Hello everyone!

Sorry this development log has taken so long to come out, a silly lil' thing called "procrastination" knocked on my door, and KILLED me. So yeah, this is a big development log, perhaps the biggest yet!

New name, new look

From now on, this project will be known as "Underswap 2022." It's not a canon interpretation, rather it's simply better than everyone calling it "JK!Underswap." No one on the team likes the initials following the title, nor do we like the idea of adding a subtitle, so we came up with this rather basic name.

We hope that this doesn't lead to any confusion in the future.

Status of the project

First off, I'd like to get the bad news out of the way: today marks the discontinuation of the projects website. It will eventually be updated in the future, however as it stands now, all assets are outdated there. Please remain here for future updates!

Second off, we hit a huge milestone this morning: the Ruins, or Old Home, are walkable. Everything from the flower pile to Asgore's garden is finished, with some assets missing here and there. As for puzzles, they're 100% done, with minor bug fixes here and there. Cutscenes aren't quite complete yet, as we need to write them out first, but the functionality is there.

New features

I'd like to highlight some new features that you'll be seeing throughout your adventure in the Underground.

First off, "Frisk" is in the STAT menu now! Their weapons and armor can be seen equipped on them here, so if you're into fasion, then you're in luck!

Next up: Dynamic Outfits! At certain points in the game, a friend will gift you a new outfit to help you in your travels! Of course, that's only if there are friends to give you them...

Also incoming: "Frisk" is now in the battle menu! They react to your actions, as you can see them using ITEMs, ACTing, jumping for joy, FIGHTing...

Yeah shut the fuck up and look at this kid drawing. Maybe they'll show you it someday, but it isn't finished yet.

Music maybe??

We actually have over half of the music completed for the demo (57% to be exact.) Out of these, we decided to pick a few non-spoilery ones to show.

Flowey's theme! Everything here is normal, nothing here is different... It's just the song that plays around your New Best Friend!

Asgore's theme. He might've scared your friend away, but he'll try his best to ensure your safety.

Old Home: a strange place, full of strange creatures! Asgore tells you that there's nothing to fear, yet you feel a prescence looming...

Dear god why did it come to this.

The aformentioned "nosedive in sanity"

Lock your doors.

In conclusion

We've made so much progress in the past few months, most of which we can't even show you, because we don't want to spoil the surprise!

But yeah, our progress has been slowing down a bit due to school, but I think we already got the boost we needed to get a demo out.

Also yeah, at this rate, a demo can realistically be coming out around early 2023! Just don't get your hopes up, I don't want to jinx it.

Thanks for your continuous support, we all appreciate it, and look forward to getting this thing out the door someday!

- jevilhumor and the Underswap 2022 team,
9 / 10 / 2022