Hexahedron

The Hexahedron during the game's intro sequence.

The Hexahedron is a massive cube with various yellow tetromino pieces on each of its faces. Its function is to protect maintain order in the universe.

History

When starting a New Game, the Hexahedron appears after Gomez talks to Geezer, and sends Gomez to a mysterious area with four columns and titanic statues of presumably Zu folk, with Fezzes surrounding him and the Hexahedron.

The Hexahedron then converses with Gomez in the Zuish Language saying the following:

Hi there! How are you? I will be your hexahedron today. So this is just a routine procedure, but I do need someone here just in case something goes wrong. If something does go wrong, you are going to have to clean up the mess. Hey, wait a minute! Can you even understand what I am saying? And what is wrong with your head? Oh well. You are here now. Might as well do this thing. Prepare to have your mind blown.

After that brief monologue, the background will disappear, only leaving the columns, platform and a starry sky. The Hexahedron then casts a beam of light below it onto Gomez which makes him hover while rotating the perspective faster and faster while saying:

You dummy, the world is three dimensions!

After the perspective halts, it continues its speech:

All right. Welcome to the club. Enjoy your free hat. I kind of thought maybe this would not work because of your weird head, but everything seems A-OK from over here! Thanks for the hand! You can go home now. It was very nice to meet you!

After that, it bestows Gomez the titular hat (or the sunglasses/3D glasses in New Game Plus) along with the ability to rotate his perspective. However, by rotating his perspective, the Hexahedron spins uncontrollably and collapses into Cubes and Bits, thus crashing and rebooting the game. The only other time the hexahedron makes it true appearance is when it's completely reassembled.

Trivia

• One of the faces of the Hexahedron can be seen on the wall of the Village Boiler Room.