Explore frozen wastes and cozy fixed-camera interiors in indie RPG Mortal Crux

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Mortal Crux is an upcoming indie action-RPG that's aiming to capture the vibe of desolate, Northern European fantasy settings like The Witcher or the Elder Scrolls' Nordic adventures, Skyrim and Bloodmoon. It's being designed for both solo and co-op play, with up to four player sharing a seamless world via an isometric perspective like Diablo or Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance, but with distinctly soulslike combat mechanics. The action shown so far features telegraphed, meaty enemy attacks and a snappy dodge roll. 

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Mortal Crux's anonymous developer wants exploring its world to be a fluid and gratifying experience, and has spent a large portion of development focused on minimizing load times and keeping exploration fluid. He stated: «I love open-world games so I'm focusing on there being as little loading screen usage or interruptions from immersion as possible. Designing sophisticated data streaming methods has been the bulk of the development time so far.»

The fruits of those efforts can already be observed in the gameplay videos he's shared, with snappy transitions between the overworld and distinctive, fixed-camera interiors. Those interiors were the thing that really caught my eye at first. On entering a building, Mortal Crux zooms into a perspective reminiscent of classic Resident Evil or a PS1-era JRPG.

Speaking on the stylistic choice, Mortal Crux's developer said: «I wanted to give every room a more