Undertale is breaking my heart.

Overcast · 10-03-2015, 08:08 AM

Since we have a pretty hefty group of at least former Homestuckers you folks may be familiar with Toby Radiation Fox, he was one of the most prolific and ultimately the leading man in many of the Homestuck albums and was pretty consistently my favorite dude on the tracks. Maybe you were aware of him before Homestuck, in that case good for you.

You'd know about his enjoyment of Earthbound, how he made a Romhack for it once upon a time, and has made music remixes of its tracks before.

Back in 2013 he tossed out a kickstarter for him to make a game called Undertale, wanted only $5000, met that very shortly after and worked all the way up to around 50k. It was delivered as a game where you didn't have to kill anyone, which had a unique combat system where you had to defend yourself by dodging like a Touhou topdown shooter. Attacking would still be an option, but would come with some measure of reflection on someone who uses violence to solve their problems. It also boasted some degree of 4th wall leaning, with the idea of EXP, LVL, and Saving being concepts that are more than just mechanics but a part of the world itself.

With no doubt they delivered on all fronts with their mission statement, and have put out a powerful RPG that if you can get into its mechanics may well touch you as deeply as it has touched me. As well as delivering that historically pretty damn good Tobyfox tunes.

I honestly don't want to say anything more about it, but the demo is free online at their main website, it is also hilariously tiny. So try it out, and for god sakes if you enjoy it drop some dollars on it.

This game deserves all the attention and praise I can toss at it.

10-03-2015, 08:08 AM	#1
Overcast Cinderella Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Trespassing in the graveyard Posts: 3,076	Undertale is breaking my heart. Since we have a pretty hefty group of at least former Homestuckers you folks may be familiar with Toby Radiation Fox, he was one of the most prolific and ultimately the leading man in many of the Homestuck albums and was pretty consistently my favorite dude on the tracks. Maybe you were aware of him before Homestuck, in that case good for you. You'd know about his enjoyment of Earthbound, how he made a Romhack for it once upon a time, and has made music remixes of its tracks before. Back in 2013 he tossed out a kickstarter for him to make a game called Undertale, wanted only $5000, met that very shortly after and worked all the way up to around 50k. It was delivered as a game where you didn't have to kill anyone, which had a unique combat system where you had to defend yourself by dodging like a Touhou topdown shooter. Attacking would still be an option, but would come with some measure of reflection on someone who uses violence to solve their problems. It also boasted some degree of 4th wall leaning, with the idea of EXP, LVL, and Saving being concepts that are more than just mechanics but a part of the world itself. With no doubt they delivered on all fronts with their mission statement, and have put out a powerful RPG that if you can get into its mechanics may well touch you as deeply as it has touched me. As well as delivering that historically pretty damn good Tobyfox tunes. I honestly don't want to say anything more about it, but the demo is free online at their main website, it is also hilariously tiny. So try it out, and for god sakes if you enjoy it drop some dollars on it. This game deserves all the attention and praise I can toss at it. __________________ Time to bust out the glow sticks!