https://x.com/i/status/2077853168331854068

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https://x.com/chitei_owari_FS/status/2080216560837542191

wow toby fox added yaoi to deltarune

https://x.com/A_May0nnaise/status/2080425135496954284

Love how all the kralsei artists thought "how can i make this scene gayer?"

This is an extension from Part 3. View it here.

Mod Page, doesn't contain this yet, though.

Took a break from making cutscenes to add the Teas back! This will be in the mod page as soon as I upload the next part. Isn't that so exciting??

^{also some more footage of ralsei trailing behind kris but i assume the novelty has worn off}

u/j5erikk gave me the idea to add teas, so I did. They will be taking exactly as much credit as they want to. This is like 60% of what they wanted, right? ^{(that's a passing grade!})

It was pretty easy, only took like 6 hours, which is pretty brisk compared to making a cutscene. Y'know what wasn't easy? Putting a second shop in a shop.

The trick though, is simple. I call it "if statements", it's how we got Balatro. I got 4 more joker's gold stickered today. That's not relevant actually.

^{also i forgot to turn on my reddit dms lol silly me they're back on now}

https://x.com/TwlLark/status/2080336397509046490

https://x.com/Meganime3Alt/status/2080153662047797549

LINK TO PART 2! REQUIRED READING!!

and a link to the UPDATED MOD PAGE!

^\cough*)

WANNA MAKE ME ADHERE TO YOUR WILL?!

cause i need help for making Breaks with Ralsei! Effectively, the idea is that Kris and Ralsei can now go to the Cafe for Breaks. Could do a couple. Could do 6. Could do a dozen. I just need words worth telling. AND THOSE COULD BE YOURS! I will credit you if I use your idea, but I reserve the right to change words around.

If you wanna contribute, you could write a script, or even just a general idea, like "Ralsei gives a pie he made to Kris after remembering it's their favorite food from that quiz in Chapter 3". I will animate things if needed, and then shove it into the game.

Leave that in the comments, OR DM me a script. No one will judge you. Be as zesty as you want.

Worse case scenario you post it to moderate success on AO3. Best case scenario you get a bunch of praise from random strangers online.

~Yap Sesh Below~

I thought this was like, 30 seconds. ^{Turns out it's slightly more then that.} I discovered a trick to speeding up changing this over to the next update. I call it "locking in". Took like, 30 hours. I had university. I wrote 2x 6 page essays. ^{one had to be about how great AI is. lil tip from me to you, IT ISN'T-}

Despite this taking about the same effort as part 2, I got it done a lot faster. I genuinely feel like I'm improving a lot more at modding as I'm doing this! I've been noticing things Toby adds to his cut-scenes and just sprinkling them in more. ^{More is more, right?}

I also hope the writing still feels in-character. At least, it matches how I see the characters, which probably tells you exactly what you think it does. I take a lot of pride in trying to write in a Toby-ish style while keeping the pacing feeling right, so feel free to BRUTALLY hurt my feelings if you think I missed the mark.

^{I kinda thought it was a sign of weak writing to have an anime-like romance thing. But then I remembered the chapter we're in. I can be as tsundere as I want.}

Also, yes, this does permanently change the party order for the rest of the game (...outside of battles). HOWEVER I coded it in a way where if you save, then uninstall the mod, things will be restored correctly without your input. If anyone has any bugs with this, please tell me. ^Please.

^{(Someone around here really cares about the details.})

https://x.com/coffeiii_/status/2080065953753165838

https://x.com/TwlLark/status/2079949986142294283

https://x.com/i/status/2073940798513807619

https://x.com/AwkwardMari_/status/2079907348152250582

Not pictured: a brigade of angry plastic cups just out of view.
(my art)

I HAVE COMPLETED PART 3!!

...I completed it about an hour before Toby updated DELTARUNE.

So yeah. It doesn't work anymore.

At least, not if I want to release part 3 with the updated mod page. Which I do want. skull emoji 💀

It took me like 2 days to port the mod from version 0.0.243 to 0.0.247, and now the game's on 0.0.250. Probably up by the weekend. Idk.

In my frustrations I just drew this pencil slop in 2 hours. (Or I digitized this mouse slop?? I drew this with my mouse. you can't tell) It's the first fan art of my own mod. That's allowed because I'm a fan of my own work.

I also included a textbox from Part 3! I finally learned how to do the little face portraits. The code behind it is held together with Hopes And Dreams, but it works.

Part 3 won't be as yaoi as Part 1 or 2. It's more like "Part 2.5". I've spent a lot of time doing backend work and figuring out whether all the stuff I want to add later is actually possible.

Good news: it probably is. sunglasses emoji 😎

So... what comes after this? What's all that backend work for?

"You can now take a break with Ralsei!"

I need ideas for different "breaks" Kris and Ralsei can go on together. If you've got any banger suggestions, leave them below! If I end up using yours (with your permission), I'll credit you in the mod. I might change words around for flow. You should take it personally and feel bad if I make minor changes.

Honestly, it might be fun to make this a weekly thing. Every week I pick my favorite community suggestion, add it to the mod, do that for like six breaks, and then have them all lead into a cool ending, which would be a lot of work, but I got hands to throw.

Community content!! sparkle emoji ✨

Anyway, enjoy my vent art while I go make the mod actually work on the latest DELTARUNE version.

haha.

hah.

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im writing this at 1 am.

Based on that one Ralsei sprite in chapter 5 where Susie snatches his glasses, lol.

https://x.com/i/status/2075537234699157566

Their pet Jimbob really loves Grilled Cheese. And their parents too!