make her a member of the midnight crew

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)

I want to correct her, but at the same time she sent me a pretty girl edit of Bridget with hearts and stuff all over it and in big black letters it just says “BRISKET <3” at the bottom. She’s so enthused that it feels like it would be easier to just perpetuate this misunderstanding.

I guess you could say my friend and I are big Brisket fans. Is that bad?

Anon this is absolutely hilarious. I tried to recreate your friend's edit:

Please let her keep thinking her name is Brisket

Edit: The anon in this post is @nottoxicfr . Please check out their blog and art. Thank you all for supporting this Brisket <3

A voice cries out between two worlds. It tastes quite unlike corn syrup.

"It cannot be here, and cannot be with me. So, where is your favored place?"

"...the cave. They say The Basilica is for me, but I see it for what it is. A prison, just for me. In this cave, in this exile, I am myself. I can only ever be myself there."

"You shine with a beloved blessing. Are you not special?"

"I am nothing but a humble guide for my betters. I am no Hierophant, I am no Saint. I am merely a tool. A means to an end. My 'blessing' is not a talent, but merely my lot. I am no one special."

"Many and more are out there, spinning into stardust, dancing in anticipation of your arrival. Are you not excited to meet them?"

"How can I be excited when meeting them is my purpose? I lost what I was made for. I lost that part of myself that is to create. The only path left is to meet them. The only path left is to help them. The only path left is to be what they need me to be."

"I see, I see. You are a possession decidedly dispossessed. Then... is there anything you cannot let go of?"

"...them. Their smile. Their laughter. The way they could control an entire room. Their debates with me. The chess matches and tea and the cricket. How they could strike up the band, and take the attention of the others away from me for a while. How they used to hold me..."

"Do you love the color of the sky?"

"You should know. You should know these skies are only black and screaming. Twinkling with unlight stars in a thousand different colors as it spreads from the foundation into the firmament. It is...beautiful. It is great and terrible."

"But the real sky is not for me..."

"Capricorn, hermit in the dark, seer past the millennium. I don't know how, but I've found your cards for you."

"The first, fate and the turning of the wheel. Infinite possibility, rolling over and over itself."

"The Ruler of Everything"

"Second, what you are; how interesting, the way it turns against you."

"To be alone is my strength. My weakness. My blessing. My curse"

"And the third... oh, that's a mirror. Here, face yourself."

"Ah...quite so...it couldn't really be anything else, could it?"