Undertale is a horribly made game

Undertale is a game that revolutionized the RPG genre.. but what spaghetti is lurking behind the source code?!

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0:00 Undertale
8:15 GameMaker
9:45 Undertale

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[ACoffiend]

if i remember correctly Toby actually got the genocide game delete to work. but he removed it since windows detected it as a virus 💀

[standardhuman]

this is just how people code. if its not held together with spaghetti and tape, are you really even a developer?

[psiseven]

"Undertale is poorly programmed" Canonically it was made by a dog barking into a speech to text converter, so that checks out

[stridin_raye]

"If you like quirky characters and inconsistent pixel lengths, Undertale is for you." - Toby Fox, 2015

[ClodsireBcuzYes]

the WRITING is genius

the code on the other hand is held together by sticks, duct tape and a prayer.

[ZReChannel]

a switch statement isn't inefficient memory-wise, it may be even faster than a file you read whenever you need data.

[Wince_Media]

Honestly, the fact that Undertale is a poorly coded game makes Undertale even more of an inspiration. If even a rookie developer can make such a fantastic game, then you can too!

[FranciscoDND]

Toby Fox made his game in a cave WITH A BOX OF SCRAPS

[mothaclysm]

1:35 that's og oneshot, modern oneshot allows you to close the game but scolds you for it by saying it scares Niko as they're alone and dark when the window closes

[FireCokie-fficial]

3:01 fun fact: I saw on a yt video about unused undertale content that this flowey sprite was gonna be used if you manage to oneshot Asgore by hacking the game

[mrtruman]

_Reads title._
_Gets pitchfork._
_Watches video._
_Lowers pitchfork._ "Good point."

[Ehh.....]

Undertale is a roomba with a razor taped to it.
Good enough.

[MysticSlime]

Undertale is held together by a bunch of sticks and glue 😅it's honestly kind of miraculous that it not only works, but also that most playthroughs really don't see many glaring bugs at all

[Michal-jehx]

One of my favorite things about Undertale is how, with Toby's limited skills and technical crap, it's still one of the best games I've ever played

[howard_blast]

Two very important things:
- Undertale is graphically good. The vast majority of visual assets seen in the game were cleaned up considerably by Temmie, produced from scratch by her, or done by another artist Toby hired. The entirety of Home, Snowdin, and many other areas were not only drawn and sprited entirely by Temmie, but even conceived in concept art by her first via fairly vague instructions from Toby. It is not an exaggeration to say Temmie is more important to Undertale's identity at many points in the game than Toby is.
There was a strong effort to keep the look simple and reminiscent enough of what Toby himself would doodle, but most of the final product is by no means not a professional quality finish, nor something he could produce anything that feels remotely similar to.
This confuses a lot of aspiring gamedevs into thinking they can still achieve what Undertale did with lower standards/ability. They cannot.
-Toby's lack of ability to code his way out of a "Hello world" assignment is one of the many factors delaying Deltarune to year infinity. It is very much an issue and, much like the point above, should not be something that encourages aspiring game devs to skip over learning their fundies.
Toby has been notably trying to use Temmie less on Deltarune also, and development and the product itself is suffering for that as well.

[markvn]

4:00 to be fair, Toby used to be an Earthbound rom hacker, and Earthbound is pretty much infamous for how overtly complicated it's text system was

[music]

The "Fun Value" thing should be in more games. It adds variety to different playthroughs with minimal effort from the developer

[xtruejudgementx]

So basically the entirety of undertale’s dialogue is controlled by a scratch if _ then _ block

[ShayyTV]

oh hey, i'm in this!! thanks for the shoutout <3

5:36 just wanted to clarify the room i meant here is the room with the three switches you have to flip where alphys calls you before you can flip the third one. although, the room shown in the video ALSO has supreme jank (most of them do)

the game is held together by duct tape, love, and Determination... but ultimately, it doesn't matter!! it's still a masterpiece and it's proof that anyone can make something great, even if you're not the most skilled in one particular aspect of a project.

[bea-i-guess]

THE UNDERTALE DIALOGUE "IF" STATEMENT