Sileo: Tales of a New Dawn
A fresh start. A bold leap into the unknown.
Have you ever wanted to just run away from it all? To escape from a familiar misery and plunge head-first into a brighter future?
Leave all of your troubles behind and start anew in the idyllic mountain town of Woodcrest! Reunite with an estranged best friend, begin a new career, meet the town's weirdest and most wonderful inhabitants... and maybe you will even find love?
Sileo: Tales of a New Dawn is a gay furry visual novel that was first unveiled to the world in June 2020 and has since ballooned into something far bigger than any of us could have ever anticipated! We're ecstatic with the progress we've made so far, but really, we've barely even gotten started! Sileo features several novel-length routes already with several more planned for the future! In addition, we have an almost endless supply of ideas on what we'd like to do after those routes are released!
Sileo is presently available on Windows, Linux and Mac OS, as well as Android and iOS via sideload. For information on other platforms and storefronts, please see the FAQ linked above.
We make Sileo available for free as we want as many people to be able to enjoy it as possible, but making a visual novel is incredibly hard work! We appreciate everybody who lends us a hand, be it by tipping us here on Itch.io, engaging in our Discord Community, or even just retweeting us over on Twitter!
Development Team
Xevvy - Direction, Story, Writing, Programming, Interface Design, PR, Concept, Character Designs, etc.
CurryCatz - Character Artwork, Backgrounds, Illustrations/CG's, Logo Design, Animation (in Animated Sequences), etc...
Special thanks to Kronos, who tests our builds, critiques new story content, helps with plot development and overall project direction, etc. His hard work makes Sileo that much better!
Bothered by bugs? Irritated by issues? Goaded by (code) gremlins?!
Make sure you're running the very latest version of Sileo! If that doesn't help, swing by our Official Discord Community and report the issue to us in one of the 'Report a Bug' channels! Screenshots, Log Files, and other details are especially helpful, and we're quick to address issues when they're reported to us!
Disclaimer: Sileo contains a substantial amount of adult content and should not be consumed by anybody under the age of 18! This extends to our Discord Community - if you are under the age of 18, you will be permanently banned without warning! You have been warned...
Recognized Third-Party Translations
While we authorize third parties to create translations of Sileo in other languages, those that we consider "recognized" are those with whom we have contact and provide limited support. As these translations are created by third parties, please be aware that the Sileo Team is unable to verify their quality and accuracy.
Download
Install instructions
Windows: Extract the .zip archive to a new folder and execute the .exe file. Only use the *-32.exe file if the normal one does not run.
Linux: Extract the .zip archive to a new folder and execute the .sh file.
Mac OS: Expand the .zip archive and drag the Sileo - Tales of a New Dawn file into your Applications folder. Control-Click (or Right-Click) the app and select Open, then confirm you would like to open the app. You only need to do this the first time, subsequent launches will run with a simple double-click.
Android: Open the .apk file using your file manager - opening it from your downloads list WILL NOT WORK! Install the .apk over the top of any existing version and run the game.
Development log
- Hiatus: Checking In79 days ago
- IMPORTANT: The Future of Sileo & Our PatreonSep 08, 2024
- Sileo 0.60 Updates Now Available!Jul 02, 2024
- Checking in! Info on Next Update + ETAMay 25, 2024
- Sileo 0.59 Updates Now Available!Jan 31, 2024
- Sileo 0.58 Update Now Available!Nov 29, 2023
- Happy Halloween!Oct 31, 2023
- 0.57 September Updates Now Available!Sep 19, 2023
Comments
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One of the best stories I've ever read, I'd like to know if there's any roadmap for Logan? My favorite character, to be honest.
He won't have a main route, but he will make some more appearances, and we do have some content planned for him at a later stage.
Can't wait for the next update, this is genuinely one of the best VNs ive ever read. The story is great, it's one of best built games, and the art is amazing! I really look forward to when Hiatus ends and more comes out!
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Eagerly awaiting the day you feel ready to come back to this. Your skills as an author have improved immensely over the years and it shows up in the latest updates.
<3
I will say that the Diego arc was truly incredible. It really hit home for me personally. I loved both how he overcame his negative experiences, but also how he eventually realized that so much of the conflict he experienced was misunderstanding. The arc did so much for me in helping me overcome some of my own past hurt from a toxic relationship. I have been "Diego" before, so getting to care for the hurt Diego did so much for reflecting love for myself. I would love to read and explore more of your current writing because I think you have a gift that can capture real world experiences and make them shared by the reader. Is there more I could read or play that involves your work?
Sileo is my only public work at this stage, but there’ll be plenty more of it to come when we get things moving again.
I hope to see more
Hey man has it got updated ive been waiting for the rest of dom, axel and Russell
This game is way too kinetic. There are choices, but they really don't feel like they affect the story at all. And I understand that this is a visual novel, but there is way too much emphasis on reading and not enough on visuals.
I should be able to understand what was going on and I was thrown off so bad one the crow started talking about a war.
I appreciate the effort put in this project, but there's too many cons (personally) that make me unable to enjoy this experience.
Frankly, I agree. Sileo was my first proper writing project, and with hindsight it's easy to see a lot of what's wrong with it. I've grown a lot working on Sileo, and one of the most difficult aspects of that growth is looking back on prior work for my current project and realizing it's no longer up to the standard I hold myself to. The standard continually rises, and so older works consistently fall short. I've already committed to remaking certain older content and even teased some other possibilities... the scope of which stretches to the majority of everything I've already done.
I don't know if I'll ever be completely happy with my work, but so long as my work continually improves, I can take solace in that.
I am curious about what aspects you felt were visually lacking, however? Sileo is a collaboration as opposed to a visionary working with hired contractors, and so artwork costs and such aren't a factor in our pipeline - we've frequently produced bespoke CG artworks, backgrounds and even sexual scenes for things many other projects would consider a wasteful expense solely because our artist CurryCatz was paid a share as part of the team rather than being commissioned. I am however acutely aware personally that our visuals tend to be especially static, an animator is at the top of our list for who we'd love bring on board our team, but we've never been in the financial situation to be able to do so, especially now with how hostile everything is to NSFW creators. Either way, I'd genuinely like more feedback on why the visuals weren't to your satisfaction - it's a genuine surprise to me, as I always felt our VN had visuals well beyond what a 2-person project usually would. The insight could help us to improve things in the future.
Thank you for actually replying back.
I will admit that I was just angry because I was held accountable for cheating in one of the routes that I took (a choice that I made in-game), but nothing happened to me when I cheated on the twink and the bar owner. It bothered me that there were a lot of non-linear aspects that were overtaken by only reading.
Non-linear visual novels are definitely games I enjoy, so that could also be a reason for my frustration.
I just like making choices that genuinely affect the progression of the story. Making it my story. Helping me feel like I'm apart of the cast of characters.
Branching routes are a major component of future updates with the two remaining routes featuring these elements heavily. I also hope to incorporate these elements into both of the already existing routes. We’re still on hiatus at the moment, but we’ve done a lot of planning in anticipation of our return and when things pick back up, we’ll have a much more dynamic and responsive story to show for it. We’re shooting for a player agency first approach, less massive walls of linear text and more dynamic scenarios that respond to decisions, both made in the moment as well as considering those made throughout the route. I’m hopeful that people will be receptive to this new approach once we begin rolling these updates out.
Alrighty, then! I'm excited for the update for if/when they come out.
Despite what I've said, it is because I enjoyed the ideas and parts of the story.
From what I've seen is a turn on rather then a turn off for the bar owner .
I just wanted to say how much I appreciate your honesty and openness.
Came here after dealing with a FVN creator who is a way, way lesser community manager than you, and it's so horribly tiring to deal with them. You're just a breath of fresh air.
Please stay as you are, you're amazing and I hope your project succeeds and becomes popular. I recommend it to people whenever I can.
Thanks! <3
I'm wondering. Is Logan by any chance neurodivergent? I've noticed he shows similar autism traits to mine (I'm a guy on the spectrum). These include: difficulty connecting with people, speaking very little or babbling, and having a resting bitch face, etc. It would be nice to know because Logan is one of my favorite characters and I really relate to him. Thank you.
I apologize if this isn't grammatically correct, but English is my second language and I'm currently using Google Translator.(*﹏*;)
Apologies, your comment got caught in the spam filter and I had no idea there were even posts there to approve!
Logan wasn't written to be any specific way or have any specific thing, more than anything else he's just... well, he's Logan. He has no in-canon diagnosis, though he is almost certainly on-spectrum himself. I'm sure there are readers out there more qualified than me to make a diagnosis on where exactly he falls, but whatever it might be, it's an organic aspect of his character and personality rather than a specific thing he was always designed to have.
Short version: Most likely yes, but he lacks any formal diagnosis.
thank you for reading my comment and for clarification.
I want Lucas and also this is a very beautiful game in all its features
Hi, saw in your Blue sky post about Kyrex in rain, is it available in current build?
Apologies, your comment got stuck in the spam filter and I had no idea there were even comments to approve.
Kyrex is rain is present in the current build, yes. It is unlocked in Diego's route, though that entire scene was reworked and the CG added well after Diego's route was finished, so you might need to find the scene and play it through to unlock the CG in the gallery.
One of the best visual novel games I've ever played
Xevvy im so happy with Diego Route. But can make new story for that. Because im so interesting with Diego Route
Omg ... I just realized that its been over a year since the last update and i still find myself enthralled by the music on loop ... I have a slight problem i think lol
If this vn does come back and possible other routes xd Kyrex is what got me to this vn under the impression he was a route but sadly he was a side story so i hope he has some potently to be one xD
He won't have his very own route, but he's involved in pretty much all of the content we've got planned! There might even be a new opportunity to have some more fun with him...? But you'll just have to wait and see once development resumes!
Is this going to be continued, if it is, would love to play it again!
That is the plan yes.
Thank you s2
I know the vn is on hiatus but will there be an extra chapter for Tai route really devastating to know that
We'll announce more specific plans when Sileo returns, but I don't intend to extend Tai's Route out any more - it's too long as it is! I do however hope to implement some branching paths with some new scenes throughout, so there should eventually be some new content in his route to enjoy.
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just wanna see something for lukas
Xevvy, where is this wiki page located? Or is it just made up?? Can you send the link to it if it exists?
This was just a prototype I played around with a couple of years back, we didn’t officially launch a wiki. The above page was made to test it out. I released that screenshot after we’d already decided against using it as the information on it was all accurate and contained some stuff not covered in the game itself. This is the only page we completed.
Ah okay! Tho will you guys consider making a wiki in the future?
or a bio feature in the game
Once we're back in action, we'll look into doing something like that. An ingame bio probably makes more sense though and won't require fussing around with hosting, so if anything we'll probably do that.
If I had a nickel for every time I've seen a rich, anthropomorphic big-cat with a penchant for riding motorcycles in a Furry Visual Novel, I'd have two nickels. Which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice.
Who’s the other one? Darius?
Yup
what is the vn's name
Extracurricular Activities
thanks
i can't find that on itch
What do i have to do to get Dom? I tried everything but I don't know how to get him, please help
the dom route is currently being worked on in the poly route, the creators are on break though right now.
Thanks for replying, and thanks for the answer, you're the best and have a nice and beautiful life!
👍🏻
Steve is my fav character
wrong Steve :(
that is not the right steve
Steve Doggers not my art
I could be wrong, but I think there's an inaccuracy in Tai's Route, specially regarding the closure for Dom. Like at the end it was told that he and Axel didn't get together because he didn't go to the arcade, but I don't know why it plays out as if he did it deliberately, when he in fact doesn't go because he had to clock in for work for that rat guy (I'm sorry I forgot his name). Not just that somehow everyone include the MC suddenly sees him as the one in the wrong, despite being the one who tell him that they understand and that it's okay. Once again, I might have missed remember it, but if my memory are true... This inaccuracy is not just distracting but quite confusing, so I hope you could fix it when you can. I get it that in this route Dom had share one moment of Selfishness, but tbh he also had share quite a lot of good quality as a character. So... Just at the least, give him a nice closure, rather than having him absent in the whole epilogue and framed as shellfish character.
when/will development resume.
When we're ready. No ETA.
okay
Are the updates only gonna be on browser now? I ask because i dont have internet do to money issues. So i kinda have to use a hotspot on my phone sparingly.
No, we’re just on a break at the moment so there are no updates on any platform. When we come back updates will resume on all platforms.
Good to know thanks for replying.
Loved this vn and supported it on patron for a good while and really can't wait to see more. I loved how truly alive the story was and hope the passion never fades from this story!!!!!
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I just wanna say that this is one of the best games i have ever played in my life like i was so touched from both Tai and Diego's endings and im really looking forward to continuing Lukas's route (which i wanted to play frist since that guy is HOT) and to finishing Dom's and Axel's route. Also, can you try putting at least a little bit more about Russel because that guy is litteraly so sweet and kind and i want to know a little more about him. But anyway i hope you all are enjoying your break and doing well and I'm seriously looking forward for the big update. Byee!
Thanks! There’ll be plenty more of Russell in future updates so stay tuned!
I just wanted to say... thank you... i didnt know i needed this game. It helped me heal pain from my past with my own bad relationship and i lived through the warmth of the characters. I didnt know I could explore so much of my own life through the characters. Genuinely, thank you for such a beautiful story and such compelling characters. I would love to view any future content you release.
<3
Whether there is weight gain, etc
Sileo isn't really that kind of VN.
ok
Is the patreon situation getting better, or they're still sticking with those terrible changes?
Either way hope the break is going well for the team
They're largely changes dictated by payment providers, namely Visa and Mastercard. Unfortunately, as they control most of the worlds payment systems, they can throw their weight around and dictate whatever draconian puritanical nonsense they see fit because no sufficiently large platform would be stupid enough to refuse - the consequences of doing so would likely be bankruptcy.
Patreon has some blame here too, their communication and transparency has been utterly dogshit and there's practically no support or recourse for those affected, but I'm certain they wouldn't be adhering to these policies if their hands weren't forced - it's no doubt terrible for their business. Visa and Mastercard are the real bad guys here. And Patreon's hostility towards 18+ content won't improve unless Visa and Mastercard decide (or are forced) to reverse course which almost certainly isn't going to happen. Other platforms like Subscribestar are affected as well, but the largest platforms are obviously impacted the most.
wait subscribestar is also affected by the porn ban?
Not to the same extent as Patreon, but this is only because they're a smaller platform and thus have yet to attract the same scrutiny from Visa and Mastercard. Nonetheless, it would take a single threat from either payment processor to force Subscribestar to follow suit, and this remains true for practically every platform out there - Subscribestar isn't safe, practically nowhere is. It's a safer alternative to Patreon for the moment, but there's no telling how long things will stay that way. Even platforms like Steam and Itch.io which we tend to view as safer harbours are at risk. It's a grim set of circumstances all around.
Is there a way to see the content for eric? I thought there was content for him out. sorry if nor, he my absolute favorite.
It was only a small preview of some future content for him. I expect we'll be releasing a small maintenance update at some stage and we'll include that content with that update.
I hope you're all enjoying your well deserved break. Can't wait until you guys return!
I know you still have a bunch more content to work through but is there any hope for a Logan route? Out of all the characters I find him insanely alluring and will beg within reason lol
When we return, our main focus will be to finish up the main routes we've already committed to. Any additional routes will be considered after that. It's not out of the question, but it's much too early for us to commit to anything just yet.
When will there be another update?
We're on a break from development at the moment. We hope to return when we're ready, there's no specific date for this but I loosely anticipate it may happen sometime in the second half of this year.
i will be awaiting your return :> gl :D
Hi, will be update of side-characters(I mean CG and story line) such as Glenn, Jin, Kyrex(especially this one)? I really want more scenes with this ones, 'cause they're especially hot
Some of the side characters do have additional content planned. The poly route in particular will have a few surprises for those willing to explore different paths and dialogue choices.
Thanks for your answer, but I'll be more specific in my answer and I'd like to know will be more CG with Kyrex and continuing of gym's segment in Sileo? I really like Kyrex and only one CG is really small amount...
We do have some plans for extra content with Kyrex, but where and if this will appear isn’t currently set in stone so I can’t make any guarantees just yet. Keep an eye on updates when we continue development and you might just get a pleasant surprise.
I had been waiting for a possibility of a Russell route since he had been introduced, but now I need more of him :'(
"Patience is, like, a virtue, my dude!"
When completing Tai's route i was left with a question of what happened between Axel and Dom. What is the relationship between them. Are they still friends, did they manage to resolve the issue between them or if not did Axel move out.
That's deliberately left ambiguous, but will indirectly answered in the Poly Route.
Thanks for answering and have a good day.
Is Roo just a side character because I want him to hop my bones!
He won't have a route of his own, but there will be an opportunity to have some fun with him in a later update.
I hope the game gets to be completed one day and Kyrex gets to be one of romanceable option. Until then, I have Roo, Russell, and Jay~
Kyrex won’t be romanceable, but there is more content planned for him. Stay tuned!
I both love and hate the fact i get to see more of that raptor, he reminds me so much of my ex. I swear im not like Diego we were actually dating lol.
A quick question which routes are complete
Answered in our FAQ: https://xevvy.itch.io/sileo/devlog/181450/faq-frequently-asked-questions
a little question. what type of external app do i need to use since i cant seem to open the app of sileo on my windows pc. and yes its originally capitable.
You don’t need any other software. Just download the zip file, extract it and then run the .exe file. If it won’t start, try downloading a fresh copy as sometimes the files get corrupt during the download.
When will 0.61 be release?
https://xevvy.itch.io/sileo/devlog/795754/important-the-future-of-sileo-our-patr...