Nannan returned to her hometown to attend her grandmother’s 100th birthday funeral. The family members all said that the old woman’s death at the age of 100 was a happy funeral, so the family was holding a big banquet to entertain relatives and friends. Nannan, who was alone, saw a figure that looked very similar to her grandmother and then mistakenly entered a strange room. While looking for a way to leave, Nannan gradually learned about her grandmother’s origins from the stories in these rooms, and also learned the secrets hidden behind happy funerals. Steam

Research exclusive to this game
Zhan, Mayshu (Meixu). “Commemorating Gendered Collective Trauma: Social Realism and Procedural Rhetoric in the Chinese Indie Game Laughing to Die.” Game Studies 25, no. 1 (2025).
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