Hi Everyone!
And yes--- yes yes yes.... its the FIRST POST IN TWO YEARS! (itsnotfunny-)
What have little old me done in this LOOOOONG amount of time? hmmmm... maybe a demo? or even a full game?
(to be honest hothing TwT)
BUT do not be sad! I still have something to show you!
Now prepare yourself... and enjoy reading!
firstly I want to apologize to those who were really interested and to those who were waiting for news from me..
i'm sorry... i'm just.... sorry...
Here are the news for past two years!!!!
September 2022, after the release of the first devlog, development was in full swing ,particularly the creation of the owerworld sprites.
Walking animatons for Asgore, Temmie, and Chara were completed, and work was underway on the Ruins storyline.
Looking back, that storyline seems to me empty and uninteresting because there was almost nothing new in comparation with UnderTale, just like the sprites, which were too gray and gloomy, making the game feel monotonous and dull in my opinion.
asgore v1
asgore v2
There was a palyable version?
At the beginning of 2023, an "alpha version" was ready. It was a mod for the original Undertale.
There was absolutely no new code and therefore no new dialogues or cutscenes. Only thing that was there is a couple of new rooms that were added by following a tutorial from YouTube
This version included the Pacifist route up to the middle of the Ruins and the battle with the Mad Dummy, which, naturally, didn’t differ from the original Undertale.
I wanted to upload this version to GameJolt, but after playing it few times, I realized there were too many bugs and inconsistencies that I simply didn’t know how to fix. So, I decided not to post it.
Here are a few screenshots from that version:
ruin_tileset_v1
room_tundraruin_3
room_tundraruin_7
After some time, my computer broke down, and I had to format it. The alpha version was lost forever and along with this, my desire to work with the code part of the project too..
However, I did not abandon the project and continued to draw everything that came to mind. I missed and ignored some cool ideas, thinking that no one would help me, and if I ever wanted to continue developing the mod, I simply would not be able to implement them.
Here are some pictures from 2023 (you might have seen them):
room 1 v4: one of the 1 (One of the ways to implement the first room. At that time, I had an idea of drawing each room by hand without using a pre-made tileset, but I quickly abandoned that because I realized it was too difficult)
room_tundraruin_3_remake
I never returned to developing the game as a mod, and the last thing that was drawn for the game at that time was the room shown above.
I glad to see what a path this project has covered, even though almost nothing was shown and the path itself was short. it's still part of my life --
So what's now?
the progect now in progress of fully rework!
Changing Name and Logo
First important thing I’d like to mention is the name and logo change. Now this progect is named SwapFell: turned story
I dicided to do it for two main reasons
1-To make this project stand out more among others
2- to sign that it is not a canonical interpretation of Kkhoppang's Swapfell
Name and logo may change later!!
GameJolt page changes
I’ve updated several things on the GameJolt page, including the game's banner. The project description will be updated soon, and a few small details will be added as well
Plot and Characters
We are actively working on the storyline. We've come up with several unique concepts that I haven't seen in other AUs, I also want to add some new characters that weren't in the original UnderTale.
chara_walksprite
the story of the Snowed Fields(Ruins) will tell us about a tragic fate of monsters, about how a small mistake that could have been fixed led to the downfall of a nation,and how this nation continued to destroy itself from within.
(wow sounds interesting... maybe)
underground map
Battle system
The combat system will obviously not differ much from what we've seen in Undertale, but there will be some new features that will make battles even more interesting. If we assemble a team, we’ll try to showcase these new features in one of the upcoming devlogs.
reallyspoilerfreeskreenshot
Obviosly we need team
I don't want to beg for help... I still have to ask for it. Unfortunately, I'm not Toby Fox and can't make a game on my own because i can only draw.... But looking at other projects, I realize that there are plenty of people that want to help and work on their own initiative. it's just that time separates us from them. TwT
If you want to join a team
As a coder, spriter, artis, musician you can write me on discord: amogus009_ this project's life depends on YOU!
The last thing I’d like to do is to thank everyone who has ever contributed to this project. I also want to mention the other projects that inspired me to create this one: FGD! SwapFell, Inverted Fate, TS! Underswap, and TC!Underfell
THANK YOU ALL,
take care
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