TheDawn

For being this short is not a bad Game i iven tride multiple times to try and kill the boss i recomend playing it if you wanna try it out

Best free game of 2020

A short game that plays like a tech demo or a school project than a full game. The fundamentals are done well, gunplay, abilities, and pathing for the story. The story is a bit on the awkward side but the last boss is hard but fair. the game runs surprisingly badly on lower end machines, but once the requirement is met it runs well. Hope to see more from the developer!

game was just fine, using controller basically barely works, and 1 of the controls dont even work with it, also the final boss, i quit playing, i would be nowhere near the attack, or i would perfectly dodge, i still get dmg taken also the last 3 areas, there was so much of the screen was basically news for an epilipsy attack, lights flashing making it so you cant see and wind up getting screwed and dying

For a vertical slice of a third-person wave based and anime-styled shooter TheDawn is not bad. As far as games made by student go its actually a decent game project. The 3D model of the heroine Maya is tastefully made and look distinct with her cel sahding over the hand-painted environments, especially when viewd from a distance. It was this combination that attracted me from the beginning. After some closer inspection of Maya it becomes clear that the team could have done a much better job with the shaders and textures. The cel shading they use for her becomes rather one-note and make her lack visual depth which more fine-tuned shader-work could have had. But for a debut game its a great start! Storywise it seems to be the worn Terminator/AI against humans plot, which granted in 2026 hits a bit harder to home. Add post apocalyptic theme, an urban setting, a pinch of melancholoy and some Korean voice acting to that and it makes for a pretty appealing fromula. But when it comes to the actually gameplay it gets repetitive and rather dull quickly. The shooting doesnt feel juicy and the mouse + keyboard controls is clunky. When swarmed by enemies its easy to lose your bearin…

5/10