Hey everyone!

The "Snack The Cats" contest is now over. Thank you to everyone who participated, and congratulations to our Top 10 players!

The competition was tough. As usual, TolkaKiska took the first place very quickly on the first day and managed to keep it for a while. Mila Klem followed by being 15 days faster, but treybc broke the record a few days later with a sub 40 days. In the end, Thunderbird managed to win with a 31 days record that nobody was able to beat over the past week!

They quickly realized that exploration already provides most of the resources needed. Cat villages give food, and elves provide light without requiring any trading.

A key part of the early game is getting the Golden Apple event, which lets you start exploring from turn 0 and gain a strong early advantage.

From there, the focus is on setting up 4 tents and one house upgrade, then pushing exploration as fast as possible.

To speed this up even more, they used the tree upgrade, which spawns wisps. Collecting them allows you to convert workforce into even more light and exploration.

For food, the strategy is… quite straightforward: feed the cats by hunting as many animals as possible 😄
(They also recommend routing efficiently to pass through as many light breaches and animals as possible, revealing fish tiles to boost cat village food production, and taming cows.)

Finally, one important detail: zombies are passive on this map, so it’s best to ignore them (or optionally convert them into workforce for light, though it wasn’t necessary here).

Congratulations Thunderbird, you're now immortalized in the hall of fame and the game credits, you have a shiny role on discord[discord.gg] with access to a secret channel and you'll have a tile of your own design integrated into the game in the next update!

Stay tuned for the next contest!

Hey everyone!

It’s time for a new community contest. This one is called Snack The Cats.

The last contest winner TolkaKiska designed a new tile for the game, the "Cat Village", which inspired that new challenge.

Find all the cat villages and feed the cats!

Everyone who participates will be immortalized on the public leaderboard and win 100 blue lights in game!

But only the best player will enter the Circle of the Champions of Light:

✨ Design your own unique tile in Dawnfolk (will appear in-game!)

✨ Immortalized in Dawnfolk's Hall Of Fame and in the game credits.

✨ A fancy Discord role at the top of the member list

✨ Access to a secret channel reserved for the top players

To participate:

1. Update the game to version 1.4.0

2. Unlock Secrets in the main menu (earn more blue lights if needed 👀)

3. The contest is at the bottom of the Secrets menu

Your score is automatically submitted to the public leaderboard. You should definitely join the discord[discord.gg] to chat with the other contestant and see screenshots of their attempts! A screenshot of your final map will be sent automatically on the discord server. Feel free to chat below in the replies too.

You have until March 30th to complete the challenge.

Good luck, and have fun!

By participating in this contest, you agree that your Steam username and score may be publicly displayed on the official Discord server and related community channels.