Before we begin, I'd like to preface this article by stating the following: This was not at all an easy decision to make, and it took YEARS of contemplation to come to the conclusion we have now arrived at. now then.. with that out of the way, let me explain, with a heavy heart, why this project was ultimately put on the chopping block and cancelled.

Why the game was cancelled

For some context, Gritfell's development initially begin in 2018, just under a week prior to the release of SURVEY_PROGRAM, or what we know today as the first chapter of the hit game, Deltarune. When that game launched, our initial concept shifted drastically from a 1-1 game adaptation of OG!Underfell (as we call it), to more of a unique twist on the AU, acting as a spiritual successor sorts to Undertale, with better visuals and new battle mechanics, everything was fine at first, over the years, we made decent progress on assets, such as tilesets, our main character, Einar, and of course, the main cast of Chapter 1, we even finished the entirety of Chapter 1's OST, and came up with an array of concept art for future characters to be used in later chapters.

However, years later (around 2023-2024) is where the story takes a turn for the worst- we entered DEVELOPMENT HELL. Sure, we had the OST done, and decent progress on Chapter 1 itself, I had a series of mental health issues and sort of... disappeared from the internet for a long while, around.. I wanna say it was close to 7 months, that I was inpatient at a mental health facility. needless to say, several people left the project, unfortunately including some of our lead concept artists, this meant the project was at a bit of a stalemate and we really didn't make much further progress, I tried reaching out to various people, but had no luck.

As much as I absolutely adored this project, 'twas my idea after all, I was left with a difficult decision, do I rush the project and release a potentially unfinished product, or worse, lead the audience on. I chose to take a bit of time to reflect and see if I can't rectify the situation, but as you can tell, the decision was ultimately made to scrap the project.

Self reflection

Looking back, I was quite wishful and naive with this project, I shot for a scale that was far beyond our reach, and that is entirely on me, and I do apologize for the disappointment this cancellation will likely cause.

College taught me a lot about what it means to lead a team, and helped me better my skills as a director, and as such, I am confident that my future projects will keep a more.. realistic scale, and be doable

Moving forward

GRITFELL may be a cancelled undertale fangame now, but various assets, such as music, NPCs, tilesets, or even original characters will be re-purposed, modified, or maybe even reworked entirely to fit into the world of my Underswap take "SWAPPED MYTH", which I will be shifting focus to, if you enjoyed the work of the team behind Gritfell, and want to support me, you can check it out here
https://gamejolt.com/games/swappedmyth/857058

We are also actively looking for additional team members, so feel free to shoot me a message on discord: neongr33n or you can fill out our form here

> Form Link <

GRITFELL may be dead now, but its memory will live on in my heart, and I will very much cherish the memories and even long-term friendships I have made through my team here, but I need to put this to rest, and move forward with my life. I hope you can understand. I thank you for your support on this project, and again, do consider supporting SWAPPED MYTH, or even helping us out!

Thank you for everything, this page, the music for this project, etc, will be left untouched, and archived.