VN - Ren'Py - Completed - Sunshine Love [Ch. 3 v1.01i Extras] [MrDots Games]

Easily 5 stars. Why?
First of all this is the most content I have seen in a first update of any game on this site. You are already introduced to quite a few female potential LI’s and there is someone for everyone in the game.
Some people in the reviews already, seem to expect everything to be roses and rainbows and for there to be no low and high points of the story. There is obviously a reason the MC sister acts the way she does sometimes and if you actually READ the dialogue you will understand fully why she seems to have mood swings.

The animations and renders have improved drastically compared to MrDots other two games so that’s encouraging.

So I have to respectfully disagree with some others and would fully recommend this game in its current state.

After 0.03:

The game is making some odd choices. The level of pseudo-choices are off the walls. The choices in this game are: do you want plus points with someone, or negative? There's no incentive to doing things another way. There's no way yet to leave a dead end relationship with the most boring love interest I could imagine.

For such a well-regarded dev, this game just oozes laziness in all but the renders. Even the animations are quite lackluster. I've played so many games with just far more heart and effort poured into them with far less support. I'm not seeing any "going above and beyond" in Sunshine Love and it just kind of feels uninspired. Maybe one day I'll feel differently but this game is puzzling to me and not in a good way.

Best I could give is 2/5.
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It's a decent start. The first version had a lot more content than expected but a lot of it was droll dialogue that didn't really serve a purpose.

The people close to the MC seem to have strange personalities. The gf seems like she is over the MC but at times she is acting like he is the love of her life. Same situation with the sis. They both act bipolar which gets tiresome quickly. I really dislike when games just have LI's that annoy me and the gf and sis certainly do just that. The MC also seems pretty passive and doesn't really stand up for himself. Seems like the sis will constantly be screwing him over and he will simply take it.

Vicky, the twins, and the cousin seem like they will be interesting and I would like to see more of them.

The version ends on a pretty cheap cliffhanger thrown in there just to add drama for no reason as well.

All in all, this game has potential but I can't help but feel disappointed. I expected more and it has me feeling cautious towards the future of this game. I would recommend waiting for more content before trying it.

EDIT: At the time of this rewiew (Apr 5, 2020) i was NOT part of the dev team. As for today, i would not review any of our own games because of rules of F95)

First of all - Many people will say "Of course Hyperserver has to do a 5-star rating", but i try to explain exactly why i did.

For a first release, the amount of content is HUGE. The setup of the story is well done and leaves a lot of possibilities for further twists and unexpected turn-arounds.
The girls are well done, and there is at least one girl for every taste.
The Menu looks well developed.
The animations are smooth and imho also approved compared to previous games of MrDots. The music matches the scene perfect, and you can spent a lot of time just watching the details of some scenes (like for example the view down the hill over the city). The story so far sounds plausible at all.
Even it's a first release, MrDots managed perfectly to add nude scenes, even there are no relations built so far (except MC girlfriend of course).
The balance between character introduction, scene setup and story progress is also fine.
Overall a typical "MrDots-game" so far.
Like to see how this will continue, and can't await the next update

EDIT:
Why did i give 5 stars, even there are some Typos and at least one confirmed bug? Just because the devs are aware and some are already fixed. Also because compared to other games out there which have a rating close to 5 stars, this one feels even better and deserves at least the same amount

Looking good! Nice quality models and animations. Enjoyed the build up for the characters and can see some interesting paths this could develop into. Keen to watch this one and see how it goes. As an ex-sailor, some of the intro dialogue was a bit awkward to go through though