Only that adventure was surviving a vicious killer dressed as a bear mascot with a deranged grin on its face. That invoked nostalgic memories of the games of a different era, with sprite-style characters going on a fantastical adventure. This will be of little surprise to anyone who played 2016’s Camp Sunshine the game this serves as a prequel too. It’s presented as being comforting, enticing even. In the case of Fossil Games’ Sunshine Manor, there’s a clear warning given as to what horrors await child protagonist Ada in the opening flashbacks, but the disarmingly adorable throwback visuals mask the deliciously dark-hearted journey Ada is about to take.
When the thing is a house with a dark past, you know the shit is going to hit the fan the second those kids step over the threshold. Many variations of the ‘kids on Halloween decide to go check out a spooky thing’ as the spark for a horror story.
