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Whoops, looks like it’s been a while since I’ve made a devlog huh? I’ve been focusing on getting more progress done for demo 3 along with irl stuff, so sorry about the month-long delay. I’ve have been showing stuff off in the Discord server tho.

Warning, text wall below.

Although I have no gameplay progress to show(on here anyways, too spoiler-y… Join the Discord server and check out #game_progress if you want more frequent updates.), I do want to talk about how far we have come into making True Geno. One of those things I’ll be talking about is sprites.

Our sprites has evolved ever since the begin, when True Geno was nothing more than a shit Chara fight. I’ve gathered a team, took feedback, advice, and ideas, and made True Geno bigger than it initially was. True Geno was originally a killing simulator boss rush, fighting off new and old monsters, but now there’s more story and extra exploration.

With all of that out of the way, let’s go back to the past!

River Person

River Person hasn’t gone through that many changes, as you can see, but the differences between the pre-release and the final is unbelievably huge. This battle sprite just wasn’t interesting at all. No expression, no uniqueness, nothing really interesting about the sprite, so of course I needed a more updated version, version 1. Version 1 has expressions and all, but it just felt empty and bland to me. This was featured in demo 2.6. The final version will have a more visually interesting animation along with revamped dialogue and attacks, so I’m basically remaking the fight.

Monster Kid

Monster Kid’s pre-release design was just him with hologram arms. I wasn’t going to go for that, so it needed an immediate update, version 1. I decided on a design and my small team at the time loved it, so I got my best spriter at the time to make it into a battle and overworks sprite. Version 1 of Monster Kid had the powers of Undyne, hence the spear and green eye, and was just a basic copy of Undyne in terms of how his battle was going to play out. A few months or a year later, I decided I would pick back up on Monster Kid, and so a new battle and overworld was in order, final version. I hired and welcomed Ellisbros to the team, and they soon became my main spriter. They made a new design for Monster Kid and I immediately loved it. Monster Kid here has punching gloves, Papyrus’s scarf, and a badass pose. Expect his fight in later builds of the game.

Madam(Maddie) the Spider Bee Queen

Where to begin with this? The previous sprites kinda shows that Madam is like a sister or cousin to Muffet, but that’s not what she is. I don’t know what else to say about this.

Temmie

Ah, Temmie… I think you know why I needed to change this sprite. I didn’t realize that the spriter at the time(not naming names) stole and edited one of Team Switched’s sprites, and when I used it, I got called out for it and blamed by the leaders of Team Switched. The final version has a more original overworld and a good enough battle sprite.

Gaster

I don’t really have an interesting backstory for Gaster, I just wanted to give him a new design and personality. Him in scientist clothes was sorta overdone, so Ellis also gave him a new design.

Jack the Mole King

I think you get it by now that all the pre-release versions are small and chibi-like. I didn’t intend for this, so I needed a change. Another team member, Lux Dreemurr, decided to mature Jack a bit, version 1. Lux later revamped it again, final version.

Of course, I saved the best for last.

Frisk, Chara, and Flowey

Yes, Frisk has changed throughout the most. I suck at spriting. Below version 4 of Frisk and pre-release Flowey are my sprites. Yeah, they’re really that bad.

That’s all I have to say for now, maybe I’ll make a devlog about how the Underground has evolved. I only showed a few characters that have changed ever since their pre-release days, but there’s a lot more.

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