A Mortician's Tale
A Mortician's Tale is a management video game developed by Laundry Bear Games. Players take control of a mortician working in a funeral home. The game was released for Windows and macOS in October 2017[1].
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Developer(s) | Laundry Bear Games |
Publisher(s) | Laundry Bear Games |
Director(s) | Andrew Carlvaho |
Designer(s) | Gabby DaRienzo |
Programmer(s) | Andrew Carvalho |
Artist(s) |
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Writer(s) | Kaitlin Tremblay |
Composer(s) | Halina Heron |
Engine | Unity |
Platform(s) | macOS, Windows, iOS |
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Genre(s) | Management |
Mode(s) | Single-player |
Gameplay
A Mortician's Tale is a management video game in which the player takes control of Charlie, who has just started work as a mortician at a funeral home.[2][3][1]
Development and Release
A Mortician's Tale was developed by Canadian indie game studio Laundry Bear Games.[3] Inspiration for the game came from author and mortician Caitlin Doughty and death acceptance organization The Order of the Good Death.[4]
The game was released for Windows and macOS on 18 October 2017.[3] The game is currently available on Steam, itch.io, Apple's App Store, and Humble Bundle. [1]
Reception
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Metacritic | PC: 78/100[5] |
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Destructoid | 8/10[6] |
Eurogamer | Recommended[7] |
PC Gamer (UK) | 82/100[8] |
A Mortician's Tale was received positively by critics.[7][8][6] Polygon ranked it 50th on their list of the 50 best games of 2017.[9] The game was nominated for "Game, Special Class" at the National Academy of Video Game Trade Reviewers Awards, and for the Nuovo Award at the Independent Games Festival Competition Awards.[12][1]
References
- "A Mortician's Tale". Laundry Bear Games. Retrieved 2023-10-25.
- Weber, Rachel (2 March 2017). "'A Mortician's Tale': Inside a Death-Positive Video Game". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
- Chan, Stephanie (16 October 2017). "A Mortician's Tale dissects the stigma of death". VentureBeat. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
- O'Connor, Alice (18 October 2017). "A Mortician's Tale released". Rock, Paper, Shotgun. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
- "A Mortician's Tale for PC Reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
- Rowen, Nic (22 October 2017). "Review: A Mortician's Tale". Destructoid. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
- Donlan, Christian (19 October 2017). "A Mortician's Tale review". Eurogamer. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
- Warr, Philippa (18 October 2017). "A Mortician's Tale review". PC Gamer. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
- Polygon staff (18 December 2017). "The 50 best games of 2017". Polygon. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
- Whitney, Kayla (22 March 2018). "Complete list of 2018 Independent Games Festival Awards Winners". AXS. Retrieved 22 March 2018.