Dawn Chorus

Devlog

• Halloween 2024
  October 31, 2024 by Dawn Chorus

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  👀 As the Blood Moon rises, something blinks between the trees; you're failing to push through the snow... Find out what lurks in the dark in new Halloween Special Dawn Chorus update, a fun, short a... Continue reading
• Dawn Chorus v0.42 - Rune
  October 12, 2024 by Dawn Chorus

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  Hi folks! The long awaited update for Rune is finally here! I don't want to spoil much, but I'll say it is a rather wholesome one and I hope you'll be happy with it c: There's some new visuals and som... Continue reading
• Dawn Chorus v0.41 - Bjørn & Torulf:Snouts
  August 23, 2024 by Dawn Chorus

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  🐻Some unbearably good news today for all of our ursine fans🐻 Bear with us - the v0.41 update is here! A rather big one for Bjørn, going a bit further into Day 4 than the other updates, includin... Continue reading
• August 2024 devlog
  August 17, 2024 by Dawn Chorus

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  Hi folks! This month's update on development process is now available to read. Check out what we're working on this month here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/august-2024-110270579... Continue reading
• Dawn Chorus v0.40 - Jørgen
  July 30, 2024 by Dawn Chorus

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  Hi folks, Branny here! I’m super excited to share with you the final update for day 3 of Jørgen’s route! This one’s been in the works for a long time, so I hope it will have been worth the wait... Continue reading
• Bunch of news regarding release cycle and development
  July 05, 2024 by Dawn Chorus

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  Hi folks! We're working to streamline our release process and write more frequent update on how the development is going, and I wanted to drop the news here as well. Our main platform for communicatio... Continue reading
• Dawn Chorus v0.39 - Torulf
  June 28, 2024 by Dawn Chorus

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  Hi folks, Keo here! It's the release day for v0.39 update. This one features new content for 2 out of 3 paths on Torulf's route: Dogtooth and Saliva, as well as several new reworks by Haku and some fi... Continue reading
• v0.38.05 - android fix & reworks
  May 31, 2024 by Dawn Chorus

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  Hi folks! I've just uploaded new builds with several changes: - GUI for fullscreen text mode fixed for Android - Hide button added to Android/PC/Mac builds - Reworks by Haku for four illustrations inc... Continue reading
• Dawn Chorus v0.38 - Devon
  May 28, 2024 by Dawn Chorus

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  Hi folks! I'm coming back to you with a new update for Devon's route. It continues the story from where we stopped the last Devon update - at a tough choice for Arvo that might influence the way he ap... Continue reading

  
• Dawn Chorus v0.37 - Mikko
  April 27, 2024 by Dawn Chorus

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  Hi all! The time has come for the first update with Day 4. It's been a long journey up to this point and I'm so glad and thankful I could go on that journey with you. From here, I can already see the... Continue reading
• April Fool's update!
  April 01, 2024 by Dawn Chorus

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  === EDIT === The update was obviously our this year's April Fool's joke. I hope you enjoyed it! I've heard about some issues with the saves/gallery. We removed most of the assets from the game in this... Continue reading
• Sprites sneak peek - final reworks!
  March 28, 2024 by Dawn Chorus

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  Hi folks! The new update for Mikko's route is out on our Patreon now, featuring hopefully the final versions of the sprites we arrived at after the last poll. I thought I could share some screenshots... Continue reading

  
• Dawn Chorus v0.36 - Lake
  March 24, 2024 by Dawn Chorus

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  Hi folks, Branny here! I’m thrilled to share with you the final update for day 3 of Lake’s route (and my first for the VN)! With over 11k words, there’s plenty to dive into. The new release feat... Continue reading

  
• Dawn Chorus v0.35 - Rune
  February 19, 2024 by Dawn Chorus

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  Edit: I uploaded a newer version of the update, with the new artwork added to the gallery. The Discord integration is now also by default turned off - if you download this visual novel for the first t... Continue reading
• Dawn Chorus v0.35 (part 1) - Bjørn update
  January 28, 2024 by Dawn Chorus

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  Hi folks! The development for the most current update, v0.35, took much longer than anticipated. In addition to 5 illustrations, new music and some artwork reworks for Rune's route (a part of a wider... Continue reading
• Dawn Chorus v0.34 - Torulf update
  December 28, 2023 by Dawn Chorus

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  Hi all, Keo here! I'm coming back to you with a fresh update, this time for Torulf's route! It's more than 11k words of new content across three different paths , all going all the way to the end of D... Continue reading
• Dawn Chorus v0.33 - Devon update
  November 28, 2023 by Dawn Chorus

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  Hi all, Keo here! I'm back with another update - this time for Devon's route. The initial plan was to tackle only the first half of the remainder of the day this update, but I got carried away and wro... Continue reading
• v0.32.2 - a minor update
  November 15, 2023 by Dawn Chorus

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  Hi all! I've uploaded a revised v0.33 update with a few minor changes. No new content, just a few changes: 1. The biggest one is an expanded and slightly rewritten bad end from the last Mikko update... Continue reading
• Dawn Chorus v0.32 - Mikko update
  October 22, 2023 by Dawn Chorus

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  Hi all, Keo here! I'm back with a brand new Mikko update, finally! Long in development, a tad late, but quite bulky: there's around 16k words of new content, a new fantastic illustration by Deffie , a... Continue reading
• v0.31.3 - small fixes and changes
  September 25, 2023 by Dawn Chorus

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  Hi all, Keo here! There hans't been much news from me lately, I'm sorry for that. I spent some time sick in bed and then had to crunch to speed up the work on the update for Mikko, which finally got a... Continue reading
• Dawn Chorus v0.31 - Lake & Jørgen update
  August 28, 2023 by Dawn Chorus

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  Hi all! The new update is now out on itch.io! This time it's for Lake and Jørgen, continuing their Day 3 content. Included are some feelings, some heartaches, a pinch of mystery and a secret. I hope... Continue reading
• Broken Harbours announcement!
  August 21, 2023 by Dawn Chorus

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  Hi all, Keo here! We're nearly ready to release our side project/Dawn Chorus sort-of-a-prequel, Broken Harbours ! Previously named All The Lonely People, this standalone 16.5k words long visual novel... Continue reading

  
• Dawn Chorus v0.30 - Rune & Bjørn
  July 23, 2023 by Dawn Chorus

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  Hi all, Keo here! The new update is here! This time it's for Rune and Bjørn, also featuring a new illustration for Bjørn's route, drawn by our great Bakemonoy! Also, one small change you might notic... Continue reading
• Dawn Chorus v0.29 - Torulf update
  June 23, 2023 by Dawn Chorus

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  Hi all! We're having a double release today: v0.29 on itch.io, and v0.30 for Rune Bjørn on our Patreon. Here, I'm coming back to you with a brand new update for Torulf's route, therefore beginning th... Continue reading
• Dawn Chorus v0.28 - Devon & Bjørn
  May 29, 2023 by Dawn Chorus

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  Hi all! I'm coming back to you with a fresh update, this time a bit smaller, for our boys Devon and Bjørn. 🐻 The update also features an illustration for Devon's route that I commissioned from Dor... Continue reading
• Dawn Chorus v0.27 - Rune, Lake, Mikko, Jørgen
  April 25, 2023 by Dawn Chorus

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  Hi all, Keo here! We're back after a break! My, how time flies... A lot have happened between the last update in January and now, beside the new update that I'm uploading here now and the one for Bjor... Continue reading
• Android build reuploaded
  April 07, 2023 by Dawn Chorus

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  Hi all, Keo here! Several players reported issues with Android build of the VN after playing the April Fool's update. I rebuilt only the Android update, changing its version to 0.27.3, so that Android... Continue reading
• April Fool's 2023
  April 02, 2023 by Dawn Chorus

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  Hi all! As some (or most) of you had probably guessed, the yesterday's update was out this year's April Fool's joke. Apologies for this small bit of tomfoolery,I hope you liked it! If you played it an... Continue reading
• Dawn Chorus v0.27.2 - significant Day 1 rework!
  April 01, 2023 by Dawn Chorus

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  Hi all, Keo here! While I'm working on the next Day 3 build, I thought I could share a significant update to the Day 1 part of the game that I worked on this month. The reworks are substantial and the... Continue reading
• Small update on development, side story
  February 13, 2023 by Dawn Chorus

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  Hi all, Keo here! It's been a while since the last update, so I thought I could tell you what's been happening over at Dawn Chorus team. With Day 2 done, I took some time off from writing updates to f... Continue reading
• Dawn Chorus v0.26 - Jørgen & Torulf
  January 07, 2023 by Dawn Chorus

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  Hi all, Keo here! Finally, after the long wait, I'm coming back to you with an update that concludes Day 2. Though I struggled with this one particularly, in the end I'm happy with how both of the rou... Continue reading
• Back to comments
  December 25, 2022 by Dawn Chorus

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  Hi all! After some deliberation, we decided to switch back from community board to comments, as we saw people use the community board the same way as when they're using comments, only it was less conv... Continue reading
• v0.25.3 - Rework of Jørgen's route, v0.26 available on Patreon
  December 09, 2022 by Dawn Chorus

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  Hi all, Keo here! I've just uploaded a revised v0.25 update, now including Jørgen's reworked route, more separate from Lake's route. Other than that, the update also features a stunning new illustrat... Continue reading
• Dawn Chorus v0.25 - Lake update
  November 12, 2022 by Dawn Chorus

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  Hi all! I'm coming back to you with an update for Lake's route, going all the way to the end of Day 2. Some of the scenes differ a bit depending on whether you reacted positively or negatively to Toru... Continue reading
• Community board time!
  September 23, 2022 by Dawn Chorus

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  Hi all, As some of you might have noticed (hopefully as little of you as possible), we've been having problems with spam comments with adult materials and suspicious links in the recent days. For quit... Continue reading
• Dawn Chorus v0.24 - Mikko update
  September 23, 2022 by Dawn Chorus

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  Hi all, Keo here! I'm coming back with a finished update for Mikko route. This time it's almost 10k words , split between two paths. I had tons of fun writing this one, I hope you'll like it too!... Continue reading
• Dawn Chorus v0.23 - Torulf update
  August 27, 2022 by Dawn Chorus

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  Hi all, Keo here! I'm coming back to you with an update for Torulf. As usual, it grew much bigger than I anticipated, and I'm happy to say that the finished thing is almost 16k words long . I had hope... Continue reading
• Dawn Chorus v0.22 - Bjørn update
  July 07, 2022 by Dawn Chorus

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  Hi all, Keo here! The update for Bjørn's route is finally here! It turned out to be one of the biggest updates we've had at almost 14k words of text only (not counting any code), featuring extensive... Continue reading
• Dawn Chorus v0.21 - Rune update
  May 29, 2022 by Dawn Chorus

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  Hi all, Keo here! Finally, after the wait longer than I anticipated, I'm releasing the update for Rune. The new content goes all the way until the end of Day 2 and has some of my favourite scenes so f... Continue reading
• Dawn Chorus v0.20 - Devon update
  April 29, 2022 by Dawn Chorus

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  Hi all! I'm coming back to you with an update for Devon's route. It's one of the smaller ones, but goes all the way to the end of Day 2 for Devon. I hope you'll like it! A bigger update for Rune is ou... Continue reading
• Dawn Chorus v0.19 - Lake & Jørgen update
  March 28, 2022 by Dawn Chorus

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  Hi all, Keo here! This month I have an update for Lake and Jorgen for you. There are no rewrites this time, only new content. Next upcoming update after this one is for Rune and Devon, with the part f... Continue reading
• Get the soundtrack, help refugees!
  March 05, 2022 by Dawn Chorus

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  Hi all! I'm sure most of you are familiar with the situation in Ukraine. Since now and until the end of next week (14.03) all money from sales of Dawn Chorus soundtrack goes straight to Salam Lab, an... Continue reading
• Dawn Chorus v0.18 - Mikko update
  February 14, 2022 by Dawn Chorus

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  Hi all, Keo here! I'm coming back to you with the overdue Mikko update. I ended up not only adding new scenes (roughly half of Day 2 content, again), but also reworking a lot of earlier content too, s... Continue reading
• Dawn Chorus v0.17 - Torulf update
  December 30, 2021 by Dawn Chorus

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  Hi all, Keo here! This month we have an update for Torulf's route for you. It's a bit smaller (though not much) than usual, covid rendered me pretty much unable to work for almost two weeks, so the wo... Continue reading
• Version 0.16 - Rune & Klaus update
  November 30, 2021 by Dawn Chorus

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  Hello all, Keo here! I'm coming back to you with a new update. This time there's a continuation of Rune's route and most of Day 2 for Klaus. It's also likely the biggest update yet (if I remember well... Continue reading

  
• Version 0.15 - Bjørn update!
  October 28, 2021 by Dawn Chorus

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  Finally after a long time, I'm coming back to you with new content for Bjørn . I planned for this update to include content for another character too, but as I was working on it, the scope grew immen... Continue reading
• Version 0.14 - Rune update
  September 26, 2021 by Dawn Chorus

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  Hi all, Keo here! I'm coming back to you with this month's update for Rune. Length-wise it's not the biggest one we've had, but the content is rather fun and I'm sure you'll like it! In addition to th... Continue reading
• Version 0.13 - Rune & Devon update
  August 27, 2021 by Dawn Chorus

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  Hi all, Keo here! After a few lighthearted updates this time things are getting a bit more serious. Honestly this is one on my favourite updates so far, and I hope you'll enjoy it at least as much as... Continue reading
• One year of Dawn Chorus, release schedule and mid-month build
  August 18, 2021 by Dawn Chorus

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  Hi all, Keo here! First things first - last month Dawn Chorus turned one year old ! On 26th July 2020 we've released our first demo to a limited audience after a small campaign on Twitter. We have com... Continue reading

  
• Version 0.12 - Rune & Devon update
  July 25, 2021 by Dawn Chorus

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  #update, #Rune, #Devon

  Hi, Keo here! I'm coming back to you with a fresh June update, featuring the continuation for Rune and Devon routes again. It's a bit lighter in tone than the few previous ones, but we thought a small... Continue reading
• Version 0.11 - Rune & Devon update
  June 24, 2021 by Dawn Chorus

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  Hi, Keo here! I'm coming back to you with a new update featuring the start of Day 2 for Rune and Devon. Apart from new content for them, it's finally time for a new sprite for Mikko! We hope you'll li... Continue reading

  
• New illustrations artist joins the team!
  June 22, 2021 by Dawn Chorus

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  I'm excited beyond words to announce that starting with Day 2 the artist drawing illustrations for us is none other than @Bakemonoy ! The illustration for the upcoming build featuring our favourite st... Continue reading

  
• Version 0.10 - Public build
  May 28, 2021 by Dawn Chorus

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  Hi, Keo here! I'm coming back to you with the last update for Day 1 , featuring the continuation of Bjørn's route. On the last update his scenes got partially reworked, and he's changed a lot since t... Continue reading
• Route order for Day 2
  May 02, 2021 by Dawn Chorus

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  Hi everyone, Keo here! I hope you're all having a great day, and you enjoyed the latest update to Dawn Chorus (if you already played them)! The Patreon poll concluded yesterday, and the first two rout... Continue reading
• Version 0.9 - Mikko & Torulf update
  April 29, 2021 by Dawn Chorus

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  Oh boy, this is quite a big one. Hi, Keo here! I'm coming back to you with v0.9 build, featuring mostly the rest of Day 1 for Mikko and Torulf , but not only. In addition to that there's a slightly re... Continue reading
• Release model from Day 2 (and onwards)
  April 22, 2021 by Dawn Chorus

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  Hi everyone, Keo here! A pretty important thing - from the start of Day 2 we'll change the release model to working on routes in pairs before moving on to the next ones (I haven't yet decided if that... Continue reading
• Happy April Fools' Day!
  April 02, 2021 by Dawn Chorus

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  Hi everyone, Keo here! Happy April Fools' Day everyone! I hope you enjoyed that bit of silliness I prepared for you together with hq. The special April Fools' Day build will be available for download... Continue reading
• April update - new content and various rewrites
  April 01, 2021 by Dawn Chorus

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  Hi, Keo here! This might be a bit out of the blue, but I've been working on changes to the beginning of Dawn Chorus for a while, and I can finally release the build containing those. There's some new... Continue reading
• v0.9 (Torulf & Mikko) on Patreon, change to Torulf's sprite
  March 29, 2021 by Dawn Chorus

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  Hi, Keo here! Recently we've released an update v0.8, featuring a new sprite for Torulf. We've heard feedback that the sprite looks a bit too stiff, so we've added another pose as a default one and cr... Continue reading
• Version 0.8 (Devon & Klaus) - Public build
  March 26, 2021 by Dawn Chorus

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  Hi, Keo here! Today (one day ahead of the time, as I will be busy over the weekend) we're releasing v0.8 build of Dawn Chorus. Inside there's a continuation for Devon's route, new content for quasi-se... Continue reading

  
• Version 0.7.2, February update on Patreon, Devon sprite survey
  February 28, 2021 by Dawn Chorus

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  Hi, Keo here! Yesterday I uploaded the February update (v0.8) for all our patrons. It features ~13k of new content and features a continuation for Devon and Klaus. The update will be uploaded to itch... Continue reading

  
• Version 0.7 (Lake & Jørgen) - Public build
  February 24, 2021 by Dawn Chorus

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  Hi, Keo here! Today we're uploading v0.7 build to itch.io, featuring: Continuation of Lake and Jørgen's routes, that's 9k words of new scenes New CG by hq New sprites with expressions for Lake and J... Continue reading
• January update and release schedule
  January 25, 2021 by Dawn Chorus

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  Hi, Keo here! Today we've uploaded the new v0.7 build of Dawn Chorus to Patreon, featuring: Continuation of Lake and Jørgen's routes, that's 9k words of new scenes :0 New CG by hq New sprites with ex... Continue reading

  
• Version 0.6 (Rune update) - Public build
  January 09, 2021 by Dawn Chorus

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  #update

  Hi, Keo here! A few hours earlier than I thought, but I finished implementing everything I wanted for v0.6.4 build, so here it is! Today the fifth update to Dawn Chorus goes public. December was a bus... Continue reading
• RenPy Gallery tutorial & code
  January 08, 2021 by Dawn Chorus

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  #gallery

  Hi, Keo here! This week I worked on implementing a gallery for Dawn Chorus, and I was surprised to see how confusing it was, and the lack of working code examples. The only decent example I could find... Continue reading

  
• Happy New Year!!!
  January 01, 2021 by Dawn Chorus

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  Hi all, We want to wish you all the best in 2021! May your wishes come true, and this new year treat you well :) Also a small reminder - the new update, v0.6, with a continuation of Rune's route, is a... Continue reading

  
• v0.5.3 hotfix
  December 28, 2020 by Dawn Chorus

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  Hey, Keo here, Just wanted to say that there were two small mistakes in v0.5.3 build that the players have found, so I fixed them and re-uploaded the build. In the meantime I deleted a handful of lin... Continue reading
• v0.5.3 revised update, new Patreon build
  December 26, 2020 by Dawn Chorus

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  Hi, Keo here! Today we have released the new build of Dawn Chorus for patrons, featuring a continuation of Rune's route up to the end of Day 1, two new CGs for Rune, and his new sprite (with expressio... Continue reading

  
• Version 0.5 - Public build
  December 10, 2020 by Dawn Chorus

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  #update

  Hi, Keo here! Today we're releasing the v0.5 build of Dawn Chorus to the public. Changelog: 8.5k words of new scenes Some new renders by Roborak Few new tracks by me... honestly I've lost count A gue... Continue reading

  
• Version 0.5 and answering questions from survey
  November 26, 2020 by Dawn Chorus

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  Hi, Keo here! I finally have some updates for you. Today we've released build v0.5 of Dawn Chorus for our patrons, so the public release of the update will happen on 10.12. Inside you will find good b... Continue reading

  
• Version 0.4 - Public build
  November 07, 2020 by Dawn Chorus

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  #update

  Hi, Keo here, Today we're publicly releasing the v0.4 build of Dawn Chorus , aka Spooktober update. In addition to the new scenes happening chronologically after the last update, inside you will also... Continue reading
• 5000 downloads, Spooktober and v0.4 Patreon release
  October 24, 2020 by Dawn Chorus

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  Hi, Keo here! Today we've finished development and testing for v0.4 update for Dawn Chorus, and already uploaded the new build for patrons. For now it is available only at our Patreon page, and in two... Continue reading
• Development for 0.4 build and survey results
  October 08, 2020 by Dawn Chorus

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  Hi, Keo here! I will start by saying that it's been a hard month for the whole team so far and we're all a bit behind the schedule, so we unfortunately we might need some extra time this month. hq is... Continue reading

  
• Version 0.3 - Public build
  October 04, 2020 by Dawn Chorus

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  #update

  Hi! Today we're publicly releasing the second update for Dawn Chorus . It's a huge one - the update itself is around ~15k words , so even bigger than the last one, and in addition to the new scenes it... Continue reading

  
• Build 0.2.4 - changed CG, minor fixes
  August 23, 2020 by Dawn Chorus

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  Hi! Our CG artist, Tintiai, made some changes to the CG with Rune included in the visual novel to make it more similar to his sprite. We have uploaded the new version of the visual novel that includes... Continue reading

  
• Version 0.2 - Public build
  August 22, 2020 by Dawn Chorus

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  #update

  Hi! We're very excited to release the first update to Dawn Chorus for public. With more than 12,000 words this update is even bigger than the initial demo, and likely it's not the standard size of the... Continue reading