Storyshift Reboot: The Write Up

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Published:: 2019-06-02
Updated:: 2021-12-02
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Second verse, more detailed than the first.

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Translation into 中文-普通话國語 available: 新版本 Storyshift: 文檔集中串 by yupei

(See the end of the work for other works inspired by this one.)

Chapter 1: Introduction and Credits

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Introduction to the Storyshift Reboot: The Write-Up

Artwork made by Treppy

Storyshift is an Undertale AU I made with two goals in mind. The first is that I wanted to see how characters would act in different roles without sacrificing their personalities wholesale. The second is that I wanted to make better use of other characters that were neglected in the main game, even those outside of the ten I shifted around. While there is a sprite comic I made showing off much of it, I felt like I wasn’t changing enough or doing a good enough job. And so that comic, referred to now as the preboot comic, was scrapped to make a new better version. However several factors came together, not the least of which is how ambitious this project became, and now the reboot will be delivered in the form of a series of documents detailing everything in this new version of the universe.

Because of certain characters’ backstories being developed in more detail, the rating of Storyshift has been bumped up to a T or PG-13 compared to Undertale’s E 10+. This includes but is not limited to horror elements, depictions of violence including children, and disturbing implications. If you are under 13 or sensitive to the above, I suggest not reading these documents. Everyone else, I hope you tread carefully and feel free to close the current document if you feel uncomfortable with what’s happening.

There are a few changes to the reboot that make it differ from Undertale and the original Storyshift. In the interest of not slowing down the pace of the write up, some of the more universal changes shall be posted here.

First and foremost, Frisk will be wearing their armor in their overworld sprite.

Overworld Sprites by Voltra

A few NPCs will comment on Frisk’s armor but otherwise it was planned as just a nice cosmetic touch. Speaking of cosmetics, the overworld itself has a large change as well.

Each area would have been divided up into different sections of color to show how far in one was as well as to add some variation to the scenery. For example, Old Home (The Ruins) would start off with red walls, fade into red-purple walls, and then end with the purple walls similar to how they are in the base game. Additionally each area would be split into two paths, a warrior’s path with the normal amount of spawns but less puzzles overall or a puzzler’s path with a lower amount of enemy spawns but filled with more puzzles than the other. This would give some more choice to how one would play and encourage exploration once the area was finished.

Due to how the characters had to end up in certain places, a king new to Storyshift has been in place for the purpose of backstory. His name is Motaj and he is a boss monster, an old goat looking fellow. He was the king before the monsters were sent underground.

One last note is that there is a much more agitated presence in the story due to certain character placement which has compounded into a team that wishes to prevent Frisk from leaving the Underground. More will be detailed as they are revealed in the write up.

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What follows is the introduction. Here is some mood music .