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Tessellate: Mind Games
Developer(s)
Bleak Industries
Platform(s) Nintendo Switch
Genre(s) Role-Playing, Action, Adventure, Open-World, Fighting
Series Tessellate
Predecessor Tessellate: Bad Luck
Successor Unknown
Release Date(s) Earth flag 2017
Age Rating(s) Trating2000px-PEGI 16.svg

 Tessellate: Mind Games is a role-playing action video game developed by Bleak Industries to be released worldwide on the Nintendo Switch console, sometime in 2017. It is the third main instalment in the Tessellate series, and takes place directly after the previous title, Tessellate: Bad Luck. The game is also stated to end the first trilogy in the timeline, as future titles will take place in a different setting and time period.

The main plot of the game, Broken Personality, takes place directly after the conclusion of Tessellate: Bad Luck. It focuses on Tess, as her personalities become harder and harder for her to control, which eventually leads to the discovery of an unknown source hunting them down individually, which forces Tess to take extreme action to save her other selves from a dead end.

Like with the other two titles in the series, Mind Games was rated a "T" rating by ESRB, and a "16" by PEGI, however, this is subject to change as the final version of the game has yet to be released. Similarly to the previous instalments, the release date has been simply expressed as 2017, however it seems a Winter 2017 release date is most likely for the game.

Development


Mind Games was initially revealed and teased through a beta version of the logo at the Fantendo 10th Anniversary Showcase, confirming the third game in the series. The game was properly announced at the Fantendo Fanon Feature 2017 with half of the presentation dedicated to explaining the game. 

Plot: Broken Personality

Broken Personality is the title of the game's story mode. You can read the transcript of the story here, or you can read the description of the story which will be posted here after the transcript is complete.

Gameplay

Due to the genre transition from Bad Luck to Mind Games, becoming a role-playing action title as opposed to the open world shooter scenario created in the former two titles, Mind Games has a newly developed engine. As a role-playing title, the main goal for the player is to defeat the given enemy by any means necessary, without dying in combat.

However, there are many factors which will determine the success rate of defeating enemies, beginning with the core eight combat-oriented stats that are improved upon throughout the course of the game through many different methods.

  • Health: A number which signifies the amount of damage points you can receive until you die. 
  • Mana: A number which signifies the amount of attack points you can use in special attacks. Melee attacks do not affect this number.
  • Melee Attack: The amount of damage you deal when you attack with physical attacks, such as punching, kicking and shooting. As well as any damage dealt with melee weapons like knives.
  • Special Attack: Special attacks are stronger attacks that will cost you Mana in combat. They are also affected by the element of the character, dealing less or more damage to an opponent based on strengths and weaknesses.
  • Defence: How protective and bulky you are, which will lessen the amount of damage dealt by enemy attacks.
  • Speed: How agile and fast you are, which will determine the turn order in which characters take their turns.
  • Magic: Magic helps boost damage of attacks that are element-based.
  • Luck: Luck will allow you to occasionally dodge attacks based on the percentage of luckiness you are. Other perks such as discounts in shops and extra stat points will also become more likely.

Stats can be increased through either levelling up, or through completing activities in your daily life to subsequently boost them. 

All characters have a large move pool which develops as they level up. Naturally, they start with weaker moves and less effective moves which become stronger and more powerful as they are replaced with heavier hitting moves. Also, moves can be levelled up based on how much they are used, which will boost their effectiveness. 

Each individual has a different stat differentiation which means that they will be more skilled in different areas, based on the characteristics and personalities of that character. It also helps to give the player a better insight to the character's play style, for example, Tess has a Melee Boost and a Magic drop, which reflects her as a stronger physical attacker. All characters also have a unique element aligned with them, which deals less or more damage to an enemy based on their strengths and weaknesses. 

Characters

Here are all the characters in Tessellate: Mind Games. Click on a character's portrait to be taken to their respective subpage or their main page, depending on what is available.

TessMindGames
Tess is the main character of Mind Games. After receiving a strange phone call, her whole life is about to change. Due to her newly founded caring nature, she is very worried about her renegade personalities after they are being threatened by an unknown assailant who is hunting them down. She is very determined to find out more about the whole situation, and ultimately bring it to an end. Her move set is filled with physical attacks, including her many martial arts. She can also use a martian gun decently to shoot enemies. Later on in the game, she also learns how to use a whip, which becomes another attack mechanism she has at her disposal.

NUCLEAR

Tiffany is the daughter of Tess, who is ready to finally start acting like a family with her again, after being abandoned the day of her creation. She is suffering from schizophrenia, and is receiving a lot of support from her friend Leire to overcome it, after it was revealed that her best friend Kimiko was created inside her head. She is very courageous and potentially impulsive, however she does have a level head and can act very quickly when needed. Tiffany's move set revolves around her gun, the Revolvise, and her many elemental bullets.

PSYCHIC

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GrieveMindGames
Grieve is a personality of Tess, said to be the 'ultimate evil' that resided within her until they separated, relieving Tess of most of her psychopathic nature. Despite being 'evil', Grieve is very clumsy and very forgetful, which eventually leads to his downfall whenever he has an evil plan in motion. He hasn't be in contact with Tess in quite a while, so he definitely has some catching up to do with her, if she doesn't kill him first.

DARKNESS

Vermilion is a personality of Tess, who is very hard-working individual who used to work as a special agent. She is very skilled in arm-to-arm combat and is very nimble and flexible. She was initially very anxious of Tess, but after realising Grieve existed, she started to accept being a personality of hers and felt proud to be a good person despite the evil. She has been between jobs since, but after learning about Tiffany, she returns to see Tess to be a bigger part of her life.

COMBAT

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LeireMindGames
Leire is one of Tiffany's closest friends. They originally met as enemies until Leire jumped ship from helping Tess and decided to help Tiffany instead. She is a pyromaniac, and rarely shows any care for another living thing, apart from Tiffany. How she learned about Tiffany or anything relating to them is unknown, but she feels a strong sense of belonging with them. She is not the strongest attacker, but her fire damage can help in a lot of dire situations whenever they arise. 

FIRE

Selene is a journalist that previously helped Tiffany and co. in Bad Luck when Pader City was being overthrown by the Predators. After documenting the whole event, and writing a report of the crisis of Pader City, she managed to become a multimedia journalist, and now works for a prestigious company doing what she loves. When she learns about Tiffany and co. being in trouble again, she returns to help in any way she can, in exchange for being able to publicly write about their adventures.

INK

Selene
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Delilah
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Delilah is a mermaid/human hybrid that Tess created as a child in her dreams to fill the void of having no mother figure in her life. She gave Delilah the perfect life, and Delilah helped inspire her as a kid to reach her dreams. Delilah would read her storybooks at night and keep her safe from the monsters hiding under her bed and in the closet. Delilah has been a jack of all trades when it comes to jobs, ranging from pop star to astronaut, reflecting all the desires Tess had as a child. 

WATER

Scaide is the biological daughter of Grieve and Mallory, who is very isolated from everyone around her, especially her parents. Mallory is too busy to care what she's doing, and didn't learn about her dad's existence until she hired a private eye to do some digging for her when she became fed up of being alone in the world. However, she isn't all nice, she is very obsessive and psychopathic at times with her obsessions, which rubs people the wrong way. 

METAL

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Vertigo
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Vertigo is a snobby millionaire that came into wealth by complete chance. He married the love of his life at a young age, however, as soon as he discovered that she had a vast fortune left for her, he organised her murder and inherited the fortune after she never left a will. Now, he lives in luxury, and has a long line of mistresses beginning for him. One of his favourite mistresses was Ice Breaker, however, she left him after learning about the origins of his wealth, and now he is determined to hunt her down to be his prime mistress.

MONEY

Ice Breaker is a "femme fatale" and special agent that works under her own morals and intelligence. She is regarded as one of the fastest human beings in existence, and is extremely quick and agile. She is also very powerful and can withstand attacks 10 times her own power, and exactly how she does this is unknown. Despite her physical strength, she is a hopeless romantic, and easily falls in love with other people. She fell in love with Vertigo, but left him after learning about the origins of his fortune, which made her disgusted. She now currently does her best to conceal her identity, and tries to keep her emotions under control when in the line of duty.  

ICE

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Locations

To be added.

Reception

To be elaborated.

Trivia

  • This is the third game in the Tessellate series.

Update Log

  • July 5th, 2017: Created the page.
  • July 6th, 2017: Added Grieve and Vermilion to the game.
  • July 7th, 2017: Added Selene and Leire to the game.
  • July 9th, 2017: Gameplay overhaul.
  • July 10th, 2017: Added Delilah to the game.
  • July 11th, 2017: Added Scaide to the game.
  • July 12th, 2017: Created Tess' sub page.
  • July 13th, 2017: Added an infobox and more headers.
  • July 14th, 2017: Two new characters, Vertigo and Ice Breaker.
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