But it might be by necessity, as I think gamifying that too much would drown out the message. The game doesn’t allow you to do anything out of order and there’s no timer or penalty for taking too long. But that’s as interactive as things get, and you’re never in danger of messing up. All this is done through touch controls and feels very intimate. For instance, you need to stuff cotton balls in the deceased’s mouth so it doesn’t collapse and then sew the lips shut. In all cases, the game takes you through the necessary steps, explaining why each one is important.
If they’re getting cremated instead, there’s much less to do, but it’s still educational. If a funeral is going to be open casket, you need to clean and embalm the body. Once you’re ready, you send off an automated response and can start on the actual work. One of the emails will always be a request from your boss to fulfill a customer’s wishes on how to prepare their loved one’s body. But shortly before that, one of the newsletters fills you in on the details, making the choice extra difficult. At one point, there’s even a difficult and meaningful choice in the game, though I don’t want to give it away here.
This information often also ties in with the story, as you may learn about more environmentally-friendly burials just as a customer is requesting one.
Each time you check your mail, there will be a newsletter from Funerals Monthly on things like good etiquette at a funeral or burial practices of different religions. This setup also allows the game to offer educational value that’s optional and fits into the layout well. I found this to be an effective way to get to know all the characters without actually conversing with any of them personally. Not everything is spelled out for you, but you can easily fill in the blanks. This is how most of the story is told, and I think it works well. Each day starts with reading your emails. You play as Charlotte, aka Charlie, who just started working at this family-owned business as a mortician.
Theres limited interactivity in A Mortician’s Tale, with the entire game taking place inside the Rose and Daughters Funeral Home.
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