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The Sun Shines Over Us

An award-winning visual novel that dives into the lives and minds of high school students. While focusing on the stories of victims of bullying, The Sun Shines Over Us also explores the social, mental and emotional issues facing modern teenagers.

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Developer
Eternal Dream, Niji Games
Publisher
Soft Source Pte. Ltd., CRX Entertainment Pte Ltd
Release
September 25, 2024
1 year and 311 days ago
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About the 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
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