Driftson

It isn't news to most, but Deltarune Chapter 5 came out! Now that a little time has passed, I thought I'd talk a little about of my work on the game!

In Chapters 3+4 it was a little easier to point at broad portions that I was responsible for, but in this chapter I was a little more scattershot as we were working on this one concurrently with the release of 3+4, and all of the work leading up to and after launch. This meant I was bouncing back and forth like a well filled basketball, tackling whatever needed to be tackled.

Something I had a lot of fun with in this chapter was adding some kinetic energy to things where it wasn't always totally necessary. Aqua bouncing around during her introduction, Yellow bouncing his hat when startled, and Flowery cracking open a fresh orange of juice were some of my favorite bits.

Some of my favorite bits to work on were Yellow punishing himself, Flowery joining your party, and whether or not you turned off Voice Clips or Ralseis. It's always a lot to make a scene work where you can have a lot of player choice and have responses to that, but it's so rewarding when that works out.

I know most folks who have followed me for a while know me for my platforming games, but that's one aspect of this chapter I didn't touch! The folks on the team responsible for that did an incredible job, and I loved being able to play and test it as it grew.

(I'm very proud to get to be responsible for the first use of spr_susie_splat)

Tenna art by @9Aaaalt29 on twt

The crowd roared in confused enthusiasm as Tenna gave a gracious flurry of low-FPS bows, pausing only for the occasional stink-nose at his audience plants who weren’t throwing enough 3D roses.

Eventually, the room fell silent. It was Senshi’s turn to speak.

He puffed out his chest, took a long, sweeping look over the audience… and shook his head.

“I can see not all of you are eating properly.”

The crowd murmured with embarrassment.

“I don’t know who needs to hear this, but it’s time to take the turkey out of your icebox. I have seen the ingenious technology with which your people store food... and I have also seen the waste which results from such convenience.

“The food you take had a life. Beasts grew fat on the grass of the field, plants grew from the sun’s rays, and mushrooms grew from minerals in the cracks of caves. And yet, it sits in your iceboxes, collecting moisture until it perishes.

“Eat what is given to you. Because its life will make you stronger, too.”

Without another word, Senshi left his podium and stepped away from the stage. The crowd murmured in confusion. “Is he really like that?” somebody said. “I only remember reblogging the photosets of him tripping and showing ass.”

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Back in the Green Room, Tenna wrung his antennas nervously.

“Y-y-you think they liked me!? They HAD to!! I mean, I don’t know what Asgore was thinking, getting that weird haircut and running that food waste campaign, but… YOU thought I did good, didn’t you, Kris?”

Laios nodded aggressively, a streak of blue face paint peeling from his forehead.

“You did AMAZING, Tenna! By the way, now that we’ve seen all your insider campaign secrets, do you have any more videos of Susie? Especially her tail... If I could get a look at that, I could finally tell if she’s a dinosaur or --”

THWACK. Fake antlers butted Laios’s head.

“LAIOS?? Weren’t we dressed up to help SENSHI???” Marcille hissed, gesturing awkwardly with her hooves.

Suddenly, Tenna turned to the two adventurers.

“Hey, WAIT a second. SOMETHING’s not right here...”

Laios and Marcille held their breath.

“Where the heck are my POINTS!?”

Just then, the door opened. Chilchuck took one step into the room, whistling and holding a large bag.

Everyone turned to him.

Chilchuck paused, took a step backwards, and closed the door.

“CHILCHUCK!!!” yelled Tenna.

“How come Chilchuck got to stay Chilchuck!?” yelled Marcille at the same time.

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