The Dawning Letters -Sunrise-

The Dawning Letters -Sunrise-

Released Feb 2025

In 1927, Lu Yanhe, a daughter of a royal family of the Qing dynasty decided, to run away from home. Under the changing times and the subtle influence of new thoughts, she began to seek possibilities beyond her destiny......

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Evaluation

The Dawning Letters -Sunrise- is a self-contained romance visual novel created by a single-person team. It launched on February 1, 2025 as a complete product, with the store description explicitly defining its full scope: approximately 280,000 words, 48 CGs, three main routes, and 11 possible endings across 6–8 hours of gameplay. The description frames this as a finished, personal-scale narrative with no mention of future expansions, DLC, or additional content. After launch, the developer posted several bug-fix updates in February 2025 addressing typos, crashes, and save-file issues. A smaller update on October 1, 2025 added a music appreciation feature and corrected a few more typos — a minor quality-of-life addition rather than new story content. There are no announced or unreleased DLC, no roadmaps, and no developer statements suggesting additional content is planned. The game shipped as a complete, standalone work and has received only maintenance and polish updates since release.
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Official launch announcement for the game, a Republican-era romance visual novel priced at 22 RMB with a first-week discount.
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Store description defines the complete scope of the game: ~280,000 words, 48 CGs, 3 routes, 11 endings, 6–8 hours of gameplay. Notes it is a small-scale personal narrative by a single author.
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Details

Publisher
戏幻言制作组
Achievements
11
Platform
Windows, macOS
Controller
—
Steam Deck
Not rated
Players
Single-player

About this game

Game Introduction

This game is a romance visual novel set in the Republican era, with choices guiding the story.

The game features approximately 280,000 words of text, 48 CGs (excluding variations, including 3 ending rewards), and the gameplay lasts about 6-8 hours. It contains three main routes and 11 possible endings (including two game over endings).

Story Introduction

During the Republican era, Lu Yanhe, the eldest daughter of a declining family in Beijing, inadvertently learns that her father is using her marriage as leverage to gain favor with the warlords. Accustomed to drifting along with the currents of life, she suddenly decides to escape her feudal family, leaving a letter behind as she boards a train to Tianjin. In an era of change and uncertainty, with foreign concessions and bustling docks, what awaits her in the future...?

Notes

This game is created by a single author, with strong personal inclinations. The story is focused on a small-scale narrative, so please consider carefully before purchasing.

The story emphasizes the depiction of human emotions from a cultural and historical perspective, and it doesn't address any serious or sensitive topics. The tone of the narrative is relatively mild and resembles more of a folk tale set in the historical backdrop, so please ensure you can accept this style before purchasing.

The game includes some elements based on real-life stories from the people of Tianjin during the Republican era.

Please do not stream the entire game.

This work is purely fictional and is not related to any real individuals, groups, or events. All real historical figures involved in the plot have been fictionalized and given pseudonyms.

If you feel uncomfortable during gameplay, please close the game immediately.

Team Members

Planning, Script, Art, Programming: Min
Title Page Music: FuSheng, Arranged and Composed by Wang Yifu
PV Music: JiuKuang, Performed by TaoChanZhuShi
Text Acknowledgments: Yuzi
Programming Acknowledgments: Muziyu
Engine: Ren'Py
*Complete list of credits and materials can be found in the game's "About" section.

Last evaluated Jun 20, 2026
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