A Mortician's Tale

 A Mortician's Tale - Indie Game

Source: https://laundrybear.com/

    My journey back into indie games continues. I just completed A Mortician's Tale, a delightful, inspirational, and positive experience. It was developed by Laundry Bear Games who describe themselves as "a small, independent game studio based in Toronto, Canada. We love collaborating with friends to make colourful and emotionally-impactful video games. In 2017, we released our critically-acclaimed debut title A Mortician's Tale. We are currently working on our second game."

Source: https://laundrybear.com/a-morticians-tale

    Listing 6 different awards on their presskit, I want to celebrate the death positive message of this game and the way it pulls the veil back on the funeral industry; how it's beautiful, and also some of the less ideal aspects. Having completed the game and researching its inspiration, The Order of the Good Death, I found my own beliefs and stances challenged, and in some ways changed. 

    In A Mortician's Tale you play Charlie, a recent funeral direction graduate as she starts working in the industry at Rose & Daughter's Funeral Home. Throughout the 1 hour gameplay, you prepare bodies according to the wishes of the family and/or the person. Sometimes this means cremating them, other times it means cleaning the body and prepping it for an open or closed casket. You interact with the folks mourning and pay respects to the dead. 

    I won't share more of the story, as it is short. But I do want to end by saying it gave me some chuckles, it made me experience anger, and it brought me to tears. What it lacks in complexity, it makes up in quality. I wholly suggest you take the opportunity to share in this experience, I know I'm glad I did.