Software: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 |
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]
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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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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "A Mortician's Tale" (in en-US). http://laundrybear.com/a-morticians-tale.
- ↑ Weber, Rachel (2 March 2017). "'A Mortician's Tale': Inside a Death-Positive Video Game". Rolling Stone. https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/news/a-morticians-tale-inside-a-death-positive-video-game-w469947. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Chan, Stephanie (16 October 2017). "A Mortician's Tale dissects the stigma of death". VentureBeat. https://venturebeat.com/2017/10/16/a-morticians-tale-dissects-the-stigma-of-death/. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
- ↑ O'Connor, Alice (18 October 2017). "A Mortician's Tale released". Rock, Paper, Shotgun. https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/10/18/a-morticians-tale-released/. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
- ↑ "A Mortician's Tale for PC Reviews". CBS Interactive. https://www.metacritic.com/game/a-morticians-tale/critic-reviews/?platform=pc. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Rowen, Nic (22 October 2017). "Review: A Mortician's Tale". Destructoid. https://www.destructoid.com/review-a-mortician-s-tale-468436.phtml. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Donlan, Christian (19 October 2017). "A Mortician's Tale review". Eurogamer. http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2017-10-19-a-morticians-tale-review. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Warr, Philippa (18 October 2017). "A Mortician's Tale review". PC Gamer. http://www.pcgamer.com/a-morticians-tale-review/. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
- ↑ Polygon staff (18 December 2017). "The 50 best games of 2017". Polygon. https://www.polygon.com/2017-best-games/2017/12/18/16781674/best-video-games-2017-top-50-mario-pubg-zelda. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
- ↑ Whitney, Kayla (22 March 2018). "Complete list of 2018 Independent Games Festival Awards Winners". AXS. https://www.axs.com/complete-list-of-2018-independent-games-festival-awards-winners-129025. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
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