A Perfect Day takes you back to 1999 in an exploration of nostalgia, coming soon
- A Perfect Day takes you back to middle school in China at the dawn of the millenium
- It lets you explore and recreate the nostalgic ideal of a perfect day
- Play minigames, make choices and chase that perfect sequence that may never happen
When it comes to nostalgia, it can be a bit of a slippery slope. We all like to think back to a time when everything seemed to be simpler, even if it wasn’t. And we all have that particular moment we think of as our Perfect Day. Which, coincidentally is the subject of today’s release as it heads to mobile.
A Perfect Day rewinds the clock to China at the turn of the millennium. Transporting you into the shoes of a young student on the final day before New Year’s Break (12/31/1999) to be specific, you’ll find yourself in a time loop slowly exploring the events of the day. Whether that’s your friends, peers or your own family, each loop lets you uncover more.
The objective? Try to have that Perfect Day. Whether it’s via playing minigames or solving disputes between friends and family, you’ll discover new events happening all the time with just the smallest of changes. A Perfect Day will let you explore these distinct events come February 27th on iOS and Android, pre-registration is now open!
Perfection unobtained
A Perfect Day has already garnered extensive critical praise from those in its native China. And while it may be hard for all of us to relate to these specific circumstances (I’m not sure what percentage of you were Chinese middle-school students in 1999 but I’m guessing it’s low) the idea of nostalgia and childhood are always universal concepts.
And while A Perfect Day does let you pursue perfection, it also says it’s not actually obtainable. I find the idea of exploring that sense of nostalgia to be interesting, especially the idea that while you can make things go well, they’ll never be as perfect as you remember.
If you’re looking for another top release that explores the idea of time and small changes having big impacts, why not check out the recently released Reviver?
