Sunshine Heavy Industries Reviews

Charming little game. These devs don't miss!

Very chill spaceship building game to play for a few hours.

A charming puzzle game with good music and a cute aesthetic.

If you like cozy or relaxing games, this one is adorable, affordable, and very chill.

Everyone else already described what the game looks like, but I just want to emphasize again how chill, cute, and wonderful the story is and how nice characters are ^_^ Humor, sweetness, and very lightweight and positive mood afterwards <3 Nyoommmmmm

TL;DR: GET THIS GAME! :) Good indie games are hard to find—some of the lucky ones blow up and get famous but there are many great games made by small teams that don't get advertised enough or don't get found by that famous YouTuber and sadly remain obscure. I think Sunshine Heavy Industries is one such game. The team behind this game has, in my opinion, done just about everything right: the graphics are elegant and consistent in style, the core gameplay loop is satisfying and fun, the writing is hilarious, and the relaxing electronic music is heart-meltingly beautiful and perfectly fitting for the game's overall vibes and style. For the unfamiliar, this game is about building space ships according to certain specifications. The closest thing I can compare it to is Dragon Quest Builders where rooms have to meet certain criteria to correctly be classified as that room, but it leans more heavily into that idea with a currency system so that you have to both meet the requirements and make a profit on each ship. Doing that alone is usually fairly easy, but you can sort of choose your own level of challenge by considering what you want the ship to look like too. If you meet the requirements but think the ship is ugly, then you have the challenge of tidying it up before submitting it. Fixing one problem often creates another, leading to a satisfying loop of refining your ship until you're happy with it. As you progress, the requirements become more complex with many new types of ships and parts being added into the mix, so the gameplay doesn't get stale (or at least it hasn't so far). I'm only a few hours in but I can't wait to see what else it has to offer!

[b]Cute aliens build spaceships for other cute aliens in open-ended puzzle-optimization game[/b] I love the simplicity here: Customers tell you their specifications, you figure out how to build a matching ship while turning a profit. The customer dialogue is warm and cute and the shipbuilding is cold and precise. It's a perfect match.

I got this game because I love Cobalt Core. Its got the same amazing vibes despite the different genre. Super duper enjoyed my time with it, I played it all the way thru + did extra missions/dailies since I liked it so much! I so dearly hope that the devs will just continue to make games about weirdos in space. Or not in space-- anywheres fine I just hope there's still freaks