A New Dawn 5.5.0

Version 5.5.0 is one of the largest updates in a long time, combining a complete tavern dance rework, twelve new wench shifts, major improvements to the introduction and roadblock, new menu features, restored scenes, hundreds of grammar fixes, and 41 new images.

Major Features

Completely Reworked Tavern Dancing

The tavern dance has been rebuilt into a more interactive system based on:

Reputation

Boldness

Crowd Excitement

Victoria's choices now influence how daring the performance becomes, how the audience reacts, and which requests and scenes become available.

Added:

5 dancer scenes for normal requests

5 dancer scenes for bold requests

5 dancer scenes for bolder requests

3 audience climax scenes

5 bunny dancer scenes for bolder requests

A reworked event involving George and the bunny dancer

Completely Reworked Wench Job

The old system of serving every table has been removed. Each shift now contains three events, allowing scenes and progression to happen much faster.

Added twelve new wench shifts:

Shifts 1–5: Introduction shifts with scripted events and meaningful choices

Shift 6: A new wench outfit is introduced

Shifts 7–9: The topless outfit becomes available

Shifts 10–12: The thong outfit becomes available

The new shifts include escalating encounters, groping, sexual situations, and a sex scene without CG.

A new short wench scene has also been added, with separate variations depending on whether Victoria is a virgin.

New Images

Added 41 new images

Menu and Quality-of-Life Improvements

Added Community to the pause menu

Added Gallery to the pause menu

Added Tutorial to the pause menu

Increased the number of save slots from 20 to 200

Reworked the main menu buttons

The introduction can now be skipped directly from the main menu

Moved all kink preferences to the Options menu

Introduction Rework

The introduction has been shortened and streamlined by removing the large lore dump and unnecessary questions.

Several scenes and conversations have also been rewritten or expanded:

Reworked Victoria's first encounter with the horse boy

Reworked the conversation while travelling toward Ashwick

Changed the Go Alone choice

Victoria may also successfully reach the roadblock

Reworked the roadblock sequence

Reworked the guard scene at the roadblock

Added a ditch route into Ashwick

Added a trader route into Ashwick

Added a lore-based route into Ashwick

Added a new woman at the roadblock who provides lore

Added a hint from the old man before Victoria can flash the guards

Changed what the rude man says to Victoria

Changed what the children tell Victoria

Reworked the crazy man and his dialogue

Changed the woodcutter's appearance

Changed the sleeping old man's dialogue

Reworked the guards and officer event

The roadblock captain will now return later as the tax collector

Changed several conversations near the end of the current game

Orc City Changes

Reworked the conversation with Priapra

Priapra goblin quest conversation can now occur multiple times, once a day

Killing the second minotaur is no longer required for the Priapra goblin quest

Victoria can now reconsider her previous decision for the Priapra goblin quest

Victoria is no longer affected by the curfew while living with Bogwart

Restored and Corrected Scenes

Several scenes existed in the game but could never trigger correctly. These have now been restored:

The wife's second blowjob variation in Enrique's house

The second plant sex scene

Two Blake club scenes from the Paypig event

These will now play during nighttime

The thong wench progression, which previously could not trigger

Fixes and Cleanup

Audited every switch and variable

Audited all common events

Removed more than 50 unused common events

Corrected 855 text boxes containing typos and incorrect words

These are word-level corrections rather than rewritten dialogue

Examples include “to” becoming “too” and “dink” becoming “drink”

Fixed the slaver path in the introduction potentially freezing the game

Removed the corruption requirement before entering the brothel

Fixed Sarah being missing and potentially trapping Victoria inside the tavern

Fixed a lower-right tavern conversation incorrectly showing Victoria as a bimbo too early

Checked every brothel blowjob scene and confirmed that they trigger correctly

Don't hesitate to report any bugs you may encounter and I'll fix them as quick as possible.

Thank you all for your amazing support and enjoy the update!

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Hotfix 5.5.0a

Fixed all dreams that ended up with a black screen. Tested every dream they now work in the editor.

Added 'close' to the cheat menu

Get the game here! Link to latest bugfix below

https://www.patreon.com/WhiteRaven/posts/new-dawn-bugfix-166000230?pr=true