A few years ago, Bloody Disgusting highlighted a selection of crowd-funded horror games to look out for, and one of those was Fossil Games’ Camp Sunshine, a retrotastic top-down horror RPG inspired heavily by the Friday the 13th series. It was pretty well received, and now, the developer is on the Kickstarter campaign trail once more, looking to release a prequel called Sunshine Manor that jumps beyond its slasher-inspired roots.

Sunshine Manor sees Ada MacReady, the game’s protagonist who has some psychic abilities, trapped inside an ever-shifting mansion, chock-full of ghosts, demonic nasties, and the nefarious Shadow Man. The events in Sunshine Manor will lead directly to those from Camp Sunshine.

Much like its predecessor, Sunshine Manor is a homage to retro gaming and 80s horror, but while the original has a more singular focus on a certain camp-based slasher series, the prequel takes in inspiration from the likes of From Beyond and A Nightmare on Elm Street. In video game terms, it owes a small debt to Resident Evil and The Legend of Zelda.

The Kickstarter campaign offers up some interesting rewards. The Limited Edition cover is being created by artist Graham Humphreys, who was behind some big 80s horror film posters for the likes of The Evil Dead and Basket Case. The exclusive Kickstarter Sunshine Edition of the game features a host of goodies, including the first game, exclusive covers and slipcases, a premium game guide, sweatbands, the soundtrack on a cassette tape, and a VHS-style clamshell to house it all in.

The Kickstarter campaign has 3 weeks to go, and it’s getting fairly close to being fully backed. So if you want to back it, you can still do so over at the official Kickstarter page. The finished product’s release is currently set for November 2021 on Steam, PS4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch. There’s a PC demo on the page too, which acts as a 20-minute prologue to the game, and it sets the scene nicely for a fun, spooky adventure.