{"id":53616,"date":"2025-11-05T13:27:22","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T04:27:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=53616"},"modified":"2025-11-05T13:27:24","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T04:27:24","slug":"deltarune-creator-toby-fox-updates-players-with-early-reactions-to-chapter-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/deltarune-creator-toby-fox-updates-players-with-early-reactions-to-chapter-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Deltarune creator Toby Fox updates players with early reactions to Chapter 5\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>It\u2019s been five months and one day since <strong>Deltarune<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/toby-fox-says-youll-only-need-to-buy-deltarune-once-future-chapters-will-be-added-for-free\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Chapters 1-4<\/a> were officially released (not that anybody\u2019s counting). In the meantime, creator Toby Fox has been hard at work on the succeeding chapters, and he recently revealed the first reactions to an early, unfinished version of Chapter 5.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-bluesky-social wp-block-embed-bluesky-social\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"bluesky-embed\" data-bluesky-uri=\"at:\/\/did:plc:vshnclkqqguyg6xcz6q7g65k\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3m47r2cduwk2n\" data-bluesky-cid=\"bafyreifxidlqbyxfcy4qtpryejsjfoivwacjp6xs4uosdubxcf3bdf7cmy\"><p lang=\"en\">I had a friend play through an early unfinished version of Chapter 5!Their testimonial was &#34;I am still thinking about it a lot and want to play it more and it&#39;s kawaii when toby is worried about if it&#39;s good enough&#34;<\/p>&mdash; <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:vshnclkqqguyg6xcz6q7g65k?ref_src=embed\">tobyfox (@tobyfox.undertale.com)<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:vshnclkqqguyg6xcz6q7g65k\/post\/3m47r2cduwk2n?ref_src=embed\">2025-10-28T01:15:30.960Z<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/embed.bsky.app\/static\/embed.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/toby-fox-namedrops-possible-new-deltarune-character-in-amusing-account-of-his-familys-reactions-to-chapter-3-and-4\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">true Toby Fox fashion<\/a>, two of his first playtesters were friends who framed their reviews in a humorous manner. The first friend\u2019s testimonial said the chapter was reflective and made them want to play more, but also commented that they found it \u201ckawaii\u201d (cute) when Fox was worried if it was good enough.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-bluesky-social wp-block-embed-bluesky-social\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"bluesky-embed\" data-bluesky-uri=\"at:\/\/did:plc:vshnclkqqguyg6xcz6q7g65k\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3m4skztckk22h\" data-bluesky-cid=\"bafyreicbvtt3l5vkso3kv3zdsnhmzfnklqanooffad7vfw2kili6sj4rxi\"><p lang=\"en\">I showed another friend.Their testimonial was &#34;What&#39;s the opposite of &#39;I miss Tenna?&#39;&#34;<\/p>&mdash; <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:vshnclkqqguyg6xcz6q7g65k?ref_src=embed\">tobyfox (@tobyfox.undertale.com)<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:vshnclkqqguyg6xcz6q7g65k\/post\/3m4skztckk22h?ref_src=embed\">2025-11-04T12:48:27.969Z<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/embed.bsky.app\/static\/embed.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A vague testimonial from another friend simply read &#8220;What&#8217;s the opposite of &#8216;I miss Tenna?'&#8221; \u2013 alluding to the <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/deltarune-creator-toby-fox-didnt-expect-one-of-the-games-new-characters-to-be-as-well-liked-as-they-are\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">positive reception of the Chapter 3 character<\/a>. While Fox had his doubts as to the review\u2019s meaning, his friend said that it was merely meant as a joke and nothing more. They also added that they liked the chapter.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-bluesky-social wp-block-embed-bluesky-social\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"bluesky-embed\" data-bluesky-uri=\"at:\/\/did:plc:vshnclkqqguyg6xcz6q7g65k\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3m4tkraugtk2y\" data-bluesky-cid=\"bafyreietoloosedlnotoh7kioifo2khxbeeqwfuzwrtlp2miamadlk2j3u\"><p lang=\"en\">My friend said this affectionately as a joke and perhaps it doesn&#39;t have a deep meaning. They liked the game.<\/p>&mdash; <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:vshnclkqqguyg6xcz6q7g65k?ref_src=embed\">tobyfox (@tobyfox.undertale.com)<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:vshnclkqqguyg6xcz6q7g65k\/post\/3m4tkraugtk2y?ref_src=embed\">2025-11-04T22:16:19.934Z<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/embed.bsky.app\/static\/embed.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>While these updates offered no hints as to the contents of Chapter 5, there\u2019s a sense of reassurance knowing that two players already view it in a positive light. Now that Fox has started posting again on his Bluesky account, fans can likely expect more updates on Deltarune soon.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Deltarune Chapter 5 is set to release sometime in 2026.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Toby Fox shares vague but valuable early impressions to the working version of Deltarune&#8217;s upcoming Chapter 5.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":53618,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[18],"class_list":["post-53616","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-global-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Deltarune creator Toby Fox updates players with early reactions to Chapter 5\u00a0 - AUTOMATON WEST<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Toby Fox shares vague but valuable early impressions to the working version of Deltarune&#039;s upcoming Chapter 5.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/deltarune-creator-toby-fox-updates-players-with-early-reactions-to-chapter-5\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Deltarune creator Toby Fox updates players with early reactions to Chapter 5\u00a0 - 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