The Mortuary Assistant
Having completed your degree in mortuary sciences, you have taken on an apprenticeship at River Fields Mortuary. Over the past several months you have logged many hours aiding the Mortician in daily tasks along with learning the ins and outs of the embalming process as well as how to properly handle and care for the deceased.
What it feels like
The juxtaposition of mundane embalming routine with creeping supernatural wrongness creates an unsettling, subtly-off atmosphere. Slow-building anticipatory fear of supernatural occurrences unfolds as the player progresses through apprenticeship duties. Secrets about the mortuary, the deceased, and supernatural events are gradually revealed through exploration and investigation.
What it's about
Working with corpses, embalming, and the care of the dead places confrontation with human finitude at the narrative center. Banishing demons and dealing with occult forces alongside mundane mortuary work is a defining narrative tension central to the premise. While grounded in a realistic premise, the primary aim includes frightening and disturbing the player through supernatural elements and grotesque imagery.
How it plays
Interaction with mortuary equipment, corpses, and environmental hotspots is driven by clicking and examining specific objects in first-person perspective. Searching scenes for clues, items, and details is a core activity, especially when investigating supernatural disturbances alongside embalming duties. Managing embalming tools, fluids, and materials appears to be a deliberate subgame of preparation and procedure.
How it looks and sounds
The entire experience is presented from a first-person perspective inside the mortuary, grounding the player in the apprentice's embodied experience. The blend of realistic mortuary simulation with supernatural horror and dreamlike encounters creates impossible, surreal moments.
How it's structured
Designed explicitly for solo play with no multiplayer component; the isolation enhances the atmospheric tension. The mortuary and its narrative beats are carefully authored rather than procedurally generated, allowing intentional pacing of mysteries and scares.
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