Building comparison
head to head
CocoonvsCreate
Neither is harder. They score identically on all four axes, so the difference between them is in kind, not degree.
Cocoon
Optimization · Pure Optimization
A surreal puzzle-adventure about nesting worlds inside orbs.
Create
Optimization · Pure Optimization
A physics puzzle game about placing objects to solve spatial challenges.
Cocoon leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Create leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
CocoonCreate
Axis by axis
Execution2 vs 2
Same score on execution - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Cocoon
Inputs are simple movement and a button.
Create
Placing objects has no timing demand
Reads0 vs 0
Same score on reads - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Cocoon
Puzzles are fixed designs.
Create
No adaptive opponent
Variance1 vs 1
Same score on variance - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Cocoon
No randomness.
Create
Physics deterministic and predictable
Optimization7 vs 7
Same score on optimization - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
Cocoon
Pure puzzle logic, solvable by reasoning.
Create
Finding object placements that solve spatial puzzles is the loop
A matching score does not mean a matching test. Two games can both sit at 10 on execution and demand completely different things of you - which is why the reasoning above matters more than the number beside it.