The Sun Shines Over Us

About this game

In The Sun Shines Over Us, a narrative driven visual novel,you play as Mentari, a victim of bullying who just transferred schools and is trying to recover from her traumatic past. Help her make choices through her school life and experience life-changing events that will affect her future.




In school, there are many unique students, each with their own different characters and neuroses. There are three main characters and each different platonic route depends on your choices throughout the story.




Playing as Mentari, you will be facing different characters with a different understanding and challenges of mental health. Through the game, you will discover other characters’ problems and you can also help each other through these perilous times!




You can always replay the game and discover new scenes you previously missed - what you missed the first time, you might find the second time! Choosing different options will open the different scenes and unlock deeper conversations with different characters.




As the game isn’t about twitch skills, it explores stories based on learning and empathy. Let your emotions take over in this strong narrative with unique characters each with their own perspective

• Story with 15 chapters, spanning over 100.000-word count
  
• 6 different endings (no sad ending!)
  
• 15 Animated characters with 2 fashion styles
  
• Over 25 beautifully rendered backgrounds
  
• Memorable BGM
  
• 31 beautiful CG to collect across the game

Latest news

• Community & Events·8 Feb 2024Official

  The Sun Shines Over Next Fest 2024

  After its release on mobile back in October 7th, 2021, The Sun Shines Over Us is finally coming to the PC and Steam platform! The game has a wide array of awards and nominations since its release: Winner Best Narrative - Indonesia Game Awards Winner Best Story - Indonesia Game Festival 2022 Winner Best Sound - Indonesia Game Festival 2022 2nd Game of the Fest - Indonesia Game Festival 2022 Nominee Best Art Direction - The Lazy Monday Finalist SEA Game Awards 2021 - Level Up KL Finalist Indie Craft 2022 - Indie Craft K-Game Festival Join Mentari and friends as she navigates the difficulties of life as a high school student, coming from a background that may be all too familiar for some of our players. The story in “The Sun Shines Over Us” is set in a private high school in Jakarta and focuses on Mentari as the main character with PTSD from her previous school bullying trauma. In her new school, she meets other unique teen characters with their own personal problems and neuroses. All the characters have different responses and understandings about Mentari and each other’s conditions. There are other mental challenges that are brought up in “The Sun Shines Over Us” including ADHD, eating disorders, the impact of a broken home, and much more. Through the gameplay of “The Sun Shines Over Us”, players will be faced with multiple dialogues and actions that will affect the story directly. Every choice that is made will change scenes and interactions between characters. Each choice will also affect Mentari’s progress in her recovery and her relationship with other characters. There are 13 characters with their own unique, personalized stories that can all be explored through various dialogue and action choices. With more than 100,000 words and six different endings, every choice in “The Sun Shines Over Us” matters and can give a different experience in every gameplay if the player chooses to opt for different options. To complement the emotional story, “The Sun Shines Over U...
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