It's been 9 years since the wonderful game, Undertale, has come out. It feels like just yesterday that I first discovered this gem. I hope everyone can enjoy today and celebrate a wonderful game's release (and we can keep hoping for Deltarune updates to come!)
To me, it's wild to think that I started out as a 16-year-old trying to compose Undertale styled music, and now I'm in charge of an entire fan game with a growing team of individuals all dedicated to completing it! Before I get on with the post, I just want to thank everyone who's been excited and talking about the game's resurgence. I'm eager to see what comes of this new era :)
Now, on to business.
A lot has happened in these last few months, I've shared some details with the public in the last devlog, but I'll cover some bases in this post, don't you worry! While I can't share everything that's been going on, I'll make sure to share some exciting news!
For starters, we've had quite the growth with the team! Originally being roughly 10 members, we're now reaching 20 total team members! Insane! I'd like to give a huge shoutout to BlueTowel, who's put in a hell of a lot of work getting this team together!
Let's see the new members, shall we?
Mrmitten | Sprite Artist
Zanty_C | Sprite Artist
Boomboomtheman | Composer
Falsertaine | Composer
dddaverrr | Composer
splshy | Sprite Artist
PixelTheToons | Sprite Artist
Soba Noodles | Composer
Quite the group! I'm very happy to have these individuals join my team, and I am so excited to see where we all go from here!
As always, applications are still open! However, our big search right now is for Concept Artists, so if you enjoy drawing concept designs for backgrounds or characters, we'd love to have you on board! (I will note, we only will probably take a few more applicants, so don't all come swarming at once!)
When it comes to the story, we've actually written almost all the script in its entirety for the demo! Another huge shoutout to BlueTowel for helping me in writing everything so far, he's been a huge help with the team! I've got to say, I'm excited to see everyone's reactions to what we've changed up and have in store! But you'll just have to wait and see :)
We've been working on some revisions to the style of some characters, and while I can't share any currently as they aren't finished just yet, I can share something else!
As you can see, we're going for a new approach with text boxes! Each main character will have a unique dialog box associated with them! I'll give a shoutout to Wisp for the idea, as well as the design for Flowey's dialog box!
There are a few more sprites I'd love to show off, but we're still in the process of finishing those up. Hopefully I can share some more info on the next post!
We've got new music flooding the game! I'm very excited to share some of these off, as the new music is phenomenal!
I'll be sharing two themes today, each a new song for the game!
Firstly: A heart-to-heart: This theme plays when Flowey has a nice moment speaking with the player
Secondly: Echoes Below: A theme for a new area during the Temple (no spoilers!)
There's been plenty of other music being worked on (including quite a bit after the demo) so be ready to have your socks blown off once we reveal the new songs!
One last thing to touch up on real quick before I end today's post. Shortly after my last post, the team collectively decided it was best for us to redo parts of the code that were needed heavy revisions, so progress on new content has been halted a bit as we revise our project to be easier to work with. Good news is that progress on the code is going pretty steady! I'm still hopeful for us to get a demo out in no time!
Of course, I'm not going to announce any release date just yet, as we're nowhere near that point, but things are still looking good :)
I hope I didn't forget anything, there was a lot to cover today! I'm excited to see what comes from the project after this, and I hope you are excited as well!
Feel free to join the discord and have a chat with us, or even just wait eagerly for new updates on the game's progress!
That being said, I hope everyone has a good day or night! Stay determined, and stay safe <3
-Badger
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