Mario dies a lot. Players around the world have been guiding Mario to death for over 30 years. But the player always jumps to a new timeline with a new Mario ready to go. What about all those timelines where Mario died? How do the inhabitants of the mushroom kingdom grieve the loss of their hero?

Content warning: This game contains frank depictions of death and grief.

StatusReleased
PlatformsHTML5
Release date Sep 20, 2019
Rating
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(10 total ratings)
AuthorDave Pickett
GenreVisual Novel, Interactive Fiction
Made withFlickgame
Tags2D, artgame, Atmospheric, grief, Pixel Art, Point & Click, Short, Singleplayer
Asset licenseCreative Commons Attribution_NonCommercial_ShareAlike v4.0 International
Average sessionA few minutes
LanguagesEnglish
InputsMouse, Touchscreen, Smartphone
AccessibilitySubtitles

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RIP IN PEPPERONIS MARCUS MADWALL

314159 bc - uhhh i forgor

cause of death: he diededs

1 absolutely nothing = 1 f to pay respects

edit: wowzers! three trevigintillion f's! thx so much! ;D

why is mario dead

Mario dies all the time in his games. He falls down pits, he gets chomped by evil plants, he slips on turtle shells, etc.

fun maybe add a story

description reminds me of that one episode in Re:Zero

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mario really died on march 31'st

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there are very few things that can make a grown man cry, this game is one of them

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this is so sad

wait mario died on spooky month

*epik spooky month dance*

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EPIK

sad To muche fore mi

what

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Great little game!

Thank you 😀

jesus

crossed out missing?

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Mario is Missing is a game from the 90s. The opening screen of my game is a direct parody of the Mario is Missing box art. In this universe, he was missing for a while, but then they found his body…

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I was happy until I played this... now I don't know if life is worth living

:'(

Oh! A game engine I've never heard of! Neat.

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This was really good. Thank you for making it

You're welcome! Thanks for playing :)

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knowing this exists makes my life happier.


thanks for making this-- love the concept and art and the writing is spot on.

Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed it 🥰