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Dawn Will Come

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Dawn Will Come

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    Overview

    Dawn Will Come is a survival RPG for the Game Boy, made in GB Studio for the Game Boy Competition 2021. Each day you give every survivor one task. Resting will recover some health, but unguarded sleepers may be attacked in the night. Guarding will protect your sleepers and supplies, but your guards may have to fight. Searching will potentially get you useful supplies and new friends, but searchers may take damage from prowling monsters.

    You start with one of five survivors and can find the other four while searching. Each of the five locations hides its own boss, and the journal cards you unlock stay unlocked from one run to the next. Art is by H0lyhandgrenade and eishiya, writing and design by H0lyhandgrenade, programming by eishiya and music by Kezia Salmon. The authors warn that it contains death, low-resolution gore, body horror, animal harm and stalking, and that the screen flashes in combat.

    Made by
    eishiya, H0lyhandgrenade, Kezia Salmon
    Released
    2021

    Controls guide

    Title screen

    Button and keyAction
    AXNew game: pick a difficulty, then a survivor
    BZLoad the saved game
    RightLook through the cards you have unlocked

    At camp

    Button and keyAction
    Left / RightGo through your survivors, the campfire and the supplies
    AX / BZOn a survivor: switch to one of the two tasks shown (the icon on the left is the current task)
    AXAt the campfire: Do Tasks and end the day
    BZAt the campfire: Move to another location
    AX / BZOn the supplies: use Meds or Gunmods

    Choosing where to go

    Button and keyAction
    Left / RightLook through the locations
    AXTravel there (the food it uses is shown)
    BZStay

    In battle

    Button and keyAction
    AXShoot
    BZUse the acting survivor's special
    Left / RightSwitch to the other guard when two are fighting

    Cheatsheet

    Survivors and their specials

    Dakota
    Boost: raises her own ATK for the rest of the fight. Great fighter.
    Dr. Saman
    Meds: heals in battle, using your Medkits
    Randy
    Grenade: deals damage, using your Grenades
    Dozer
    Defend: takes the hit and blocks damage for the others
    Ivor
    Steal: takes rations, up to a limit each battle. Good at finding food.

    Locations

    Hospital
    Medical supplies for days.
    School
    Dangerous as ever. Stocked cafeteria.
    Library
    Quiet and full of snacks.
    Office
    Sad, but there are forgotten lunches.
    Warehouse
    Scary but full of supplies.

    Difficulty

    Easy
    A less tense experience. Everyone starts out stronger.
    Normal
    The intended way to play.
    Hard
    Searching hurts more, specials are weaker. Unlocked by reaching dawn with everyone.

    Tips

    1. Shots in a row build a combo: from the second shot on, each one deals 1 extra damage, until someone uses a special.
    2. A location's boss only turns up while the survivor tied to it guards there at level 3 or higher: Dr. Saman at the hospital, Dakota at the school, Ivor at the library, Randy at the office and Dozer at the warehouse.
    3. Moving uses food and your guards have to fight on the way, so assign guards before you travel.
    4. Every 11 days a Blood Moon makes searching hurt more. Keep your wounded survivors at camp that day.
    5. Monsters get stronger after day 64 and again after day 128. Dawn comes after a little over 200 days: sooner if food and Medkits have run out by then, later if you are well stocked with food, Medkits and Revives.