Slow days. New beginnings.
Leave the city, take over an old homestay on a Vietnamese fishing peninsula, and bring a quiet town back to life.
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You have left the city and put your savings, plus a loan from Dad, into Nhà Trọ Bình Minh: a worn-out homestay at the tip of a quiet fishing peninsula.
Its old owner, Cụ Sáu, left you a rusty ring of keys, a dog-eared guest book and one wish: bring life back to the town he loved. Sweep out the cobwebs, welcome your first guest, and let the neighbours turn a stranger into family.
Run the homestay in the morning, wander the peninsula in the afternoon, and watch a quiet fishing town find its visitors again.
Every day starts with a board of booking requests. Accept the guests you can truly look after, clean and prepare their rooms, and have everyone checked in by 3 p.m. Promises kept earn reputation, lifting your homestay through six ranks from Unknown to Heritage.
Size each room from 4×4 up to 10×10 tiles, then choose the beds, floors, wallpaper and plants. Guests arrive wanting cozy or spacious, quiet, a sea-view balcony, a hot bath or heritage décor, and Hoài An's nursery grows 20 ornamental plants to bring the green in. What you build decides who you can host.
Repair the old ground-floor kitchen and a retired American chef may stay to run it. Research 30 recipes, from phở bò and cơm gà Hội An to canh chua cá lóc, raise each dish through five levels, and plan the batches for breakfast and dinner service.
Take the bamboo rod Chú Hùng gives you to the rivers and lakes, the shore and, by boat, the open sea. Thirty species bite by season, time of day and weather, with one legendary catch for each season. Cook them, sell them, gift them, or donate them to fill the town aquarium.
Eleven locals keep their own routines, birthdays and favourite gifts. Chat, run small favours and share their heart events. Every friendship grows to ten hearts and opens something new, from cheaper building work to late-night boat trips.
The year begins in summer and turns through four 28-day seasons. Check tomorrow's forecast on the lobby radio, ride out a typhoon with the whole town gathered in your lobby, and join the Summer Fishing Tournament, the Lantern and Full Moon Night, the Nghinh Ông Festival and Tết.
A vibrant, nostalgic corner waiting for you to explore and develop.
Get ready to pack your bags! Here is our exciting roadmap for bringing Sunrise Bay to life.
Here is what early playtesters and community members are saying about Sunrise Story.
"The cozy vibes are immaculate! It feels like Stardew Valley but with a refreshing Vietnamese cultural twist that I never knew I needed."
"I spent 3 hours just decorating my homestay and listening to the ocean waves. The slow living aspect is genuinely healing."
Eleven neighbours share the peninsula with you, each with a story of their own. Here are eight of them.
Nursery keeper at Seabreeze Bloom Garden
Cụ Sáu asked her to look after whoever took over his homestay, so she is the first to greet you and your guide through the first seven days. She teases you constantly, then leaves sticky rice hanging on your door at dawn.
Retired head chef
Sixty-eight, American, and once a head chef in New Orleans and New York. He followed his wife Mai home to her fishing village, and since she passed he spends his weekends on the bench under the casuarina trees. Fix the old kitchen and he might stay.
Builder
A builder from the Mekong Delta with a booming laugh and a tape measure on his belt. He jokes about everything except his work, and every room you add to the homestay passes through his hands.
Fishing boat captain
He hands you your first bamboo rod over a bowl of green tea, teaches you how to fight a fish, and takes you out to the offshore grounds whenever the weather allows.
Marine biologist and aquarium curator
Calm, warm, and unforgiving about litter on the beach. Bring her each new species you catch and the town aquarium fills with living exhibits.
Owner of Bình Minh Grocery
Her only son works in a faraway city, and she sees him in you. Expect rice and eggs pressed into your hands, and a gentle scolding whenever you skip a meal.
Head of the town market
He looks like trouble and his voice carries across the whole market, but he keeps every stall honest, feeds the stray cats, and quietly checks on your street at night.
Student and night clerk at the 24/7 store
Nineteen, short on sleep, and saving up for a game console. He sells bar supplies through the night and can watch your front desk while you are out fishing.
Still to meet: Trần Tuệ Lâm, the designer behind the Hiên Đông Dương showroom; Vũ Minh Khải, who runs the clay-pot rice restaurant Mộc Vị Quán; and Bác Sơn, a retired engineer with very high standards.
Quick answers to your questions about the journey at Sunrise Bay.
