Sunshine Days is a mobile slice-of-life game where you can find your own little place in a new town full of strange characters and little quests to discover.
Sunshine Days starts by offering you a free house in a new village with no strings attached. This new village is looking to stay full of fun adventurers who are looking for a new start in life. The houses are free, so why not go and see what it is like in this town? Upon arriving, there is a short tutorial (in the form of a train breaking down), and then you are set free in the village.
The game also offers online multiplayer, so you can often find a few other people wandering around, fishing, or gathering. You can talk with them through the chat system, which has pre-written sayings to keep things friendly. Outside of talking with folks, you’ll spend most of your days exploring, gathering, and fishing.
This game is an adorable, indie slice of life adventure game where you can collect quests from the coffee shop and then try to achieve them. These quests refresh every 24 hours, giving you a reason to come back. Sometimes they are simple, asking you to talk to a resident who has been looking for you, whereas other times they are more complex, asking you to get a specific number of one type of fish or find some flowers while picking up weeds and deliver them. Others have a few different steps, tasking you with talking to someone, then helping someone. And there are a lot of characters that do like to help.
The town itself isn’t without it’s issues. A rude character called Chad is looking to purchase a large number of the houses in the village, which is a massive concern to Syliva, the person running the show. While these houses can technically be sold, what type of people might fill them? Will they ruin the vibe of the town? Will you help her figure out what to do?
Your reactions and interactions with the NPCs allow you to choose to be a happy person or a grumpy person, depending on what you pick. Despite the world being quite cute, there are some grumpy and rude NPCs, as well as some cheery and happy ones.
Within the world, you can purchase a bunch of different supplies as well, craft items, decorate a home, change your outfit, grow fruit and flowers in your greenhouse, drive around in a strange car on a spring, and just generally explore the world to find treasure. With so much to do, it’s easy to dip into Sunshine Days each day and enjoy some time in this fantastic place, all while seeing if anyone might need your help.
I have had a great time exploring, hiking to new areas, and collecting far too many resources. I find that the amount of quests is perfect for a mobile game, and the only issue I have had in Sunshine Days so far is that when my phone goes idle, it does reset me to my house, even if I am quite far away. I understand this may be due to some of its limitations as a mobile game, but with so many distractions, I find it sometimes frustrating to make my way back when I was only not interacting with my phone for a few seconds. Sunshine Days would also benefit from having more players, but I do feel that will come with time.
Sunshine Days is available now (in an Early Access state) on the App Store and Google Play.
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