...for GB Violet that is.

Welcome one and all to our devlog delivered to you just in time for the Holiday season (if there's no late November holidays that you'd mix in there, that is.) Before getting into what we've got for you today, I'll give a brief mention to what we don't: Undertale Violet.

Now, I know I said last time there'd be more of it, and that was originally the plan, but for two reasons it's being left out this time 'round. Firstly, I want to give GB Violet the spotlight one last time before its release. Secondly, believe it or not, progress has actually been going pretty well, but I'd like to get just a bit further before showing anything new in order to give it the presentation it so deserves. (And hey, if you'd be interested in joining the team and helping us get further faster, you can apply here!)

With that out of the way, let's talk about GB Violet!

To start, the keen-eyed amongst you may have noticed a few additions to the GameJolt page since the last devlog. For one, there's been some GB Violet branding slapped onto some of the promo material, to better advertise the imminently releasing project (and to make clear that it in and of itself is NOT Undertale Violet, but is instead a spinoff of sorts.)

Secondly, there's a bit more music now! This will likely be as much as is released until a week or two after GB Violet comes out, when the rest will be uploaded both here and to our YouTube!

Third and perhaps most prevalent, you may have noticed a new tab on the game's page for Trophies! What you see now is every achievement that GB Violet will release with (perhaps I'll add a few more in the future.) This has been something I've been planning since starting work on GB Violet, and I'm pretty proud of how some of the icons turned out (two of my three favorites are hidden achievements, so you'll have to work real hard to see them.) I hope this can squeeze just a little more enjoyment out of the game when you play it!

So, what's the release timing looking like? Well as expected, my hopeful deadline passed, which was November 29th, or one week ago. Unfortunately, the game isn't out now, however, I'm feeling somewhat confident that I can get a first pass of the game done by the end of next week. Now, that doesn't mean the game will be 100% done then, there'll still likely be bugs to fix, alongside some general polish to be done. However, I feel very confident that the game will be out by Christmas. Once I nail down a specific day, I'll put out a trailer to let y'all know!

As an apology for not giving you the game yet (and for not updating y'all on Undertale Violet very much these past few months,) here's twenty minutes of GB Violet gameplay! Please note, some things in the game are still subject to change, and a few things may only be placeholders for the time being.

I want to thank you all for following the game this past while. As I've spoken about before, GB Violet started from very humble beginnings as an attempt to get better with Godot (the engine we're using to make Undertale Violet,) and I honestly never imagined I'd get very far with it, so to see the release so close is awe inspiring. It means a lot to me that anybody at all is excited for this silly little side project, and again, I can't wait to see what you all think about it!

While I'm busy thanking people, I'd like to thank our musicians on the UTV Team. While a large majority of what's in GB Violet has been made by yours truly, I happen to be absolutely useless when it comes to music, and the folks that have been making it instead have been absolutely knocking it out of the park, and it's not an exaggeration to say that this project wouldn't have made it nearly this far without them.

THIS SECTION HAS BEEN HERE THE ENTIRE TIME IF YOU THINK IT HASN'T BEEN THEN NUH UH

We started a QnA! Here's questions, and answers!

Now, I could give you an exact number (a billion zillion years trust me frfr,) or I could say: Hm, he is really old, isn't he? ;)

Joke? JOKE?!?! I'll have you know, the contents of Sabel's notebook are VERY serious and totally not at all 5 pages of "uhhhhhhhhhhhhh"

To be honest, the answer to this question is actually one of the reasons I'm not showing you anything in Undertale Violet today. Some really fun stuff in there, but you're just gonna have to wait :3

What an intriguing question! Makes me want to say "hmm, what an intriguing question!"

Chances are, the notebook itself won't be used as a weapon, or at the very least not for long. Sabel's got the ultimate super power: being smarter than a 3rd grader, so they know that notebooks aren't very good weapons. But of course, that's to say nothing of other books...

Things could still change, but as it stands: Ruins, a little bit of Waterfall, perhaps a small bit of Hotland, the CORE, and, of course, New Home. Oh, of course, I also can't forget to mention where they are now! If you wanna know about that, then turn around!

(have an extra question I answered in our discord. as a treat)

I think it could be fun to make this a more regular thing, so if you have any questions you'd like to see answered, comment them below or send them in the "QnA" channel on our Discord!

Now, if anybody asks, I did not forget to include the qna originally, got it?

The next time we make a devlog, GB Violet will have been officially released, which is crazy to think about! I'll crack on with developing it in the meantime, so as the days get shorter (in the Northern Hemisphere) and winds get colder (in the Northern Hemisphere,) I hope you're able to Persevere through whatever trials and tribulations the Holidays are able to bring!

(P.S. sorry for no fun images for this devlog, I'm a bit strapped for time so I wasn't able to make any. i promise i'll make extra next time!)