Howdy! In this devlog, we'll announce the stuff we've been doing to the game since last month. In short, we've developed a portion of Chapter 3, and it's becoming safer to say we are expecting to release Demo v2.0 in March! If you have time to read, here's a long explanation of what's coming to the game.

Thanks for the 300 followers!

We've recently reached our 300-follower milestone for the game! Ever since UnderEvent 2022 came out, people have followed this game even more. Huge thanks to UnderEvent Team for all their help!

Now stop what you're doing and look at this muscular robot that's planned to be a part of a game I'm going to be making. Girls love him!

Progress Updates

As of February, the Demo v2.0 is functionally (yet approximately) 60% complete. This means that the completion for the full game is around (only counting the stuff shown in the original animation series) 40%!

We've currently moved our attention toward the development content of The Plains and bug fixes to speed up the release time.

Two new tracks were added to the Soundtracks section!

With the release of Demo v2.0, localizations made for older releases will be outdated, therefore using it will warn you before proceeding.

In terms of writing, our lead writer @TheFoxCreator has rewritten most of the dialogues from Chapter 1. And that's why we can't call the first release "an actual demo release" rather than "a proof of concept" any more. Therefore, if you've played Demo v1.0, expect everything inside that release to change.

Here's the "too late; didn't read" part of what's been done in case you want to learn simply.

• Chapter 2

  • Programming: 95%

  • Spriting: 99%

  • Composing: %100

• Chapter 3

  • Programming: %25

  • Spriting: %25

  • Composing: %25

Localization Versions

Is the localization made in an outdated version of the game? No worries, the game will tell you if it's old or not. Outdated localizations cannot guarantee the accuracy of dialogues and may not show text correctly. To make them compatible, simply update it and change its version to the minor version number of the game. (Demo v1.0 is 1, Demo v2.0 is 2, Demo v3.0 is 3 and Demo v4.0 is 4, and so on.)

When you start playing with an outdated version of the localization, most of the things you see in the dialogues are automatically not-canon. With me and one of my team member @TheFoxCreator , we've been rewriting all dialogues for the game for a while; and we've got to say, we like the results. Our new dialogues give more flavor to what characters say in-game.

Important Announcement

As you all might know, we've been actively developing the game for a year. The first version of the game took longer to take, but we're trying hard to finish newer releases for the public as soon as possible. The second area is completely done regarding the main route. Speaking of routes, if you didn't know, Undertale has three routes, and Japaritale only has two. They're called "Pacifist" and "Hesitation", where both of them are similar in terms of story and dialogues, and only several aspects change on which route you take. Aside from that, we're happy to announce that Demo v2.0 might release in March! We're also aiming for a few things, but note that these are NOT deadlines in any way, and are just predictions.

• Demo v1.0 - September 30, 2022

• Demo v2.0 - April 2023

• Demo v3.0 - July 2023

• Demo v4.0 (Full Release TBD) - 2024-2025

Note that Demo v4.0 is going to take so long because the animation series' development was canceled after the area that takes place in Demo v4.0. In Demo v4.0, we're going to complete the story ourselves and add our twist to the story. We don't know the actual date for Demo v4.0, but we know that it may not be the final release. Though we think that the gameplay will take at least 2 hours to complete when it's all done.

In-game Screenshots

Here are some screenshots that'll loosen your wonder regarding the game's progress.

And that covers everything we've done since the last month! See you in the next dev log!

- Animeliqite