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 good and bad of being an adventurer - you aren’t able to save everyone. Sam in Look Outside is forced to make choices which could be considered for the greater good of the people he comes across (even if the good is their death). Both games show you the consequences of the choices (although Look Outside makes you an active participant in those choices, while in Children of Morta they are part of the story). 

Both of these games were developed by small, indie teams and deserve to be on your wishlist!

Check out Dead Mage and their other available games here.

You can check out Francis Coulombe’s other games on itch.io here, including the original demo version of Look Outside. Coulombe originally made Look Outside as part of a game jam, before developing into the full game that is currently available on Steam. 

Remember, when the curtains are drawn, and the family awaits you at the dinner table, I shall be here with another suggestion, should you need it.