Design Statement
We heard the theme track as a song that someone has lost and wants back. In The Dawn in Tune the sun has forgotten its song, so morning never comes, and a child carries a small light through three short chapters to bring it home. The track itself is the reward: it plays on the main menu and returns at the ending, when the child's room finally gets its dawn.

Key design choices: no enemies and no timers, so the pace stays calm and anyone can finish in 15-25 minutes. Each chapter teaches one new move (jet, slide, glide) with a handwritten note instead of a tutorial screen. The music and the window light warm up as you clear chapters, so progress is something you hear and see back in the child's room. A 2.5D side view keeps the controls simple while the floating stations give the space depth.

Game Instructions (launch steps, controls, and gameplay overview)
Launch: unzip TheDawnInTune_Windows_1108_chars_v7.zip and run HearSunshine.exe (Windows 10/11, 64-bit, DirectX 12 GPU).

Controls (keyboard): A/D move. Space jump (press again in the air: double jump). Shift jet/dash (hold W A S D to aim). W/S up and down in zero gravity. Hold E: glide while falling. S or Ctrl: slide (Chapter 2). Jump at a wall, then Space: wall jump. F: interact (consoles, lifts, the poster). R: return to safe spot. F5 save spot, F9 load. H: how to play. Tab: notebook (pause), A/D to turn pages.

Gameplay: start in the child's room and touch the poster on the wall to enter the dream. Cross three short chapters (the stardust harbour, the light road, the lamps) and carry the light back to wake the sun. No enemies, no timers; about 15-25 minutes.

Gameplay walkthrough video
http://No walkthrough video recorded yet. Gameplay GIFs and screenshots of all three chapters are on the game page: https://aki781.itch.io/the-dawn-in-tune

Did your project use any AI tools or assets? If yes, please specify.
Yes. Main character models: generated with Hunyuan3D from hand-drawn turnaround art, then rigged and textured in Blender. Prologue poster image: Codex image generation. Code, level layout and test scripts: Claude Code and Codex. Sound effects and Chapter 2-3 music: synthesized by AI-written scripts (no AI music models). English text: translated from Chinese or written with AI, reviewed by the team. Game page text and screenshot layout: AI-assisted. Human-made: theme music by Jason Grace; Chapter 1 cold/warm arrangements by 荒野大母猴; character animations are Epic's Unreal Engine mannequin animations. Full list in the AI disclosure on the game page.