Howdy howdy howdy! It's been a bit over a month since the last devlog, so let's check in with what's us purple people have been up to.

Objects in Mirror May be You

First off, Sabel. You know 'em, you may or may not love 'em, and you might potentially be aware that one of the very first things ever shown off of Undertale Violet was a sprite of Sabel! THE sprite of Sabel to be exact, the one that's been used since the game was initally announced back in February of 2024!!! mama mia it's been way too long

I've honestly really liked the sprite, but while I'd still be perfectly fine with using it, its original creator hasn't been a part of the team for over a year, and we came to the decision that Sabel ought to be resprited (to be honest, we made this decision months ago, it was only just recently I asked somebody in particular to do it.) Hopefully, you'll get to fully see Sabel in their new coat of paint soon! (My hope is next devlog soon, but we'll see how that goes.)

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Next, I wanna talk about the side project a little bit. Progress is going pretty swell, swell enough that I'm comfortable with sharing a few more details about it. First and foremost, the when.

This project is one I started sometime in mid-June, and one I'd originally hoped to complete by the end of July. As you can guess, that didn't happen, and I realized that it wouldn't pretty quickly. It was also around then that I decided that I didn't just want to shadow drop it, it'd become big enough that I thought that its release should come with some fanfare. With that said, I'd like to reveal (although not promise) that my current plan is for it to release sometime in October. By now, most of the difficult parts have been completed, and what's ahead will hopefully be easy (albeit a bit monotonous) to implement (with perhaps one or two exceptions.) I originally thought about aiming for a September release, but 1. I'm back in college now, and 2. I don't want it to get drowned out by Undertale's 10th anniversary, so the hope is for some time in October.

While we're on the topic, "side project" is a bit of a lame name, right? Let's fix that.

The big mystery comes to an end! The project's official name is GB Violet!!! Cleverly cropped out of any gameplay footage or screenshots, the name GB Violet has been here as long as the idea for the game itself has been.

As of writing, I'm currently finishing up the second test build of the game. Much of the work afterwards will be one of four things:
1. NPC/Enemy stuff (battles included)
2. Laying out areas
3. Final major mechanic
4. Extra bits (i.e. polish, ending(s?), various little tidbits)

I'll put out actual gameplay footage sometime in the next few days, but for now, have my discovery that Godot supports emojis:

(ignore the debug visuals pwetty pwease)

Objects in Mirror May Be You But Like Actually YOU This Time

Last devlog, I mentioned wanting to put out updated team applications, but didn't know just when that'd be. I honestly originally planned to pair them with GB Violet's release, but I've realized now that waiting so long seems a bit redundant, so expect them sometime within the next week or two.

If you're good with spriting, music, or coding (especially Godot,) keep an eye out for them! That's not to say we won't accept any writers or non-sprite artists, just that we don't need them nearly as much. If you've filled out the last applications, I'll try and take a look through them before releasing the new ones, but if you haven't filled them out, I ask that you pretty pretty please just wait for the new ones.

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That's about all we have to share as Undertale Violet or GB Violet are involved, but some of you may have spotted Sabel somewhere else recently: Undertale Rainbow by @Cozmo_the_Silly !! Undertale Rainbow is a fan mod of Undertale Red and Yellow (which itself is a mod, but you likely already knew that) which adds in the five other fallen humans, one of which is Undertale Violet's very own Sabel! I highly recommend checking it out, although I'll also mention that, while Sabel is in the game and I (@lillbro64 for reference) have been somewhat kinda helping illustrate who Sabel is for Cozmo, Undertale Rainbow is otherwise not affiliated with or worked on by anybody on the UTV team. While I've done my best to give Cozmo the important (spolier-free) details, know that they don't have full access to Undertale Violet's story or anything (and vice-versa, I'm not aware of anything specific they're writing for Undertale Rainbow that isn't publically available.) In other words: it's entirely possible that events described in Undertale Rainbow may not end up being entirely accurate to events that occur in Undertale Violet.

Disclaimers about potential contradictions aside, go play Undertale Rainbow, it's awesome.

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And that's it for this month's devlog. Once again, thank you for caring about our silly little project, and in the meantime while you wait for something playable from us, go check out Undertale Rainbow!

We'll be Persevering through what lies ahead, so here's to hoping that you do too until we meet again!

he certainly will