This article discusses death and personal bereavement I never intended to make videogames about my brother. He died in May last year , standing in the crowded lobby of the Manchester Arena, at the hands of the radicalised young man who d walked into the building and detonated a h
I never intended to make videogames about my brother. He died in May last year, standing in the crowded lobby of the Manchester Arena, at the hands of the radicalised young man who d walked into the building and detonated a homemade explosive. I learned later, while numbly standing with a police officer in middle of the cavernous, shrapnel-damaged space, that he was standing approximately seven feet away from the bomber, and was killed instantly. His name was Martyn, and he was 29.
Going through something like that completely altered my trajectory as a person. But, over time, I realised that I d quietly changed as an artist and games designer too — everything I was working on had stopped, and games had unexpectedly become the outlet through which I began to process it all. With this came a changed perspective: that games should be depicting the honest reality of death, because it can be incredibly helpful when they do.
It's been exactly 1 year since A Mortician's Tale was released!! 💜💀 To celebrate its anniversary, we're having a 50% OFF Sale — the lowest the game has ever been! When this sale is over we'll be changing the price permanently to $9.99 USD. We also updated the game with a few bu
It's been exactly 1 year since A Mortician's Tale was released!! 💜💀 To celebrate its anniversary, we're having a 50% OFF Sale — the lowest the game has ever been!
When this sale is over we'll be changing the price permanently to $9.99 USD.
We also updated the game with a few bug fixes / changes: - The "Chatty Charlie" achievement what was previously broken has now been fixed. A huge thank you to everyone who pointed this out to us — we appreciate your patience while we were getting this sorted! - We've heard your feedback regarding the game feeling too tutorial-y and have updated the text in the game to hopefully feel a bit better
Thanks for all your love and support over this last year, it means the world to us that people enjoyed our lil death game 💜
We’re excited to announce that A Mortician’s Tale is a finalist in this year’s Independent Games Festival Awards at this year's Game Developers Conference (GDC)! We’re super honoured to be nominated for the Nuovo Award alongside so many other amazing games, and to be named as an
We’re excited to announce that A Mortician’s Tale is a finalist in this year’s Independent Games Festival Awards at this year's Game Developers Conference (GDC)! We’re super honoured to be nominated for the Nuovo Award alongside so many other amazing games, and to be named as an honourable mention for the Excellence in Narrative Award!
To celebrate, we’ll be putting A Mortician’s Tale on Sale for 35% OFF during Steam’s IGF and GDCA Sale, from March 20-22!
We’ve ALSO updated the game with Achievements on Steam. We originally didn’t include any as we didn’t feel it was appropriate given the context of the game, HOWEVER we’ve heard your feedback and know that so many of you enjoy collecting achievements, so we've decided to add 3 achievements to the game:
* “Rest in Peace” — Finish A Mortician's Tale * “Crypt Sweeper Keeper” — Win a game of Tales from the Crypt Sweeper * “Chatty Charlie” — Talk to every person at every funeral
We’re excited to announce that A Mortician’s Tale is a finalist in this year’s Independent Games Festival Awards at this year's Game Developers Conference (GDC)! We’re super honoured to be nominated for the Nuovo Award alongside so many other amazing games, and to be named as an
We’re excited to announce that A Mortician’s Tale is a finalist in this year’s Independent Games Festival Awards at this year's Game Developers Conference (GDC)! We’re super honoured to be nominated for the Nuovo Award alongside so many other amazing games, and to be named as an honourable mention for the Excellence in Narrative Award!
To celebrate, we’ll be putting A Mortician’s Tale on Sale for 35% OFF during Steam’s IGF and GDCA Sale, from March 20-22!
We’ve ALSO updated the game with Achievements on Steam. We originally didn’t include any as we didn’t feel it was appropriate given the context of the game, HOWEVER we’ve heard your feedback and know that so many of you enjoy collecting achievements, so we've decided to add 3 achievements to the game:
* “Rest in Peace” — Finish A Mortician's Tale * “Crypt Sweeper Keeper” — Win a game of Tales from the Crypt Sweeper * “Chatty Charlie” — Talk to every person at every funeral
Fantastic Arcade is a convention that began as part of a film festival and is now its own thing, though it still has the advantage of being held in a rad-looking cinema—the Alamo Drafthouse in Austin, Texas. Like the film festival, Fantastic Arcade is focused on cult and independ
Fantastic Arcade is a convention that began as part of a film festival and is now its own thing, though it still has the advantage of being held in a rad-looking cinema—the Alamo Drafthouse in Austin, Texas. Like the film festival, Fantastic Arcade is focused on cult and independent art, so every year a selection of indie developers get up and talk about their games. This year's talks were uploaded to YouTube two weeks ago and since then I've spent some enjoyable hours dipping in and out.
Here are some of the highlights.
Untitled Goose Game
For all we know Untitled Goose Game may remain untitled forever. "It's good enough for paintings and songs," developers House House suggest as they explain how their game began as a joke on Slack, the workplace chat network for water-cooler gossip. It's a very silly idea—although a stealth game where you are just an asshole goose rather than an assassin is genius—and you can see how this gag among friends grew from its simple beginnings.
A Mortician's Tale
Laundry Bear call A Mortician's Tale "A narrative-driven job simulator where you play a mortician in a funeral home," but it started quite far from that. While now it's grounded in the real world of the death industry apparently it began as a game about a mortician who dealt with the bodies of videogame characters, they explain. "Lara Croft would drown or something and you'd be, well, here's how I deal with a body that has been drowned."
Heat Signature
Tom Francis of Suspicious Developments (formerly of this parish) showed Heat Signature, going all the way back to how it looked after just a couple of days of work. This is another one that's interesting because you can see how far it came, from the concept of a procedurally generated game where you can sneak inside spaceships to the story-generating murder gif creator you can play today. (Also you get to have a look at his Steam library when his laptop's on-screen. He's been playing Opus Magnum: nice.)
Chuchel
Amanita Designs are a Czech studio you may know for Machinarium, Botanicula, or the Samorost series. They make adventure games with animation'd you see in award-winning short films, and their next one is called Chuchel. This commentary from Amanita's Lukas Kunce is great because it explains the Czech-specific origins of Chuchel, which is a word that means something like 'dust bunny'. He sums up Chuchel by saying, "It's actually a game about two disgusting things fighting over a cherry."
With Phil on deadline and Andy in a different county, Samuel and Pip discuss a slew of indie games, as well answering about four weeks’ worth of questions from our various channels. Download: Episode 55: Bombfunk MCs . You can also subscribe on iTunes or keep up with new releases
With Phil on deadline and Andy in a different county, Samuel and Pip discuss a slew of indie games, as well answering about four weeks’ worth of questions from our various channels.
Download:Episode 55: Bombfunk MCs. You can also subscribe on iTunes or keep up with new releases using our RSS feed.
Discussed: Bomber Crew, A Mortician’s Tale, Wunderdoktor
The PC Gamer UK Podcast is a weekly podcast about PC gaming. Thoughts? Feedback? Requests? Tweet us @PCGamerPod, or email [email protected]. This week’s music is from Destiny 2.
Did you know that the process of cremation doesn t turn your body to ash? It s actually the cremulator, another machine, which mills the bone down into a fine dust. It’s details like this that you’ll encounter while playing A Mortician s Tale , a point-and-click job simulator ins
Did you know that the process of cremation doesn t turn your body to ash? It s actually the cremulator, another machine, which mills the bone down into a fine dust. It’s details like this that you’ll encounter while playing A Mortician s Tale, a point-and-click job simulator inspired by the work of mortician and author Caitlin Doughty and the death positive movement she helped found. (more…)
Dealing with a death is crushing for most people, but for some it’s part of their day job. A Mortician’s Tale focuses on that side of death, playing as a fresh young funeral director as she learns the ropes of the death business. Along with preparing bodies, going through the pro
Dealing with a death is crushing for most people, but for some it’s part of their day job. A Mortician’s Tale [official site] focuses on that side of death, playing as a fresh young funeral director as she learns the ropes of the death business. Along with preparing bodies, going through the processes leading to burial or cremation, she’ll handle loved ones, attend funerals, hear stories, and, you know, get on with her job. The game’s out now, launched today. (more…)
A Mortician's Tale is Now Available on Steam and is 20% off!* A Mortician's Tale is a narrative-driven death positive video game where you play as a mortician tasked with running a funeral home—preparing the cadavers of the deceased (via embalming or cremation), attending their f
A Mortician's Tale is Now Available on Steam and is 20% off!*
A Mortician's Tale is a narrative-driven death positive video game where you play as a mortician tasked with running a funeral home—preparing the cadavers of the deceased (via embalming or cremation), attending their funerals and listening to their loved ones' stories, and running the business.
A Mortician's Tale will be launching this Wednesday, October 18th for $14.99 USD with a launch sale of 20% off for the first week. We're also excited to announce that the Mortician's Tale original soundtrack, composed by Halina Heron , will also be available on October 18th for $
A Mortician's Tale will be launching this Wednesday, October 18th for $14.99 USD with a launch sale of 20% off for the first week.
We're also excited to announce that the Mortician's Tale original soundtrack, composed by Halina Heron, will also be available on October 18th for $4.99 USD through Steam.
There will be a Mortician's Tale Soundtrack Edition available for $17.99 USD, which will include both the game and its soundtrack.
We're so excited to finally launch this game on Steam and share it with you all!
A Mortician's Tale will be launching this Wednesday, October 18th for $14.99 USD with a launch sale of 20% off for the first week. We're also excited to announce that the Mortician's Tale original soundtrack, composed by Halina Heron , will also be available on October 18th for $
A Mortician's Tale will be launching this Wednesday, October 18th for $14.99 USD with a launch sale of 20% off for the first week.
We're also excited to announce that the Mortician's Tale original soundtrack, composed by Halina Heron, will also be available on October 18th for $4.99 USD through Steam.
There will be a Mortician's Tale Soundtrack Edition available for $17.99 USD, which will include both the game and its soundtrack.
We're so excited to finally launch this game on Steam and share it with you all!
We're super excited to announce that A Mortician's Tale is launching October 18, 2017 for PC/Mac on Steam! We'll continue to share updates and news regarding discounts, bundles, etc here so stay tuned! 💜
We're super excited to announce that A Mortician's Tale is launching October 18, 2017 for PC/Mac on Steam! We'll continue to share updates and news regarding discounts, bundles, etc here so stay tuned! 💜
We're super excited to announce that A Mortician's Tale is launching October 18, 2017 for PC/Mac on Steam! We'll continue to share updates and news regarding discounts, bundles, etc here so stay tuned! 💜
We're super excited to announce that A Mortician's Tale is launching October 18, 2017 for PC/Mac on Steam! We'll continue to share updates and news regarding discounts, bundles, etc here so stay tuned! 💜
Become an undertaker, a career-finding quiz advised me in high school. I saw that as something between an insult and the quiz, like me, throwing its hands up and declaring “‘Flip’ if I know!” I’ve since decided it was a compliment, that the ultra-serious software judged me practi
Become an undertaker, a career-finding quiz advised me in high school. I saw that as something between an insult and the quiz, like me, throwing its hands up and declaring “‘Flip’ if I know!” I’ve since decided it was a compliment, that the ultra-serious software judged me practical and grounded enough to handle heavy stuff yet empathetic. [Work in the RPS treehouse here halts until all laughter, jeers, and polite coughs clear -ed.]
So I’m quite interested in A Mortician’s Tale [official site], an upcoming game about running a funeral home. Prepare cadavers, comfort the bereaved, keep the business running… if I can 100% it, would a mortuary school accept that as class credit? … [visit site to read more]
