{"id":48273,"date":"2025-05-22T17:53:29","date_gmt":"2025-05-22T08:53:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=48273"},"modified":"2025-05-22T17:53:31","modified_gmt":"2025-05-22T08:53:31","slug":"toby-fox-makes-a-purposefully-low-quality-video-showcasing-new-deltarune-character-shadow-guy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/toby-fox-makes-a-purposefully-low-quality-video-showcasing-new-deltarune-character-shadow-guy\/","title":{"rendered":"Toby Fox makes a purposefully low-quality video showcasing new Deltarune character &#8220;Shadow Guy&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Continuing his <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/toby-fox-reveals-new-enemy-type-in-deltarune-chapters-1-4\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">string of <strong>Deltarune Chapters 1-4<\/strong> updates<\/a> leading to the game\u2019s release, creator Toby Fox has released a 00s Windows Movie Maker-esque video featuring a new Deltarune Chapter 3 character known only as \u201cShadow Guy.\u201d Amidst the video\u2019s poor image and audio quality, you can hear a string of beeps and boops (which is how Undertale and Deltarune characters often convey speech), as well as a loud yell at the end.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"zxx\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gUb7F7jH4r\">pic.twitter.com\/gUb7F7jH4r<\/a><\/p>&mdash; UNDERTALE \/ DELTARUNE (@UnderTale) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UnderTale\/status\/1925368452124131830?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 22, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>While Shadow Guy\u2019s voice clips could very well be the ones used in the game, this is most likely Fox\u2019s attempt to mix a shitpost with meaningful information. After listing his top 5 Shadow Guy quotes, Fox ends the video with a grammatically incorrect thank you note detailing <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/deltarune-chapters-1-4-gets-universal-release-time-for-all-platforms-and-cross-buy-for-playstation-and-nintendo-switch-digital-versions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Deltarune Chapters 1-5\u2019s release date in the United States<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Considering how much trolling fans have done and been subjected to throughout Deltarune Chapters 1-4\u2019s development cycle, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Delphine_Ariel\/status\/1925370596646400056\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">many are just happy<\/a> that the game is releasing soon. <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Cozyhoodies\/status\/1925371440934568209\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Others are understandably upset<\/a> with Fox\u2019s latest update, as the creator sometimes has a roundabout way of revealing details.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Deltarune Chapters 1-4 is set to release on June 5 for Nintendo Switch 1 and 2, PC (macOS and Windows), and PlayStation 4 and 5.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Toby Fox teases a new Deltarune Chapter 3 character in a video that looks more like a shitpost than an actual game teaser. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":48274,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[62,3],"tags":[18],"class_list":["post-48273","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-indie-games","category-news","tag-global-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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