Dawn of Heroes (WIP) (Updated 09/22/25)(Submitted)

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It doesn’t, no. The cheats were a request implemented after the fact by @Cyphr and a few others. You get the same reactions from just having a SHR higher than Aegis.

Yes, you can beat him. To do it depends on a lot of things. Most important is how you’re pursuing him; on foot, flying, or in a vehicle all use different checks.

Basic Overview of outrunning Torque

Flight is probably the easiest as it only relies on the MC’s flight speed vs Torque’s speed and reflexes. Running is a contest of the MC’s speed and reflexes vs Torque’s speed and reflexes.

If your character is tiring out and/or injured those stats might be too low to directly compete with Torque. The check isn’t looking at max values, but current values.

Dealing with the fire and civilians was prioritized as more important than catching the bad guy. I’ll see if I can address it in the story.

Thanks for the questions!

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I appreciate you answering my questions. :+1:

If this isn’t too spolier-ish,

What was that storm that gave the Heroes their powers?

Who was the Scientist that gave the villains theirs, and how exactly did she figure out how to do that? (Book 2 Plot Point?)

Are there only Superpowered people in Ryker City, or does it extend? (I’m not sure If this was asked before)

Were there any other Superpowered Heroes or Villains active during the book, other than those we say.

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This is something to come up in a future story. Part two was the plan, but it isn’t plot-relevant until later, so if it clashes too much with part two it might be pushed back. It’s not a huge deal so try not to anticipate it much.

Her character will likely return for later stories, but I don’t have current plans for her. Her importance isn’t as big of a deal as some others.

This is somewhat talked about in the story. Genesis, I think, brings up the spread of superpowers. By the end of part one, they don’t go too far beyond statelines, so neighboring states are starting to get superpowers, like Illinois and Michigan. This will be discussed more in part three.

Yes, there are other superpowered villains running around that are either not discussed or only mentioned. The superhuman population is small in number. A lot of superhumans are not talked about and their powers vary wildly in usefulness and noticeability. A lot don’t realize they have powers because they are mundane or circumstantial, and others died the moment they got them.

There will be more superpowered characters in part three, now that superhumans are recognized as existing after the events of part one.

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Good IF, will we be able to get married to Cat in the future? Like she realizes that she doesn’t need her family’s approval and as such Charles and Cat agree to break off the fake marriage so she can be with MC publicly and officially? And vice versa for those romancing Charles.

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I’d rather not get into details for things not yet written, as they are subject to change. However, this is currently one of the planned potential outcomes for both in that arrangement. Choices will matter in driving it that way, but there will be drama and no guarantees you’ll navigate to that outcome even within my current plans.

And thanks for the feedback and questions!

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Glad to hear, I hope it the survives the idea phase and is implemented. I assume one of the more major of said factors for getting married to one of them will be finding and/or saving Cat’s sister (or just arresting and not killing her or turning her into a hero (or at least antihero) if it turns out that she’s a villain.)

Thank you for writing and thank you for taking the time to reply.
I hope you have a great day/night!

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Hello everyone,

I updated the link and I’m sure it’ll require people to start their saves over because of a lot of new variables.

v4.16

  • Added Achievements
  • Added a small scene from Providence’s perspective in the final chapter
  • Added a small tutorial about character stats
  • Fixed some typos
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There is an impressive amount of content here. :open_mouth: I tried romancing Val (if that was supposed to be possible) but I think I messed it up completely.

Anyway, not sure how useful this will be since the project is already submitted, but thoughts.

From Chapter 25 onwards, when I did a skill check (mostly diplomacy) the game no longer gave feedback on whether it was successful or not.

One of the many perks that come with being a CEO is when the company funds the food expense.

I think paying for food is already a minor thing if you have a CEO’s salary. :sweat_smile:

“Your wallet,” he calmly says, and grabs the work badge I have clipped to my suit. He reads my name off it. “Mr. Doe.”

Work badges normally have your full name and not Mr. (Name).

#Choice locked out due to Character Flaw.

Maybe at least hint what this choice could have been?

I let out my relief in a long sigh as I evaluate the damage of the brief combat exchange. The carpenters that GEMS will need to hire to fix all of this will be busy for a while.

It would be maintenance or repair crews. Not carpenters doing the fixing.

I am left dumbfounded over that statement. Given the number of cellphone towers in the city, that would mean that they had to take down the main hubs. Do cellphone towers have main hubs?

They have core networks which you can destroy, which would be faster than destroying towers one by one.

There were some typos. If you have copyedit, I guess you won’t need it? Anyway…

The room was long abandoned but far from baren.

barren

She has a charming smile and her dark brown eyes perfectly frame Her face. Valentina, my COO.

her

Given the resent heat wave, I am not sure we want it any hotter

recent

Cat don’t—!" Huginn starts to say in my hear but it is too late.

ear

This is a real bad time to remove me from teh building.

the

“I’m sorry Valentina, but this is not in my hands,” the founder stats as he turns away.

states

The hotel has a Greco-Roman esthetic and the large recreation of the bronze statue of Zeus.

aesthetic

Midway through the night of enjoying music and great street vender food snow starts to descend on the streets marking the start of the delayed season.

vendor

The fighter plane races past me so close I can taste the fuel burning from its exhaust. At the last moment, a barrel roll saves my life and leaves the jet intact. The plane banks to pursue and I accellerate as fast as I can, but it does not matter, I am not faster than these aircrafts.

accelerate

Good luck with publication!

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I gave myself the limitation that I could only heal others so this shouldn’t be possible.

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man that some satisfying long read… but there are still some mismatch name in some places. like in CEO route when you talk to Val’s ex but it show your boss name Jarred instead.

some part of the plot still doesn’t make sense. like i hide my flying ability and never use it anywhere but breaker still ask me to fly her up.

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Tomorrow is the four year anniversary of me posting on the forum. While I tend to be open about most things happening within the Dawn of Heroes story and setting, I thought I offer a day to answer questions about characters, the setting, and future stories. I’m willing to get a bit spoilery.

So feel free to ask questions today and tomorrow I’ll set to answer as many as possible. After tomorrow I’ll go back to avoiding talking about some subjects.

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Looks like I’m not going to be getting any questions!

Still, I thought I’d share a group photo of the hero team for this anniversary. I asked the artist who did my cover art to do two pictures of the team as if it were an impromptu photo. One in costume, one out of costume. While there are some mistakes in their designs (like the size of Lugh’s muscles), I still think the image came out well.

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Ooh, pretty. Great choice of an artist!

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Who is the red haired girl in a suit

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Will there be a sequel to this game?

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Breaker.

There are three more parts planned for this series. The next story will center around a new MC and the third will bring the two heroes together.

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That’s going to be a very interesting mechanic to piece together, I can only think of 3 other games that allow you to have simultaneous player characters, and of those, one of them I have not played, another which is primarily story based and where there isn’t really even a main character in the traditional sense, and the third of which is only for brief interludes

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Here some question I have

What chapter was the most difficult to write?

Out of the three job paths which one would you say is your favourite?

Which character was the funniest to write?

What superpowers do you pick when you play the game?

Who do you romance when you play?

Happy four year anniversary :fire:

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Oh, that’s a great question. It’s hard to answer. The chapter with the most to write would had to be one of the chapters in a career route, but I wouldn’t call that difficult.

The final chapter was probably the hardest when it came to tracking things. That chapter checks so many variables in the final fight. There are a few ways to conclude the fight that check for several choices.

CEO, hands down. It has the biggest range of options and two different paths when it comes to handling Jordan. It also required the least amount of reworking.

That’s hard for me to answer as I struggle to write comedy. Lugh is the first to come to mind, as his character is so out of touch with the world that he’s easier to write funnier moments around. However, Camouflague’s crass humor is naturally easier to write.

I don’t really get to play the game; I only get to test it. Tests take too long that I don’t really have room to play the game without the purpose of testing different aspects and powers, or lack thereof.

So, when I’m testing, if I’m not testing romance-based aspects of the game, I’ll either go for Camouflage or Aegis.

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Hello everyone!

Where does time go when you’re not paying attention? I still don’t know. I blinked and noticed that I hadn’t done an end-of-month update for two months! So the game has been submitted and accepted by Hosted Games for a Steam release. yay!

It’s going through one of Hosted Games’ editors. Which is good, I’m sure there is more things I missed after I added things from my editor. I have been writing part 2 off and on, but it has been a bit weird for me. I have been struggling to focus on it, in part because I’m looking forward to part 3 so much, but I need to finish this story to better set up one of the events in part 3.

Until the next update! Happy holidays for those who celebrate.

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