Dawn Aerowar is an interactive animated film. It blends 3D animation, 2D art and full voice acting to tell the story of a fighter pilot on his final mission, driven by revenge against the Empire that took everything from him.
He escorts a weapon no one should know exists. All that stands in his way are the aces of the Saal'Runa Empire, the last pilots standing after years of war.
You sit back, you turn the volume up, and you watch. Between missions, the radio is yours.
In a world scarred by years of war, the Free Nations stand on the brink of annihilation. The Saal'Runa Empire's iron fist has crushed all resistance. All but one.
One pilot. One last sortie across the whole Empire: the northern front, the strait, the Aegis Sea, the Capital. Every flight is staged and animated in 3D and shot like a film.
Zodiac 1 lost everything to the Empire. Family. Home. Purpose. All that remains is a single, burning drive: revenge. In front of him, three aces sent to stop him.
Each of them asks Zodiac the same thing: do you even know what you're fighting for?
Zodiac flies alone. What reaches him of the war comes over the cockpit radio, from an AWACS operator he has never heard before. Talkative, sharp, and strangely well informed. Between the two of them, the whole war, in voices.
A professional voice cast brings every character to life, from hardened pilots to ruthless commanders. Every word, every emotion, performed.
And over thirty additional voices.
Dawn is experienced through its own player app. Episode select, subtitles, controller support, Steam achievements. On your PC, on the couch with a controller, or on a big screen.
Press Play and you are in the War Room: a war map of the whole operation, twelve missions along one route. You launch each sortie from the map. Before takeoff, a transmission from the coming mission is on the air: tune in, lock the signal, and listen. Then the episode plays, uncut.
Cinematic mode plays the film from start to finish, with no radio and no return to the map.
Fully original orchestral soundtrack, composed to picture: fast-paced, epic, with choirs, Bulgarian voices and classical guitar, plus two original songs.
34 tracks. Select a title to hear 15 seconds of it.
186% funded on Kickstarter by more than 600 backers.