Deltarune Creator Addresses Fan Theories and Defends Chapter 5’s Pacing in Latest Update

Toby said we should trust him about Deltarune's pacing For those in the deep mines of the Deltarune fandom, the response to the game’s latest chapter has been a bit odd. Despite Chapter 5 hitting a stunning 291,816 peak concurrent player count on Steam and receiving critical praise for its excellent characters and emotional moments, some deep-in-the-weeds diehards were disappointed over two main points. The first was that, according to some, the game didn’t move the overarching plot forward, mostly focusing on a one-off adventure that didn’t answer existing questions. The other is that the chapter didn’t play into existing fan theories. These theories are divisive: Some members of the fandom create long video essays analyzing every small detail, while others view these speculations as hallucinatory fan fiction which is overly obsessed with characters who have never been shown on screen (i.e., Gaster). In the latest Deltarune newsletter, developer Toby Fox very politely addressed both of these criticisms. First, he alluded to the game’s pacing, saying that with the latest chapter, “we completed the last of the necessary setup for Chapter 6 and 7.” From now on, “there are no more wac