Cocoon
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COCOON is Geometric Interactive's wordless, surreal puzzle-adventure - you're a winged insect who carries whole worlds on its back as coloured orbs, diving in and out of them and nesting one world inside another to solve environmental puzzles. Beautifully linear, roughly 5-6 hours for a first run, with no combat difficulty and no grind - an easy-to-moderate completion, around 6-8 hours for 100% including secret-hunting.
One correction to a common misconception: the "Released a Moon Ancestor" achievements are NOT the bosses. There are 6 story-forced achievements (covering the four main bosses and the finale) and 11 optional Moon Ancestor secrets - hidden statues tucked off the main path that you "release" by interacting with the glyph beneath them. They just populate a trophy room near the end; nothing gates them.
The game has almost no free backtracking, but it has a full checkpoint / level select, so any missed ancestor is recoverable afterwards - none are permanently missable. Recommended: play through once for the 6 story pops with a Moon Ancestor location guide open to grab all 11 as you go, or run it blind and mop the secrets up via checkpoint replay.
Pathfinder
CommonA gift to guide you
Story. Unlocks when you defeat the first boss and gain the first orb's power (the early orange-world gate). Can't be missed.
Off the Beaten Path
CommonReleased a Moon Ancestor
Moon Ancestor #1 (early orange area). Right after riding the lifter to the top of the rock wall, fork left / behind the rocks along an obscured side path instead of continuing up the ramp.
Fundamental Changes
CommonA choice in the matter
Story. Unlocks on defeating the second boss. Progression-locked.
Mariner's Branch
CommonReleased a Moon Ancestor
Moon Ancestor #2 (green world, ~25%). From the checkpoint take the orange road and find the hidden path behind a black rock - cross south, turn left behind the rock, and take the lower-left stairs down.
From There to Here
UncommonIt's (almost) exactly the same
Story. Unlocks on defeating the third boss (the triplets).
This Has Potential
UncommonAim and fire
Story. Unlocks on defeating the fourth boss (the arachnid, beaten by breaking its frozen legs).
The Space Between the Stars
UncommonReleased a Moon Ancestor
Moon Ancestor #9 (~84%). Enter the orange/red world carrying the white orb, shoot the crystal, then use the green orb to climb the green pillars.
Daybreak
UncommonFrom now unto the ages of ages
Story. Unlocks during the endgame Guardian / final-boss sequence.
Cosmic Architect
UncommonThe end is the beginning
Story. Unlocks on completing the game.
A Perspective on Things
UncommonReleased a Moon Ancestor
Moon Ancestor #10 (~86%). After the gap, take the small road north between the rocks; place the orbs on their holders and navigate the white world to the ancestor above the stone arc.
Conduit
RareReleased a Moon Ancestor
Moon Ancestor #7 (~63%). Take your orange orb down into the pipe heading south, follow it down and left to the black goop, and place the orange orb to raise a staircase up.
End of the Line
RareReleased a Moon Ancestor
Moon Ancestor #4 (~33%). Use the green orb on the rotating pillar repeatedly to lower yourself onto the bottom platform, then take the stairs down.
Skin Deep
RareReleased a Moon Ancestor
Moon Ancestor #5 (~46%). Take the hidden left path near the funnel and use the robotic walker (red/purple orb) to stand on two pressure plates, opening the way.
Mesh Network
RareReleased a Moon Ancestor
Moon Ancestor #3 (~27%). Instead of rotating the orange joint to continue north, swing it south and cross the (invisible) bridge to the left of the switch.
Different Destinations
RareReleased a Moon Ancestor
Moon Ancestor #6 (~52%). After activating the bridge, go right / east before the warp pad and take the hidden road behind the large helical structure.
Cryptographer
RareReleased a Moon Ancestor
Moon Ancestor #8 (~81%). Solve the prism / crystal puzzle - activate the orbs against the black crystal to play the tones in the correct ascending-pitch sequence. A video helps for the exact ordering.
Loophole Maneuvers
RareReleased a Moon Ancestor
Moon Ancestor #11 (~97%, near the endgame). Insert the green orb into the funnel near the green pillar platform and use the drone plus warp-pad mechanics to reach the final ancestor before the finale.
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