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
Developer(s)Laundry Bear Games
Publisher(s)Laundry Bear Games
Director(s)Gabby DaRienzo
Designer(s)Gabby DaRienzo
Programmer(s)Andrew Carvalho
Artist(s)
  • Gabby DaRienzo
  • Jacquelin de Leon
Writer(s)Kaitlin Tremblay
Composer(s)Halina Heron
EngineUnity
Platform(s)macOS, Windows, iOS
Release
  • macOS, Windows
  • 18 October 2017
  • iOS
  • 22 November 2018
Genre(s)Management
Mode(s)Single-player

Gameplay

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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

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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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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

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  1. ^ a b c d "A Mortician's Tale". Laundry Bear Games. Archived from the original on 2023-10-25. Retrieved 2023-10-25.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ "A Mortician's Tale for PC Reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on 30 January 2024. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ Polygon staff (18 December 2017). "The 50 best games of 2017". Polygon. Archived from the original on 21 December 2017. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
  10. ^ "Nominee List for 2017". National Academy of Video Game Trade Reviewers. 9 February 2018. Archived from the original on 15 February 2018. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
  11. ^ "Horizon wins 7; Mario GOTY". National Academy of Video Game Trade Reviewers. 13 March 2018. Archived from the original on 14 March 2018. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
  12. ^ 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.
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