Just my interpretation of a really great puzzle platform. I'd love to hear your interpretations!

Just finished Cocoon and had to learn more about this masterpiece. Shoutouts for having the only Cocoon lore analysis video up on KZfaq.

Finished the game a few minutes ago, and was completely at a loss for what to make of the ending. This explanation makes a lot of sense, and gives me a deeper appreciation of the game too! It also hadn't occurred to me that each boss became a moon. I think by the time I reached those statues at the end, my brain was too twisted from the green-orb-inception to even put that together

this is the best puzzle game i had in my life

No wonder this won in the game awards. Truly a masterpiece.

This was actually a really brilliant explanation, down to the purpose of the Moon Ancestors. I noticed the moons circling the the planets in the cinematic at the end, but couldn't quite place their significance, so good catch! I agree about the final world's "boss". I thought it was odd that, despite it being so looming and intimidating (far more than the world guardians), it never actually attacks you, unlike the guardians. It just sits back and watches, so I couldn't help but feel like it was testing me. That's further reinforced by the fact that, as you said, after you succeed, it willingly hands over the orbs/worlds to you, even though it could easily crush you like a bug (pun intended) if it wanted to. To further this theory, all the God's "tests" revolve around hitting these seemingly black hole like/dimensional diamonds. And to get each test, you have to go back to all the previous worlds and use those diamonds to proceed through the level. Eventually, you have to stack worlds inside of worlds and hit these diamonds, so I interpreted this as the God testing your ability to manipulate space and time- sort of as a final test, since Gods are really powerful. Anyway, great video! Very cleverly put together.

Very good explanation! Helped me connect the missing dots of my interpretation, thank you! Fantastic game , great imagination,puzzles and magic worlds. Haven't played something this good from a very long time.

This is the most clear explanation of the ending I could have asked for, thank you!

I'm so glad that I played this game, not only because it is absolutely fantastic, but because my interest in its interpretation by others is what led me to your channel. A wonderfully done video, very thorough and insightful (you noticed details that completely passed me by), and I'm very much looking forward to checking out your other videos, as well!

I also got the sense that there was some jungian/psychology/alchemy themes. Ideas of manipulating and ordering these elements within ourselves, leading to evolution. Also the whole "as above, so below" and worlds with in worlds themes that pervade. I love the use of insect colony themes to build this world and give the character a place in the story. The universe's sense of order guided by alien insect colonies.

What a wonderful experience (both the game and your analysis)! As others have said, I missed so much while solving puzzles and having my mind blown. Cocoon, like Inside before it, are works of art that stay with you and encourage discussion. Thanks for being the only channel I’ve found that has initiated such insightful conversation!

Amazing analysis, thank you so much for putting this together!

I just finished this masterpiece a couple of days ago. You did a great job interpreting this. You're very well-spoken.

Brilliant analysis, thank you.

great job on the analysis! very thoughtful and detailed! would love an update if and when you got more!

Wonderful video, really interesting take

Finished this game this evening myself. Was curious of others perspectives. I had a similar overall feelings about the story but some of the other details you added make sense. Like the purpose of all the different planets/orbs and their roles within the whole system. Enjoyed your video !

I felt so bamboozled yet amazed when I finished the game and when you explained the ending I almost teared up. Good observation & explanation to this 🙏🏽

Thank you for the explanation!!!

So satisfying, incredible video!

Great video. Thanks for sharing your interpretation.

wow GREAT video, you thought much more critically about all this than I did!

Wow you really dissected the world in great manner. I was not que to grasp even a fraction of what you said, but in hindsight it makes a lot of sense.

Great analysis and articulation!

Brilliant analysis, gave me an even deeper appreciation of the game. Bravo!

Excellent breakdown

Great insights! I just finished the game. Thank you for making this video

Incredible explanation

Thank you for this. Great analysis helped me understand what I just experienced a little bit better

Amazing game, thanks for the break down.

Finished and loved every frame of cocoon. I'll be directing whoever asks about the explanation to your spot on analysis :)

This was well done! I agree with your interpretation as well

I love your explanation. I loved this game. The game mechanics were so fun to mess around with and the worlds were so beautiful too.

This looks really neat! I like the almost puzzle indirect boss battles. And the nod to Greek Mythology was cool😊

First vid I've seen of yours, enjoyed it! Curious to explore more of your channel ✌

such beautiful and thoroughly explanation, and only 500ish subs? i just finished the game and came looking for an explanation to what i just watched and my initial thought was "have i been the villain all this time in the game?? ...... im glad i found this video ... keep it up

You explained it perfectly 🫶🏾

great stuff

Amazing, great thoughts and summary…

Mind blown! The game was great, too.

I'm impressed how much you were able to extract from the world. I came looking on the internet for some discussion about the story, but didn't really find anything. Which was pretty suprising with how elaborate and mysterious the game's world seems. I guess a big part of the appeal for me is that it's all left to player's interpretation. If it was spelled out and explained, it would probably come out as a pretty bland story. Great video.

For some reason everything is related in some way to Greek mythology...huh. Amazing analysis, I got the "bad ending" and quickly came to youtube to close some of my thoughts on this amazing game. I love the simplicity of your explanation straight to the point, I respect and appreciate that. Keep it up.

I like this interpretation! Bless you for this video, this helps quite a bit to form a more cohesive picture :> especially helps because I played this game in too many sittings. Also what good tastes in game you have ayyyy

Huh, interesting! The ending made me believe that perhaps the main character (after he became a god) was about to eat the planets. And that perhaps the enemies you encountered along the way were actually the good guys, trying to prevent you from eating their planets.

I think there's one little detail that you may have missed in the normal ending - right when your character is revealed in their god form, their eye opens, and starts getting more and more intense, like its charging up for something, but we never see what. I think that what it did is clued in by the final achievement: 'the end is the beginning.' AKA, what the god bug did, was fire that very same beam of light at the start of the game that created itself in the first place, therefore making the whole game a stable time loop of sorts. Alternatively, the starting beam if light was created by their 'parent' bug god, and now they are firing their own beam to create their own child before they leave to explore the cosmos? Either way, I thought it would be neat to share that with you! :)

nice thesis ;)

I was so engrossed in the puzzles I legit just didn't notice half of the details you mentioned. Excellent video and analysis. I have to wonder what the point of the cycle is. The worlds and their technologies are abandoned, so did the PC inherit a dead world to govern? If so, what happened to the previous god? Why was the cocoon activated to begin with? Is this a life cycle thing or a special ritual? If you fail, does someone take your place or do the worlds just die off? The devs really put so much mystique and intrigue into such a small package.

this game is a masterpiece It amazes me it was on xbox game pass and I played it for free, feel like robbing

So I wasn't the only one who thought the black one was not a foe but rather a final examiner of sorts. Also, I do believe a real enemy is shown in the end, even if just to make a sequel.

Highly recommend playing on acid, those transitions awoken something inside me 😂

I’d love to hear your take on the hidden ending.

What I'm really curious about is if there any homages to Limbo and Inside in this game. Max Darett did a video about how Limbo and Inside may take place in the same universe. It's certainly possible that the Limbo/Inside universe takes place on one of the four planets in Cocoon, but is there any actual evidence of this?

This is a cool interpretation for me I have no idea and I don't think its the right interpretation but I think what happens is a some sort of preparation for a meal to a greater god of sorts and our character is just a worker drone preping the meal. The secret ending shows multiple moths which just seem to be the evolved form of our player charcter, holding the orb worlds. What I think happened is that somehow an egg was placed one of these worlds which will hatch a moth which then in turn will kill all the guardians and feed these worlds to a greater being. This interpretation is for fun and I know there is so much to counter this claim.

Just %100 the game, SPOILER: I wish there was a final boss fight, I was kinda let down because I was looking forward to it. I enjoyed the unique boss fights.

Huh, thought it was rigged but hey, i see a great game

Any thoughts on the meaning of the secret ending?

I love your effort to translate the visual narrative into world-building story, but i feel the devs could have put some more energy in creating a less open-to-interpretation story. This no-story approach seems to be becoming more and more fashionable and a generalized trend among indie developers, and yet some (probably a minority) of us find it quite insatisfactory.

"A young girl and her companion off to save the world"? Ummmm. Huh? Things kinda made sense until that. Anyway. I felt the game was extremely repetitive, boring, and not even close to the brilliance of both Limo and Inside. Somerville is another similar style of game that is also much better.