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Happy Halloween from Team Beginnings!

Let's get to business!

There hasn't been much progress this month but we hope to get more done in November!

[Writing]

(At the time of writing this dev log)

We've decided to go back and rewrite the script for UTBB's demo, not only that but the overall story has gone under some major rewrites including a new direction for the game and its meta narrative. You see, we’ve decided to take a more fantasy RPG like approach with Magic now being one of the core aspects of UTBB. We’re also introducing a lot more new magic based mechanics & interactions (We even switched up the UI a bit but that’s for a letter date haha).

For our metta narrative . . . Let’s just say, Reed has played Omori, In Stars & Time, Oneshot, & Slay The Princess. And remember one thing, Valor will not be a silent protagonist. You have been warned.

We've also decided to do something different with the way we execute our Cyan soul sub plot. Before cyan was going to be a full fleshed out character however there was some difficulty making it fit into the story even with the rewrites. So, we've decided to make it so we will focus on the consequence of their death/capture instead their possible actions meaning that the cyan soul will be up for interpretation (Not in the way UTY)!.

In summary: Any cyan take (That follows Omega Flowey order) can alien with UTBB's timeline now without any confections! (There’s no UTY Axis situation here lol).

And we would like to give a special shout out to the amazing @/Radiaction & Knightyume for being awesome Writing Consultants!

Also, a little bunny told me that UTBB & UTR might be doing something special together real soon so be in the look out for that 👀

Minor Change -

We've updated something about Valor. . . They're now are Genderfluid and use He/Him/She/Her/They/Them pronouns! But most characters in game will use They/Them pronouns.

[Sprite Art]

Not much, sadly, for the first half of the month our main tileset artist haven't been able to make anything due to personal IRL issues. Everything seems to be cleared up now and with the new addition of some amazing spriters joining the project (That being @/_pancakez & Tweetertweers, we're back on track and making progress.

[Characters]

Sadly, we can't show much in this department yet, but the crew has been working on designs for the main, support, & random encounters cast of characters!

We've also taken the time to redesign a character already revealed. that being - ???? (Oop, looks like he still doesn't want his name to be revealed, maybe you see it soon?)

We want to at least get battle sprites made before showing off any random encounters, sorry for the wait!

[OST Situation]

For those who don't know, we used to have a few OSTs posted on out YouTube channel, however we got into some complications with the now former team member who drew the artwork that was featured in said videos. We are happy to say that new artwork for the videos are being made as we speak!

Once it's done, we will be working towards putting the OST videos back up + the addition of a few new OSTs.

[Twitter Situation]

Due to Twitter's new policies we decided that we will no longer be posting any artwork on the platform. We have also made the decision to switch over to BlueSky since it seems to be the more healthier alternative to Twitter. We will still have the account up and running and post links to out dev post, however if things get worse then we might just ARCHIVE UTBB's twitter account, cut ties with the platform, and no longer post on it.

[Team Members]

Please welcome the following people who have recently joined Team Beginnings!

@_/pancakez 

Skitastc

Lawless

St4ngray

Tweetertweers

Yuki.b

@/Maniek_ 

And a special thanks to

dusklight_ For helping make overworld sprites for UTBB!

[Support The Team!]

[Hollow]

The Halloween special artwork was made by one of the teams amazing artist- @hollowgears! Whose commissions have opened up.

It would mean a lot if you could go and support her.

Hollows Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/hollowgears/commissions

However, she only has 2 commission slots open at the moment, so first come first serve!

[St4ngray/Ray]

One of the teams new artist @st4ngray has opened up their special keychain commissions!

Link To Card: https://st4ngray.carrd.co/#

It would be awesome if you could check them all out and lent them your support!

That's it for now, see you all next time!

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Just remembered to post this on Tumblr lol, but here’s a ref of Valor!

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Undertale Brave Beginnings is looking for more team members! + Min Update! (Artwork made by Luz the aurora)

Application Form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdWdY5EmbQMYm4Tz4VXtEa6DmpgYowlamMc_zuWNMM2CcHtTw/viewform

We need Spriters, Coders, Concept Artist, and Music Composers!

Pixel Art- We need Battle Sprite, Overworld, Tileset, & Background Artist

Battle Sprite- We are looking for spriters who can draw and animate Undertale Battle Sprites.

Tile set- We are looking for spriters who can create tilesets that can be used for area/map design & creation. There is no special criteria for this role.

Overworld- We need overworld spriters for both Characters and environments!

Background- We are looking for spriters who can draw backgrounds for in game use/ There is no special criteria for this role. Any animated Backgrounds may be done by you or the teams animators. [EXAMPLES DOWN BELOW]

Concept Art- Environmental/Area, & In Game Events

Environmental/Area- We are looking for concept artist who can draw concept art of in game locations and possible sub areas for said locations. There is no special criteria for this role.

In Game Events- Certain in games events like a cut scene, character interactions, etc. There is no special criteria for this role.Music Composer - We need music composers who can really help bring the game to life by help making an awesome soundtrack. There is no special criteria for this role.

Coder- We need more programmers to help turn Undertale Brave Beginnings into reality! Must have experience in GMS2

If you’re interested, here’s the application form!: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdWdY5EmbQMYm4Tz4VXtEa6DmpgYowlamMc_zuWNMM2CcHtTw/viewform

Update on The Battle System!

Hey guys! Quick update. The base UT engine for UTBB is complete! Now we are moving on to room/level design and UI changes.

We plan on changing the fight button UI and are currently juggling concepts for it. The thing is- [SPOILORS FOR UTBB]

Valor will have four slots. WEAPON, ARMOR, HANDWEAR & SIGIL.

[EVERYTHING HERE IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE]

HANDWEAR is where items like the tough glove (An item you get later in the game) goes once equipped and WEAPONS and ARMORS will work like they do in base game Undertale. For the fight button, we plan on having it take both the WEAPON slot and HANDWEAR slot into account. And because we believe in quality over quantity we will be working hard trying to find a new mechanic that will be new and fun to use. Sadly this may delay any gameplay videos minus a few in-game areas sometime in the near future. We have plans to make a 3-5 min gameplay video showcasing the new battle system + reveal the first area of the game ^^. Oh, and you may have noticed a slot that says SIGIL. . . . Don't worry about that for now

And yes, you do have 15/15 HP at the beginning on the game. There will be ways you can increase your HP. . . One of them I'm sure you're very very familiar with = )

Demo?

The team has been making good progress so far. However, we have decided to take a different approach when releasing the Demo. Following in the foot steps of the main project that inspired Undertale Brave Beginnings (That being Undertale Kindred Spirits by PurrSum ) We are releasing two Prologues to Undertale: Brave Beginnings. It will go as follows

- Prologue- Begin Again (Part 1)

- Three Character reveals/bios

- Prologue- 365 Days (Part 2)

- 1 character reveal/bio

- Full Release

- Full OST Soundtrack release

(Clarification: The prologue for UTBB is just the demo with a fancy name lol)

There is a reason we have split the prologue into two parts. The start of UTBB will be important. It will serve as an introduction to the story and used as a stepping stone for what's to come. The choices you make will have consequences later on. And due to how the story is set up, we feel like this was the best decision. With that being said, we are going back to rewriting somethings regarding the first prologue to make sure it has a smooth transition (and to improve some of the dialog as well). Now why did we give them these names? . . . You'll just have to wait and se ^^

We will also be aiming for a 2025-2027 window for the first prologue however this may change later on so we can not make any promises at this time.

In terms of writing, We went back and rewrote some stuff for the prologue, and the cast for area 2 have their designs finalized but won't be fully reveled just yet.

MISC.

Taking inspiration from DELTARUNE and Undertale: KINDRED SPIRITS. We've made Battle Icons for Valor and other party members (Who are yet to be revealed) Here are Valor's! (and before you ask, yes we did get permission from one of the UTKS devs to do something like this)

(Made by the teams amazing new sprite artist mono_chrome!)

Concept Art

Here’s some concept art for the games story and old promotional material! However. . . You get zero context ^^

(Concepts made by @hollowgears )

Anyway, that’s all for now. See you next update!

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Applications for Artist positions are now closed!

However we are still looking for Spriters, Coder's (GameMaker Studio 2 Only), & Musicians! Application Form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdWdY5EmbQMYm4Tz4VXtEa6DmpgYowlamMc_zuWNMM2CcHtTw/viewform

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New icon made by @starlightshore ! We love this. Thank you so much!

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Meet - ????

A new UTBB character! (Artwork made by @hollowgears )

Huh? It looks like he doesn’t want his name to be revealed yet. . . I wonder why?

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*Time to kick some ass & Steal some shit!

(Artwork made by the amazing @hollowgears )

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Oh! Don't mind them, they're just. . . . Thinking about stuff. This cliff is their favorite spot you know? They get a perfect view of everything; The city, the sunrise, and the fabled MT. EBBOT

(Artwork done by @snail-poison )

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Thank you for 200 followers + Special Valor QnA!

(sorry, we have something special planned for UT 9th birthday but it's going to take a bit longer. We will have it out before the end of the month so don't worry ^^)

(Artwork made by @blueberry62)

Thank you all for 200 followers! We are so happy with all the support we've been getting on the project and can't wait to show you all what we've been cooking up!

QnA

To celebrate this moment we are opining up a special Valor QnA for a limited time. You will be able to ask questions and receive character responses from Valor. Ask will be open from 9/15/2024 - 10/4/2025. Submit an ask under this game jolt post or on our Tumblr page!

Rules/Guidlines

-Do not send any ask of sexual, political, mean, disrespectful, racism, or homophobic nature.

-Some ask may be left unanswered due to them containing heavy story spoilers.

-We can't promise to be able to answer all ask but we will try to answer as many as we can!

One thing to note it that UTBB does follow the theory/HC that Undertale takes place in the distant future meaning most of the UT cast will not be present during the events of UTBB.

More information on this theory/HC

Character Information

Here are some facts about Valor. There's some of them you might want to know more about

Valor's ethnicity is Japanese/Greek

Valor is fluent in Japanese but is a little bit rusty when speaking Greek

Valor's jacket was custom made.

Valor lived on a farm near MT. EBBOT

Valor has amnesia and doesn't remember most of his life on the surface and anything he does remember is all blurry and hazy.

Valor's favorite color is cyan.

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UTBB has a new banner made by one of the teams amazing artist - Lux_TheAurora!

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*M-my home?

*. . . I. . . I don’t remember anything. Not friends, my family. . . I wonder what it was all like. . Who I was like.

*. . .

[You start to hear the sounds of Soft crying]

This is the end of the Special Valor QnA.

Thank you everyone who has participated in the event!

We hope to hold more events like this in the future when we hit even bigger milestones. Thank you all for continuing to support us and this project. We hope we won't disappoint you!

The amazing artwork of Valor's old home on the surface was drawn by one of the teams artist -Kamiko! Make sure go check them and their own Fan project- NewStepTale & It's prequel series - NewStepTale the Neutral route!

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Meet Silver! 💙

(Ref & Icon made by @starlightshore  )

Meet Silver! A monster you will be very well acquainted with through out your journey. 💙

An old canine boss monster who lives in a deep part of the Snowden woods. . . And an ex-royal guard captain. . .

Bio

First Name: "Silver"

Last Name: Morselli

Age: Over 100 years old. He's been alive since the War between humans and monsters which is heavily implied to take place in the medieval era.

He doesn't hold any sort of resentment towards humans.

He likes to sleep most of the day, but when he does have the energy or motivation, he likes to go outside his house and train some more. He's very skilled with a both magic (ice) and swordsmanship.

🧡 Poor guy just wants to get some decent sleep. Overall, he's a pretty chill dude. . . For the most part.

Fun Fact! Silver (UTBB) currently lives in this little house that was shown base game Undertale!

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Another concept artwork made by @hollowgears ! + a sneak peak a a future UTBB character 👀

*I. . . I could be your friend

(Artwork and design made by Azee)

He will truly be the apple of your eye.

Undertale Brave Beginnings is looking for more team members! + Min Update! (Artwork made by Luz the aurora)

Application Form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdWdY5EmbQMYm4Tz4VXtEa6DmpgYowlamMc_zuWNMM2CcHtTw/viewform

We need Spriters, Coders, Concept Artist, and Music Composers!

Pixel Art- We need Battle Sprite, Overworld, Tileset, & Background Artist

Battle Sprite- We are looking for spriters who can draw and animate Undertale Battle Sprites.

Tile set- We are looking for spriters who can create tilesets that can be used for area/map design & creation. There is no special criteria for this role.

Overworld- We need overworld spriters for both Characters and environments!

Background- We are looking for spriters who can draw backgrounds for in game use/ There is no special criteria for this role. Any animated Backgrounds may be done by you or the teams animators. [EXAMPLES DOWN BELOW]

Concept Art- Environmental/Area, & In Game Events

Environmental/Area- We are looking for concept artist who can draw concept art of in game locations and possible sub areas for said locations. There is no special criteria for this role.

In Game Events- Certain in games events like a cut scene, character interactions, etc. There is no special criteria for this role.Music Composer - We need music composers who can really help bring the game to life by help making an awesome soundtrack. There is no special criteria for this role.

Coder- We need more programmers to help turn Undertale Brave Beginnings into reality! Must have experience in GMS2

If you’re interested, here’s the application form!: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdWdY5EmbQMYm4Tz4VXtEa6DmpgYowlamMc_zuWNMM2CcHtTw/viewform

Update on The Battle System!

Hey guys! Quick update. The base UT engine for UTBB is complete! Now we are moving on to room/level design and UI changes.

We plan on changing the fight button UI and are currently juggling concepts for it. The thing is- [SPOILORS FOR UTBB]

Valor will have four slots. WEAPON, ARMOR, HANDWEAR & SIGIL.

[EVERYTHING HERE IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE]

HANDWEAR is where items like the tough glove (An item you get later in the game) goes once equipped and WEAPONS and ARMORS will work like they do in base game Undertale. For the fight button, we plan on having it take both the WEAPON slot and HANDWEAR slot into account. And because we believe in quality over quantity we will be working hard trying to find a new mechanic that will be new and fun to use. Sadly this may delay any gameplay videos minus a few in-game areas sometime in the near future. We have plans to make a 3-5 min gameplay video showcasing the new battle system + reveal the first area of the game ^^. Oh, and you may have noticed a slot that says SIGIL. . . . Don't worry about that for now

And yes, you do have 15/15 HP at the beginning on the game. There will be ways you can increase your HP. . . One of them I'm sure you're very very familiar with = )

Demo?

The team has been making good progress so far. However, we have decided to take a different approach when releasing the Demo. Following in the foot steps of the main project that inspired Undertale Brave Beginnings (That being Undertale Kindred Spirits by PurrSum ) We are releasing two Prologues to Undertale: Brave Beginnings. It will go as follows

- Prologue- Begin Again (Part 1)

- Three Character reveals/bios

- Prologue- 365 Days (Part 2)

- 1 character reveal/bio

- Full Release

- Full OST Soundtrack release

(Clarification: The prologue for UTBB is just the demo with a fancy name lol)

There is a reason we have split the prologue into two parts. The start of UTBB will be important. It will serve as an introduction to the story and used as a stepping stone for what's to come. The choices you make will have consequences later on. And due to how the story is set up, we feel like this was the best decision. With that being said, we are going back to rewriting somethings regarding the first prologue to make sure it has a smooth transition (and to improve some of the dialog as well). Now why did we give them these names? . . . You'll just have to wait and se ^^

We will also be aiming for a 2025-2027 window for the first prologue however this may change later on so we can not make any promises at this time.

In terms of writing, We went back and rewrote some stuff for the prologue, and the cast for area 2 have their designs finalized but won't be fully reveled just yet.

MISC.

Taking inspiration from DELTARUNE and Undertale: KINDRED SPIRITS. We've made Battle Icons for Valor and other party members (Who are yet to be revealed) Here are Valor's! (and before you ask, yes we did get permission from one of the UTKS devs to do something like this)

(Made by the teams amazing new sprite artist mono_chrome!)

Concept Art

Here’s some concept art for the games story and old promotional material! However. . . You get zero context ^^

(Concepts made by @hollowgears )

Anyway, that’s all for now. See you next update!

[hollowgears]

👀

Meet - ????

A new UTBB character! (Artwork made by @hollowgears )

Huh? It looks like he doesn’t want his name to be revealed yet. . . I wonder why?