Divine Dawn is an adult RPG visual novel developed by Cryswar, mixing turn-based combat and character-driven storytelling.
You step into the boots of a would-be hero dreaming of greatness in a world that doesn’t seem to need one... until everything starts going wrong.
What's new in version 0.33?
0.33
Rosalyn gets two new scenes, a conversation (visit her after the Astrologia setup group scene) and a second conversation followed by a paizuri CG (choose Flirt in the conversation menu).
Aspasia gets a trust 10 scene, discussing golems, artificial intelligence, and what souls are. She loves this stuff.
Ina gets a 6 affection scene, which includes some discussion on whether Kuril or the MC would rock a dress better, along with more discussion of what relations are.
Sarah gets a 16 affection scene, with some MC childhood lore drops and her trying to be a supportive girlfriend. She's doing her best.
Ashley gets a 14 affection scene, discussing succubus lore and Ashley's stellar descriptive skills when she's trying to make a point. Especially when she's horny.
Siofra gets 2, 4, and 6 trust scenes, all of them very meaty and deeply philosophical. She has a lot more going on than 'smug goofy forest lady' and is happy to challenge the MC as well as be challenged by him. I meant that intellectually, but she would probably also be into ranked competitive sex.
Siofra also gets a 2 affection scene with some shameless flirting and fun lore. There WAS a 4 affection scene, but I lost it, and I'm still hopping mad two weeks later. I was really happy with it man. I'll rewrite it in a future update.
Sarah and Ashley get a massive evening affection scene, showing their growing bonds with the MC as well as a variety of conversation topics. Sarah is very cute and gets one extra bit if you have high strength, otherwise it's just a trio of goofs in a complicated relationship.
0.33
Rosalyn gets two new scenes, a conversation (visit her after the Astrologia setup group scene) and a second conversation followed by a paizuri CG (choose Flirt in the conversation menu).
Aspasia gets a trust 10 scene, discussing golems, artificial intelligence, and what souls are. She loves this stuff.
Ina gets a 6 affection scene, which includes some discussion on whether Kuril or the MC would rock a dress better, along with more discussion of what relations are.
Sarah gets a 16 affection scene, with some MC childhood lore drops and her trying to be a supportive girlfriend. She's doing her best.
Ashley gets a 14 affection scene, discussing succubus lore and Ashley's stellar descriptive skills when she's trying to make a point. Especially when she's horny.
Siofra gets 2, 4, and 6 trust scenes, all of them very meaty and deeply philosophical. She has a lot more going on than 'smug goofy forest lady' and is happy to challenge the MC as well as be challenged by him. I meant that intellectually, but she would probably also be into ranked competitive sex.
Siofra also gets a 2 affection scene with some shameless flirting and fun lore. There WAS a 4 affection scene, but I lost it, and I'm still hopping mad two weeks later. I was really happy with it man. I'll rewrite it in a future update.
Sarah and Ashley get a massive evening affection scene, showing their growing bonds with the MC as well as a variety of conversation topics. Sarah is very cute and gets one extra bit if you have high strength, otherwise it's just a trio of goofs in a complicated relationship.
0.32
Sarah got a new lovey thighjob CG, attached to a very... ethereal sort of scene. If you needed a reminder that she's a succubus, not a normal girl, this is it.
Sarah also got a new trust scene, with a bit of character development, bonding, and hints for the future. Not all of them are good! Her finalizing her decision to invite Celica for the upcoming library research trip is, though.
Sarah also got an amusing new conversation, in which you and she discuss Ashley's viability as the true Demon Queen. Her answer may or may not surprise you.
Maya got a chonky new affection scene, which has her being almost suspiciously cute when she has her guard down. It also has doggo ear rubs. This is very important.
Ina trust 4 and 6, delving heavily into Sahuagin lore and her feelings about it. Not all are positive, but it's a good bonding experience.
Metatron gets a new trust 18, with a lot of emotions running rampant and a reveal of something that has been bothering her for some time. Robo-angel-wife has been going through a lot, please support her.
As always, I'll take a few days off to recuperate and fix bugs as needed, then get to work on the next update. Not sure exactly how long it will take - I don't wanna do any more giant 2 month updates, so probably more in the 2-4 week range, depends a bit on how much I want to fit in.
0.31
Sam's actual first time (affection 14), with a massive date, relationship building, special backgrounds, and a new CG courtesy of Aragiken! Watch an unusually fancy aurora with her and realize that you are not immune to tomboy propaganda.
Sam trust 16, which continues the events from her spar with Metatron and grants her a new Instant.
Maya affection 8, which has some pretty funny sprite movement and Maya being abnormally honest (sometimes). She's a very good dog.
General plot scene, which randomly occurs sometime after Ina joins. Bit of a callback to the scene when you leave on the adventure, with some character development and a fiery new arrival.
Celica trust 10, which sets up the totally-not-a-date with her and Sarah in the coming updates, and also has our beloved gremlin being vulnerable and cute. She's always cute.
Metatron affection 16, which starts off with her asking what it means for a woman to be demure, and kinda goes downhill from there.
Ina affection 4, in which you and a princess decide how to handle the eventual race war you're going to start by sleeping around too much.
0.30
Sarah affection 14, with entirely too much plot relevance to be in a random affection scene
Maya trust 12, showcasing Maya being less of a gremlin than usual (barely)
Metatron affection 14, in which Ashley is the MVP
Metatron conversation 5, further proving that Hieroneiden did nothing wrong
Ina joining scene (random event in camp, pass time/come back from adventure)
Ina trust 2. Got wood? She does! I promise that will be vaguely amusing when you read it, but no refunds.
Ina affection 2. Expect romance, get philosophical debates that get really depressing.
Ina, Kuril, and Kandros playable. Each has unique traits, some with funky mechanics!
Abilities are now sorted within an element by school. Martial arts are now color-coded by school as well - if people like it, I can do the same for magic schools.
Does anyone even want to read 'assorted bugfixes?' I feel like every patch notes has them, I never know what they mean, and frankly I don't even remember what I fixed.
0.28
Definitely took longer than I hoped, but I used that time to make the knight scene a lot chunkier and more reflective of past choices, so hopefully it feels worth it!
Changelog;
A massive combi-scene covering your return to the knight camp after the Deepwoods finale, with some significant plot development and some major callbacks to previous major choices. Also includes Ina being thirstier than usual, which is a feat in and of itself.
Aspasia 12 and 14 affection scenes, pushing further into friendship and romance with the starstruck slime. Like, astronomy stars, not a metaphor for romance.
Sarah 10 trust gets moving on her own Rocky training montage, which is unsurprisingly less violent than Ashley's. Slightly more messed up tho.
Metatron 10 trust finally starts delving into Metatron's own martial art, as well as more trauma. That's gonna be a recurring theme.
Ashley affection 12 is mostly really wholesome, with a side dish of PTSD. She's a good girl. Might purr if you pet her.
Greatsword rework; 4 new traits, a few new support abilities, and several new elemental skills. It's still probably not as busted as Greataxe, but *way* safer and plays more into the unstoppable juggernaut vibe.
Some new music; Selendis and Ina each get their own themes!
A new knight, with art from alhazart. Same guy who did Kuril, Kandros, Svyatibor, etc.
0.27b
Aspasia gets 4, 6, 8, and 10 affection scenes, as well as an 8 trust scene setting up future combat upgrades!
Sam gets a 10 trust scene that lets you somewhat customize her playstyle, helping her synergize with various builds. There's a much smaller, separate scene in the Training tab that lets you change it at any time while in camp.
Sarah gets a 12 affection scene that finally reveals one of her Aspects~
Maya gets an evening hangout/lap pillow scene, unfortunately not involving her lap. She also gets a new missionary sex scene with a CG!
Ashley got a 10-affection scene pushing her romance forward.
Damage/heal displays *should* be less prone to displaying 10+ digits, but the move to Renpy 8 caused some more backend issues than I had hoped so it's possible I missed some. Please let me know if you run into any!
Various other bug/typo fixes as mentioned above. Probably the most obviously notable one would be Maya's 10 trust scene having expressions now.
0.26b
A new area, the Deepwoods Heart. Chock full of plot, new art, and music, it will be a true test of your your abilities and your beliefs, with heavily divergent endings depending on your final choices.
Sarah gets a wholesome new CG and sex scene (night) as well as another talk (evening), both requiring high affection.
Celica gets a new Affection 12 scene pushing the relationship forward, as well as a shared hangout with Sam (evening).
Metatron gets a new conversation that starts off focused on abs and eventually segues into massive spoilers about exactly how thicc or bricc various angels are. Trust me, it's relevant to the plot.
Aspasia gets a new 6 Trust scene as your bond with her begins to grow and she gets a little bit snarkier.
Ashley gets a new conversation with Maya as oil and water mix into a big fucking problem. She also gets a followup conversation discussing her worldview.
Trait and now Ability dictionaries exist in the right-click menus, with better use of icons and separation to make 'em a bit easier to peruse. Hopefully helps for making new builds.
Chesed completely revamped into 7 new spells, while Malkuth got quite a few spellsword-oriented spells as well. Binah and Geburah got a few new spells apiece.
For some godawful reason a lot of active Charisma abilities didn't actually let you master them, which is now fixed.
A metric assload of new traits; Charisma gets a bunch that let you buff your allies passively, while healing magic (mostly Aether and Water) get a variety of specialized as well as generalized traits. Pyromancy got some love as well.
The Athame weapon gained several new elemental skills and traits, hopefully making it a strong option for a more dexterity-focused spellsword rather than a stat stick. Oh, and you can bleed yourself horribly for a short magic buff.
New stat icons! Also rearranged the display a bit. No functional changes.
Several existing characters now have new music; Maya's default, Sarah during her lewd scene, etc.
Several new themes for the Heart; there's a lot of new boss music to say the least!
Minor channel balancing; each active channel increases the activation cost of the next. More thorough work will be done with them when I revisit the mana system, this is somewhat experimental.
v0.25
Sarah affection 8/10
Celica trust 8
Sam affection 10
Ashley affection 8
Metatron conversation 5
Charles gets 3 new worldbuilding conversations
7? new armors, with unique stat combinations
30-odd new armor traits
10? new Charisma traits
Traits to unlock critical heals
Elements and armors all have fancy new icons, courtesy of TheWiseHedgehog!
v0.24
Maya gets a new conversation about therianthropy, a 10 trust scene, her first martial arts training unlocked, and a new nighttime sex scene with maledom. Bratty dog requires correction.
Ashley gets a 6 affection scene
Sam gets an 8 trust scene
Celica gets evening campfire cuddles
Experimental cheat menu! Some functionality is duplicated to see what people like and what I want to stick with/improve on in the future. Be careful with leveling down, that is experimental.
Initiative list shows up in combat
24? Charisma abilities + masteries
Cryomancy revamp, including a bunch of new/revamped abilities and 6? new traits
The they/them army of Sam has been further decimated
Assorted bugfixes that I forgot 15 minutes after I put them in, weeks ago. The one I remember is fixing instant ability targeting.
v23c
Changelog:
A new area, the Deepwood Vale. Plot-heavy, it introduces a variety of new characters, including an ara ara butterfly girl! Also a talking tree. Also an eclectic mix of monsters from Brazilian mythology, angry hobs, and spirit beasts.
Maya gets a blowjob and CG, as well as 6/8 trust and 6 affection scenes
Ashley gets her first martial arts training, as well as 14 trust and 4 affection scenes
Sarah gets 8 trust and 6 affection scenes
Sam gets 4/6 trust scenes
Celica gets a trust 6 scene
New Charisma/Magic hybrid weapon, "Mystic Harp," unlocked via Rosalyn in the Deepwoods Vale. A potent support weapon with free but mutually-exclusive channels!
50-ish new abilities, including a spread of Charisma active abilities to buff your allies and some more dedicated Theromancy spells!
20-odd new traits, spread across existing weapons, the harp, charisma, and magic
New, matching sprites for every weapon!
Rightclick stat and ability menus upgraded
All ability displays now intelligently show channel upkeep, in battle it *should* even show it with traits considered.
Svyatibor and Eldrad both have custom music as well!
Waaaay too many bugfixes.
New monsters courtesy of aekashics, NPCs mostly from alzaharart, Rosalyn drawn by Coubalty, Maya CG drawn by InCloud, Svyatibor theme by Ubercrow, Eldrad theme by mnervastudios, weapon sprites by TheWiseHedgehog
v0.22d
Major updates to the opening and weapons in particular
Changelog:
The pre-temple opening of the game has been completely redone. Pick between bespoke new premade choices or a custom character builder, meet a new character, and meet a more tolerable Sam. Female Sam only; male Sam has been completely removed.
The temple has gotten minor updates, making it possible to skip some text, taking out some lower-quality stuff, and adding a bit more.
Sarah and Ashley temple scenes now have their own CGs! Minor updates to the scenes as well.
The game now has a LOT more backgrounds; temple is unchanged but the forest and home scenes, camp, and Badon now have proper art.
Amnelis sprite courtesy of Coubalt. Knight-Commander Selendis art courtesy of jfc!
Amnelis theme and Sofra normal/battle themes all by Ubercrow! The temple boss also has a new theme, courtesy of The Mad Duck
4 entirely new weapons - Greataxe, Dual Daggers, Mana Blade, Longbow, each with unique playstyles. Almost every old weapon has been heavily reworked as well! Earth magic got a major revamp too. About 300 new abilities and ~100-150 reworked ones in total.
A new set of no-requirement channels, so non-mages have good access to buffs, and new Reaction system which lets you reflexively block, counterattack, or evade attacks for a certain duration or use count.
Significant improvements to much of the progress menu UI, showing much more info about abilities
Around 15-20 ish traits, some for existing weapons, some for new/magic
New Metatron 12-affection scene, covering the aftermath of her first lewd. More to come~
v0.21e
The biggest update yet, with about four hours of content as the result of two months of work!
Changelog:
Metatron's existing romance and Celica's new 10-affection romance scene now lead to lewds, each with a bespoke CG with multiple variants! Celica's CG was drawn by Nor, while Metatron's was provided by SunsetSkyline.
Deliver Ina to the knight camp, meeting several new characters, running into your first main plot decision, and unlocking...
A new combat area, the Deepwoods Verge. Expect to target down specific enemies, deal with cancerous bullshit, and fight...
Siofra, an extremely hot spirit mommy drawn by Coubalt, a new character debuting as a boss!
Two entirely new weapons, the Shortbow and the Greatsword, each with 6-10 abilities. Shortbows excel at ability rotations to keep debuffs and statuses on enemies, and can synergize with magic to become a magic archer, while Greatswords deal ruinous damage and can cripple enemies.
Most weapons now have various stat bonuses and penalties, including several new magic or hybrid melee/magic weapons.
Ashley gained 8, 10, and 12 trust scenes, which start her along the path of her own custom martial art and reveal quite a bit about our beloved gremlin! Soon you'll be able to follow her down the same path~
Maya got adorable new art, courtesy of jfc, with a boatload of new expressions!
Progress menu heavily revamped, with far more information and less reliance on shitty tooltips, as well as aesthetic improvements.
Tons of new icons for statuses and stats, especially visible in the progress menu and rightclick stats menu, courtesy of Clockwork Raven!
A new Charisma stat, which buffs your ally's offensive and defensive abilities. It can benefit multiple allies, which may become relevant soon...
Deepwoods Verge monsters are a mix of custom stuff from Garrisen or acquired from Aekashics.
Deepwoods Verge background art courtesy of Chrisowl!
The main menu now cycles between a couple cool new backgrounds, and some of the commissioned music. Also messed with the layout slightly so it feels a little more... idk, professional.
A bunch of new music, particularly the Deepwoods and Sam battle/camp themes by the talented @Ubercrow, and a few from various free-use repositories.
Various fixes to channeled abilities; they now update targets each turn, including newly-summoned enemies or recently-dying foes, rather than needing to be re-toggled. Buff boosts and channel cost upgrades SHOULD be working properly as well, but doublecheck your pre-mastery channels.
(5/24) v0.20e
Changelog:
Sam has a new sprite, courtesy of Coubalt, going from 8 to ~35 expressions! It can also get naked, which features in her first lewd scene. She also got a titfuck CG with 9ish variations, also provided by Coubalt!
Metatron's romance also moved forward; she'll get her first lewd scene with a CG of her own next update~
Ina gets a pretty chunky camp scene, showcasing her character much better, dropping some lore, and setting up next update's plot progression.
Sarah got a new conversation and 6 trust scene, Maya got 4 affection and 4 trust scenes, Ashley got a 6 trust, and Celica got a 4 trust. I'd summarize them, but these patch notes are already too large.
Celica now has a phenomenal new camp theme, and Ashley got a dope new battle theme, both courtesy of the talented Ubercrow! Some other characters, like Sam and Metatron, also gained noncustom music for various scenes.
The equip menu is finally functional, allowing you to change your weapon, bring up to two weapons with you and switch in battle, and learn the abilities of any weapon you're carrying with you without needing traits. More weapons will be added later.
The game's music has been streamlined and converted to a more efficient format, cutting the game's overall filesize down by ~40%. I also equalized some of the louder songs, so hopefully audio will be more consistent.
Camp and adventure transitions are now a little less clunky, ditto with some character appearances/disappearances.
Allies now gain masteries, which work about the same as yours, except they pick theirs from a curated list.
Several allies gained unique traits, and some had their abilities switched around to better fit their character.
In general, allies should be MUCH more potent now.
Unique and unlock traits are now colorcoded, and ally trait lists are now ordered, so it should be easier to parse them.
Abilities now have a dedicated custom tooltip screen in battle, which shows projected damage/healing to target, requirements (color coded in case any are missing), and remaining cooldown.
Damage and healing numbers are now displayed in battle. It's a little chunky right now admittedly, but at least you have some idea of what your abilities are actually doing.
Identical enemies now get identifiers to better tell them apart.
I'm gonna be honest here, I know I added some new abilities, but I forgot what they were. Good luck finding them!
