Ren'Py - Divine Dawn [v0.30] [Cryswar]

It's an early build, but you can easily see the passion in the writing. It's a text-game with a good pace, and characters are fun and enjoyable. Images are clearly place-holder, but the combat system feels relatively smooth. Overall, a good experience although could be better in some parts.

A gem in making. Keep up the great work.

v0.14a
Seems like a very, very, very early build. placeholder UI/Art everywhere. sex acts are just written, there is no art for it, just standard sprite keeps standing and text only. writing was mediocre with some typos. history was at times not very functional, with text overlap. rollback is permanently disabled, welcome to save/load spam, ugh. Basic combat is present (select skill+target). Check back in maybe 1 year or so, right now it felt like super early alpha test-build. I might update my rating if the issues are addressed.

Honestly just really enjoyable. Well written and solid characters, plot's not a drag like in most of these games. It doesn't have a ton of content yet, but what is there is fun characters and plot. Overall highly recommend once it's a bit further along and gets more art especially.

An promising start, will be nice to see where some polish and dev time take it. One thing that worries me is with so many combat styles some of them feel too same-y. But higher level skills and such may alleviate that.
Hope to see more

Excellent game with an intriguing story and multiple fun and unique characters. Core systems like fighting and leveling up give you tons of choices and are really well done in my opinion. Different dialogues depending on the options that you choose are also a good addition. Really excited to see what future updates will bring.

Review 11.a

Excellent story with a very strong cast of characters. The building blocks of something great. The porn is getting better and better with the addition of CG artwork. I was going to give this a bit more time to develop but the writing is superb.

Ok, wow, I absolutely did not expect so much good writing for this. I feel honestly invested in the story and the setting, and character descriptions are so good I honestly don't mind the lack of CG one bit. The author having similar taste in girls is an added bonus, all the waifus fit perfectly into my types.

The game seems to have decent progression system with a fair amount of variety in who you want the MC to be, and fights are not so long or grindy to bore you, good balance.

The humor is good as well, very relatable and seems realistic, if a bit out of place for the setting, but it works since it's a porn game. No one will take it that seriously anyway.

Quality writing and an interesting premise give me a lot of hope for what's to come. You can learn to code, get better at design, and poll for interest all you want, but if your foundation isn't solid, then there's not much of a future for you. Luckily, Divine Dawn shines in areas that can't be taught, so the story's only limit is how fast Cry can find his groove. Godspeed.

It doesn't live up to the hype these reviews gave me but it's still quite good. The balance between humor and lore is really nice, it doesn't make you roll your eyes all the time or start skipping walls of useless text. If I had to say I didn't like something i guess it'd be the pacing. But overall it's great, best of luck to the devs.

This is just plain fun. I like it. Only issues I had were minor: the music gets a bit repetitive at times, and the lack of content on certain paths. But obviously that will change if the dev continues with the project (as I hope they will!)

What can I say that has already been said?
This game writing is beyond good is phenomenal, probably the best text game on the site.
Immersive world with interesting and deep character, a good worldbuilding with good humor, and the rpg mechanics are simple but they get deep and addictin.
Even if I wished there were sprites for the characters and monsters you can still imagine yourself everything.
The character creation is various and you can have for this version of the game (0.5) at least three different routes of playing.
What are you waiting for?
I highly recommend this game play it and you won’t regret it

This game is nothing short of phenominal.

Right off the get-go, it starts out like many other RPGs but quickly differentiates itself with the twists the story takes, the stupid, yet hillarious jokes and of course the absolutely divine writing skills of the developer(s). What the game lacks in visual, artistic assets, it makes up for (by a mile) in it's beautiful writing. Pay attention to the writing and, before you know it, you're hooked, finding yourself present in the moment, experiencing the entire endeavor through the eyes, ears and other senses of the main protagonist. At this point I have seen, and played a vast variety of visual novels and games, both on and off this platform, and nothing comes even close to what this game provides in immersion through reading. Be it (SPOILERS) experiencing epic battles between higher powers, or the gentle touch of a loved one, the game does a magnificent job of immersing you into the plot and ensuring you have a deep and meaningful experience, with a splendid story and rich characters that feel real and unique. I have yet to see whether the choices taken matter yet, as I am just through the first day of playing, but I am hooked.

As with all things, despite the immense praise above, there are some things that could be improved or added.
- The GUIs/Menus could be improved, providing some visual presentation of stats etc. Maybe icons for the various traits/skills/perks/abilities.
- Visual representations of the characters. While the describtions are rich and somewhat easy to imagine the character's looks from, it would be nice with a picture or sketch representing the character, even if it is just the face (that way you wouldn't have to make new sketches for each outfit).
- More options in regards to character creation for a more unique feel to your character.
- Honourable mentions include the rare typo here and there.

Overall, it's an easy 5/5 stars. It's some of the best writing I have ever seen. I am looking forward to follow the development of this one.

EDIT - I completely forgot to mention the soundtrack of the game. While something easily missed, it nevertheless does an incredible job at establishing and reinforcing the foundations of the mood currently present in any given setting, be it romantic, full of action and thrills or mystical in nature, it solitifies the story nicely and helps create a complete athmosphere.

I've been apart of this site for a while now. I've played everything from Being A DIK to niche games like Shag The Hag. In all of that time, never have I felt compelled to leave a review. That said, I'll keep this short. The quality of this game is beyond excellent. Cryswar deserves all the success he/she will no doubt receive for this addition to the community. I genuinely look forward to supporting the developer in this game and any future endeavors they embark upon. Keep up the good work <3

The writing for this game is absolutely superb. The author is able to jump between funny and serious at a moment's notice, everything is described in vivid detail, and the game's had me laughing my ass off several times.

And yes, the porn's written well too. There's not much of it at the time of review, so if you're only interested in getting your dick wet, keep that in mind. If you're looking for a good game outside of the porn (which is exceedingly rare in this industry) this is a great project to follow.

Easily the best writing of any game I've come across here. Ability to change between believable banter and high-tension immersive writing at will is damn impressive.

The story is immersive and had me hooked from the get go. The descriptions are rich and pain a complete image of the surroundings, and the characters are interesting and makes you want to find out more about them.

The combat is pretty repetitive. But that's inherent to all PnP-esque systems. So really that's par for the course. The choices do feel like they matter though, even if you end up making the same choice a lot of the time. Again this exact same thing could be said about DnD 5e combat or SR 3e combat. So it's pretty universal to the genre.

The erotic writing (only one scene in my playthrough, due to choices) was also very good. Looking forward to seeing where this goes. But almost afraid that it's "too good". Which usually means the dev will get poached before the project ever gets finished. As this (so far) isn't "just" a good lewd game. It's a good game, period.

The art (or lack thereof) is the only thing I'd complain about. Though the descriptions are rich enough that it didn't really bother me. But I assume that's more of an early development placeholder issue than necessarily indicative of the final product. But who knows?

Very well written, diverse characters with great personality. Definitely has my attention. My one and only complaint is that there isn't more game to explore at this point. looking forward to future updates.

It's exactly what the synopsis says, bit short on lemon content - but it's fair for a first release. Purely text so far, with possible potential for images later on (to help you imagine the characters). The dialogue itself is quite good, with lot's of jokes (some cringe and some chuckle-worthy) and there is the odd grammar typo but most of it is good and that's as bad as it gets. Has potential but will need to see more before confirming anything. (Review of v0.2)