News Summary

• 1994 horror game Ecstatica is an early example of fixed-perspective survival horror, splintering off from adventure games.
• Created by Andrew Spencer Studios, it uses ellipsoids with actual volumes for characters, most objects, and much of the environment - all of it running on the CPU.
• The game's engine is capable of rendering polygons for square or flat objects such as doors and crosses.
• As for what you actually do, in this appallingly bulbous simulation: you are an unfortunate wanderer who's strayed into a village full of monsters.
• There are many ways to die.