Its been 1 year since the original version of Underscript came out! I would like to reflect on the games journey up until now..

2 years ago, I had the idea of making a roblox game, but i had no idea what i wanted to make, i was talking to a friend when he mentioned i could remake the undertale movement and battle systems, i ended up making and finishing it witch is when i ended up making the decision i wanted to make an undertale fangame. When it comes to thinking about the characters, i knew i wanted a silent protagonist, but if i was going to do that, they needed a friend to talk for them, i spent a few hours thinking of names, outfits, faces.. but nothing really fit what i needed, eventuly i just added a Placeholder character, then i decorated the placeholder, then realized THEY could be the character! then i needed to think about the games direction, where would the player go? what would they do? i ended up making a simple pathway with things like lever puzzles and acid floors.

(Recreation Image of original sketch of the first pathway)

The path eventually ended with a medieval town, but a town so soon was just weird, so i ended up making it so you had to take a detour, upon entering the town, you would need to get coins to buy a key, to enter a door that would teleport you to the next area.

(Recreation Image of original sketch of the town + detour)

This next area was going to be where you meet a new friend, but who? I wanted to make them someone who would help you leave the place you were in. Their name changed a bunch but I landed on “Serali”. There were ALOT of concepts for her, but i ended up choosing one i personally really liked.. wait you want to see the concepts? too bad I lost them. But after meeting her, you would explore the next few areas with your little party of three. you would adventure a cave of pink crystals, a cave of red crystals then green and yellow! (can you tell this was my first time making a real game?)

(Recreation Image of original sketch of Purple & Red areas)

At the end of the red section, you would have to choose between going through a green or a yellow section, these are the “mini bosses” of the game, the green section was a stealth mission, and the yellow one was a time trial, winning either one let you continue to the white area, the white area is a resting spot, before the finale. you could heal… thats about it.

(Recreation Image of original sketch of Green, Yellow & White areas)

The finale was the Black and purple crystal stealth and speed area, it was just a major test of everything you’ve learned up until now. there were 2 parts to the finale, the first part was a simple “wait then go” section, the second part was the scary part, you need to flip 1 lever then leave, the exit door is guarded by a vary fast guardian, but if you sneak past, you escape the underground! You win Yippe!

(Recreation Image of original sketch of Finale areas

I Then made a trailer, added some final extra rooms, and i finished my first ever REAL game!

(Release date of the game shown in the trailer

So now you might be thinking… “why was the game remade here if it was already finished?” well when i finished the game, roblox got in some trouble, and i didn’t want all my hard work to be erased because of some stupid company, so a few months after release, I started to learn the coding language GML, because i was going to remake my game in Gamemaker studio 2! and well, you know how that ended up.. The original version is lost to time, and this version isn’t even finished, thats.. disappointing. 2 years of work in the trash i guess? Well actully no. I learned alot about how to make a game, coding, artwork, and more! even if my first game is gone..

well, you reached the end of this letter, all i want to say is.. Thank you, for playing my game.