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]
| A Mortician's Tale | |
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| Developer(s) | Laundry Bear Games |
| Publisher(s) | Laundry Bear Games |
| Director(s) | Gabby DaRienzo |
| Designer(s) | Gabby DaRienzo |
| Programmer(s) | Andrew Carvalho |
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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
editA 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
editA 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
edit| Aggregator | Score |
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| Metacritic | PC: 78/100[5] |
| Publication | Score |
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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,[10][11] and for the Nuovo Award at the Independent Games Festival Competition Awards.[12][1]
References
edit- ^ a b c d "A Mortician's Tale". Laundry Bear Games. Archived from the original on 2023-10-25. Retrieved 2023-10-25.
- ^ Weber, Rachel (2 March 2017). "'A Mortician's Tale': Inside a Death-Positive Video Game". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 22 October 2017. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
- ^ a b c Chan, Stephanie (16 October 2017). "A Mortician's Tale dissects the stigma of death". VentureBeat. Archived from the original on 23 October 2017. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
- ^ O'Connor, Alice (18 October 2017). "A Mortician's Tale released". Rock, Paper, Shotgun. Archived from the original on 30 January 2024. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
- ^ "A Mortician's Tale for PC Reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on 30 January 2024. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
- ^ a b Rowen, Nic (22 October 2017). "Review: A Mortician's Tale". Destructoid. Archived from the original on 27 November 2017. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
- ^ a b Donlan, Christian (19 October 2017). "A Mortician's Tale review". Eurogamer. Archived from the original on 21 October 2017. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
- ^ a b Warr, Philippa (18 October 2017). "A Mortician's Tale review". PC Gamer. Archived from the original on 21 October 2017. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
- ^ Polygon staff (18 December 2017). "The 50 best games of 2017". Polygon. Archived from the original on 21 December 2017. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
- ^ Whitney, Kayla (22 March 2018). "Complete list of 2018 Independent Games Festival Awards Winners". AXS. Archived from the original on 1 July 2018. Retrieved 22 March 2018.