Teocida

Teocida

released on Dec 25, 2021

Teocida

released on Dec 25, 2021

A surrealistic and spiritually provocative experience. Explore the ruins of a temple filled with puzzles, riddles, and secrets. Follow the Story of the Matriarch: a prophetess whose doctrine fell into obscurity.


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Even less of a traditional game than Tamashii and more of a audiovisual puzzle akin to an extrasensory/logic abilities test

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"A civilidade é apenas uma ferramenta para impor o poder dominante."

A grainy, misshapen memory of a dreamlike day. Nightmarish landscapes sprawl before you in an endless abyss of psychosexuality. The prisons of expectations and societal ideas of normalcy shackle you to this nightmare. Puzzles are often straightforward, but the ones to find the keys leading you forward are vague and cryptic. Truth itself is a puzzle to be solved, one that requires you to live outside the status quo to understand.

Characters speak in strange ways and pontificate about their existences and moral frameworks without much instigation. It seems as if the entire world is some surreal discussion about revolution, peace, temptation, and sin. Each set of puzzles named after a different idea: Mentalism. Correspondence. Vibration. Polarity. Rhythm. Cause and Effect.

Gender.

The ultimate overcoming of boundaries, the ultimate destruction of the social hegemony. A scream against chains forged of commonplace.

Our true villain speaks in binary.

Much like the first game (Tamashii), your enjoyment will depend on how much you like the aesthetic. That being said it has plenty of improvements over Tamashii. The puzzles are more interesting (if not a bit cryptic), the graphics look way better and more lively, and the hub world events are more than just obnoxious jumpscares. If you liked Tamashii, I'd highly recommend Teocida.

I really enjoyed Vikintors previous game TAMASHII and this one was great as well. Basically it is a puzzle platformer with grotesque erotic nightmare world that feels very unique and experimental.
There are lots of cool themes with the story but honestly most of it went over my head :)