One of the absolute most important things that we all need to embrace in this day and age is FORGIVENESS. Everyone makes mistakes. Some of them more severe than others. But even those who fall into the deepest darkness can be redeemed so long as we are willing to just forgive.
Apparently the DELTARUNE Steam page has been changed to say it'll release on December 31st, 1969. So, either Toby was very bored and decided to meme on us, this date is somehow important, or the Steam page has been hacked. Not sure which. xD
One interesting thing about Spamton's mad dialogue is that, when he needs to communicate vital information, he has to force himself to speak in very brief phrases to stay coherent. He stares forward, intensely shaking, while doing this, implying this is not easy for him to do.
Was digging through DELTARUNE's code for art assets and I stumbled across this crazy thing. Never saw this before! Looks a tad different from the final Giga Queen design.
Of the FANGAMER stuff, this is probably my favorite depiction of Kris. Love their hair and soft edges in this. The other Kris depictions tend to make them a lot more gangly and harsh looking.
Tried to do a sprite with Queen wearing the Black Mamba from Megamind. I honestly don't know if it ended up too great, as I got so lost in the detail-work that I now hate everything about it lmao. Enjoy.
So many funny details in the code of Toby Fox games. The running sprite is labeled "heartgtfo".
This heart is only 5 pixels tall and comes in a set of two. Both are labeled "littlegayheart."
Last is this particular object labeled "transheart." What this means, I don't know.
Hmm. Interesting. Kris' room in Ralsei's castle is a near carbon copy of their room in the Light World. Yet Susie's room is just a mirrored version of Kris'. This seems to suggest Ralsei has precise knowledge of Kris' LW room while he has no such knowledge of Susie.
Just occurred to me how weird this shop is from a lore perspective. Thanks to this existing in the Castletown, we now have confirmation that these 18 tracks are canon, diegetic songs that ACTUALLY PLAY in the world of DELTARUNE. I...am not sure what to do with this information.
I find it really amusing that people this this guy is being "censored" by Toby Fox to hide his true appearance.
I'm pretty sure that's just what he looks like, fam. xD
Spamton referring to Noelle as Kris' "Side Chick" is so funny once you think about who the "Main Chick" is. It could be Susie, which is hilarious for a variety of reasons, but it's just as likely Spamton is referring to himself as the Main Chick, which is a riot to imagine. xD
I remember a comment saying my Oberon Smog theory would be super underwhelming due to Gerson not being a major character, and I don't get that. Gerson legit SCREAMS "I'm so much more than you know" in UT. Dude knows you can't fight in shops! That's some Sans stuff right there!
I'm predicting this now:
Chapters 1-2: Fun setup to ease us into the DELTARUNE world.
Chapters 3-5: The part everyone loves most due to the extensive chill town exploration, relationship building, and Festival.
Chapters 6-7: d̷̘͙̂E̸̬̺͛s̷̡̍͂P̴̞̎̂á̸̱Ï̴̖̖r̴̝̓
Man. There's so many options for the secret boss of Chapter 3 now. Even excluding Mike and Tenna, there's the Cat Petterz RPG, the Purple Dragon Lady, the unfinished game on Asriel's computer, & a potential Flowey-like enemy in the form of thrown away flowers, just to name a few.
It's kinda interesting how Flowey chooses to take on this appearance, as it's far more reminiscent of Toriel than it is of Asgore. Their robes are nearly identical. You could probably use this as evidence for an enby reading of Flowey and/or Asriel if that interested you.
Spamton says Stars and Darkness are Elemental Pairs.
That makes sense in a real-world context, but I was trying to figure what connects Stars and Darkness in the world of DELTARUNE.
Then it hit me.
Remember what the two things generated by Determination are?
Mhmm!
Hold up, so Spamton is Spamton, Mike is still unknown, and the TV entity is "Tenna"?? Am I getting it all straight?? And Spamton was actually talking about Tenna in this line, and not Mike?? God this is confusing.
I'm convinced this rabbit is the most intentional red herring Toby Fox has ever made. Its Ch1 line confuses the topic of DR's monster biology. In Ch2 it completely changes what it thinks humans are "made of." This is, I believe, the hint that this rabbit is NOT a reliable source.
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What's funny is that you can apply this to any nation really. Like this was written with Imperialist Japan in mind, but Americans in the replies are drawing correlations to the USA. I bet Germans, Brits, and such would feel like it's calling them out too. Funny how that goes.
Here's the Top 8 Most Popular Ships based on the number of replies to my Tweet:
1) Kris X Berdly (21)
2) Susie X Noelle (20)
3) Jevil X Spamton (19)
4) Kris X Susie (16)
5) Asgore X Rudy (14)
6) Kris X Ralsei (12)
7) Kris X Noelle (7)
8) Spamton X Swatch (7)
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It's either a pocket protector (cuz he's a nerd) or it's a badge of himself, but I 100% choose to believe the latter, because that is PEAK Berdly. xD
The Susie/Spade King parallels are really fascinating. Both threaten Kris. Both threaten to kill Lancer and call him a traitor. Both accuse Kris of planning to ruin their lives. Both are angry, bitter, isolated, and feel abandoned.
King is what Susie would become without Kris.
Same character model as Frisk, same hair color, but different skin color, no eyes, and different clothes colors.
The code labels Frisk as "mainchara."
It labels the Fallen Child as "truechara."
And then labels you as just "chara."
...who are you, mystery child?
First unique character in UNDERTALE: Frisk. Our protag. I'm sure some of y'all love this little bean, so let's really dive into them! How good of a character would you say Frisk is? Just give me your general thoughts on them as a person. We'll get to the specific questions later.
I just noticed. Her sprite doesn't change. Either Ralsei's glasses have the cleanest lenses on Earth, or they don't have lenses at all.
Beginning to think the "Ralsei's clothes magically alter his appearance" Theory has substance.
Hat = Darkened Fur?
Glasses = No Pink Eyes?
In DR, there are music tracks that start with the word "creepy." These tracks play in CH1 when you see the open closet door, on the cliffs when you fall into the Dark World, and when chased by Lancer on said cliffs. UT only has one "creepy" prefixed song. It plays in Sans' room.
Toby loves to sporadically use Romanizations of Japanese words in his English sprite files, and it's pretty funny.
Does sans have a convenience store?
No, he has a "conbini." xD
Now that I'm sufficiently disenchanted with the Shapeshifting Ralsei theory, that makes this scene even more puzzling to me. Why isn't Noelle's reaction stronger? She knew Asriel as a kid. By my reckoning, this only makes sense if Ralsei looks substantially different from Asriel.
Was talking with a friend about using character silhouettes to tell if a design is distinct enough, and something interesting about it is that designs that excel at this are typically simple, yet exaggerated in key ways. For example, I think all of these are fairly recognizable.
Possible Reasons:
-Monster combat abilities are dependent on killing intent. Flowey is the only one who likes murder.
-UT combat is an abstract representation of what's actually happening.
-Flowey has more combat experience than everyone in UT combined.
-He's the main antagonist.
The insane lore implications of Beauty & The Beast existing in DELTARUNE's world just hit me. In a world where Monsters are their own species, a story about a human being magically transformed into a Monster has totally different connotations! Is this B&tB the same as our real-
Tried swapping Susie and Kris' overworld color palettes, since the other palette swap seemed popular with y'all.
This version is also rather...interesting. xD
I remember a couple years back I got in trouble on Twitter for saying sapphic relationships are substantially more common and accepted in mainstream media than any other variety of LGBT representation. I'm curious if people still disagree with me, so Imma say I still think this.
Fun Fact: The term "ketsui," spelt "ケツイ," is the term used for Determination in the Japanese version of UNDERTALE. This was settled on after much consultation with Toby Fox. Interestingly, when Queen brings up Determination in DELTARUNE, she uses the exact same term.