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I finally realized that when Muffet said, "I was hired by a man in the shadows," She meant she was a fan design.

Can't believe Undertale's about to turn half a decade old in roughly 2 weeks.

“i wonder if kids will get crushes on characters in my game. like, papyrus or sans. i feel bad for these theoretical children” -Toby Fox before undertale was released

I wish people would give temmie more credit it seems like she did a lot of the work as well

Whether you like of hate Undertale, you have to admit that it's developer is a respectable and deserving guy.

you forgot to mention the part when Toby kicked the creator of Super Smash Bros' ass in his own game.

THIS is the part that people dont see. Toby maybe one of the few indie devs that managed to get a hit on his first release, but it wasnt his first experience. Toby was working on art, programming, music, etc way before he released the demo. And even with the demo he still had to work a lot to create Undertale, write stories, scratch designs and musics. Considering the time Toby studied before creating Undertale, we can say that he worked on it for a least 5 years

So basically Toby saw all the AUs and decided to make his own, and thus Deltarune was born.

With how hardcore the Fandom has become Toby Fox had good reasons to be scared

The 'Undertale' track will always make me slightly emotional about Undertale

19:55 "I hope some day a kid who liked undertale grows up and makes an amazing game. I would be happy to play that" Hits harder than a bullet when your dream since you were a kid was to make a game as unique and cool as undertale.

me in 2015: "what is this game? I don't understand how to play" me in 2020: undertale speedrun never get boring

I cant wrap my head of HOW THEY USED MICROSOFT PAINT TO DRAW MOST OF UNDERTALE.

Undertale's soundtrack is one of its strongest assets. I still listen to it years later. It is just so good.

I feel like Touhou is not brought up enough when it comes to Undertale’s influences. Toby began playing Touhou games in middle school, and they are what inspired him to compose music more. He performed an arrangement of Necrofantasia at his church in high school, and received a standing ovation. The importance of Touhou to not only Toby Fox but all indie games is too often overlooked. Props to you for mentioning it for like 15 seconds.

"Toby hated backtracking" *laughs in deltarune*

What people need to learn from Undertale is that it’s not an overnight success. Toby has had a long background from already established fandoms, namely Earthbound and Homestuck, making things like mods and musics, and then he makes something small as a demo and sets up a funding and expanded that demo only after the funding is well-established. Don’t fall into the trap (like my studio’s indie game did) of just making a big thing on your own for years out of your own pocket, with no community or backing and then just releasing it expecting it to blow up. It won’t. Save yourself from this disappointment.

Toby: Earthbound helped me learn how to read Media: I'm gonna pretend I didn't see that.

Deltarune makes me feel "that way" again for sure. There's just something about his humor and creativity that doesn't get stale for me.

Gotta feel sorry for the people who submitted Glyde and So Sorry who had to watch as their characters were made into Easter Eggs while Muffet is a main boss

that's really heart touching, especially the last line when toby said that he hopes someday a kid played undertale creates a similar game, thank you man i really needed to watch that

I can’t believe it’s 2020 and people STILL appreciate this game. I’ll never forget how amazing this game was to play, and I hope others don’t forget it either :)

Toby Fox is a brilliant man who made a beautiful game that people years later are still playing and enjoying

5:10 Tutorial → TuToriel → Toriel I just realised this. Toby is way too smart for us.

"I hope someday a kid who liked Undertale grows up and makes an amazing game. I would be happy to play that." Me: •-• i cried. really tho that is realllllllly heart touching.

I like how everybody just universally agrees that Megalovania is Sans’ theme when Toby himself said he put it in because Megalovania was “the Total Embodiment of Final Bossitude”. Just like Dating Start, the theme doesn’t belong to a character, but to a situation.

"I hope someday a kid who likes Undertale grows up and makes an amazing game" That was the best thing I've ever heard. 18, going into college soon for game development, and a burning passion for Undertale which inspired me to learn game development in the first place, it would be actually amazing to ever be able to fulfill his hope.

A reminder, it's *2022* and we still love this game, as well as anticipate the upcoming Deltarune installments at the edges of our seats. Back when it was new and people really started obsessing over this game, it became so crazy within the fandom that it scared the rest of the gaming community and left a sour taste for the people who just wanted to play their favorite games without hearing: "Undertale is *the* best video game ever," so as a response, their distaste for the game and its fans grew into hate, and they started saying Undertale is greatly overrated. You could compare it to Fortnite, a game that surged in popularity and had infamy for its... less kind fans. Fortnite is still a well-developed game, but it got a bad rep. However, neither game is "overrated," just some people took their love for it way too far and made it seem that way. It's unequivocally one of the greatest (in its specific genre, of course) games of the century.

It's so fascinating and inspiring how a game made in GameMaker and Microsoft Paint has had more cultural impact and success than most triple A studio games today

“ He didn’t want it to be as hard as those games” Sans: are you sure about that?

The creativity of the game is what makes it successful, the music and story are it’s strongest point.

I love how Earthbound helped Toby to read as a kid and shaped his life, while for me, Undertale made me learn English, as i'm French, just to be able to play it, and it too, shaped my life because I'm now studying to become an English teacher in France

The often forgotten thing about Undertale people often seem to forget, is that every route perfectly manages to make you feel like you should feel: -Genocide is supposed to be boring/unsatisfying (you need to grind out every single area until no one's left to even try to get this ending and you don't even get the satisfaction of killing Asgore at the end yourself) and make you feel bad for killing everyone (even Flowey, who isn't even able to feel emotions, is scared of you when he realises even he isn't above his own rule of kill or be killed after all and Asgore asking what kind of monster you are). -Neutral is best described as the fun or the most open route since you have full control in who lives or dies. And I'm just going to be honest here: I legit cried during Azzy and Chara's backstory. -And finally, Pacifist is the happy route where everyone gets to live happily and you actually make a lot of friends while having a lot of fun and/or helping them to overcome their problems (from Sans' jokes and the dates with Papyrus and Undyne to convincing Toriel you're strong enough to keep yourself safe and helping Alphys to learn her how to accept herself and help her get over her anxiety issues to finally sharing one final heartfelt moment with Asriel before he turns back into Flowey again, but not before he breaks the barrier once and for all, which means Chara and Asriel's plan was succesfull even when it actually meant they both had to die in order to make their plan succeed).

the fact that people are still talking about Undertale... fills you with *DETERMINATION*

The key thing I’m taking away, is that indie games that have major cultural impact seem to have systems and stories and secrets that provide each player a differing experience and foster a sense of communication between players

So much for “if Deltarune is released it will be finished and bundled with all the chapters” We got chapter 2 tho! That’s good

Undertale is in my not so humble opinion one of the best games ever made. It's simple, to the point and delivers such a strong emotional punch that no one could forget about it after finishing it. :P

On how detailed undertale is. It has separate endings for every route depending on who you kill, it actually *remembers* what you did in the previous route, it has a "hacker" ending too, it focuses on all the small details, even which eye sans winks at you with depending on the route! The loveable characters, the immense detail, the game's graphics and everything all in all, especially the soundtrack... It's simply amazing. Great job, Toby.

This man basically single handedly made one of the greatest games of all time AND at the same time made arguably the greatest soundtrack of all time for a video game

10:43 Just a trivia: Bonetrousle was made to be the regular encounter theme for a game, as you said. That game evolved into Deltarune, which Toby is still working on!

I love how professional this video is! Most people this days see Undertale and just think of memes, witch sucks because it's the most emotional game I have every played. It is the only time I ever cried during a game!

I really thought undertale was made by a professional team with many artists and game coders! This proves to show that anything is possible of you put your mind to it.

All the small details make the game unlike other ones. From small humorous moments to actually making characters that feel like they have a 'soul' and individuality, the game offers so many things at once when you're not expecting too much from a game that is only a few hundred megabytes. Unarguably, the story, the soundtrack and the undeniable creativity really elevate the game and your impression of it to its peak. The game is definitely short but it feels long enough because you get to savor and enjoy every moment of playing it. All said still you can tell or rather feel that it's a work of someone who really cared about their work. Props for the informative and very enjoyable video and props to Toby and everyone who worked on the game.

0:38 This... Just this. Seriously it's no wonder indie Devs are doing better critically than everyone else

"There are no Mothers in the MOTHER series" *Visible confusion*

*How Undertale was Made:* 1. With Love _oh wait..._

Imagine creating a video game with low expectations to then 3-4 years later have one of your characters appear in Smash Bros.

What Earthbound did to Toby is like what Undertale and Deltarune did to us :) edit: what the... 90 Likes? Thats Cool Thank you Guys

The perfect spoiler-free guide to Undertale that you can show to, say, a school class for a presentation.

“Undertale” is so powerful that I talked about it in a college essay last year and got an ‘A’ and good feedback on it (to be fair, the content we were writing about was very video game focused because of the professor)

These Videos are awesome and a true inspiration to keep me moving on my next game! Love all the insight and background you provide on the dev process and the parts of the dev process (like burnout) that plague many devs. Cant wait to watch more of your videos!

I’ve gotta admire Toby and Temmie. It ain’t easy just being α composer/former EarthBound modder and α freelance animator working on α neat little passion project, only for it to somehow become α quintessential piece of an entire generation’s pop culture. Really gotta respect how they’ve been handling all that pressure.

The person that made papyrus deserves a good plate of spaghetti

Are you telling me Ronald McDonald saying “That’s a great idea!” isn’t creepy?

as someone who just played undertale this year and is experiencing bad grief for the characters (undertale affected me pretty deeply,) deltarune is definitely living up to its predecessor. just finished chapter 2 a month ago and the way my heart was pounding at the end of the second chapter was kinda crazy to me. i love ralsei, noel, lancer, and especially susie. i relate to susie so much. idk where the story is going but i dont trust kris and im genuinely scared for the other characters. the way that toby can make you care about his characters so much is really something 😅

The production quality is ridiculously good. Good job, your channel is blowing up and for you totally deserve it.

being waiting for this to come out for a long time

I was waiting for this for soo long. Undertale is a game that connected with me very deeply. The gameplay , story , character , and amazing OST, lt was so new to me! The music and the determination theme helped me during very hard times. Thank you for giving us such amazing content and bring a light behind its production.

Undertale I think is educational. As on the genocide route, it teaches the player about consequences of crime by making the genocide route significantly harder then the pacifist route. And the player might feel guilty when they kill papyrus.

Toby Fox is genuinely one of my biggest inspirations for game making. Using unconventional mechanics and using pixel art to deliver visual input differently is incredible and I wish to someday reach that level of game design.

A theme in all of these videos is vision. The developers have a vision and stick to it, and it leads to a beloved game. ThatGuyGlen, your video changed my project today. I was feeling lost in how to make the game better for others, but I decided I want a game I enjoy above all else, and I made some decisive changes to make that happen.

When I first heard about Undertale, it was through the Tumblr fandom, and I completely avoided it at the time because of the toxicity. It took me a year of it being released to actually try playing it for myself, and another year after that to completely finish it. All I can say is, nothing is going to amount to how I felt first playing it. I think the thing I did the most when I first played, and to this day, was just laying in bed at Toriel's house while the Home music played, just enjoying a moment of peace before a Genocide run, or a long journey to the end of the game in a Pacifist run. Not only does the game make you think, it makes you sit and realize that "despite everything, it's still you".

16:07 *toby fox: suffering from success*

How it was made: The artist: what should the villai- Tony: flower.

I remember making a great friend in summer camp because of our mutual love for Undertale. I haven't seen her in more than a year, but, Bella, if you're reading this, I miss you! Anyway, Undertale definitely changed my life! And I still cry over the emotional moments and songs! And I still love listening to Man on the Internet's Undertale musical. I remember a time when I memorized most of the songs. I'm so glad that this game is still relevant 5 years later!

the quote by toby at the end resonates with me a lot. recently ive been having an "itch" almost to create a game that is inspired by undertale, yet completely different. i love the undertale battle artstyle so much and ive been creating original characters in the style. im so excited to one day make this idea a reality because this game really means the world to me. also thank you for making this video, it made my itch to create even bigger and im really happy this was recommended to me :))

Okay, that end part made me cry. A kid who likes Undertale grows up to make a great game. I'm still a kid, and I love Undertale. It actually inspired me to start coding again, and I want to make a game that is similar to it and can give the same vibe Undertale does. I don't know how to code, and it's been really hard for me to even start and I'm already losing motivation. That statement really lifted me up, and made me feel like I could actually make the game someday. Thanks Toby!

I love this game so much, that I feel so much nostalgia the moment I hear just some notes of any track from the soundtrack. Sometimes I can't watch KZfaq videos where it's used as background music, because I instantly think about Undertale and totally forget to focus on the video.

when at the end you read "I hope someday a kid who liked Undertale grows up and makes an amazing game. I would be happy to play that." I almost teared up wtf

I can never put my finger on why but from the moment I started playing undertale I got this deep sense of nostalgia and de ja vu. Like I'd been there before. I still feel like that with it and nothing has ever made me feel safer than undertale.

19:54 Toby Fox you are an amazing developer, Undertale and many other games inspired me to wanna start developing a game, I won't disappoint you!

I watched this video and Undertale is actually heavily inspiring an RPG that I'm going to make. It might take a long time though as I never thought I would make a game as big as the one I have in mind. I am not alone in developing this game either, my brother is going to help. However, development can't start yet because my PC needs to finish being built.

I know a buncha kids in my class who loved Undertale. We're all also gamers, artists and coders. Boys, we have a game to make.

15:35 This photo its just hilarious to me. Toby looks like he doesnt even know what he is doing there

Toby Fox and Undertale are a genuine inspiration for me. I’m writing a story but I don’t know what my story should be. A video game? A comic book? Or maybe an animated tv series? Im still struggling to make it come to fruition, but I think I’ll try and use some of Toby’s methods and tools

Thanks for summing this up for me. It's good to stumble on something by accident and learn the full gist in one go. Good job there.

I just realized that "Toriel" sounds like "Tutorial" when in fact she is the the tutorial character of this game Toby you- 💀🤣🤣🤣🤣

The thing I love about this game is that it has understanding it literally interacts with the players

Uh. What should I say about that video? It's just amazing how much information you passed and the way you did it... very nice ty, I'm glad I saw that. Anyone can try to make a game like Undertale, but I just don't see a possibility of this happening. Everything is so unique. The music, history, characters, alternatives, and how the game makes you role play is just art. I can feel the feelings through everything while I play it

that vid is edited so well good job bro

I like that Deltarune is going to be a more linear and traditional RPG. The branching nature of Undertale probably limited the writing a little bit, and having more non-silent protagonists that stick through the whole adventure makes a big difference.

"that's a wonderful idea!" what's more disturbing, flowey saying it or ronald mcdonald?

I love how the game straight up becomes a ridiculously hard horror game when you grind kills like in a conventional RPG.

I was thinking about, in the future, trying my hand at making a game. And this right here sparks that even more. Undertale has been such a comfort game for me, it's my favorite game. Most of it was my childhood. Toby & his games have given me so much inspiration, and I really want to use that inspiration in the future. I don't think I could accomplish anything close to what Toby did, but maybe, I could make my own thing, and somebody out there might like it.

I love how Undertale is more than just a game. It teaches you about kindness and compassion, and the consequences of no mercy

Undertale truly means a lot to me, the music is moving, and the characters are all wonderful. I’m not good at explaining myself but Toby created a masterpiece.

This was a lovely video to watch for me as someone who’s never played the game, or been around for it’s initial hype, that really helped me know and understand it. In my eyes, as someone who has only been aware of extremely casual gaming, and only of what others have presented to me like on the family wii, after I got into let’s plays everyone raved about undertale playthroughs so apart from being a little old by that point I never understood why apart from assuming it was all about the characters for them, like just another “popular things to relate to and heavily attach yourself to emotionally” I guess

I am all fired up now. The reason I am here is that I've wanted to make a game, an Rpg based on one of my books that is as choice driven as Undertale. I really respect Toby and Undertale, so hearing that he'd like someone to make a game after being inspired by Undertale really helped me.

Undertale will always have a place in my heart. I left the fandom a few years ago, but my love for this game is still the same. It was the gateway for me to meet new friends and artists. Undertale has a nice homey feel to it, and all the dialogue is so meaningful or humorous. Not to mention that the OST is very emotional.

Man...this has made me respect toby even more! He's seriously a really cool dude (no pun intended) and deserves the success he's gained over the years. Undertale was actually one of my first fandoms and it will always have a special place in my heart, from now until forever...

Really loved your video, nice work I don't use to see 20min videos, but I just watched it all without being aware of the time

19:55 this part also made me smile alot cause undertale made me wanna make a unique rpg game, i called it Starlight's Falls and it originated in a dream i had one night. i wanted to turn it into a game but as time went on, i kept improving, changing, adding more stuff to make it more better or equally amazing as undertale, also learning to make music and coding is hard to understand

Toby: *sees sans fight* Also Toby: That's fair.

"I was so young that it helped me learn to read, and also transformed my brain forever." Hey news, you think blaming games on everything is enough?

This video does not seem like 20 minutes essay. It ended so quickly. Thank you for this video

This just made me realize I've been watching you for about a year now. I still love your videos

No matter how old undertale gets, There will ALWAYS be people that still like it. If I wouldn’t know any better, I would say undertale will have the longest-lasting fan-base ever!

If it wasn't for Toby I wouldn't be making my own game today. Great vid!

No one truly hate Undertale. The ones who say they do, are those edgy ones that dislike every single thing once it becomes mildly popular Undertale deserves every single bit of praise it got. For the project, for the idea, music, story, art