The Day the Laughter Stopped is a short interactive fiction game. It was created during Ludum Dare #28 and comes with a serious TRIGGER WARNING (details in the game’s menu).

Background

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The Day the Laughter Stopped is a personal story based on true events. If you want to know more about its background, why it was made, and the ideas behind its design, you can read about it in this post-mortem.

In addition to that, there is also a follow-up post going into greater detail on design and character in response to some of the feedback and the questions we have received.

Statistics

Take a look at how other people have played The Day the Laughter Stopped here.