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Neo arcade, 100% mouse-controlled. Hot, fast and brutal hack and slash character action.

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PLAYTEST OUT, DEMO IN

13 Feb

This announcement is a few days late, as I've been ill... Human here - not AI bot 😝

I have removed the store page's Playtest signups but since there was an influx of players from my last tweet on X I left the playtest build available for people who have already signed up. I will totally remove it in a week or so.

Good bye playtest build... I will miss you, but the "official" demo is coming soon! I am aiming to release it next month, shortly after Next Fest since I missed the sign up window for this one. I might release it on the 5th of March, or the 11th, or the 19th, depending on how fast i recover from this illness and how fast Valve approves the build.

Thank you so much for trying the playtest build! It's been awesome (not) to see people beat my personal best on the leaderboard.

Take care of yourselves and all the best!

DAWN ONE

Sleeping animation

It looks weird.

katori•15

11 Mar @ 3:48pm

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PLAYTEST DEMO AVAILABLE!

21 Aug, 2025

DAWN ONE is now available in Open Playtest! Access granted immediately!

Short, intense sessions perfect for busy gamers, ultra accessible yet ultra hardcore challenging hack and slash arcade-style mouse controlled gameplay.

Take it for a spin and feel free to post some feedback in the discussion tab.

Thank you!

Take care and see you around!

DAWN ONE

Dawn Diary, July 2025

23 Jul, 2025

THE MATHS GENIUS FORMULA: TOTAL SCORE = (FIGHT SCORE + TIME BONUS) * BEST CHAIN

FIGHT SCORE: Each time you take out an enemy, it adds up. Tougher enemies yield higher fight scores.
TIME BONUS: Time freezes unless enemies are taken out so retreating during combat yields a lower time bonus.

BEST CHAIN: Chaining doesn't work like in other games. It is not time based, but action based. Performing an action that doesn't lead to contact or a near miss with an enemy will put the current Chain on hold (say, if you completely miss, if you dash away, or if you jump). Then if the next action doesn't contact either, the chain is broken. Obviously taking any damage also breaks the Chain.
In DAWN ONE, each night is an enemy wave and surviving until dawn will get you a score. Each night has a score pool that increases the closer you get to DAWN ONE, so the highest possible scores can be attained during the last night.
A little competition and leaderboards was compulsory :) Take care and thanks for reading and don't forget to wishlist & follow!

DAWN ONE

Yes!

Hey I just wanted to stop by and say I really enjoyed your Skyrim mods back in the day! And I love that this game is apparently going to be absolutely non-woke! I am looking forward to it! Wishlisted and followed!

Phnx

16 Mar, 2025 @ 8:35am

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THE DAWN ONE MINI WIKI

DAWN ONE is far more accessible than it seems! 100% mouse controlled (or any other pointing device that can emulate a mouse cursor at good speed and precision). No need to spam buttons, deliberate actions are the key to mastering the flow. TRAINING Training mode can be accessed from the main menu to experiment and practice with no strings attached. COMBAT ➡️ Dawn will follow the mouse cursor as long as its distance to her is higher than 2 metres or so. No need to click to move! ...

shaderbunny

12 Mar @ 3:37am

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Linux and Dawn One demo

Plays on Manjaro with Proton hotfix-20251031

katori•15

11 Mar @ 11:33am

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