Undertale Demo Differences

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In the demo, 'Start Menu 4' is made completely of orchestral instruments, with no NES-esque instruments. In the final, 'Start Menu 4' is 'Start Menu 3' with yet another NES instrument layered on. The demo's 'Start Menu 4' sounds very similar to the final's 'Start Menu 6'. Undertale is a role-playing game that utilizes many of the traditional mechanics normally seen in role-playing games but with a number of differences. The battle system in Undertale is turn-based and seems to be heavily inspired by bullet-hell games – in particular, the Touhou series – where the protagonist's SOUL, represented by a red.

This page details prerelease information and/or media for Undertale.

Undertale was obliquely teased as 'Underbound 2' in February 2013 before being released as an official demo of Undertale later on in May. It had then recieved a Kickstarter page, where backers originally kept track of the game's progress before the eventual release in 2015. Judging from the developmental process, the foundation for the game was pretty much laid out save for a few minor layout changes and redone graphics.

Ever since the game's release, it had gained an immense following over the years which allowed Toby Fox himself to include new additions via updates and develop another game in the series called Deltarune.

• 7Bandcamp Demo Soundtrack Differences
• 8Unreleased Music
• 9Concept Art

Development Timeline

2013

• February 4: Toby Fox replies to a member on Starmen.net, and shows the very first image of 'Underbound 2', actually from an early version of Undertale.
• May 2: An earlier version of the demo is showcased in a Fangamer stream.
• May 23: The demo of Undertale was released to the public.
• June 24: The Kickstarter page for Undertale opens.^[1]
• July 24: The Kickstarter page for Undertale is closed, having raised a grand total of $51,124.^[2]

2014

• February 21: Toby Fox states that the game is 'approaching 50% completion', but hasn't had much time to program the game due to schoolwork causing development to go on hold.^[3]
• May 3: Development of the game resumes, as Toby Fox graduates from university. Additionally, a Korean version of the demo is released.^[4]
• June 25: Toby Fox reveals that 'Area 3' of the game (actually Waterfall) is complete, and claims that 'Area 4' (i.e. Hotland) will be the last one finished.^[5]
• August 31: 'Area 4' of the game is halfway complete, and Toby shares some other progress in the game itself.^[6]
• October 30: 'Area 4' is mostly complete, with some glitches being fixed.^[7]
• December 18: Toby Fox finally finishes Asgore, which he claims to be the 'final boss' of the game.^[8]

2015

• January 15: A new trailer is released on Steam Greenlight.^[9]
• February 22: A small update is released, stating that since the last one, 'an ending', 'the last date', 'a very pathetic shopkeeper', and 'a nice place with a shower, air conditioning, and a bunch of fun movies to watch' have been added.^[10]
• May 1: Toby Fox sends a late build of Undertale to some select backers, which plays like the normal game except for a couple of missing features, like 'one ending not being beatable'.^[11]
• May 30: By this point, the last ending is 'almost complete', with only one boss in the route being unfinished. Various other minor things were added.^[12]
• June 30: Since the last update, Undertale has been mostly converted to Game Maker: Studio; as a result of this conversion, the instruction manual was left unused.^[13]
• July 30: Toby Fox claims that the game is almost complete and mentions a 'possible August' release.^[14]
• August 22: The game's release date is unveiled as September 15, 2015.^[15]
• September 8: Toby Fox posts the release trailer of Undertale, one week from the game's release.^[16]
• September 15:Undertale is released.

Pre-Development

In December 2012, Toby Fox started to develop Undertale after he clicked on a random article on Wikipedia and ended up on a page about arrays. Back then, he studied about basic programming variables in RPG Maker 2000 by reading books, but he did not know how to code a full-scale game. The game's original idea dating back to early 2012 ended up being released in 2018 as Deltarune.

He stated in an interview that the 'Action' and 'Quit' commands were inspired by Shin Megami Tensei, in a same vein to interacting with monsters.

Starmen.net Reveal

On February 4th, 2013, Toby posted a joke reply in a friend's forum thread on Starmen.net, in which he claimed to be working on a sequel to the (likely also a joke) EarthBound hack UnderBound, titled UnderBound 2. The images and music shown were, in reality, from an early version of Undertale, and feature several differences from their final versions.

The image on the right shows the earliest revealed screenshot of the game. While most of it looks similar to how the final game looks, the options at the bottom are different, with a 'Talk' choice instead of 'Act', 'Spare' instead of 'Mercy', and a 'Spell' option that's not in the final (its graphics are present but unused, however). No visible LV meter has been implemented. The Froggit enemies are called 'TestMonster', and the spots on its chest are slightly different than the final's.

Frisk originally had black outlines and darker hair and shoes. This was changed to a lighter brown in the final.

The regular battle theme, 'Enemy Approaching', was one of the earliest tracks written for the game. The version from the PK Hack thread is slightly incomplete, notably missing the outro the final has and the beep-y instrument from 0:21 on.

Compared to the final, the early version has blockier graphics. LV is next to the player's name, and there is an extra stat EN, which Toby says stands for English, though more likely stands for Energy, which is an unused stat in the demo's code.

Dated April 5th, 2013 (one month before the demo release), this leaf puzzle was made a bit easier in the final version. Other parts of the ruins were also lacking markings or cracks on the ground at this point.

Playground sessions login.

Toby testing stuff out (February 8th, 2013). The font used is wider than in the final.

The room shown here still exists in the final as 'room_overworld', but the textures used were deleted, resulting in black space.

Happy Toriel with no horns. The original Boss Monster design lacked horns, but they were added because Toby felt it made them look too much like mimigas from Cave Story (a noted inspiration).

Sad Toriel with no horns.

Tem Shop Sprite

It's the Temmie Shop in a overworld sprite form.

So Sorry Front Overworld Sprite

Temmie Chang made an overworld sprite of So Sorry from the front, but it was not used until later versions of the game, where he appears outside of the Art Club room in the True Pacifist epilogue only after fighting him.

Mettaton Essay

On Toby Fox's Twitter, he notes that at one point, Mettaton would save your essay to the hard drive as an image, but it was buggy, and thus was removed.

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Bandcamp Demo Soundtrack Differences

The demo's soundtrack on Bandcamp features a few musical differences compared to the demo.

'Fallen Down'

This track is used when you first meet Toriel. The Bandcamp version is a slowed down, lower-pitched version of the demo's version in the files, which in turn is slowed down, and lower-pitched in-game.

Hotel Battle Music Pre-Release Name

The song on the OST 'Can You Really Call This A Hotel, I Didn't Receive A Mint On My Pillow Or Anything' was named 'Hey This Wasn't Really What I Was Expecting From a Hotel, For Example You Didn't Even Leave a Mint on My Pillow' when revealed in a Kickstarter update, and has the filename 'hey_this_wasnt_really_what_i_was_expecting_from_a_hotel_for_example_you_didnt_leave_a_mint_on_my_pillow.mp3' on Toby Fox's website. It was uploaded on October 30th, 2014, at 8:58 AM.

'Stronger Monsters' WIP

This prototype version of 'Stronger Monsters' is found on Toby's website, as well as in a Kickstarter update. The only major difference seems to be that the end is shorter. It was uploaded on December 18th, 2014, at 8:16 AM.

Compare the end of this track with the final:

Unreleased Music

Various unreleased music tracks were posted to the Undertale Tumblr on the day before the game's 1-year anniversary.

Early 'Alphys'

A calmer, less quirky-sounding version of Alphys's theme. It was rewritten for the final version because Toby felt it was too similar to 'a certain lab song from another game' (Most likely referring to Dr. Andonuts' lab theme from EarthBound). 'Here We Are', the theme for the True Lab, appears to be based on this early theme.

Early 'Spear of Justice'

An early version of Undyne's battle theme. Although the melody is mostly the same, it has a considerably more melancholy and less aggressive tone compared to the final version due to being written before Toby 'really knew Undyne's personality'.

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Early 'Undertale'

An early take on the eponymous song. Compared to the final version, this is less bittersweet-sounding and is played in a minor key. Toby was inspired to change the guitar backing to a new melody (which itself served as the basis for 'Memory' and 'His Theme') after hearing the song 'Redline Day' from the 2009 anime film Redline.

'Dog Hole'

Definitely meant to be an area theme, but it doesn't sound quite like anything else on the soundtrack. Maybe that's why it was scrapped.?

Fnaf 4 was it me.

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'Dogtroid'

'Dogsong' arranged as a parody of the Metroid ending theme. Apparently, if you completed the game quickly enough, you would have gotten an image of the Annoying Dog in a bikini as a 'reward':

Concept Art

Papyrus

Concept art for what appears to be an early version of Papyrus (based on the pose). According to Toby, the gray pixels are a result of resizing in Microsoft Paint, so this may not be what the original version actually looked like. Macbook pro silver keyboard.

Grillby

Concept art for Grillby with commentary.

Burgerpants

Concept art for Burgerpants with some. colorful commentary. According to Toby, Burgerpants is the only character whose final design matches the concept art 1:1.

Release the gimp.

Marsh

Concept art for the marsh with some some choice words for cyan-lovers. The final version of this area has cyan water anyway.

Duplo job creator software.

Toriel

According to Toby, this is concept art for Toriel. This is also used in the 'Beauty' border in the console releases; namely, the Switch version.

References

1. ↑UnderTale by Toby Fox » Updates — Kickstarter
2. ↑UnderTale by Toby Fox » Kickstarter Over. — Kickstarter
3. ↑UnderTale by Toby Fox » Progress paused for now. — Kickstarter
4. ↑UnderTale by Toby Fox » Development resumes. — Kickstarter
5. ↑UnderTale by Toby Fox » Area 3. Area 3! AREA 3! — Kickstarter
6. ↑UnderTale by Toby Fox » Mid-Area 4 Update — Kickstarter
7. ↑UnderTale by Toby Fox » Another Small Progress Update — Kickstarter
8. ↑UnderTale by Toby Fox » Merry Undertale, Again — Kickstarter
9. ↑UnderTale by Toby Fox » Undertale's on Steam Greenlight! — Kickstarter
10. ↑UnderTale by Toby Fox » Extremely Normal Progress Update — Kickstarter
11. ↑UnderTale by Toby Fox » Regular Progress Update — Kickstarter
12. ↑UnderTale by Toby Fox » Getting Closer. — Kickstarter
13. ↑UnderTale by Toby Fox » Small Monthly Update — Kickstarter
14. ↑UnderTale by Toby Fox » Hopefully Nearing The End Of These Updates — Kickstarter
15. ↑UnderTale by Toby Fox » Release Date — Kickstarter
16. ↑UnderTale by Toby Fox » UNDERTALE Release Trailer! 1 Week Away! — Kickstarter

If you have heard of Toby Fox than you surely have heard of the Indie game called Undertale. On its' September 15th, 2015 release date, Undertale became widely known to gamers everywhere. It was released on Microsoft Windows and OS X, then re-released on other systems such as the PlayStation in 2017 and eventually the Nintendo Switch in September 2018.

After three years, the fad of Undertale has calmed down only to be re-hyped as of October 31^st when Toby Fox released the first chapter of DeltaRune, a game very similar to Undertale. It even has some of the same characters such as the beloved goat mom Toriel, and the scientist turned teacher Alphys. Even the humor Undertale is known for is present in this new incarnation of the game. This makes sense, as DeltaRune's site says the game is, 'intended for people who have completed UNDERTALE.'

The story of DeltaRune is very different than Undertale, despite feeling similar as you play. When the game opens we hear about the Legend of Delta Rune, much like how we learn about the legend of Mount Ebott. The music accompanying the legend feels like a traditional adventure song as the tale is unraveled in a dramatic fashion. This is very different from the opening of Undertale where there the theme song, 'Once Upon a Time' feels like a tale far from the present, almost like a storybook.

DeltaRune does not take place under a mountain, traversing through puzzles and meeting new monsters, it starts on the surface. You play as a human named Kris and, unlike in Undertale where you name the Fallen Human, the choice of naming the character is taken away. Kris, along with their mother Toriel, go to school showing the town is full of familiar faces that we have met during our adventure through Undertale. You could even mistake the game as simply a sequel, if not for a fact heard at the beginning of the game. Asriel, the goat bro of Undertale, is alive and away at college.

Knowing such a fact, those who have played Undertale can theorize that perhaps the game takes place in an alternate universe (AU for short). For those who pay attention to the fandom of the beloved Indie game, Undertale has been split into multiple different areas, each with a key difference that changes the world of the Underground using the same characters just in different positions. However, this theory can be dismissed, as in those AUs the main character of Undertale does not take the place of the main character of DeltaRune.

We meet more familiar faces at the school Toriel works at. Such as Alphys, Monster Kid, Snowdrake, even Temmie, and its' hardboiled egg. We also meet new characters such as Noelle a very kind deer like monster, and a monster named Catti who turns out to be Catty's younger sister. Another new monster we meet is Suzie, who seems rather quiet and who, at first glance, I thought was simply misunderstood. She is the opposite of Flowey when we meet him in Undertale. However, just like with Flowey, I was quickly proven wrong. Susie is indeed the bully everyone claimed she was. From threatening Kris to calling them a freak, she showed it through dubious means, unlike Undyne who is a good monster.

The story progresses, and soon enough Kris and Suzie end up in a mysterious world underground. Their appearances change upon arriving in the strange world. Eventually, the two arrive at a castle. There they meet Ralsei, the prince of Darkness, and learn about his people called the Darkners, as well as Kris and Susie's people called the lightners. Ralsei also tells them the tale of Delta Rune, and that they are heroes who are supposed to restore the balance of light and dark. This is rather different to Undertale, where there was a mention of a prophecy, but it was up to the player to determine what it could mean and proceed how they wished. While in DeltaRune you are told outright what your mission is and how to complete it.

After Ralsei states our mission, he is knocked to the side and we are introduced to 'the bad guy', Lancer. Lancer is the prince of the Card Kingdom and wants to be evil but is rather terrible at it, much like Papyrus who wants to be a member of the royal guard but is too nice to be one. Lancer is so terrible at it that at one-point Susie eventually befriends him by giving him pointers on how to be evil.

When Lancer leaves, Susie splits up from Kris and Ralsei for a time, causing havoc as she goes. When reunited with her, Susie has no interest in listening to any commands, she just fights no matter the enemy. Now we don't have to worry about her killing anyone because the enemies flee when defeated. The downside to this is that you have to warn the enemies about Susie before doing anything else in combat. Now I personally didn't care, I saw it as adjusting to a volatile teammate, but other people might not like it since it can be seen as repetitive. In Undertale it was just you when traversing through the underground.

Susie eventually decides to be a bad guy and joins Lancer. You get rather humorous gags of them unable to solve puzzles and getting lost in a maze. Near the end, the two join up with Kris and Ralsei, after being defeated in a battle. Lancer, however, is aware that for the heroes to complete their mission, they must fight his father. Not wanting either to get hurt, he leaves and has the heroes captured and thrown into the dungeon.

Susie manages to escape her cell and confronts Lancer. Feeling betrayed, she fights him. Much like Toriel in her boss fight, Lancer only attacks for a couple turns, eventually going out of his way not to hurt Susie. Even Susie does not wish to hurt him at the end. This is where the line 'Anybody can be a good person if they just try.', comes shining into the demo. Susie tells Lancer that they will find a way not to fight his dad, and proceeds to ACT, along with Kris and Ralsei.

At the end after fighting the King, you bare the fruits of your actions during your adventure. In a run with being kind to others, all the darkners will appear at the castle to wish the lightners farewell. In a more violent run, they will instead aim to chase the lightners out. Either way, both Kris and Susie return to their world. After parting ways with Susie, we are finally able to explore the area.

One of the first monsters you can talk to after leaving the school is Undyne. You find her out on the streets stopping cars. When you do, you learn something very strange. If the game was related to Undertale, then surely Undyne would know who Alphys is. Although, when we mention her to Undyne she has no clue who that is. Sorry to those who ship Undyne and Alphys. What about the two besties, Catty and Bratty? Well, they do know each other, but instead of selling garbage together, they throw it at each other in the form of words. What about the skeletons? Turns out Sans just moved to town, but there hasn't been any mention of Papyrus anywhere. Not a single 'Nye he he!'

I feel like there is a reason DeltaRune feels so much like Undertale, despite being rather different. The combat is the same. There are several events that remind us of Undertale because memories are being pulled out and compared to what I just witnessed in-game. Toby Fox managed to take what we are familiar with and change it on us. It's so familiar, that I missed an important detail. Many times since we starting our save file we are told our choices don't matter. Ralsei at the start of our adventure talks about how our choices DO matter, something Undertale never did. The very ending of the entire game is the same no matter what we do.

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Toby Fox took, in my opinion, the best choice-based game and flipped it around on us. He reminds us of Undertale where every decision counted at a given moment. He uses familiar characters to set us in that mindset, so that we think we have a choice, when in fact no matter what we do, nothing changes in the end. You decide to fight? Enemies flee, they live to have an opinion of you and doing something about it. DeltaRune was a surprise to me when I heard about it, and it surprised me with the twists and turns. I enjoyed every moment of it.

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