A downloadable visual novel for Windows, macOS, Linux, and Android

Dawn Chorus is a wholesome, non-linear romance furry visual novel set in the cold and snow-clad Norway. 

Moving to another country for studies is a huge step, but also a chance for a new beginning. Two months into the first semester, you are about to take part in a science camp in a remote guesthouse above the Arctic Circle. There, you will meet a wide cast of characters, each with their own story. Will you choose to rekindle old friendships, deepen the bond with your acquaintances, or meet someone new? Will you uncover what secrets your friends might be hiding? And will those friendships blossom into something more?

The game contains adult content and it meant to be played by adults only, although it has an SFW mode.


The game is currently in development, with updates released monthly, near the end of the month, with each update first being available on Patreon and released publicly here a month later.

Dawn Chorus v0.42 (Rune) - released on itch.io on 12.10

Broken Harbours (Rune & Devon side story) - available here and on our Patreon

If you would like to support the development of Dawn Chorus and gain access to early releases, together with other benefits like sneak peeks or polls, check out our Patreon here


Patreon link     Twitter link

The team for Dawn Chorus:

Keostory, writing, music, programming
hq - character design, sprites, illustrations
Brannywriting
Roborak - backgrounds
Bakemonoy - illustrations 
Prince O' Sky - illustrations
Deffie - illustrations
Illustrations for Day 1 were done by Tintiai.
Banner and additional illustrations by Jandar.
Main menu background drawn by White Leonard.


Follow us on our Telegram channel, Twitter or, better, Bluesky!

Updated 8 days ago
StatusIn development
PlatformsWindows, macOS, Linux, Android
Rating
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(1,888 total ratings)
AuthorDawn Chorus
GenreVisual Novel
Made withRen'Py
TagsAdult, Bara, Dating Sim, Furry, Gay, LGBT, norway, Romance, Yaoi
Average sessionAbout an hour
LanguagesEnglish
InputsKeyboard, Mouse, Xbox controller, Gamepad (any), Touchscreen, Smartphone
AccessibilitySubtitles
LinksBluesky, Patreon, Twitter/X

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I just finished the Devon route. It has been beautiful as far as it went. The dialogues are very good, the options are the same, and there is a connection between the two of them that leaves me with the intrigue of knowing more. Keep it up, I hope you can advance soon your route, thank you!💖

will there be an update soon? (time range) [yes I did fix the problem]

does anyone know how to get lakes starry eyed tiger portrait 

Quite an intense experience so long... phew.

Hi, how often is Klaus updated?

I feel dumb for asking this but does Klaus actually have a route

yes

how do you actually get to it, I can't exactly figure it out

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To get the Klaus route you have to go with Devon to find your lost keys. He'll give you a jacket so you can go outside to the forest and follow Klaus. After all of the craziness you just follow the Devon route except go to the cafeteria when he sets up the telescopes after the first day and you can choose to sleep in Klause's room. The path is really short, but Klaus is the best and so it's totally worth it.

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Yes.

I was a bit too late for the Halloween update. Is there any way on how I can download it?

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We keep special builds on our Patreon. We treat them As seasonal specials and don't plan on uploading then publicly again.

debug log:

debug log
there's an error where the sound doesn't play, do you know how to fix it? @DawnChorus

I'm not sure what might be wrong other than RenPy having a problem with WASAPI; are you using a custom audio routing with WASAPI instead of the default system mixer?

I'm not sure, how do I check?

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New Android build uploaded! If you had troubles reverting from Halloween build to the main VN, it should fix the issue.

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Tysm!

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I found a "fix" to the Halloween update for android users. 

Delete the current dawn chorus version on your phone and reinstall the Rune update.


DISCLAIMER: 1 you will lose all your progress so only do this if you don't mind rereading the story.

2 if you also have the Dawn Chorus app in a secret folder it will refuse to update so delete it from there too 


or you could just wait for the devs to release a proper fix.

My phone got stolen so I have no way to test the build :c Waiting for a spare one to arrive. Sorry for the delay!

its ok🤗

I'm so sorry to hear that. :( 



(Their sins will not be unpunished, canon)

[SPOOLER?]




wass the route where Rune gets high? removed in the newest build removed or there's a certain route to get there?

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the way u get too it is to say that drugs are good, it's a choice near the start of the day

ty

also do you have an idea whats happening with the game not going back to normal :(

what do you mean? 

"You need to re-connect it to your computer"

Only true fans will understand 

Is this related to Bjorn or Jorgen's routes?

it's related to the game 

What part of the game, though? ^w^'

Im upset no one has gotten this, at the start of the game you can hear it in the background voices 

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OH MY GOSH, the STOCK AUDIO FOOTAGE


LMAO I just wasn't thinking about that at all

Whenever I play a scene with it, the words distract me from the text lol

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Is there any date of when the game will be fully done?

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No.

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hi, so the Halloween update was great, but now whenever I try to load one of the save files from the game before the update, this happens.not to mention the fact that I can only start new games from the update. Is there anything I can do to fix this? Is this a bug? Pls respond @Dawnchorus

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Hi! The Halloween special wasn't an update but a completely different version. It does not feature the content from the main game. You should re-download the main game. 

Some of the readers reported that their phones won't let them reinstall the main game on Android. If that's the case for you, I'll be releasing a newer build as a fix to that once I'm back home in a few days! 

- Keo

RAHH SO GOOD, Love Lake and Jorgen!

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Is there anything new coming for Lake?


They are so cuteee plzzzz`

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You're in luck, the next upcoming update will be for them!

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Hi, Dawn chorus devs. Could you please review the comment I posted abt the bug that seems to be happening this update? Idk what else to do. Thanks

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If you don't read all of Devon's lines with a Patrick Warburton voice, are you really having the true Dawn Chorus experience?

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Yes

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Halloween special is 🤌  fantastic.  

I just can't wait for my man to get a slice of that cake in the actual canon.

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Imagine someone doesn't know it's the halloween version and thinks they're reading the original xd

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This version is canon now.

wait wha- really?

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I wouldn't mind a huge mikko-

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Lolz

Omg what

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its spooky time

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Dose anyone know how I get this freezeframe? 

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sorry i accidentally sent them to space oopsies

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Y'all the 25th anniversary remaster of American Football just came out,,,,, this game actually got me into american football now i have like 3000+ listens or something. just that lil mention in devons route and i was like "hey this sounds familiar/interesting" and now they're my favorite band  i literally live in the midwest how have i never heard of them

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Honestly. I was just listening to the remaster today while working out. So goooooood

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Also, some of the covers are good, but they'll never beat the original LP

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And, oh my gosh, same

 I live in the Midwest too. So... Midwest besties ig

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ya im in michigan and like , that album is one of the very few  musics that like . give the vibe of the midwest specially wurlitzer stay home and I'll see you. i dunno what it is about them but it captures like , here . also listen to out like a light 2 by the honeysticks it also got that vibe of like warm homey but fleeting memories ,  reminds of the warm pinkish orange of warm summer nights in the neighborhood

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For sure. It's giving existential Autumn for me. Even in Utah where I currently reside like...the Autumn and the streets... the neighborhoods... the people and stuff really comes alive with this vibe.  (just looked it up turns out that Utah isn't part of the Midwest... I thought it was.  That's my bad... I'm almost to the Midwest...) but that just means we can be west/Midwest buddies!


Also... Out like a light two is soooooo gooooood. I love that song and the original version as well *High fives long distance.*

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y'all really made BIRDEMIC canon??? xD

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What is in the newest update? (the one that was just posted basically 

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if i'm reading the public patreon post correctly, it's just more fixes for the start of bjorn's route

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Exactly! A few more small changes and fixes to Bjorn's day 1 and also another team member added to credits.

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Во-первых, начнём с основ; Эта новелла - как глоток чистого горного воздуха с «Древесным привкусом» после жизни в душных городских джунглях: приятный главный герой, привлекательная и спокойная рисовка, история и персонажи греют и радуют душу (Особенно с новыми спрайтами), каждый персонаж ощущается как личность со своими проблемами, переживаниями и отношением к жизни. Авторы однозначно любят своих персонажей и свою работу, и это передаётся читателю. Среди сотен просмотренных мной новелл эта однозначно заслуживает первого места в топе. Да, кто-то скажет, что есть более длинные, красочные и привлекательные новеллы вроде: LYRE, Violet Memoir, Remember the flowers, Sylving, Socially Awkward, Far Beyond The World, Lust Shards, Echo и Т.д. Это однозначно хорошие новеллы, которые стоят внимания, но «DAWN CHORUS» воспринимается мной как что-то лёгкое, домашнее, тёплое, приятное и что-то личное… Ностальгическое. В этой работе я даже нашёл идеальный для себя рут, чего раньше не встречал.

P.S: Думаю, если авторы в будущем займутся новой однолинейной новеллой, то получится потрясающая работа.

Во-вторых, сами руты; Я не особый фанат чрезмерного чтива, после множества однообразных новелл хочется просто пролистывать нудятину и сразу переходить к “соку”, но как по мне… Это одна из тех новелл, где хочется жадно ловить каждое слово просто ради того, чтобы растянуть удовольствие и подольше побыть в игре, особенно в руте Девона. Не все руты могут быть привлекательны для вас, но их точно стоит пройти просто ради интереса, нового опыта или просто чтобы лучше узнать пушистиков и весело провести время. Здесь явно хватает колорита, и персонажи разнообразны: внешность, тип, поведение, история, восприятие, развитие отношений. Это однозначно приятно, здесь каждый найдёт что-то по “вкусу”, так что не стесняйтесь “попробовать” всех~

В-третьих, лично мой опыт; Завораживает… Девон - мой любимый персонаж, и он точно останется в моей памяти навсегда. С момента, как я впервые встретил эту игру, прошло ровно 3 года. Ожидание утомительно, но оно того стоит. Каждое продолжение его рута я жду с огромным нетерпением, попутно проходя в полной мере привлекательные для меня ветки «Второстепенных» историй. Сам Девон полюбился мне сразу, этот персонаж завораживает не столько внешностью (Хотя я не спорю, что это самый сексуальный кот из всех), сколько своей историей, поведением, любовью к простому и ностальгическому, опытом и развитием отношений. Такой человек действительно способен одной улыбкой превратить вас в “лужицу”. Это не что-то пошлое и легкодоступное, а действительно «Сердечные дела». Этот рут подойдёт тем, кто хочет просто погреться в лучах романтики и посмотреть на краснеющего от смущения здоровенного кота (Это действительно что-то). Очень легко проникнуться симпатией и влюбиться в приятного тебе человека за мгновение из-за пары слов, маленького поступка или события, хотя казалось, что он всегда был рядом, но ты просто не замечал и не осознавал его присутствие должным образом до этого момента. Это печалит из-за того, что мы теряем время впустую и не замечаем очевидного.

Я невероятно рад и доволен тем, что эта работа увидела свет. Однозначно рекомендую эту новеллу к ознакомлению.

“Неделя кажется целой вечностью…”

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Не ожидал увидеть русский комментарий. Полностью согласен со всем перечисленным :3

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Wonderful description of this novel! (Translate it if you need! 🙂)

- Kuri

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Why nobody is talking about Bjørn 😭

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because there is no need for words to show his beauty ;) 

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Jorgen and Rune is by far my favorite characters

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there's like no story with Jørgen?

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ok and? I didnt think so, yeah its mabye not the most worked on character of the game in lenght (the weird ghosty cat had even less) but still I like his personality and all.

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I just feel that we don't really actually know who Jørgen IS because of how little time we spend with the character. Design was i 100% agree  he is so cute yet so handsome. 

Thats you, I feel as I get him fairly good, even tho me and him have many diffrences I still feel we have something in common, we both grew upp in the nordics and we both have had questions and dificulties with our own sexuality and gender, tho in gender wise we had diffrent roads I still feel myself in him, I had a long period where I could not fully openly be bisexual without being socialy ailenated or harrased by what was (some still are even) my friends, so I didnt, and he had to go through something similar with being trans.


We also have from what I can guess a similar view of our world and its injustices which brought him to Anarchism and me ti Communism, he must have seen something which made him question everything  the same way I saw friends fall for crime or poor women and children freeze during winter while being called thiefs and savages for being Romani, or the climate crisis.


There must have been something w hich made that impact on him, what exactly isnt important.


He also took a intrest in learning more and increasing his knowlage about natural science or philosophy which I know many who did and I myself did something similar (but History, societal science and philosophy).


We do also have many diffrences which is mainly in stuff like music taste and clothing taste tho I feel as if that isnt the most "important" (everything is important about a person) part of him.


I also have a very good friend which is alot like him (and yet isnt).


so yes I personaly feel like I get him in a way.


also he just looks cute af and handsome which is probably also atleast 50% of why I like him as a character in Dawn Chorus.

Well those are fair reason to like him, I prob like Rune so much cuz he reminded me of someone I know and myself a lot (also lake, there literally me)

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can someone tell me what's the song from *broads of Canada* that was playing while rune was sick from the mushrooms and we took care of him, plz tell me!!

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it’s not an actual Boards of Canada song. It’s a song made by Patricia Taxxon and you can find it on one of the oldest post of the Patreon.

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does rune have any "spicy scenes"?

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only a shower nudity scene (so far at least)

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DEER BOY IS HERE AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH HE HAS TO BE HAPPY OR IMMA KMS 

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okay so I don’t know if it’s just me but (spoilers)

But devs when I go outside with Mikko lake and jorgen and it asks me what my fav season is and when we go back inside my game keeps crashing is that a bug?

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Might be memory, this has happened to me with other games. Either clear some stuff off ur computer or reset and update it 

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okay I’ll try that thank you 

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I don't normally leave comments but i had to with this one. I absolutely adore this VN, i just found it 2 days ago and binged through everything. I originally came for the aesthetic because cozy winter is such a good vibe, but i stayed for the story. 

Out of everyone Rune's route is my favorite, at first Rune had an air of unavailability, while he was nice to Arvo i felt like there was a barrier blocking them from truly connecting. Then after the events of day 3 everything shifted, they just naturally slots together like puzzle pieces after Rune finally chill out, they felt like a couple without being one and i think thats a testimate to how well everything was written.

Overall 10/10. Best VN i've ever played, am now a fan and will be eagerly awaiting every update.

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ok at first I was mad that the skip button couldn't be pressed anymore, but it gave me a reason to read again, and I loved it, there's something I noticed, maybe in day 1 Rune asked us about the mushrooms cuz he had some. I loved this re-experience and loved it even more

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Hi how are you i loved the rune update, but I have a question, when will there be an update for Klaus' route? I liked his route more than I expected and I like it

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No way! 😂😂

Edit: GUYS I FOUND ANOTHER ONE (top image, day 2 of Devon's route)

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i really hope this is fake 

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OMG ITS REAL 😭😭😭


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There's also this gem of a moment - though it's Devon Day 2 so it's probably already somewhat common knowledge lol


Ngl too tho, I agree with Lake here.


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THERE LITTERLY ME

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DROP THE JORGEN UPDATE, AND MY LIFE IS YOURS

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can someone tell me what's the song from *broads of Canada* that was playing while rune was sick from the mushrooms and we took care of him, plz tell me!!

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Poland mentioned (Polska gurom!)

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One of the best Vns out there, especially Runes route. I cannot even explain how excellently written it is. Cant wait for the next update  <3 :)

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