A Mortician's Tale

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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
Artist(s)
  • Gabby DaRienzo
  • Jacquelin de Leon
Writer(s) Kaitlin Tremblay
Composer(s) Halina Heron
Engine Unity
Platform(s) macOS, Windows, iOS
Release
  • macOS, Windows
  • 18 October 2017
  • iOS
  • 22 November 2018
Genre(s) Management
Mode(s) Single-player

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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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

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

  1. 1 2 3 4 "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. 1 2 3 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. 1 2 Rowen, Nic (22 October 2017). "Review: A Mortician's Tale". Destructoid . Archived from the original on 27 November 2017. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
  7. 1 2 Donlan, Christian (19 October 2017). "A Mortician's Tale review". Eurogamer . Archived from the original on 21 October 2017. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
  8. 1 2 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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