) (Video Game) / int_ba6baee1
 Cocoon (2023) (Video Game) / int_c3d4a04c
type
Energy Ball
 Cocoon (2023) (Video Game) / int_c3d4a04c
comment
Energy Ball: One of the player's major abilities, allowing them to fire shots from certain platforms to activate switches. They move slowly, bounce off mirrors, and can be shot into other worlds. The world orb that grants this ability can also be placed into turrets to fire repeatedly and aid in solving puzzles.
 Cocoon (2023) (Video Game) / int_c3d4a04c
featureApplicability
1.0
 Cocoon (2023) (Video Game) / int_c3d4a04c
featureConfidence
1.0
 Cocoon (2023) (Video Game)
hasFeature
Cocoon (2023) (Video Game) / int_c3d4a04c
 Cocoon (2023) (Video Game) / int_d23411c8
type
Moth Menace
 Cocoon (2023) (Video Game) / int_d23411c8
comment
Moth Menace: The first boss is a moth that can summon smaller yellow creatures from its wings to slow down the protagonist.
 Cocoon (2023) (Video Game) / int_d23411c8
featureApplicability
1.0
 Cocoon (2023) (Video Game) / int_d23411c8
featureConfidence
1.0
 Cocoon (2023) (Video Game)
hasFeature
Cocoon (2023) (Video Game) / int_d23411c8
 Cocoon (2023) (Video Game) / int_d34590cf
type
Spin Attack
 Cocoon (2023) (Video Game) / int_d34590cf
comment
Used by the second boss to divide the arena and constrain the player's movement, allowing it to deploy its Spin Attack to devastating effect.
 Cocoon (2023) (Video Game) / int_d34590cf
featureApplicability
1.0
 Cocoon (2023) (Video Game) / int_d34590cf
featureConfidence
1.0
 Cocoon (2023) (Video Game)
hasFeature
Cocoon (2023) (Video Game) / int_d34590cf
 Cocoon (2023) (Video Game) / int_eb4086e3
type
Big Creepy-Crawlies
 Cocoon (2023) (Video Game) / int_eb4086e3
comment
Big Creepy-Crawlies: All the bosses are various insects that are larger than the player and serve as significant obstacles that must be defeated.
 Cocoon (2023) (Video Game) / int_eb4086e3
featureApplicability
1.0
 Cocoon (2023) (Video Game) / int_eb4086e3
featureConfidence
1.0
 Cocoon (2023) (Video Game)
hasFeature
Cocoon (2023) (Video Game) / int_eb4086e3
 Cocoon (2023) (Video Game) / int_fb7d37f3
type
Video Game Tools
 Cocoon (2023) (Video Game) / int_fb7d37f3
comment
Video Game Tools: The second-most-important mechanic of the game. And also subverted because you don't get to carry them in your inventory nor assign them to buttons. Instead they're tied to bulky orbs you have pick up, carry around one at a time, and place in certain locations to progress. The entire game only needs a single button to use all of them!
 Cocoon (2023) (Video Game) / int_fb7d37f3
featureApplicability
-0.3
 Cocoon (2023) (Video Game) / int_fb7d37f3
featureConfidence
1.0
 Cocoon (2023) (Video Game)
hasFeature
Cocoon (2023) (Video Game) / int_fb7d37f3
 Cocoon (2023) (Video Game) / int_name
type
ItemName
 Cocoon (2023) (Video Game) / int_name
comment
 Cocoon (2023) (Video Game) / int_name
featureApplicability
1.0
 Cocoon (2023) (Video Game) / int_name
featureConfidence
1.0
 Cocoon (2023) (Video Game)
hasFeature
Cocoon (2023) (Video Game) / int_name
 Cocoon (2023) (Video Game) / int_name
itemName
Cocoon (2023) (Video Game)

The following is a list of statements referring to the current page from other pages.

 Recursive Reality
processingUnknown
Cocoon (2023) (Video Game)