Things get a little tropical in Carmel Games' point-and-click puzzle game Fun in the Sun, but our hero Andrew isn't feeling very sunny when the island council votes to close down his hotel unless he can come up with a cool five grand... oh, and they'll also throw him in a volcano if he doesn't have the money, because of course that's what happens in tiny island nations. To save Andrew's inn and his life, you'll need to find a way to make some quick simoleons, so you'll have to travel around the island, doing tasks for other people and solving puzzles, as well as maybe entering that contest at the library with a suspiciously coincidental cash prize. The cursor will change whenever it passes over something you can click on to interact with, and just click an item you're carrying to "equip" it for use anywhere onscreen. While the text for the dialogue contains a rather unusual amount of typos, spelling, and grammatical errors for Carmel Games, Fun in the Sun's gameplay is as quirky and silly as you'd expect, from a snore-inducing tape that ruminates on the nature of boredom, to needing to find the proper book on language to understand a foreign glue salesman. Some of the puzzles solutions are more than a little off-kilter, and it can be easy to get stuck simply because you missed finding and clicking on something in the scenery that you needed in order to progress. Still, if you like your point-and-click games goofy and lighthearted (or as lighthearted as a game about a guy facing financial ruin and ritual sacrifice can be), Fun in the Sun will deliver.
Walkthrough Guide
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Here's a text walkthrough for anyone who might need it.
First off, talk to Stephanie (the woman behind the bar). She tells you that there is a contest at the library where you can win $5000, and tells you to stop by again for a drink if you have some money. You can also collect an ice cube from the red ice machine. If you click in the middle of the screen, you can get to the map view.
Let's go to the library since that was suggested! If you talk to the librarian, she tells you that we need to come up with a prototype for the island mascot. But there's a $10 sign up fee. Doh! If you click on the top shelf, you'll pick up a tape with "Age Of Boredom" on it, might come in handy.
Go back to the map, and let's explore some other places. Head over to the Hot Tub, and you'll find a woman being bothered by a marine biologist. Drop the ice cube in the hot tub, and he'll go underwater... for some reason. Now you can talk to the woman. She'll give you $20 as a thank you for getting rid of the guy. Let's go sign up for the contest!
Head back to the library, and use your $20 bill on the librarian to sign up for the contest. She'll give you a receipt, plus you have $10 left over - so let's go back to Stephanie to grab a drink like she promised.
Head over to Andrew's Inn, and talk to Stephanie. She'll give you a drink in exchange for your $10. Let's go and use some of our items.
First, head to the Shark Tank. There's a girl who wants a photo taken with the shark, but it's swimming too fast. Use the cocktail on the shark tank to slow him down (please don't ever give animals alcohol). However, the girl wants to get IN the tank with the shark, so we have to find something to help her out.
Now go to the Museum. There's a diving suit, but the security guard won't let us take it. How about we play Age of Boredom for him? Put the casette in the blue stereo on the shelf, and watch him fall asleep. Now you can take the diving suit!
Let's go back to the Shark Tank. Give the diving suit to the girl, and take her picture. In return, she'll give you some googly eyes (you know, because everyone keeps a pair of those on them). We could use this for our mascot design!
Now let's go to Glue Island. If you try and talk to the guy at the glue stand, you'll notice he doesn't speak English. If you listen to the entire audio clip for what he says, you will hear the word "Danmark" which is the Danish word for Denmark. So he's speaking Danish. Hmm... maybe there's a reference book in the library?
Get yourself back to the library. There are a bunch of books on the shelf to your right, each one for a different language. The Danish language one is the blue book on the middle shelf. The librarian will let you borrow it. Let's go test our Danish!
Back on Glue Island, if you talk to the guy at the stand, you can now magically understand him! Hurray for reading! Our Danish friend will kindly give us a free sample of glue.
For the last part, head back to the hot tub. You need to use the receipt on the monkey in the tree... for some inexplicable reason, you will turn the receipt into a paper plane and throw it at the monkey. The monkey will then throw a coconut at you. Pick it up! This might make for a good mascot, you know. Use the glue on the coconut, and then stick the eyes on. Ta-da, googly eyed coconut. Let's go hand this in at the library.
So, hand in your mascot to the lirbarian. Looks like everyone had pretty much the same idea... oh well, looks like we win anyway! Hurray, you saved Andrew's business. In case you were wondering, the islands they've used in the game are the islands of Fiji!
Posted by: Squiddly
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July 23, 2015 9:03 PM