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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
Dawn Chorus v0.43 (Lake) - released on Patreon on 1.12, to be released on itch.io on 1.01.2025
Dawn Chorus v0.44 (Mikko) - tba!

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


Our team:



Additional illustrations were done by BakemonoyPrince O' Sky, TintiaiJandar and Ghost.
Main menu background drawn by White Leonard.


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

Updated 13 days ago
StatusIn development
PlatformsWindows, macOS, Linux, Android
Rating
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(1,903 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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Dawn_Chorus-0.42.5-pc.zip 380 MB
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Dawn_Chorus-0.42.6-android.apk 387 MB
Dawn Chorus soundtrack (flac).zip 377 MB
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Dawn Chorus soundtrack (mp3).zip 226 MB
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WHERE IS MY DEER??? ITS 12/10 WHERE IS HE PLEASE 

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Relax bro, I'm as desperate as you but good stuff like this takes time. 

Let em cook

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...in most countries 12/10 means October 12th. the update has been out since that day :p

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omg im so stupid

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truly a boykisser moment

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What song did you use when Rune was on his shrooms trip?

a song called Magic Number by Patricia Taxxon. It’s available on their Patreon.

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Didn't know that song was from patricia taxxon, great fun fact :3

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DUDE JORGEN JUST BECAME MY FAV NOW THAT IM ON DAY 2

Lets hope I dont eat my words right after

i did, what's the verdict now?

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Is the max amount of days 4 currently? 

Yes, it is, all routes have 4 days :>

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Damn....this shit is actually a gourmet meal, I was so sad to see it end at 4 (finished Rune and Jorgen's routes thus far). That just means I have more to look forward to in the next update, tho!

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I'm reading Mikko, Lake, Jorgen and Rune; and yeah we need to waiting for the next update, equally is not a problem to wait, when the product is great :3

I don't think Jorgen dose (or Klaus)

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is there a way to get a super bad ending, like ending up with no character, and mostly being alone in the game, getting a character killed, etc

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Nah I tried once and it's impossible 

The game isn't finished so it's impossible. Don't know if it will be, but that's an interesting thought that I do NOT want to find out. xd On the first day you will probably end up with Devon.

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i mean you can die :p

oh shit really? I thought no characters can die.


Can you give me hints on how lead up to this? (im still doing all the routes for all the characters)

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it's a part of mikko's route. you have ask to stay in his room, but then insist on going back to your room after stargazing and finding your key. 

it was one of the last routes i did and i was literally so stunned when it happened because i thought the same thing lol. that whole route is kinda sad tho to begin with :[

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I like the new portraits!

Bunch of CGs dont appear on the gallery, did they not upate it or is my game glitched? :(

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im guessing u just haven't unlocked them

If I never saw them how would I know I’m missing it? XD

oh, idk then sorry :P

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Klaus fans (like myself) are starving lol please feed us with more of the mysterious green haired cat boi.

Agreed!

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Just finished Devon's story and I love him so much! I hope he gets an update <3

Yes, Devon is so underrated. :( He is best man. <3

Someone please help - I can't put my head about one thing regarding the music and it's making me go crazy!!

There's this song "in the sky", and I can't put my head around the time signature - I mean, is it really 7/4?, or am I just totally dumb???

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ARE YOU RUSHING, OR ARE YOU DRAGGING?

Finally got around to reading the latest stuff on runes route... Gotta love that silly deer.

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There is a lot I can relate with this VN on his different characters; I'm still enjoy it, great job Dawn_Chorus team.

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Hellooo!! I’m curious, does anyone have a list of all the songs that are mentioned in the vn? The only one I know is “In the aeroplane over the sea” by Neutral Milk Hotel, I remember Runes route mentioning ichiko aoba which made me jump in joy ^^ If anyone has a list of them I’d love to see it, I’m always looking for music whenever it comes to vns!

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"Dawn Chorus" by Thom Yorke gets mentioned by a couple characters if I recall correctly. 

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Boards of Canada gets mentioned by rune while on magic shrooms, and Olson by them is similar to the track playing. That whole album, Music has the right to Children, is quite good if u enjoy the genre 

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heyyy, so there's a post on reddit exactly about this, unfortunately this post only talks about the songs/artists mentioned in mikko's route https://www.reddit.com/r/FurryVisualNovels/comments/1ac40cd/shoutout_the_music_r...

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I was about to comment this lol, that was my post! I haven't read through the other routes fully so I haven't written those down, but I may get to that and make another post when I do. I assume Mikko's route probably has the most references, though.

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On Mikko route, in some part on the background, there a vinyl of CarSeatHeadRest of the album "Twin Fantasy" 

not sure if someone mentioned it but while routing for Rune on the way to the teahouse (3day) he still says about having no luck with his project even though you already helped him get it right

(i have terrible memory so this might be wrong) but after you helped him he had to do some manual labor type work on the document so he didnt need Arvos help anymore. Arvo left before he was finished (i think?)

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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!💖

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

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does anyone know how to get lakes starry eyed tiger portrait 

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Quite an intense experience so long... phew.

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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.

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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

in Jørgens route

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RIGHT! I was very board of the talking so I asked for the short version of the story XD thank you!

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no problem! :p

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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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