Dawntide

Ranzo is so awesome, I love him so much.

And his nickname for Riley, Ryebread... AAAAAA, MY HEART MELTED

100/10 just for him alone. 

But the music, the characters (even Billy, who I have a love-hate relationship with), the artstyle, and did I mention the music? All of it is so awesome.

Spoilers:

Edit 1: Griff's theme... It has a heartfelt melancholy that not even I could describe in words. Cozy, alluring, yet bittersweet and rueful at the same time. I love the touches on this song.

Edit 2: Shinbone. Gives very much jazzy mid-tempo hip-hop. I kinda like it. I vibe with it.

Edit 3: The hangover is going to be BRUTAL. Oh wait. Another form of hangover. Wonderful.

Edit 4: It's a fuckin'— gods above, it's a damn Jack of Spades.

Edit 5: I knew it. I knew I was gonna hate her the moment that flashback hit. And here we are. I hate her.

Final Edit: Choob, you wonderful, wonderful individual. This was a ride. And I am here for it. I swear, why didn't I discover this before?

Ahhhhhh what a great update. I already noticed it in the earlier builds but the soundtrack and SFX are stellar. I especially love Griff's theme. Its sooooo cozy.

Good stuff Choob!

This visual novel is so stellar! I played it back in August and was blown away, eagerly anticipating the next update. The new update was as amazing as what I've played before!

My favorite part of this visual novel is the detail and care put into it. For example, how there are certain parts of dialogue with different fonts, which change how you read and interpret it. There is even a part where the text goes outside of the textbox, showing the drunken feelings of the characters in that scene. There are also changes to the previously released updates, encouraging readers to re-experience past scenes. I love this, as it more fully realizes the setting, but it also is fun for those who want to re-read a bit to take them back into the story before continuing with a new update.

The presentation is also out of this world. I love the interface so much, just to see something different than what I've seen from so many other visual novels. I also love how the CGs have motion to them, which adds more immersion to the scenes. The style is also very unique, with me personally loving the character portraits. They clue the reader into the character by seeing the pose and background details, while having a very recognizable style to it. 

Lastly, the characters are a treat to see. The dialogue seems so natural, and I love hinting at characters and situations that will hopefully be explored later. I love everybody from the main cast, and am excited to explore their past relationships with each other. 

I love Dawntide so far, and I am excited to see further updates!

IT'S PEAK!!! IT'S PEAK!!!

LET'S GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO NEW DAWNTIDE BUILD WAWAWAWAWAWAWAWAWAWAWAWAWAWAWAWAWA

LETS GO LETS GO LETS GO LETS GOOOOO

I already love this VN.

Absolutely adore the artwork, it's unique, has it's own personality and really pops out at you. Music is also incredible and sets the mood perfectly. I love the aesthetic and tone of this visual novel. It does everything so… perfectly, for lack of better description.

By the end of chapter 1, I knew for sure this was going to be something special, that scene absolutely knocked it out of the park and flooded my heart with emotions.

Also, somehow with only two chapters worth of content, I've already fell in love with a certain scruffy dog. He is precious.

Very excited to see more!!

This is my first VN and wow I love it!! I absolutely adore the art style, the music and in general just the whole vibe it has going for it! Can't wait to see more content from it, keep it up!

This is the best (and only good) VN full stop. i really dont know how you manage to knock it out of the park in literally every respect. god bless the enigmatic choob.

I don't know how you did it, but I am so invested in this already. I remember I saw this VN once in the past a while ago, but I put it in the backlog, what caught my eye was the artstyle and how Ranzo was the scruffiest and cutest dog I'd ever seen.
Now I finally decided to return after seeing some people talk about it and I'm so glad I did. Insanely good visuals, great music choice, gripping story and Riley and Ranzo especially.. I've fallen in love. I'm so looking forward to what gets cooked up in the future. 
Also, Ranzo did indeed live up to what I first thought, he is indeed scruffy as hell and also adorable.

This is so good already. The entire feeling and interactions leave me wanting more. I hope this will be finished one day, I'll definitely be supporting and keeping an eye on it. You're great!

You know it's funny when you find a new visual novel it's kind of sad that you don't really get to spend time decent alone time with a certain dog I fell in love with him immediately LOL perfect for Riley I I think

So, now playing again after a long while i have to say, i love it even more, the music, the characters, it speaks to me in a level i dont quite understand, and seeing griff in the selector on ch2 made me a bit happier, idk whats planned for him but i want to know him more, he just seems.... nice <3

Oone more thing, the inner monologue of Riley is superb , im glad this project is still going strong

I am always a sucker for "friend group reunites and explores past problems" set-ups but WOW does this hit it out of the park just from the small parts we have already. I agree with many others that there is a distinct Disco Elysium vibe to this (probably part to the fantastic artstyle and different inner monologue voices of Riley). The music is also stellar. I'm so excited to see not just Ranzo's story continued (love him so much), but the others as well. I also want to praise the characterization of Riley. He doesn't present like a "blank slate main character" that is common in VNs now, but as a PoV character that is still fleshed out and has his own character strengths and weaknesses. This is a project I will be so excited to be updated and completed! 

The arts and audio are fabulous, the Disco-Elysium-vibe is visible in a good way. Been a long time since I've read a VN so good, truly captivating.

Words can't describe how incredible this novel is. I'm addicted and can't get enough!!! 

oh my God. I dont even know if I can put every incredible moment I just read into words. I can't help but just sit here, astounded.

chapter 2 spoilers/////

 It's so difficult to even start with anything specific because there's just so many scenes that really just have everything going for them. Scenes where the music manages to not only set the mood for the moment, but also heightens those really intense emotions. I tell you, when Riley got into Graham's car, I was just like, "Oh, he must be giving him a ride home or something. Clearly. Obviously." and then the music kicked in and my jaw Dropped. The music made the scene feel electric, visceral almost. Another scene that really uses the music to it's full potential is absolutely Eliza's intro. The pure dread of seeing that red-cloaked figure at the top of the stairs with this almost chase-like music slowly fading in. Boy, That Makes You Feel Things. Finally seeing this character, who you've only seen as a kid or mentioned in conversation before this scene, be such an incredibly imposing figure is such an intense moment. Honestly, just such an unparalleled character intro. When she threatens to take off the rest of Riley's hand and leaves the reader wondering what she means, only for Riley to later show off exactly that when he gets angry at Ranzo, such a good reveal honestly. After that happened, the speed of which I went searching through every earlier cg or any character portraits with Riley's left hand in it before this scene was so fast. That entire thing is just such a good reveal. To get back to the music, anytime that the Keles track (I hope whatever happened at Keles Rock was worth the fireworks and fingers.) comes on makes that scene about 10x more powerful. That absolutely haunting choir or the spine-chilling gurdy makes whatever scene it's on feel like it's life or death, and whenever core/inner Riley talks during these moments, man, that's when I really get chills. God, I haven't even talked about how much I love ward, exile, and scorn yet (Another quick mention is when you finish reading Ranzo's Dad's journal and Riley has to quickly cover his tracks with Ranzo right outside the door, that music makes you Tense).

One of my favorite games is Disco Elysium, easily one of the best written games that I've played Ever, and the Riley Mind Kids just scream DE with every line. You can never have enough DE in your writing, I say. The addition of these specialized inner thoughts elevates the writing by so much. That might just be my bias speaking, but I love whenever a piece of media really lets you see into the protagonist's mind, giving you front row seats to every little conflicting thought they have. Exile showing off Riley's yearning to keep in contact and stay close with his friends, that want to just have fun and be happy, pulls at my heartstrings so badly. Ward being this kind of protective thought, the part of your mind that warns you to stay out of trouble as well as the reassuring thoughts, the calm moments where you say to yourself that you know you can get through this. A kind of self-preservative logic. Scorn being this voice of scrutinization, always second guessing the intents of other people and criticizing Riley's own actions. what a dickhead. Then there's core, man, do I love core. Core reminds me the most of DE, specifically those short, bone-chilling, quick statements from the emotions like Inland Empire or Shivers. These small, cryptic, foreboding ideas that leave you wondering what the Hell they mean. A favorite moment of mine is when, right before Riley blacks out, it says, "Too close." like it's recalling something, an all too familiar memory. Probably the most memorable line from it being during the argument near the end, where it practically screams "Don't talk to me like that!". Christ. That entire scene is just, so, so good. This is already so long, but I can't help myself from mentioning the scene where you essentially choose your route. The way Scorn tells you to make a connection right here, right now, or it's essentially over, leading into Ward asking you who you're gonna choose, feels absolutely gut-wrenching. It's like Riley is reaching out to one last person, trying in a last-ditch effort to keep somebody, anybody, at least one person, close to him, like he's at the end of his line and needs a life raft. I'm already writing my own novel here, so I'll keep the next bits short and get to my main point here. 

The art's pretty! Really pretty! Every background feels like a place I've been to before and somewhere I'd love to visit again. The character portraits are mythical almost, like they're the way Riley envisions a person's face in his mind's eye. The sprites are expressive and lively, the drunk sprites being a really cool addition that really makes all the scenes they're in pop and makes them memorable.

The characters feel like real people! It's obvious they have years of memories together just from the way they talk and banter with each other.  They clearly have more to them than just what they show to their friends as well, like Ranzo's bad feeling he gets that makes him feel like he's causing all these terrible things to happen (Is this an actual, real, kind of psychic feeling or is it just Ranzo looking back at traumatic moments and feeling like he should've done something? I dunno! And that's fun!) or his abundance of family problems, red riding hood included. Basically, can't wait to see all the little intricacies and problems all the characters have. Lovely stuff!

Riley is an artist who doesn't see any value in his creations. He says they're nothing special, rubbish, even. I think the point I'm trying to get at here is that Dawntide is like... really good art. Incredible, even. Not even two updates in and this game's writing, art, and music has blown my mind every step of the way. I haven't even talked about how much I love the incredibly vivid, poetry-like observations of the surroundings or the setting, that of which feels like it's in the middle of collapse, with countless shops going out of business, yet still feels like home. I already have to zoom out to see my entire post, so I won't go on any further. Really good game. keep up the good work <3

I think this has set the bar too high for my introduction to visual novels, it's simply captivating and I can't wait to see the rest of the routes! Thank you for bringing this beautiful project to the world!

It very fantastic vn and THE SOUNDTRACK IT F AWESOME 

I hope they make album ost on youtube or something

ps. renzo so f cute tho

This project is so amazing, I wish Cornwall was real

why is this shit actually perfect bruh.

I love the artwork and the vibes that this VN gives off and as someone that lives in the southwest a lot of the themes really resonate with me (though I'm sure that mostly my own biases). The writing, story and relationships all feel well fleshed out and believable so yeah I'd put this right up at the top of my list.

It's really nice to find something thats a bit different but absolutely excellent.

I just find it kinda funny everytime I play this VN with Griff first 2-3 interactions Weird Al - One More Minute plays in my VN playlist

I'm pretty new to VNs as a genre, but this has such a clarity of purpose and direction (in story, in visuals, etc) that it's immediately rocketed up to the top of my list — I was consistently impressed the whole way through.

Love everything that's happening here, excited for more.

the music is so good.

I just finished Cap'n Ranzo's chapter two route, I'm so ekscited for the rest!!

Let's keep the good boy winning!! Let's go, CAP'N RANZOOOOO!!!!

Enchanting presentation through writing, art and music. There's something really special here, and I'm excited to see what's next!

i played lots of vns but this one sky rocketed in my top faves of all time! totally obsessing over it and looking forward to more! p.s. love Ranzo a lot <3

I know I've left a review of this game before, but I just...needed to say my thoughts to literally anyone who would listen, so enjoy my nonsense!

Beginning the newest update has certainly been a treat! I remember playing the first update only a few days after it came out, with the art-style being the obvious draw from the get-go, but I'm definitely loving the way the story is going so far! I imagine some of the charm that comes from the foreign lands typically un-represented in Furry VN's (unless I've somehow missed them) is amplified on me, due to being born in the middle of nowhere, USA. 

I think my favorite part of this story so far has to be Griff. Something about this pure white fox (?) wandering back into Riley's life makes it seem almost ghostly. I love my boy Ranzo, but Griff's character design is probably my favorite character design of ANY VN character ever. He just looks so pure, but the black hands make me feel like he's done something in his past that betrays his perfect facade. Or maybe it's just a random character design thing to add flavor. Who knows! I just know I can't wait to see more of this as time goes on. I also like how other characters are getting the special treatment of the faces-next-to-the-text-box (not sure if that has a name). Agnes' is quite beautiful haha

Anyways! I hope anyone reading this without having given the game a shot does so, and I hope that I get to see more as time goes on! Good Luck to Choob!

Hello seems to be problem with the android version not sure if it's my end that's causing the issue or yours but I can begin the download but not finish it as Google play protect stops me due to unknown developer and therefore considers this file dangerous 

UPDATE: I managed to get past it but it's still pretty annoying as the install anyway option is hidden so some might not see it