RPGM Secret Dawn [v0.16] [Haldane]

[Rabonixxx]

seeing alot of mixed feelings about this so should i try this game does it have good content in it or should i avoid at all cost?

If you like puzzles, and I make emphasis with this, because game it's like Hunger Games Movies where you have to complete trials (as you can see there are some who can't move on and keep complaining about it) and slow corruption (good corruption how it should be, not some I touch you and become a whore) then yes you should try.

If you are here for a quicky, then this is not .

 

[Serofell]

seeing alot of mixed feelings about this so should i try this game does it have good content in it or should i avoid at all cost?

in all honesty put the game on your watch list and come back in 2 years. it has potential but theres no significant lewd content yet in the game. it doesnt even have the vaginal sex tag if that gives you any idea.

 

[Hentai_Desu-ka?]

seeing alot of mixed feelings about this so should i try this game does it have good content in it or should i avoid at all cost?

The story is enough to be invested in it. The minigames aren't a big deal even for the first half of them, but I do recommend just using MTool to kinda cheese through them so that the minigames aren't a hassle. Other than that the content and the story is worth playing through so far. At least, to the extent of my knowledge when the game was 0.14, now it's 0.16 so I have no idea what or how much has been added.

Some do look forward to the minigames though. There's 4 different "challenges" minigames, so it's not the same one over and over, so at least you'll have variety and won't get burned out and bored immediately. So again, it's not that big of a deal. I do recommend playing it though.

 

[Captain Oblivious]

seeing alot of mixed feelings about this so should i try this game does it have good content in it or should i avoid at all cost?

If you have patience to get past some slightly annoying puzzles in the early hours of the game to play one of the better NTR games on f95, then yes.

If you're a whining, annoying retard that does nothing but spend their day complaining about games they don't like until the dev finally abandons it, then no.

 

[winmace]

If you're a whining

 

[blacktag222]

If you have patience to get past some slightly annoying puzzles in the early hours of the game to play one of the better NTR games on f95, then yes.

Considering that after a year and a half, the game only got as far as masturbation, it's more honest to say that if you have the patience to spend three years figuring out puzzles and then maybe have vaginal sex, then this game is for you!)

 

[Dimitry710]

You can't tell the truth anymore, I'm done with this topic.

 

[Qianke]

1 year in development and still only this much lewd stuff means the game is unlikely to ever get finished. Looks nice and all but lack of content is lack of content

 

[elbro]

You can't tell the truth anymore, I'm done with this topic.

 

[Dimitry710]

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When someone presents something so obvious and convincing, and you don't know how to refute it, all you have left are memes. Goodbye.

 

[elbro]

When someone presents something so obvious and convincing, and you don't know how to refute it, all you have left are memes. Goodbye.

 

[lonzee]

changelog pls

 

[mec12]

This game ages like milk.

 

[Filipis]

seeing alot of mixed feelings about this so should i try this game does it have good content in it or should i avoid at all cost?

Secret Dawn is actually a rather interesting & unique NTR story, centered around a young & naive couple Jon and Eva that join a popular "Hunger Games"-like contest to earn money for their village and to build their own family.

However...

• The minigames are a central point of the story: as both Jon and Eva, you will have to complete a large assortment of minigames as you progress - they start off rather unintuitive and frustrating, but do get better with newer updates as the developer realized it was beginning to bleed his Patreon.
  • To advance the story, all you have to do is complete them - but you can also get a high score, unlocking a series of lewd renders. Unfortunately, these renders are not worth it, as very few of them actually show nude characters, and are mostly just sexy poses instead of action (and none of your gf/fiancee Eva)
• There are also a plethora of secret events to find as you explore the area, that provide additional lore and/or lewds to collect. Unfortunately once more, these events are only half-baked.
  • They are easy to miss, as their presence on the not-so-small map is not announced or teased, and some secrets are completely "silent" - not hinted at how to find whatsoever. You legitimately are expected to explore the ENTIRE map whenever you have the chance to do so, otherwise you will miss a lot.
    • The rewards for these are only slightly-better than the minigames, but still not worth it as the player still can't find a single proper (not blurred or pixellated) sex scene unlocked to review.
  • The story would indicate strongly that most of the female cast has had sex and is doing lewd things to advance their ranking, yet almost 90% of that is still hidden from the player, regardless of the player.

I guess the game will be worth it once the dev is closer to completion, but given that we are only past the halfway mark, and the lewd content offering is frankly embarrassing (a compelling NTR story can have both, not just endless teasing from ALL sides), I would say wait a year more.

There's a reason why the developer abandoned his own Patreon (blocking comments) and Discord (doesn't even talk to people anymore), and it's because he can't face the fact that his idea of Secret Dawn is not that of an AVN, but a "proper" game with lewd aspects - which rubs a lot of people the wrong way when we were not given any forewarning whatsoever.

 

[gring2236]

Yap yap yap mini-games too hard yap yap not enough lewd

If people wanna know the real reason the dev abandoned his communication then look no further than pavlovian response sama. You really gotta wonder how many times someone can make the same post re-iterating the same tired point yet the guy still sticks around.

they start off rather unintuitive and frustrating, but do get better with newer updates as the developer realized it was beginning to bleed his Patreon.

I'm not sure where you're seeing his patreon members going down? There's no metrics for that on his patreon so I'm not sure what you're even talking about just another assertion without any data to back it up.

 

[archedio]

Redownloading 5 gigs everytime there's an update sure is a hassle. Is there only "update only" patch or something?

 

[Xill]

The game has been in development since February 2024, that's almost two years ago now. People have been complaining about the missions since pretty much day 1. At some point you gotta figure out that this is just what the dev wants to make. From what I can tell you can't see how many people are subbed to him on Patreon, but his decisions don't seem to be affecting his revenue. And even if they do, he doesn't seem to care enough to change things. Treat this as a passion project tbh, I doubt the dev is starving for money.

 

[Ownoffers]

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[gring2236]

The game has been in development since February 2024, that's almost two years ago now. People have been complaining about the missions since pretty much day 1. At some point you gotta figure out that this is just what the dev wants to make. From what I can tell you can't see how many people are subbed to him on Patreon, but his decisions don't seem to be affecting his revenue. And even if they do, he doesn't seem to care enough to change things. Treat this as a passion project tbh, I doubt the dev is starving for money.

I've been here since day one, there was barely any complaining when I subscribed to his patreon back then. Patrons were either indifferent or positive. One thing that hasn't changed though is the doom or vague posting here on F95 that he's losing patrons or that people will inevitably end up leaving.
Those people who'd make those complaints I guarantee for the most part still download the every update that's released here. I'm not sure why people bring up the 1 year thing so much, you should know that I know you've seen plenty more projects on this site that have been stuck in constant burn out, limited content releases, stopping and re-starting their projects after sometimes years of hiatus.

Home Prisoner is a great example, same genre. Many years still on, no lewd at all besides from a dream sequence. More recently WE:Another World, developer went into immediate burn out 2 updates in. Life After Victory, same thing as Haldane, doesn't like talking to his community anymore 2 updates a year. So no matter how bad things may seem, they can always be much worse.

 

[alkob]

Redownloading 5 gigs everytime there's an update sure is a hassle. Is there only "update only" patch or something?

I don't believe there's any update-only version. Content size difference is 330 MiB so don't expect somewhat big update. I will most likely wait couple more updates