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The Graveyard
The Graveyard
Developer(s)	Tale of Tales
Publisher(s)	Valve, Apple
Engine	Unity
Platform(s)	Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, iOS, Android

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The Graveyard is a computer art game developed by Belgian developer Tale of Tales in which the player assumes the role of an elderly woman walking through a graveyard to a bench.^[2]

The Graveyard was nominated for the Innovation Award at the 2009 Independent Games Festival.^[3] The game was one of the inspirations for the Tibetan village scene in Uncharted 2: Among Thieves.^[4]

References

^ Kohler, Chris. The Graveyard’s Ten-Minute Tale Of Death. 21 March 2008.
^ Siegel, Scott Jon. Check out indie art game 'The Graveyard'. Joystiq. 4 April 2008.
^ "IGF". IGF. Retrieved April 4, 2009.
^ Kumar, Mathew (October 7, 2011). "IndieCade: Uncharted's Unlikely Indie Inspirations". Gamasutra. UBM TechWeb. Retrieved June 26, 2015.

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[wired-1] Kohler, Chris. The Graveyard’s Ten-Minute Tale Of Death. 21 March 2008.

[2] Siegel, Scott Jon. Check out indie art game 'The Graveyard'. Joystiq. 4 April 2008.

[IGF-3] "IGF". IGF. Retrieved April 4, 2009.

[4] Kumar, Mathew (October 7, 2011). "IndieCade: Uncharted's Unlikely Indie Inspirations". Gamasutra. UBM TechWeb. Retrieved June 26, 2015.

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 {{Infobox video game
 | title          = The Graveyard
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+| image          = The Graveyard (video game screenshot).jpg
 | developer      = [[Tale of Tales (developer)|Tale of Tales]]<ref name=wired>Kohler, Chris. ''[https://www.wired.com/gamelife/2008/03/the-graveyards The Graveyard’s Ten-Minute Tale Of Death]''. 21 March 2008.</ref>
-| publisher      = [[Valve Corporation]], [[Apple Inc.|Apple]]
+| publisher      = [[Valve Corporation|Valve]], [[Apple Inc.|Apple]]
 | engine         = [[Unity (game engine)|Unity]]
 | platforms      = [[Microsoft Windows]], [[Mac OS X]], [[iOS]], [[Android (operating system)|Android]]
 }}
-'''''The Graveyard''''' is a computer [[art game]] developed by Belgian developer [[Tale of Tales (developer)|Tale of Tales]] in which the player assumes the role of an elderly woman walking through a graveyard to a bench.<ref>Siegel, Scott Jon. ''[http://www.joystiq.com/2008/04/04/check-out-indie-art-game-the-graveyard Check out indie art game 'The Graveyard']''. Joystiq. 4 April 2008.</ref> A song begins to play, after which the elderly woman walks out of the graveyard and the game ends.<ref name=wired/> The difference between the free trial and the full game is that in the full game, every time it is played there is a small chance the elderly woman dies of natural causes.<ref name="tale of tales">{{cite web | url = http://tale-of-tales.com/TheGraveyard/ | title = ''The Graveyard'' | work = Tale of Tales | accessdate = March 10, 2009}}</ref>
+'''''The Graveyard''''' is a computer [[art game]] developed by Belgian developer [[Tale of Tales (company)|Tale of Tales]] in which the player assumes the role of an elderly woman walking through a graveyard to a bench.<ref>Siegel, Scott Jon. ''[http://www.joystiq.com/2008/04/04/check-out-indie-art-game-the-graveyard Check out indie art game 'The Graveyard']''. Joystiq. 4 April 2008.</ref>
+''The Graveyard'' was nominated for the Innovation Award at the 2009 [[Independent Games Festival]].<ref name="IGF">{{cite web | url = http://igf.com/02finalists.html#Graveyard | title = ''IGF'' | work = IGF | accessdate = April 4, 2009}}</ref> The game was one of the inspirations for the Tibetan village scene in ''[[Uncharted 2: Among Thieves]]''.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Kumar|first1=Mathew|title=IndieCade: Uncharted's Unlikely Indie Inspirations|url=http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/127538/IndieCade_Uncharteds_Unlikely_Indie_Inspirations.php|website=[[Gamasutra]]|publisher=[[UBM TechWeb]]|accessdate=June 26, 2015|date=October 7, 2011}}</ref>
-'''Gameplay'''
-Gameplay is very simplistic, and even the artwork has a very unpolished feel, however they are enough to deliver the story. It has very much something of a whipped up in a weekend or "concept" feel to it, and the narration although well supported by subtitles is only in Dutch.
-''The Graveyard'' was nominated for the Innovation Award in the Independent Games Festival 2009
-<ref name="IGF">{{cite web | url = http://igf.com/02finalists.html#Graveyard | title = ''IGF'' | work = IGF | accessdate = April 4, 2009}}</ref> ''The Graveyard'' was one of the inspirations for the Tibetan village scene in ''[[Uncharted 2: Among Thieves]]''.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Kumar|first1=Mathew|title=IndieCade: Uncharted's Unlikely Indie Inspirations|url=http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/127538/IndieCade_Uncharteds_Unlikely_Indie_Inspirations.php|website=[[Gamasutra]]|publisher=[[UBM TechWeb]]|accessdate=June 26, 2015|date=October 7, 2011}}</ref>
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