With the second instalment of Toby Fox’s reportedly seven-part “nonviolent” RPG Deltarune steadily approaching its second anniversary, fans are understandably eager to hear when more will be on the way, and while Fox mightn’t be ready to divulge that particularly bit of information yet, he now offered a development update.
Deltarune – which charts the adventures of human teenager Kris and their lizard friend Suzie in the mystery Dark World – launched its first chapter toward the end of 2018 as a free download. A second instalment – also free – arrived in September 2021, followed by the news a third, fourth and fifth chapter will all launch simultaneously at a later date.
The big question for Deltarune fans, though, is , and the answer, if Fox’s latest progress report is anything to go by, still sounds very much like ‘not any time soon’. Fox does reveal, however, the team is currently working on Chapter 3’s last overworld area – and once that’s done, “the chapter will finally be playable all the way through”.
“This Chapter is made of many different pieces,” Fox explained in a recent email newsletter (thanks Nintendo Everything). “So it’s been hard to understand exactly how everything was turning out. Now that things are clearer, I just need to roll over the entire game with a steamroller and crush out all the bumps. There may be things to add, things to fix, or things to remove… but, many pieces have been quite polished already, so it won’t be too bad.”