Undertale: The Story of Toby Fox

Undertale is not a game that needs much introduction. One of the biggest surprise hits of 2015, this small indie game, made primarily by sole developer Toby Fox, has become one of recent history's most impactful games.
It's interesting, then, to see just how nervous Toby Fox was about his game's development. He started out making a small game for fun, but when his Kickstarter received far more funding than he could ever have hoped for, his life was instantly changed forever.
That said, it's nice to hear a story of a Kickstarted game that genuinely delivers on its initial promise. Part of what made Undertale such a success is its unique gameplay mechanic which emphasizes nonviolence, instead of the standard RPG practice of killing any monster that comes near you.
This video was meant to be our Valentine's Day offering, but life kind of got in the way and it ended up being delayed by three weeks. Sorry about that, here's hoping it's still at least a little relevant now. Love never goes out of fashion.
Thank you all for your wonderful comments. Here's hoping this video brings you a little drop of inspiration, and the encouragement you need to keep going. Just as Toby Fox's efforts led to the creation of Undertale, if you keep working hard, you'll find success in your sphere of influence as well. That's a promise.
For more stuff like this, feel free to check out lifeloveandvideogames.com, where our resident artist posts his Tumblr comics. He also now has a regular comic in Nintendo Force magazine, by the way, so feel free to send the editor an email about how lovely Kotor is.
Words by Breton Stripes ( bretonstriped)
Pictures by Kotor ( kotorcomics)
Music: Parting of the Ways - Part 1 by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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[@heynae2016]

I never knew you could make a game about love and it WASN'T a dating simulator

[@snezssecretweapon7569]

Why is everyone talking about the game's fandom. I understand it may not be the best fandom ever created but can we all focus on the brilliant idea this man created? Everyone is really stearing away from the point of the video.

[@justanormalname4645]

Guys. Please stop insulting the fandom and please appreciate what Toby made. Stop being so immature. Thank you.

[@frostyloid]

I'm surprised you didn't mention Touhou at all because Toby is a huge Touhou fan! Many of his songs are heavily influenced by Touhou's soundtrack and soundfont even. Plus the whole bullet hell mechanic was probably added because of love for Touhou. A lot of Asriel's patterns reference Marisa Kirisame's patterns (they both have rainbow lasers and lots of star shaped bullets) and one of them is basically a copy of [Light Sign "Earthlight Ray"].

[@matthewegan5281]

Thank you for actually mentioning Homestuck. It's a definite part of Undertale, and I always feel a little melancholy when people go over the history of Undertale without at least giving lip service to one of the main reasons Undertale was even possible.

[@GaelRice]

Woah I love these! very cute art and lovely narration, not to mention all the research that goes behind it! Awesome series, keep them up!

[@TheJoshstorm]

As a person who read Homestuck from when it was launched post-Problem Sleuth to it's end, this is the most positive I've ever seen someone reference Hussie. ;D

[@kit8427]

and then toby lived in andrew hussies basement

[@ogmac1206]

he made a community...a whole army....he gave light to my life when i needed it the most...after so much time...i still love that game...i personally will support any future game Toby makes...i hope he will someday...

[@valeriehumm396]

"You get punished if you choose to use violence" yup, that's what sans is here for

[@avadoksorem2854]

“Murder. Murder. Death. Murder death. Toby Fox didn’t like it.”

[@DaRealBurnz]

0:47

[@ryanrenn4815]

Toby Fox: Someone should make a game where you can win through love and peace.

[@galaxydestroyer3281]

I didn't know that toby fox's life was

[@scorchii5569]

Toby hates violence, yet he worked on homestuck, where every main character dies

[@saucetelevision7915]

I think it started with the idea of non violence, but evolved onto something elese. What we're playing

[@lovewins3321]

The artist's name that Toby hired is...

[@endergirlz1500]

*We didn't get this far by giving up...

[@stickdraws1359]

Lesson:

[@NoNamE-jk9pn]

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