Later, I’d carry an orb around through a gauntlet of puzzles whose solutions came to me without a second thought. When I found a glowing symbol on the ground, I instinctively walked over and held down a button until it filled up with light. And yet, I always knew exactly what to do. There was no HUD or markers showing me where to go, nor did I ever get a button prompt telling me I could interact with an object.
What’s remarkable is that the demo I played didn’t offer any sort of tutorial. I’d quickly find myself in a totally abstract series of traversal puzzles, where I’d buzz around and interact with different objects and symbols to open up the world piece by piece. I’d seen a reveal trailer for it previously, but that didn’t explain too much about its gameplay. When I picked up a controller to play the demo, I knew absolutely nothing about Cocoon or how it played. That certainly shows, as the world almost reminds me of a more colorful (and less phallic) version of H.R. I wouldn’t fully understand what I was seeing until I talked to some members of the development team, who cited Alien as a huge inspiration, after playing it. It’s an odd fusion, with robotic, insect-like structures populating its eye-catching 3D world.
In Cocoon, players take the role of a winged insect lost in a strange world that’s somehow both mechanical and natural. I’m already dying to return to Cocoon‘s unexplainable world and unravel more of its quiet mysteries. It’s a little hard to get a sense of what it is from a trailer, but it left an incredibly strong impression on me after 20 minutes of playing time - so much so that I was genuinely bummed when I had to put my controller down. Published by Annapurna Interactive, the mysterious indie is an atmospheric adventure that combines insects and machinery. COCOON - Day of the Devs: Summer Game Fest Edition 2023
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