by Hanwen Xu & Hatim Benhsain

In the ocean depths, a society of merpeople begins to undergo evolution and discovers casual relationships. After a painful breakup, the solitary protagonist undergoes a journey of self-discovery and self-denial as they experiment with intimacy, experience physical bodily changes, and try to decide whether or not they want to move to the surface.

coalescent || tidal rapture is a hypnagogic 3D swimming/entanglement adventure 3rd-person computer game. It features:

Two primary gameplay modes – swimming and entanglement.
A reverse coming-of-age story about a swimmer unlearning normalcy in order to embrace (or not) the new and primal told in three chapters.
Three surreal cave-based collaged underwater worlds depicted in low-poly 3D and 2D pixel art character and object sprites.
Three sexy, mysterious and colorful partners who aquaint the protagonist with a different sort of entanglement.

A retro swimming push-and-pull swimming style inspired by the likes of Super Mario 64, Ecco the Dolphin, and b.l.u.e. Legend of Water.
A dynamic atmospheric electronic soundtrack with interactive musical plants and fish.
A five-note singing system with pitch modulation.
Sing and harmonize with a quirky cast of merpeople characters to establish a telepathic bond and talk about life underwater and what it must be like on the surface.
At the end of every season, every merpeople migrates together to the next world.

Four phases: foreplay, main act, climax, and aftercare.
Control a long and sinuous organ coming out of the characters' back and thrust, entangle, and tie knots with your partner's.
Explore different touch-based communication styles as the merpeople cuddle and discuss their newfound intimacy.

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