Bozu, Steam!
We are so excited to bring the world of Tchia to you in March! Before then, we want to get you familiar with one of the core mechanics in the world of Tchia: Soul Jumping!
With Soul Jumping, Tchia enters a sort of hypnotic… trance. This trance slows time around Tchia, allowing her to take precise aim at her targets - which are highlighted in green! Once ready, the Soul Jump activation button can be pressed and Tchia will warp into the target, taking control of it!
The ability to Soul Jump appears early in the game, but it isn’t immediately mastered. You’ll grow and learn with Tchia as she gets to grips with this ability, allowing her to control targets for longer by unlocking additional Soul Meter slots. These are unlocked by completing challenges as you progress through the story. Increasing the number of slots that you have will give you the ability to experiment more with combinations of Soul Jumps, and open more fun combat and exploration opportunities!
Using Soul Jumps
The Soul Meter can be seen above in Green! It will drain depending on the actions that you take whilst controlling an animal or an object. This tends to be directly correlated with the potential of what is being controlled.
If you want to be a coconut, go ahead! It will drain your Soul Meter slowly… as it is a coconut and has quite limited mechanical potential. If you’re a bird, and you want to soar great distances, you will find that it is more draining on your Soul Meter.
The biggest thing with Soul Jumping is to consider what an animal could do before you jump into it. Crabs have big pincers - could those break chains? Dogs love to dig… could you find treasure with one? Could you swim to the depths of the ocean as a turtle? The mechanic is designed so that you feel limitless and can think creatively!
As mentioned - with the coconuts, for example - you can Soul Jump into objects and not just animals. The game has a physics–based movement system that makes controlling objects feel super fun. You can warp into something flammable, explosive, or unassuming, and use a Soul Throw to aim and shoot yourself at a target (and you’ll warp out of it at the same time, saving you from harm). Here is a video that covers all of the above and more if you want to delve deeper!
There are over 30 playable objects in Tchia and each presents a plethora of unique opportunities that will really alter your gameplay. We hope that you love it when you experience it! And new to Tchia in March will be the accessibility setting Infinite Soul Meter. This will give you the option of having a Soul Meter that never depletes, allowing you to fly, swim, and fling to your heart's content!
Oléti!
The Awaceb Team