An Undertale/Deltarune newsletter went out on June 29, 2023, and as usual Toby Fox used it to offer updates on both games. In particular, there are hints as to how Deltarune Chapter 3 and 4 are going. There are no release dates yet. Fox noted that once the final overworld they are working on now for this part is finished, ”the chapter will finally be playable all the way through.”
Here is Fox’s full update on Deltarune Chapter 3 from the newsletter.
As was the case last time, we’re focusing on Chapter 3. However, there are a few people working on pieces of later chapters, such as bullet patterns or puzzles.
As for Chapter 3, we’re finally creating the final overworld area. You could think of it like the “Queen’s Castle” or “Card Castle”, but for this chapter. With this complete, the chapter will finally be playable all the way through…! (Fun Fact: I composed the song for this area in 2016…)
This Chapter is made of many different pieces… 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.
As you can tell, this chapter is shaping up to be a pretty strange one. I mostly focused on unusual gameplay elements, and it’s not too heavy on the story. Since it’s so frivolous, I feel a bit self-conscious about it… but, at least I got to try something different!
Anyway, Chapter 4 will be a much more standard chapter!
Deltarune Chapter 2 arrived on consoles and PCs back in September 2021. While the first two chapters were free, the third, fourth, and fifth ones will cost money.
Deltarune Chapter 3, 4, and 5 are in development.
