- Toward Dawn - 1.05b Update - 2 September 2025
Thank you everyone for your continued support! Bug fixes: Fixed an issue where Carys' Incantation ability would be set to the last used Incantation in subsequent casts. Diolch! - Devi
- Toward Dawn x Tiny Teams 2025 - 8 August 2025
Toward Dawn is one of many indie games participating in Yogscast's Tiny Teams 2025 event - a celebration for indie games that are developed by a very small team! As a solo developer, I'm very happy to be included in this! During the event, as well as being on sale, expect to see it be played on stream!Check out all the indie games on sale and with demos!https://store.steampowered.com/sale/tinyteams2025Check out the official streams too! https://www.twitch.tv/yogscast https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDlaADc1jQQThank you so much for your continued support for the game!- Devi
- Toward Dawn - 1.05 Update - 10 July 2025
Thank you everyone for your continued support!Bug fixes: You can no longer go into the Target View mode at the end of battle.New Features:You can now save the game between chapter 1 and chapter 2 - there are a fair few cutscenes during this (+ a potential cardgame), so there is now a breather if you so desire.Added the Enemy Codex. After fighting an enemy, the party will write about their encounter, as described in one of the Skits during Chapter 2. These descriptions should help explain the Welsh myth behind many of the enemy names and designs, delivered fully in-world by the characters.Diolch!- Devi
- 1.04 Patch - 29 May 2025
Thank you for supporting Toward Dawn. All the feedback has meant the world to me! This patch is focused on adding some extras to the Dragon's Guard cardgame. Added new card (Flagbearer) - Buffs ally power. Added new card (Jester) - Specialises in swapping the rear/front guard positions. Added new card (Gwyllgi) - High HP card that deals increased damage the longer it survives. Added new card (Llamhigyn) - Debuffs enemy power. Added new card (Twrch Trwyth) - Deals damage back to an enemy when taking damage. Added new Dragon card (Arianrhod) - Specialises in shields for her team. Added new Dragon card (Bleiddwn) - Supports Beast cards. Added new Dragon card (Gwydion) - Specialises in moving opponent cards around. You can now play the card game in optional locations throughout the story. Each opponent has a unique deck strategy. Each of these battles (and Bleddyn's battles in ch2/3) will a…
- 1.03 Patch - 19 May 2025
Thank you very much for your support! The following issues have been fixed: Fixed some collision and layering issues in : Chapter 6, Chapter 7, Chapter 8. Fixed the flame not appearing in the Trial of Power during chapter 8, unless you loaded a save. The tree upgrades will now show what effects they will have, even if you are currently unable to unlock it. Skits should now be quicker to activate when conditions are met. Various skit hints have been improved to give some clearer instructions. Sew Seed is no longer blocked by Buffer. Fix for Flight status icon being missing. Fix for saves where Bleddyn/Idwal are not correctly added to the party. Fixed naming issue for Bleddyn's Knife Throw / Bouncing Knife abilities. Fixed the Chapter 7 boss from recovering all health and poise when using it's unique mechanic in Hard Mode. Diolch - Devi
- 1.02 Hotfix #2 - 15 May 2025
Apologies for the additional update in one day! Thank you for your continued support for this game! This patch addresses the following issues: Fixed bug where party members would occasionally not correctly join or be removed. Fixed bug where save files would say they are on NG+ when they are not. Fixed bug where poison or burn was not doing the correct damage. Diolch! - Devi
- 1.02 Hotfix - 15 May 2025
This patch should fix the following issues: Occasional freezes when a dialogue event will take place (e.g. the manor stairs, Bentref exits, etc) Collision fix for the Bandit Cave map. Icon for Absorbed Magic not displaying properly. Diolch! - Devi
- 1.02 Patch - 14 May 2025
Thank you for playing Toward Dawn! It has been an incredible week, and I am so grateful for everyone taking their time to play the game and share their feedback. My main aim with this game was to explore and share a culture and mythology I love, as well as pay homage to games of my childhood, and seeing the response has been truly lovely. Patch Notes: Steam Cloud Saving implementation. You can back up your saves from the following locations: Windows: %USERPROFILE%/AppData/Roaming/Godot/app_userdata/Toward Dawn/ Linux: ~/Library/Application Support/Godot/app_userdata/Toward Dawn/ New Game + After completing the game, there will be a new option in the main menu. You can load a previous save to then start the game again, keeping all your equipment, items and levels. Fixed a bug where opening the Load Game could potentially not set focus on a button. You can now scroll through lists by hold…
- 1.01 Hotfix - 9 May 2025
Thank you for the support of the release of Toward Dawn! I really hope you are enjoying it. Change log: You can now load saves from the old NextFest demo, though there is a warning if you are doing so. Fixed a bug where Bleddyn would potentially rejoin the party before he is meant to in Chapter 5. Fixed a bug that prevented Habren's portrait from appearing correctly. Updated the battle animations for Habren's Storm spell. Added a banner on the Ability Tree button of the Party Menu, that indicates when a character has AP to spend. Diolch! - Devi Serene
- Toward Dawn - Available Now! - 8 May 2025
The full game of Toward Dawn is now available! Thank you for all the support. This game has been a passion of mine for the last 14 months, and it means so much as a solo dev to hear all the feedback so far. I hope that you enjoy the full story. Steam Deck should be fully supported, so if you play on that, please do let me know how it goes! Feel free to report any bugs you find and I will do my best to fix them as soon as possible. Diolch, Devi Serene
- Toward Dawn - Demo Update - 7 May 2025
With the full release of Toward Dawn tomorrow, the demo has now been updated. This demo contains all the polished content for the main release. Saves from this demo can be carried forward to the full game. Thank you for your support for this solo-dev project! - Devi Serene Change Log: Story & Dialogue: Added a message notification for when you recieve the Moonblossom Crown after Liru's sidequest in Chapter 3. Added intro text to the opening of the game. The other chapters all get introductory poems. Added hotkey to change dialogue speed / autoplay during dialogue scenes. Added a new scene for chapter 3, which will optionally take you immediately to the next scene. Exploration: Added achievements Added new animations for Carys walking and jumping (+veil variants) Added footstep noises Added new animation to show the area name in the top left, when entering somewhere new. Added a Crafting…
- Toward Dawn Demo - Linux Patch - 9 March 2025
Shwmae friends! Thank you so much for the lovely feedback on the Next Fest demo, I hope that you are looking forward to the full release! I am extremely grateful for you support and reviews - this is my first game and it is entirely solo-developed and self funded - and to have people play the game, enjoy the story and embrace the Welsh myths and references has been very humbling. This small update should address some of the more common concerns that were brought up. Added a Linux package for the demo. I am unfortunately unable to test this myself, so let me know if it all works correctly! Hopefully it will solve some of the issues that came up before. Added a new optional scene for Ch2 puzzle that will allow Bleddyn to complete it so the player can continue with the story. NPCs now have interaction icons. WASD now work in battle and menus. Added input prompts to the party menu tabs. The…
- Next Fest Demo Update - 25 February 2025
Steam Next Fest is here, and so is the major demo update. Here is a brief rundown of the updates: Battle Updates Experience a new perspective in battle! Carys and Bleddyn as well as all enemies, backgrounds, and animations have been updated. This was more in line with my original intentions for the game, and I hope that you enjoy the battles more so with how they look and feel! In addition to looks, some mechanics have also changed. Carys now has access to Incantations. This allows her to combine two of her spells into a new ability, expanding her versatility greatly. This includes the abilities she can gain via equipment, so experiment to find your favourite combination! Bleddyn can consume all of his Mana to Empower his next ability. This increases the damage or effects (such as making it go from single to multi target), and the more mana consumed, the stronger the result. While the f…
- Bleddyn Voiced Character Trailer - 13 February 2025
Thank you for your interest in Toward Dawn! In the lead up to the Next Fest demo, here is a trailer for Bleddyn, our favourite Welsh Wolf! I hope you enjoy his new voice, as well as the updated graphics and battle system in the demo! - Devi Serene
