Deltarune's Status Update 2023 is weird...

Deltarune's Status Update 2023 for Chapter 3 is a bit weird. Let's discuss it.
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The recent Deltarune Chapter 3 Status Update is a bit weird and I wanted to discuss it today to talk about the weird development Deltarune is currently in and why I think that potentially we could be seeing Chapter 3 this year assuming Chapter 4 and 5 don't release along with it.
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Undertale is a game made by Toby Fox. TobyFox also made Deltarune. It features characters such as Frisk Sans Papyrus Flowey Toriel Asgore Alphys Undyne and W.D Gaster. However today I don't believe we see Gaster but and no Gaster Follower sightings. This isn't a mod but don't expect to do things like Undertale Genocide or Deltarune Snowgrave with Kris and Noelle. Deltarune Characters aren't here such as Kris Susie Ralsei Noelle Berdly Queen and Spamton and Spamton NEO. I used a little bit of the Undertale OST and Deltarune Soundtrack in this video.
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[@EmptyStory]

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[@SamiTheAnxiousBean]

"i'd rather have a good experience then a rushed game" Some people seem to have forgotten Deltarune is toby's DREAM PROJECT, its literally supposed to be his magnum opus, undertale was a side thing to him Deltarune is incredibly personal to him and he's inserted a lot of real life references that only very few people would have gotten, he's technically been working on deltarune since 2010 no shit he's gonna take his sweet time

[@kirby47897]

I like how Toby got the concept for deltarune from a fever dream he had of the ending of a game

[@SamiTheAnxiousBean]

@@kirby47897 he literally has to work backwards he only remembers some small parts and the ending of the game, thats about it

[@sapphire4310]

the fact that undertale was his less ambitious compromise says a lot about what deltarune will be like

[@HadiaExists]

​@@sapphire4310fr :O

[@Metahunt638]

Bro is taking longer than Nintendo to make pikmin 4 💀

[@ScottPIayz]

I personally have no problem for how long it takes, as long as its good i will enjoy it

[@Penultimate1785]

You never will and that patience cant pay off. This is the worst timeline ever.

[@ivocman05v19]

Gigachad status

[@mariotheundying]

Yeah I feel like the Undertale series will be something where fans have to have a lot of patience for, and honestly, it isn't that bad, time flies, time goes fast, it's just around the corner and it's gonna feel like that when it releases and then even 3 years later I'm gonna be like "dang, chapter 1-5 felt like it released just recently"

[@zackagonxm]

@@Penultimate1785 What the hell dud-… oh wait, never mind, the nametag checks out.

[@Eeeg_yea]

Honestly same

[@thewho2820]

2:37 I think it’s safe to say why Toby isn’t showing us anything related to Chapter 5 at this moment is because he’s aware of the theories made surrounding Deltarune and especially the Chess theory which suggests we’ll fight the Knight in Chapter 5. (also just wanted to say if Toby does follow his plan to release all 3 chapters at once it’d be such an awesome coincidence if they were all finished by September 2025.)

[@CarneiroDaNeve]

I hope they get released on october/december 2024 or july 2025

[@kataraluver]

⁠​⁠@@CarneiroDaNeve late 2024 or late 2025 is my bet, '25 makes the most sense since it'll be undertale's 10th anniversary!! wild

[@TripleOA]

Personally, I think chess theory means chapter 8 8 non pawn pieces pawns are secret bosses

[@ellamayo9045]

I would be fine if chapter 3 were released on its own, but I also think there’s a decent chance that Toby wouldn’t be. As he already mentioned, chapter 3 is going to try something a bit different, and he’s admittedly a bit nervous about it’s overall reception. Perhaps not releasing it alone is so important to him because even if people don’t like 3, there are still two other chapters that fans might find more satisfying, making it a safer bet overall.

[@ConsumePaydayContent]

HalfBreadChaos have made few videos about a year ago, talking about deltarune unfinished elemental system. What is it? It's easy to explain: every enemy has bullets, and they have certain element. If you have armor that blocks this element, you can actually be defended much more from the attacks of the enemy than when you have maximum amount of defense, as some of the elemental bullets can pierce the armor if it can't defend from that element. Like I said: HalfBreadChaos have made about five videos about it, covering more and learning more about it, and I am sure that the elemental system will be added in the full deltarune version, and being why it takes longer to make. It means that your armor and weapons will be much more and less effective to certain enemies.

[@ConsumePaydayContent]

Forgot to mention that it will make other chapters release sooner. Anyways, have anyone noticed that Berdly theme (Smart Race) is basically the kings theme (chaos king)?

[@VcSaJen]

My guess is that Chapter 3 is short and ends in a massive cliffhanger or some dramatic misunderstanding. I understand why it's important to not end on that note.

[@damianszulik664]

​@@VcSaJenmy guess is chapter 3 ends as soon as fountain is sealed

[@MarcusGronkowski]

@@VcSaJenwell I mean, technically chapter 1 ended on a massive cliff hanger. (With Kris ripping his heart out) so it’s not off the table I guess

[@holmat1]

The reason they're focusing mainly on chapter 3 could be, because (as said in the summer newsletter) the chapter will try something different, so that could be something, that needs more polishing, like the now scrapped "stealth misson"

[@Robin280497]

I don't mind how long it takes, as long as I get to play it before I die. I'm not dying if I don't officially see Toriel meeting the Baa.

[@ediblepencil494]

can't wait for toriel to meet mercedez benz

[@rangerrocket]

@@ediblepencil494 😂😂😂

[@atseptic]

@@ediblepencil494 hello my name is my name is ralsei i'm driving a mercedes benz these are my friends im a baa im driving a mercedes benz my name is mercedes benz whats ur name kid ah mercedes benz

[@taffles7498]

I’m scared of dying because then i wouldn’t be able to play deltarune 3-7 (or hk silksong) 😭

[@twistedcoasters1533]

I think they are focusing on all chapters, he’s just talking about 3 mostly because it’s the closest story wise to what we know and he doesn’t want to spoil later chapters. I think it’s AMAZING that we don’t know anything about C5, playing it completely blind would be insane. I can see 3 being done very soon if not now, so the team are or will be focusing on 4/5 which I think are already decently developed. I can see 3-5 being released next Christmas. Also to avoid spoilers I’m just gonna delete KZbin for when 3/5 release until I’ve finished them

[@EP1CxEMAN08]

Same, I'll avoid KZbin like the plague once Chapters 3-5 come out until I've finished their normal routes, secret bosses, and any potential weird routes.

[@twistedcoasters1533]

@@EP1CxEMAN08 yep unless I’m really stuck on finding a secret boss or something like that

[@timothylinga1427]

I'm doing the Same with you guys

[@EEEEEEE36364]

@@EP1CxEMAN08 Hell yeah, I’m staying off this platform for like a whole three months before I’m sure I found every secret xd

[@minestar2247]

​@@timothylinga1427are you sure? Don't you like the feeling of seeing something with friends and being all surprised or excited?

[@kovexplay]

I am a pretty patient person but just like you i was also was confused about the repeat of "chapter 3 is almost finished". I obviously don't have a problem with them taking their time but this situations feels a little weird I also agree it might be a good idea to split the chapters instead of releasing a bundle although I'm not sure how would prices work if that were to happen. I don't think people would be upset by this change and it would reduce the chances of getting accidentaly spoiled So it's hard to tell what's going to happpen but I'm not that worried

[@HeyItsOwen308]

They are working on 345 at same time so i think its like Chapter 3: done Chapter 4: 40-60% Chapter 5: 10%

[@manupm9161]

It reminds me of the pikmin 4, which Miyamoto said it was almost done in 2015, but released this year...

[@caltheuntitled8021]

If I was in charge of deltarune’s release and I had completed versions of chapters 3, 4, and 5 ready to go right now, I’d still wait a month in between releasing each one. That would give each chapter at least a little time in the spotlight.

[@SemiHypercube]

I think it's probably closer to releasing than you might be expecting, since he mentioned working on chapters 3-5 at around the same time and is probably only mentioning chapter 3 stuff because perhaps he doesn't want to spoil stuff from later chapters

[@ajsmith8861]

Yeah, but he’s outright stated that barely anyone is working on chapter 4, and in the 2022 status update, he also pretty much said nothing was being done in chapter 5, so unless he was lying, it seems more realistic to think that they really have only done chapter 3, with very small work on the others

[@EpicAntos]

I think that if Toby decides to drop 3-5, it’ll be sometime in late 2024 at the very earliest, but I feel like he’s less likely to drop Chapter 3 by itself because he already changed his mind once

[@AmberisSatan]

Honestly just glad we get status updates more frequently now

[@Shalakor]

Even just a one month, or one week, gap between chapters 3, 4, and 5 being playable would be hugely appreciated. I want to be able to digest them separately and be able to see each chapter quickly enough to avoid spoilers. Plus the hype and speculation trains following chapters 1 and 2 have been magical experiences so far.

[@mariocooper1996]

Exactly, I’d want to savor each Dark World & it’s characters without getting spoiled too deep by speedrunners.

[@ners_xd]

My actual theory on it is that *because* Chapter 3 is so close to the end, *maybe* they slowed down development on it and they started focusing more on 4 and 5 since they need a lot more work (keep in mind the wording in this newsletter was "We are continuing to work on Chapter 3" not "We are *focused* on Chapter 3"). Also this is an extra thing to take into consideration (taken from the 2020 status update): "My true design style is to reach the moment where we have to make something, then suddenly think of something different at the last minute. This is always how it's been with me and my work. It feels like no matter how much I plan, everything comes down to what I think of at the last second…"

[@corrupt5465]

I'm glad Toby is taking his time and making sure it's as polished and enjoyable as possible, I don't mind waiting a few more years, I've got other stuff in my life

[@AuringasLTU]

same

[@Nightcaat]

You make a good point about the massive content drop and trying to avoid spoilers. I wish Chapter 3 was out this year and I don’t have much to look forward to at the moment but I think I can bear the wait

[@GameJam230]

If im being honest, I think they WILL be releasing the chapters individually despite what he said before, and my reasoning is actually not based on what Toby has told us, but instead what Gamemaker has stated about a recent new feature; the game_change() function. Some developers for Gamemaker specifically stated that the feature was developed for and with Toby Fox himself. The purpose of the function is to allow developers to create game "launchers" where you can create multiple project packeges for games and have one central executable that launches them, which was obviously intended fot the Deltarune launcher. The benefit of this is that it means they can keep their project files neater, instead of what Toby CURRENTLY does in his code, which is have an if statement check what Chapter the player is in before deciding what certain interact texts should say (see the bathroom objects between chapter 1 and 2 for reference). In addition to being able to make the files neater though, it also means he can release each chapter as individual "DLC" files that just add to your game folder through Steam or whatever other platform you have it in, making it easy to release the game chapter by chapter if he wanted.

[@gjtoison8]

Since I go look myself to see this function, I will add: go to the page which spoke how to use this function (type Gamemaker game_change function to find it), and you will see, in the example, something very, very interesting...

[@joaoguilhermegreenhalgh3210]

I think the reason why Chapter 3 is not done yet is because they are working on all 3 chapters at once, but, they are focusing in only giving status updates on Chapter 3, and letting the next chapters updates for latter, I believe Chapter 3 is around 95% done, Chapter 4 is 55-60% done and Chapter 5 is 15-20% done

[@insertnamehereAtri]

There has never been a worse time to be a Silksong and Deltarune fan.

[@alexorsomething34]

I completely agree with everything you said. If he did release 3-5 at once, chances are i wouldnt finish all the chapters untill youtubers started to make videos on it and spoil everything. Also, i think everyone would be happy about ch3 releasing this year. Even if its a payment issue, he could just do paid updates. Im not sure if thats a feature on steam, but if it is that could be a very good way to solve that problem, and also he could make other chapters DLC’s aswell, similar to poppy playtime, instead of paying for 3-5 with 4-5 not playable. Great video.

[@ninjanovaguy8289]

I mean on the other hand if you didn't play chapter 2 the moment it dropped while turning of any notifications and instead tried it out a few days after release you could be spoiled

[@florian4012]

Even if paid updates aren't a thing he could add them like microtransactions in a free update so that you can pay to unlock a chapter. This way it would also work on console because i dont think they have steam

[@logandarnell8946]

@@florian4012thats really anti-consumer practice. it is a full fledged game, I love toby's works but monetizing it like a mobile game would be scummy.

[@florian4012]

@@logandarnell8946 that's true

[@honord.1811]

It’s happening 2024. Just think about it. Earthbound Halloween Hack: 2012 Undertale: 2015 Chapter 1: 2018 Chapter 2: 2021 See the pattern?

[@CarolineIsMe]

I hope

[@the_real_bo]

no

[@puggyzcool]

that would be a very silly

[@wariothief]

@@puggyzcoolsilly indeed

[@klaus.sfc01official30]

The other chapters releasing 2027 is uhhhh but heyaslong as it'll be good

[@Tilsonia]

I honestly agree with your opinion. I can see why releasing 3 chapters in 2 years of development would be ambitious and maybe rushed too. But anyways, nice video Cibles. Hope to see you hit 100k soon! :)

[@JevilFromDeltarune]

I think toby could release each chapter at a time, he doesn't need to release all 3 chapters at once. this would also help toby and his team to improve each chapter at a time rather than working on all of them at the same time

[@--astro--]

even with the 3 chapter release at once thing, i hope they'll be like a week apart or something because i don't want to rush through all 3 just so i don't see chapter 5 spoilers. can you imagine how the community would react to 3 secret bosses at once? it's going to be everywhere. if i go on the internet like at all i'm going to see chapter 5's secret boss and i want to experience the chapters fully without having to rush

[@Doopen]

@@SmashBandicootit takes multiple days to finish one chapter alone.... 3 whole chapters though? probably a millennial 😭

[@arohamumberry7324]

​@@Doopenmultiple days for one chapter?? Each chapter is only a few hours long lol

[@Doopen]

@@arohamumberry7324 I know that, but when I play them I always take my time and move on really slowly 😭

[@smolglitch]

i think my head would explode with that much content at once its why id much prefer one at a time unless all 3 at once is crucial for the storys sake@@--astro--

[@anbon4985]

man sounds like he got clothes for christmas

[@Baddusyboinker]

Undertale 5th aniversary: *A fully orchestrated masterpeice showcasing how far love and care for a game can go** Undertale 8th aniversary: Haha goat mom feet shells

[@puggyzcool]

toby gots to sleep

[@HeyItsOwen308]

Codnindingg is hard

[@iamacar1017]

@@HeyItsOwen308 spelling is harder

[@nitroplasma788]

5th: orchestra 6th: chapter 2 7th:huge charity event 8th: im so tired

[@steveminecraft5887]

I don't want the game to be rushed but at the same time I don't get the point of having 3 chapters release at once, its like making us eat breakfast lunch and dinner at 10 PM. So I hope chapter 3 really does release sooner than the rest.

[@SuperDuggy117]

love the analogy

[@countessclock]

I mean, here's the thing, I'm not gonna let my optimism for new chapters sour the experience of no release dates. That's not to say I don't have my own limits, just that, if we only got 1 chapter this year, I'd still consider a Kris-tmas miracle. Heh

[@miguelribeiro8425]

Heh

[@Bigchungus2913]

Toby SENT ME the the newsletter Digitally

[@ConsumePaydayContent]

I kind of understand Toby and why he takes so, so long on his work. I myself have imagination of multiple games, stories, characters, all made in my head. So if I would be about to make the thing I'm dreaming of to make, its not like I will just be able to sleep until it's done, no matter how long it takes.

[@PLASMANILATOR]

I actually think that is foreshadowing for some sort of foreshadowing for some sort of nightmarish presence in the upcoming chapters.

[@Goomba456]

It's a little weird this is the second time that we've seen content be cut out entirely from chapter 3. Its part of the process ofc but i feel we didn't see nearly this much out of chapter 2.

[@DylanDaDumb]

Probably because we saw less of the development of ch 2

[@Goomba456]

@@DylanDaDumb True. We still never saw THIS much even afterwards though. If anything, they added MORE (remember toby saying how small the city is). My suspicion is that there's so much experimental gameplay in this chapter that a lot of gameplay concepts have to be cut for it to stay fun.

[@gamingguy918]

You know what I think, I think that chapter 3 will be released on its own in maybe oct 31 and THEN release chapters 4-5 at the same time on a later date.

[@EpicAntos]

That sounds much more reasonable. I think that plan makes much more sense

[@red20753]

Since they are working on chapters 3-5 at the same time i can see why they're taking that long. I feel like Toby announced Chapter 3 was almost finished as a hint that now they're focused on finishing 4 and 5 as well, maybe for a 2024-2025 release

[@somethingwithbungalows]

Y’all are loosing it lol it’s probably gonna be another year I betcha x,D we’re straight up discussing the release date every day to every hour now

[@gamingguy918]

@@somethingwithbungalows eh, I’m just a little to overhyped that’s all

[@somethingwithbungalows]

@@gamingguy918 me too but I’ve been trying to chill out a little lately cuz this wait is actually killing me help

[@Scarecrowjoe_VR]

I feel like toby should release each chapter one at a time but it depends if he is quick enough to developing all 3 chapters but i doubt it

[@skydie2686]

Something I think people forget is that Toby’s attention to detail will be put on full extreme with this game. Chapter one had two different ending outcomes, and whether you fought the secret boss or not, not bad amount of possibilities. Then chapter took those into account, changing the chapter a bit along with the two endings, whether you fought the secret boss or not( also with both either you fought or spared them) and a weird route making more ways the next chapter could play out change. With chapter 3 going to 4, the amount of different ways you can play out the story will increase, meaning that of course we have seen more progress on chapter 3. Chapter 5 has to take into account everything you have done from the previous chapters, 3, and 4 aren’t even fully done yet so some things could change causing them to change things in 5. Toby loves putting it detail and this game by the end will have a lot of them, not to forget the fact that this is his baby, sure undertale was also a project he loved, but Deltarune came first, and he is pouring his heart and [heart-shaped object] into it. So allow him to work as long as he needs on it so that we don’t get a game that had the S.B. treatment (if you get what I mean).

[@quicheramene1860]

I don't think toby will go back on his decision and release Chapter 3 alone on the Deltarune anniversary mainly because then people would quickly go and try predict the rest of the chapters, and also because we would quickly go back to be starved again for more. HOWEVER I don't think it take 3 more year to release those Chapters, despite how slow Deltarune development is going, I think there a good chance we might get it in 2024 *edit welp look like where going to have content pretty soon

[@phrenicplush]

I know its wishful thinking but i also really hope Toby changes his mind and releases Ch3 on its own. I dont want the game to be rushed and theres no way theyre gonna finish all three chapters anytime soon unless theres massive Ch4+5 progress we just havent been told about for surprise reasons (which i highly doubt), but releasing Ch1 and 2 separately and then say "Ch3-5 release all at once!" is just REALLY painful in terms of content drought. And that just isnt healthy for a game that releases episodically. Which even with Ch1 and 2 being framed as a Demo... its releasing episodically. And theres still Ch6 and 7 after Ch3-5. So we arent even waiting for the rest of the story, were waiting just for the middle part rn. Having to wait 2 years inbetween Chapters is already A Lot. But going from the Ch1-2 wait to THIS? Thats the sort of thing that makes me fear for the games ability to keep the hype afloat untl release. Just look at the Ciconia Phase 2 situation for comparison: It feels like a few hyper-passionate fans surrounded by a ghost town. As a fan of both UT/DR and WTC, i cant help but fear DR going in that direction if things continue like this. Also fully agree with the point about Spoilers. Theres basically no way you could avoid Spoilers for a simultaneous Ch3-5 release unless you completely remove yourself from Online spaces for a while, which just isnt really always feasible in todays world. A DR Chapter release is just too BIG of an online phenomenon to completely avoid spoilers even if you do your best to say, mute every relevant term you can think of. I really want Deltarune to be the best it can possibly be, because from what weve seen its really shaping up to surpass even Undertale, and you can tell Toby is putting his lifeblood into this. But the current "Ch3-5 release"-plan in combination with the incredibly vague info on progress does not give me hope when it comes to keeping the hype anywhere close to alive.

[@EpicAntos]

I agree. It makes so much more sense for Toby to release Ch3 by itself considering it’s practically done. Then we’ll be able to live off of that chapter easily until 4 is done, maybe 5 as well. The good news is that Toby has a larger team now, so development will be much faster.

[@Sensiav703]

Something else people have to consider is that, y'know, man's gotta eat. He clearly wants to work on Deltarune, but it's not gonna put food on his plate or keep a roof over his head while it's still in development. He doesn't have big studio or publisher money for that, and everything is getting more expensive over time Don't get me wrong, it's great seeing him work on other projects in the meantime, especially big names like Pokémon. He definitely deserves the recognition. I'm sure the merch sales from UTDR helps a lot too. But needing to sustain himself is definitely going to eat into Deltarune's development in ways that even he can't predict, especially right now

[@Volian0]

he still makes money from Undertale and from people buying the OST

[@Sensiav703]

@@Volian0 While UTDR does have a very dedicated fanbase, it's not one that's on such a scale that it can fund development full-time especially after all these years. And don't forget that merch money doesn't just go to Toby, it goes towards any material costs and between everyone else who works on the products too

[@Td_Flyy]

Honestly I might just not go on social media (Except for playing chapters 3 - 5) while I play chapters 3 - 5. Because you always know that there's gonna be those couple dozen youtubers who beat it it 10 minutes after it's release and post videos about it with the most spoiler thumbnails you've ever seen. And there's gonna be stuff all over Twitter and other platforms too, probably

[@eyasu.]

Honestly i feel like toby's just trying to keep as much info of 4 and 5 as hidden as possible, like we know that chapter 3 is kinda early 1900s cowboy or greaser themed, and he for one reason or another wants the theme of 4 and 5 kept under wraps.

[@red20753]

I have waited for almost 5 years now. And i honestly can wait for how long it takes, because i'm sure it will be worth it I still have many games on my backlog to play

[@damianszulik664]

i hope toby changes his mind and decides to release chapters seperetly

[@Goofybig_goober]

​@elcapoooyup

[@damianszulik664]

​@elcapoooi mean ot makes sense now we have the beggining of the story with chapters 1 and 2 then chapter 3 4 and 5 are the middle of it and 6 and 7 is the ending but i dont wanna wait 2 more years also with chapters relising seperatly characters from each chapters will have their time to shine

[@breakingawesome4888]

im conflicted because I both really want more deltarune but I also do not want the game to be rushed. when it was originally announced that 3-5 would all come out at the same time I did have some concerns that it could be a very long time before another deltarune release

[@gothic_velvet4642]

this is also kinda cope, but its possible that chapter 3 has been near the end of development for a while because they are putting more resources into chapters 4 and 5. its not very likely, but possibly they havent been telling us about the progress of 4 and 5 because at the rate of development is quick and they want a big surprise for the release. again though, this is very cope

[@PlayerCarter.]

I whole heartedly understand the wait, but if chapters 3-5 come out next anniversary (or probably later) when I'm a legal adult my soul is going to shatter.

[@nitroplasma788]

Honestly it will break me too

[@littlestinky862]

Wait i just noticed how close you are to 100k!

[@twix-official7329]

hey had nowhere to say this but at the end of the undertale 8th anniversary video if you brighten the image and change the contrast you see something, not sure what. try it yourself

[@Volian0]

what?? I tried it and it's just a black screen

[@twix-official7329]

@@Volian0 thats weird. i definitely see something for me. did you turn the contrast up or down

[@W.D_Gaster]

If I'm being honest, I could theoretically see Toby releasing a demo of chapter 3 on deltarune'sanniversary. Just enough to not let the fandom starve, but too little for us to know every single detail. This is definitely not gonna happen, but oh well

[@whatsHisF]

or maybe like a short preview of it, similar to what we had in the dad stream

[@purpleguysm]

Hello I hope you are doing well today

[@TheSimargal]

Probably your best video. Awesome points good talk and I also share your mindset when chapter 3 4 5 release. Good video

[@FrenchFries4111]

i wish deltarune would get released one chapter at a time since, if all three released i would wanna see as much as possible on my own, instead of getting secret boss spoilers after playing. i wish people would be more discreet about youtube thumbnails so i wouldn't have this problem in the first place, but youtube is youtube.

[@EP1CxEMAN08]

Don't you mean more discreet?

[@FrenchFries4111]

@@EP1CxEMAN08 e

[@jefferyandbob3137]

honestly if you have to use youtube while potential spoilers for something you like is out, just unfocus your eyes when scrolling, doesn't work for everyone but it saved me from a lot of Spider-Verse spoilers a few months back

[@miguelribeiro8425]

​@@jefferyandbob3137Also, using a browser extension that can hide videos based on their titles helps a lot, that's how i got saved from Tears of the Kingdom and God of War Ragnarök spoilers

[@dwip3852]

this video gave me a tiny bit of hope of hearing more from deltarune this year

[@anradio5093]

I think it’s going to be interesting how this goes on.

[@DillonMeyer]

Remember that he also has been busy with a few other things, such as creating the soundtrack for the most recent Pokemon games, and based on their success, he's probably also worked/working with them on the next game's soundtrack as well.

[@AsheTehFox]

Something i noticed about this current newsletter is how it ONLY teases cut content for chapter 3? you would think we would at least get a single sprite that will be used like we usually do, but its all cut content. this tells me chapter 3 could be soon and toby doesnt wanna spoil anymore of it when its gonna be out in a month or so also i am coping

[@damianszulik664]

We got 1 sprite

[@Itariatan]

I honestly thought it was really adorable the man got to meet a childhood hero and participate in his dream project. The "chapter 3 is almost completed" stuff is definitely Toby being nebulous as always, which is to be expected.

[@cartmemes5034]

I’ll be honest the fact that he has a team, there should be no excuse to have not gotten the WHOLE game done by now. It’s not that big of a game for a whole team, as I’ve seen single indie developers make bigger and better games with less time. Toby is just lazy or slow, or both

[@Itariatan]

@@cartmemes5034 I've read some ignorant comments in my life but hoo boy. Far to late in the night for this.

[@cartmemes5034]

@@Itariatan The reason I say so is because I work in engineering, so we have to work on large projects and when we promise a deadline or a timeline for a project or its' date, we stay loyal to it. Unless Toby has been working only one day a week, I can only surmount this to laziness. 3 whole years and barely any progress. If he was working a regular week schedule on this he would have gotten much farther by now, even with the occasional side project.

[@Itariatan]

@@cartmemes5034 His team is small, first of all. Second, he's put out two chapters, with multiple music tracks, spanning several hours, with tons of hidden stuff, new sprites, new bullet patterns, new overworld designs, etc, etc. FOR FREE. Sit your ass down and wait.

[@cartmemes5034]

@@Itariatan Like I've said I've seen indie developers do bigger and better projects alone quicker and more efficiently. Toby with a team especially should have gotten at least half of it done by now.

[@cozmo_Comet]

i love how obviously passionate you are about deltarune. It’s always so much more interesting to hear someone talk ab something they really care about, rather than someone just reading out information

[@piney2245]

I really wished he'd release chapters one by one so that people would make theories on the next chapter! Like an old game I used to play, I wish to see something like that again!

[@fonejunky6306]

“Old game?” You mean Bendy?

[@piney2245]

@@fonejunky6306 yeah sorta

[@HyperNova808]

@@piney2245sorta?

[@dookieface7083]

reading the newsletter just made me really happy for some reason. i really enjoyed just reading toby’s experiences with zun and the new merch is so cute, i love the sleepover shirt. but yeah in terms of deltarune chapters 3-5 i really hope toby changes his mind and just releases chapter 3 on its own. every time there was a status update, toby kept talking about how close he was to being finished with chapter 3, but it’s still not here. even now, he’s still making pretty big changes to the game and it kind of scares me, because it doesn’t sound like chapters 4 and 5 have been getting much attention at all, so if hes still planning on releasing them together then we’re gonna have a really long wait. i can see how this would make some people angry, i think its so much better that hes taking his time and trying to make each chapter as good as possible. i cant tell you how sad i would be if chapters 3-5 just came out in like 3 months but they were all super rushed and not as good as they could’ve been. tbh when i first heard that chapters 3-5 were getting released together i was a little bummed out, idk why it would just feel better if they were more spread out. it’s possible and at this point even likely that toby will release chapter 3 on its own, which i think would be great. i really hope this is what he does. you said it might even be like theres one chapter a year, which would be the absolute dream but is definitely never going to happen. but you were right when you said toby wants this game to come out more than anyone, he even said himself he couldn’t really sleep until chapter 3 was finished. i just hope we don’t have to wait too much longer, it would suck if we had to wait like 7 more years for more content. chapter 3 has to be so close at this point, but theres really no way to tell when it will be released.

[@pxdj_]

looking at the gameplay in the background has left me internally screaming

[@sirsins9598]

Back shortly before the release of the Spamton Sweepstakes, my prediction was late 2024. With the anniversary newsletter, I no longer believe that will be the case, and we're probably looking at a 2025 release. If I'm pleasantly surprised, then nice, but I'm being realistic here. If CHP.3 isn't done by December, it might even be early 2026.

[@idioticone2349]

I think its gotten longer than they thought or bigger and stuff cause thats a common thing that happens

[@keegandaurity304]

If chapters 3-5 release in 2026-27 then I'm literally going to graduate college before Asriel lmao

[@magicdergydork]

Whatevers it takes I’ll be here for it!

[@foxxbaker]

I was just wondering about the game today

[@cyborgboy3070]

Nah i guessed straight away that it would either be late 2023 or early 2024 i think this just means that september of 2024 is indeed the true release date of the chapters and if that is the case well kinda expected tbh considering it is 3 chapters and chapter 2 even if it was bigger thane the rest took three years to make all by itself

[@jeshirekitenkatt1212]

i think you might be on the right track. at least, i hope. what i don't wonder is if chapter three turned out to be more than toby was initially expecting (iirc, similar has happened in the past with toby). so, realizing chapter three was pretty meaty on it's own esp after ch 2's reception, might be tidying up behind the scenes and focusing on three in preparation for letting us know what's up. there may be a few things they have to do behind the scenes as a studio prior to making that public knowledge, though - ie if there was ch 4 and 5 merch planned, etc, that would need to be put on hold and relevant details worked out

[@FeliXDev007]

I think that it will come in 2025 with the 10th Undertale anniversary.

[@firebombplayz947]

me honestly I don't care about development, I'm just here because Cibles video

[@Cool_Kid95]

"2026-2027" This is horrifying. Please, PLEASE don't be true! I can't wait that long!

[@sebas31415]

The geometry dash community waited longer than that. 2017-2023/2024

[@chesrieldreemon824]

At least from what I remember of, chapter 3 is supposed to be a unique chapter on it's own right, not to mention, it also is gonna heavily focus on characterization and not the lore, so characters like the dreemurrs are gonna take spotlight during this chapter. Another thing that also backs this up, is the fact that Toby mentions 3 being composed of many different areas. Chapter 4 at least from what I thought saw, was gonna be a standard Deltarune chapter, so we might get it pretty sooner than we think really. Even looking back at the status of 2022, chapter 4 is supposedly MOSTLY done, so they might just get on to it with chapter 5 from there. Also worth mentioning, Toby writes each newsletter, in two months, not 3 at least from what I saw in the spring newsletter, so we might just get lucky and get a situation like chapter 2's live stream and get one next year hopefully. Really, it seems like it's all gonna come down to chapter 5 and how it will play out. Most likely through, it's gonna be heavy on the lore since it's the middle of the game and it has to leave something of a cliffhanger for us to get more invested as we wait for chapter's 6 and 7. Only thing I am really worried is if the code for chapter's 0, 8, 9, and 10 are actually real. If they are... that's gonna be a LONG wait for the game to be finished, but one I am fine with. Just surprised if it's true, that it's gonna be done in the 2030's. If not, then I am still gonna be hyped, since Deltarune is really gonna be it's own thing. Man, it's really gonna be interesting, since at least for me, Undertale and Deltarune offer up their own ways what they offer in each game!

[@the_Lime]

Biggest issue with 3 chapters at once would be avoiding spoilers tbf, and time taking it in as well. I wouldn't want to have to rush through everything and avoid the internet in that time, or just get spoiled. Would be neat if there's at least a bit of time because by the time I'd get to ch5, hell even finish ch3, the whole of youtube and all of the internet will have spoiled all chapters already... Totally wouldn't mind to just have following chapters as dlc, or just like chapter 1 and 2 did it as kinda seperate things, and get just ch3 for now. Also it would give cibles time to separately make ai deltarune chapters, because you know we want ai deltarune for every chapter eventually

[@harmonytheneko977]

My Cibles plush arrived today :D

[@CiblesGD]

YAAAAY

[@ExWifeHaver287]

It would be the coolest thing ever if chapter 4 and 5 are already finished and for some reason they’re finishing chapter 3 last. There’s a -10% chance of that happening but it shows how staved I am for new content that I would even think of that

[@unreactivecontent]

I stand by my old prediction: october 31 2023. I will be loyal to my words until the day of the fact. (My copium is over 9000)

[@whact]

2:40 what? when was chapter 4's content shown??

[@miguelribeiro8425]

People theorize that the "Hometown Day" song is from chapter 4, and that image in hometown where it's raining too

[@b1battledroid9824]

We should wait, i trust toby and if we have patience 💙 then when chaper 3 finally comes (when we are all 80+ years old) we will nicely enjoy it

[@ivansilva9111]

Sometimes I shit my pants to feel the weight behind my actions

[@EloyKraYT]

The same thing happened to Geometry Dash 2.2 Now it's releasing on October of this year. Speaking of 17 other release dates

[@appointedbard1076]

At this point I don’t care how long it takes as long as I don’t die before then

[@DakNJaxter]

Given there was basically a 3 year gap between all of Toby's releases (2015 for Undertale, Deltarune in 2018, Chapter 2 in 2021) I always assumed it would all come out in Sutumn 2024. I'm surprised 3 isn't flat-out finished at this point (maybe it's just testing and tweaking) but given he's working on all the Chapters at the same time, things still seem on track. The same way an animated show takes a year to release a Season, but it takes a total of 8 months to produce and individual episode. Also, speaking personally, I'm happy just getting 3 stuff teased for now. I like as much as possible to be surprise, and it Toby starts teasing 4, that could easily bleed over into 5.

[@Jovialify]

Once ever TWO years seems like a realistic prediction

[@saurpod]

my ideal situation is toby hosts a poll or something on if chapter 3, 4, and 5 come out together or seperately to make SURE that just in case he does switch to them all being out at once like half the community isnt really mad

[@aresrivera9744]

I do agree with you that the updates have been really weird. The first update “ we’re translating“ according to his model of how he does chapters and translations comes at the end of the chapter during the debugging part. Second update we’re towards them queen palace equivalent. 3th update we’re debugging. I have two theories toby like you said has changed plans and is going to release chapter 3 this anniversary. Or toby is actually a lot more ahead then we think he has it and he’s trying to keep it a surprise .

[@malarkus8]

If they were to release chapter 3 by itself, I think prices would work like the smash ultimate dlc. What I mean by that is we would pay one big price, then get chapter 3 and each chapter upon release

[@reinaintherain]

Yooo new video

[@Mewtwo557]

As a GD player that's been waiting for 2.2 for over 5 years, I could wait that long.

[@HuskgamerI]

Lets say for example that chapter 3 is worth 10$ and the price tag is gonna include chapter 1 & 2 in it so it's 30$ and you could easily add 10$ for every chapter until the end And yeah I agree 100% on chapter 3 releasing this year and I would happily wait 2~3 years gap between chapters but personally I would like chapter 6 & 7 to release together because I can't that time for the finally

[@itamarowak]

No way he would charge 70$ on the whole game Chapter 1 is probably gonna stay free I dont know for chapter 2 tho But if its 10$ for chapter way less pepole whould buy the game, remember, undertale is 10$ and it is as big as 2 chapters

[@HuskgamerI]

@@itamarowak first this is just an example as I said and second toby said that chapter 3 4 & 5 will include the price of chapter 1 & 2 but he didn't said that he will remove the free version so you can still play it like the demo in steam

[@Canatuga]

Can someone check up on Cibles? She almost sounds hurt

[@alexorsomething34]

Shes prob dissapointed, idk

[@mariotheundying]

Thankfully we got fan content, maybe Undertale yellow finally releases sometime in the gap

[@BaloonBoy7]

I still believe 2024 is entirely possible, it's just a shame we haven't been told the status of 4 or 5 in a year now. I don't agree with the people saying the game won't be ready til 2026, but also can't be sure with the 2024 date. Everythting we know could point us there, but not telling us if 4 and 5 are collectively 10 or 80% complete leaves so much up in the air, and not mentioning them at all gives the impression to people not looking too much into it that it's just 3 being worked on.

[@charmychar390]

imagine that toby is just waiting 2 years just for the sans joke about how we have to wait 2 years at chapter 2.

[@W.D_Gaster]

✨News✨ Toby confirmed he will release chapter 3 and 4 without 5

[@b1battledroid9824]

I think since toby previous year said that he completed a chapter's worth of content that means he has went very far with chapter 4 (like 50-70%)

[@SomeBody-nq2yn]

I got too interested with the background that I didn't understand what Cibles was saying

[@doom1421]

Honestly completely chill with the wait Will be good when it's done

[@FranciTheGamer]

I feel like on October 31st we will simply get the announcement that Chapter 3 will be released on its own but we'd still have to pay, and maybe even the release date, which might be some days after or December 25th

[@dixiecobb9189]

I know it will be awhile before we get more Deltarune but i understand that Toby and his team want to get the chapters right before releasing them. By the way when they drop and you play the chapters vanilla,are you going to google translate and ai rewrite them? I hope so but its your choice. I hope you're doing alright you sounded pretty bummed out. Love you and your content. Please take care of ypurself Cibles❤

[@samtheutman]

I think 3 is coming out by itself at this rate

[@techy804]

Here because I didn't know you had other channels until you posted your video on quitting your secondary channel which I watch right before this. (Of the 150+ people in my subscriptions, only one other person has separate channels for each topic they cover). Anyways, about this video. I completely agree with you, I think they should release Chapter 3, 4, 5 separately for the reasons you stated. Maybe for the payment they can have each of them be $15 DLCs? That's how much Undertale is on consoles (and the Xbox launcher for PC, but that has cross-buy with the Xbox console version, so it's technically just buying a console copy of the game anyway) for a total of $45? In the middle of the $40-$50 estimates I've seen from theorists.

[@EnderStine]

Ive got no problem waiting for however long it takes

[@Mike700_]

you scary me with that patience fr💀

[@EnderStine]

@haruki394K it cant be longer wait than Geometry dash 2.2 already is

[@capnMAN]

Best scenario we get one chapter every ... whenever toby thinks its finished! Ok scenario we get chapter 3, 4, 5 in like 2028! Worst scenario we get a good chapter 3 and some really rushed chapter 4 & 5! Take your pick!

[@BlockAgent007_]

Ah yes, having to change plans... The absolute bane of existence, when you're working against a deadline