Undertale: Rebirth has come a long way since it's initial publication. We've gone through ups, downs and even a major rebrand into a horror! Thank you to everyone who's supported the project this far and we hope you get to someday see the story we're trying so hard to tell.

As you may have heard, progress reports have stopped being posted due to the lead developer/director just not having the motivation to keep making them at this time. But since this is UTR's 1 year anniversary we'll try to give a satisfying progress report!

Gameplay Changes

We've made a few changes gameplay & UI wise.

GAME OVER

As you can see we've made a new and original GAME OVER screen.

The first screen will be used for when you die to encounters and the second screen will be used when dying to bosses. (Design made by Lux the Aurora)

Shopkeeper UI

We’ve decided to change the shopkeeper/vendor UI to something not commonly used in most fangames. Some of you may remember this being the old vendor ui Temmie drew in the UT artbook. We simple took the concept and plan to make a few tweaks before using it for ourselves. (Made by @Skitastc )

Menu

We’ve made an original starting menu for the game alongside a lovely OST known as “Lost to Time” - https://soundcloud.com/undertale-rebirth/lost-to-time?si=65bd4c078c1243d9839db8c33471c6ef&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

(Menu being drawn by @teacup_64 , and OST made by Synth Minths)

Battle Background

We’re working on a battle background for battles. It’s still a work in progress but here’s what we have so far. (Being made by @Els28 )

TextBox UI

idk really know how to describe this other than it looks cool lol. We will release a video later showcasing it in game being used with new sprites. (Made by @cerealrei )

Characters

The characters in UTR have gotten a lot of rewrites over the course of the project development. Let’s go over some!

Valor!

I’m pretty sure most of you have seen Valor's biography in the game page description so no need to go over it again (and if you didn’t it’s still posted up there for your viewing pleasure ^__^).

Valor has had one hell of a development process through out the course of the project (Probably more changes than any other character in the story). Something’s have remained the same however a lot has changed. I can’t say much due to spoilers but their backstory has been rewritten in a way that makes them feel like they actually belong in the Undertale universe with their own past and not just a blank slate like Frisk or other prequel/sequel protagonist, however that doesn’t mean somethings about them won’t be left up to interpretation. You’ll have all the puzzle pieces, you just have to put them together and fill in any blank information yourself! There can be no wrong answer in that regard.

(Ref sheet made by Hollow)

Silver Morselli!

Silver hasn’t really gone through that many changes since the start of development and any changes he did undergo were drastic ones. He firstwas conceptualized as a white bear living in SNOWDIN however this was obviously rewritten for a reason I forgot by now lol.

As you all may know by now, Silver lived in the cabin in the SNOWDIN woods. This has been scrapped. The reason it was scrapped is because we are no longer doing SNOWDIN for area 2 instead replacing it with an original one. To go along with this change we made it so that the SNOWDIN cabin USED to belong to Silver but he ended up moving to this new area due to. . . Complications.

Fun Fact: Before the reboot he had major ties into the theme of death (He still does but it’s handled much more effectively than it was previously). However he never got his last name until @poody_blue made a suggestion about his last name being Morselli for reasons I won’t get into. At first I didn’t want to use it but over time the name stuck with me and I gave in and decided to make it cannon to the story. Shoutout to Poody for coming up with a badass last name for our silly little wolf man.

(Ref sheet made by @teacup_64 )

Emerald!

Theres. . . Not much I can say on her at the moment. Emerald is still going under some major changes. I’m not ashamed to say that we’re struggling with her character, I don’t want it to be super edgy but at the same time I don’t want her to be super tame ether, this is a horror game after all.

For now take this WIP of her ref sheet and we will rain check her biography information.

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We’re not done yet! There’s a few more characters who I want to show off however here’s the kicker - I’m not telling you anything about them only showing the designs. These may be main characters or supporting ones - who knows? I guess you’ll have to wait and see = ). But I will be nice and say which ones are encounters.

??????(Design and Ref made by Azee)

??? (Character design being made by Gronnblade).

(CL encounter design made by Marshie)

We ummmm, don’t exactly have a name for this encounter just yet LOL. Just a design.

Artwork

Some artwork the team made to celebrate the anniversary!

(Made by Gronnblade)

Valor jump roping (Made by Tete)

(Made by @Leafaine )

The Demo

Let’s talk about UTRs demo. We’ve decided to put the main game on halt and work on something special and much smaller in size that counts as playable content. Now you may be thinking this is some sort of combat demo like UTW or UTKS style prolouge but it’s actually something else and new! I won’t say what it is yet because I want it to be a surprise, but we are working hard on it!

All the code for this side project has been completed already and now we’re are focusing on pixel art, music, and cut scenes. Some of our team is transitioning back to working in the main game already so more gameplay screenshots will be ready soon alongside information on section 1 of the game.

I also want to give a special shoutout to the Undertale Tenacious Road devs (@TeamTenacious ), the Undertale Ivy’s Justice devs (@TeamUTIJustice ), and the Undertale Bold n Benevolent devs (@Curlychopz ). You’ve guys helped me get through so much and being around you everyday helps me keep going. Plus both the lead devs (Ness and Curly) are amazing writers for the project. Make sure to go check them out!!!

(Artwork made by Azee)

I will admit the project started a long time ago however it we've only really made a big leap in progress a few months ago when Namu & @Miyu_Hoshiko (The goats) joined the team and made some incredible stuff for the game to help get it off the ground. We're trying our best to get something playable out this year and we hope to not disappoint you all.

This post wasn't has big as I would've liked for you all. I should've taken more time to prepare this with the team. I will make sure not to do the same mistake next year.

Thank you all for reading and supporting this project. Happy anniversary to Undertale Rebirth and we hope to see you all again soon!