Deltarune Dev Update Shared For July 2024, Chapter 4 Is “Basically Playable” And Being Polished

Toby Fox, the creator of Deltarune, has shared a fresh progress update about Chapters 3, 4, and 5 of the game.

This update comes via the latest Undertale/Deltarune newsletter, where Fox states that the game’s 4th Chapter is now “basically playable minus some polish”. He also shared that Chapters 3 and 4 together would “definitely” be longer than Chapter 1 & 2 combined.

According to the creator, Chapter 5 is also progressing steadily with “an initial draft of Chapter 5’s maps…bullet patterns, etc.” now in progress.

You can read the update for yourself below:

Hi everyone! DELTARUNE Chapter 4 is making great overall progress.

As the time of writing this (7-23-24)…

All the maps are done.

All battles are playable.

Only 2 cutscenes need small improvements.

One battle needs to be balanced and the visuals need to be completed.

One battle needs a better background.

Two battles are having their ending sequences improved.

There’s still some things to fix and places to polish.

Three of my friends were able to play through the entirety of the unfinished Chapter 4.

All of them liked it and didn’t have any major criticisms. Phew! (Except for one friend, who kept mentioning that I should name all of the chairs because the existence of “Chairiel” implies that all the other chairs should have names as well… I’m probably not going to do that…)

I’m not sure if Chapter 2 is still the longest chapter, but Chapter 3 & 4 together are definitely longer than Chapter 1 & 2 combined. Thinking about that is kind of crazy…

Initial development of Chapter 5 is also progressing steadily. Most of the team is still focusing on Chapter 4, but a few people are going ahead and creating an initial draft of Chapter 5’s maps, working on bullet patterns, etc.

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So What?

Chapter 4 is basically playable minus some polish!! So, it must seem like Chapter 3&4 are going to come out really soon, right!?

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Actually, the release is still far away!!! We’ve gotten 3 months closer, but it’s still far!!!

Why!? How does that horrible, despair-inducing, teeth-gnashing-fact that keeps me up at night, make any sense at all!? I want them out NOW!!!

Well… I’ll tell you!

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What’s left before release?

That’s right!!! CREATING the chapters is only the first step!

RELEASING the chapters… is a whole other ordeal.

It wouldn’t be such a big deal if the game was free… But since this is going to be our first big paid release since UNDERTALE, we really have to take the extra time to make sure it’s perfect!

Our goal is… simultaneous console and PC release, in both English and Japanese!

So… what do we have to do?

Well… It’s long, so click below if you’re curious!!!

QUESTS TO RELEASE CHAPTER 3&4