You may have noticed that we haven't posted anything in a good while. We initially planned to have an a post up in November, but that got delayed and after some other personal stuff came up we delayed it further in December. There's a few reasons for this and none of them are because the game has been cancelled. Let's go over the stuff actually related to the game.
Since development began, the actual coding has probably been the most difficult challenge. Spriting and writing have both been going on as usual and we've been making progress there and ironing out the story a little more. We'll show some of the new spritework off in a sec but I do wanna make it clear that there has been stuff going on. The issue is that we have a very small team. I (Static) have been doing all of the coding for the game by myself, and I do not understand ANY of what I've written, and I've come to the realisation that I neither enjoy or are good at coding. Going forward, my role will be purely management, writing and art.
Because of our coder shortage, we are not only reaching out here but in the Gamemaker server to try and find volunteers who are interested in contributing to the project. If you have any interest in joining the UTR team, we have applications open in the link below. We're currently on the lookout for Coders experienced in Gamemaker Studio 2 and Musicians, however we would value the help of sprite artists as well.
Apply here -
NEW ENGINE (Kinda, not really) -
Here's something new, we're considering moving engines! Kinda. We're still gonna be using Gamemaker Studio 2, but we might start work using a base in the near future. Last month, the team behind another fangame community, "Undertale Cyan", released a new engine to the public intended for use in Undertale Soul game projects specifically. While we aren't making a soul fangame, the engine itself has the majority of what we need (Albeit, adjustments to the battle system and such would need to be made) and as a result we are currently considering using it as a base for Regenesis (With credit of course, by the way. check out UTC here! - https://gamejolt.com/games/undertalechopper/922314).
With the thoughtfully provided guidebook released alongside the engine, we should hopefully be able to get back on track once we find some more developers, after which, updates should go back to being a little more frequent. We wanted to do monthly updates, however as development can be unpredictable, we won't be fully dedicating ourselves to anything just yet. Thank you UTC team for your contribution to the fangame community, I cannot keep trying to understand why my game doesn't work.
Also learn about the Engine here and give them a follow! -
https://gamejolt.com/p/blue-heart-undertale-cyan-s-engine-release-blue-heart-yrnf7vaj
NEW SPRITEWORK -
Of course, we aren't gonna leave you contentless. Like I said, we've got some spriting stuff to show off, and the first thing we've got are some new mockups of some of two different scenes and locations you'll be visiting in the demo:
"AWAKENING" -
Regenesis begins a little "differently" than most stories like this. Looks like you're gonna be climbing up into the underground for once, a little change from Frisk's decent. I don't imagine they'll have any issue with that. Your mission remains ambiguous as you both awake from the depths, and yet the path forward can only be ahead. A new world awaits. It is time to wake up and smell the ashes.
"HOME" -
Here's our take on Toriel's living room! Toriel's house looks a little different nowadays but the interior is much the same for the most part. A few new things here and there, a few things shuffled about. She's lived here for the majority of her life in the Underground, only living in New Home for a few hundred of the thousand or so years she's been down here. The familiarity is special to her. She finds nostalgia to something of a craving. Perhaps it's because it reminds her of better times?
KICKSTARTER ART -
Finally, you will have noticed the new Kickstarter style art we've got! This is some new promo art we've got for the game, you may notice it gives you a little tease at what's to come... 
CONCLUSION -
We were hoping for the post to be bigger and our initial plan was to show off some battle sprites. We wanna get them right before showing them off but didn't wanna leave you all without SOMETHING before the month ends. There HAS been development on the story, however we obviously can't show that all off because spoilers blah blah blah.
The next post will likely be cantered around those new battle sprites and hopefully will feature some new gameplay if applications go well, so consider this kind of a "Part 1". We're also looking for some musicians for some stuff coming up so if any musicians wanna get in contact, the application for that is the same as it is for the coders from earlier, so check it out if you want! We'll see you in the next post!
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