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Answering the Call: Children of Morta by by Dead Mage and Look Outside by Francis Coulombe

 In Children of Morta, you play a member of the Bergson family, tasked with beating back the corruption that plagues Mount Morta and the surrounding towns. As the darkness closes in, will the family prevail against the odds? Or will they succumb to their own worst fears? Look Outside takes place in an apartment building, where Sam awakens to a strange world where anyone who looks outside is changed into something monstrous. On his calendar, he has a date circled - in fifteen days, something happens. Is it the end of the world?  While both games are vastly different in tone, they both share similar messages during gameplay - hope and perseverance can change the world. Children of Morta is rogue-like while Look Outside is a survival and resource management game.  Both games feature people who answer the call to adventure, even if it is reluctantly. For Children of Morta, as more and more family members become available to play and as the story grows, you are shown both the ...

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