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tetemama_tuti @tetemama_tuti

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Rivertale Devlog Nr. 3 | July 2025

Hi y'all

Third Devlog

In my third Devlog, I will be covering the switch from an Undertale mod to it's own fangame -

As well as my progress on the Starting Area of Rivertale: Riverboy's home - New Home

PROGRESS OVERVIEW (Starting Area)

Sprites: ~90%

Story: ~50%

Coding / Rooms: ~40%

Music: ~5%

Overall: ~45%

MOD OR FANGAME?

As you may or may not know, up until this point, Rivertale has been an Undertale mod.

And as you may or may not know from a recent post of mine, I started to learn coding with Gamemaker

-> Hence, I restarted the whole project for a third time, and it will now be a stand-alone fangame made using said game engine!

It's funny how there's been a new iteration of Rivertale every year since it's start

2023 - First Mod - Old Demo
2024 - Second Mod - Shown in first 2 Devlogs
2025 - Third Iteration - Own Game

~~Watch me restart for a fourth time in 2026~~

SPRITES

1. Riverboy's Room:

Here's a comparison between Riverboy's room a year ago vs. now ^^

For the full game, I chose not to include any sprites ripped straight from Undertale.

Even tho the Tilesets might seem nearly identical in some places, I made sure to at least revamp them slightly :}

2. Rivertale Logo

(Top to bottom = Old to new)

Me and my friends never quite liked the newr, so I simply chose to revert it to the very first one

- Reshaded though, obviously

3. Samuel "Sam" Sammy Samsung Sans Aramsamsam Rivertale

Sam got a redesign

Even tho I don't think I've ever even revealed him in a Devlog either way

4. Portrait Sprites

Regarding these, I still haven't actually decided which kind of Portrait style to go for

Comment your favourite down below

More Miscellaneous Sprites at the bottom of the Devlog!

STORY

I didn't purely restart just to make Rivertale a stand-alone fangame, even though that was one of my primary reasons.

But I also came to realize that the first 2 iterations didn't really have much thought behind them, story-wise.

So this time, I actually made sure to write out (at least a rough) plan of Rivertale's gameplay and story

I won't go into detail though.

Here's one singular teaser:

CODING / ROOMS

Here's a list of things I've managed to code so far:

Riverboy (Walking, Running)
All Riverhome Rooms
Riverboy Boat Cutscene
First New Home Room (Boat Dock)
Dialogue System
Animated Props
Parallax Backgrounds

Here's 2 snippets of both the Riverhome and Riverboat Cutscene:
(Both in their Dev Phase)

(Ignore the Riverwoman Notice covering the textboxes, @MadrelOfficial saying 'Wreck it Ralph' at the end, the spinning Tennas, and my loud keyboard - thanks )