Brr...!

Seems everyday it gets colder...!

But somewhere in the snow...

You can just barely make out a very very irritating silohuette...

you get closer and see...

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...Seems this cat is more complicated than you thought.

Wow! Sure is taking a lot of time for those genocide tracks to be done. I wonder why.

Oh right. College.

Finals kicked me right in the jingle bells this year.

On a more serious note, UNDERSWAP is nearing it's main OST completion. What a milestone! I can't believe it's already going to end soon. But fret not my deaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarest fans, as there will be EXTRAS just for you people who want the last drops of UNDERSWAP's world. This includes things like the "Switch" and "Ps4" and "Xbox" additions to the soundtrack!

I also plan to remake some thumbnails and tracks in the future, so keep an eye out too. it'll be small stuff. don't worry.

...Huh?

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The game?

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Oh right, forgot we announced that. The game hasn't taken off just yet, as again, I purely want to start development when the entire main OST is complete. This will make it easier to add assets in and whatnot, but it doesn't mean we haven't been preparing! I've been getting back into making sound effects just for the UNDERSWAP game, and i've even gotten one of the amazing spriters to start work on turnaround sprites for everybody, as I haven't quite finished those, lol.

Here's a peek at the stuff i've been thinkin' of in the background.

Though, thats where all the UNDERSWAP content ends for now, I don't want to spoil anything for the soundtrack, and i'd like people to make their own theories or thoughts about what they've seen so far, it's so wild hearing all your ideas!

Aha. Well. You see. this is the part of the newsletter i've been waiting for.

DARKHEART is inching closer and closer to completion as the days pass. The more I write and think, the more my ideas snowball into others and connect so clearly to me. Again, i won't spoil much about it, as I want the au as a whole to be a surprise, but giving some transparency on it's progress would be very nice. so here's what i'd say is the progress on each chapter, writing wise.

CHAPTER 1
GENERAL WRITING PROCESS: 70%
CHARACTER DESIGNS: 50%
ENVIROMENTAL DESIGN: 40%
MUSIC PROGRESS: 20%

CHAPTER 2
GENERAL WRITING PROCESS: 80%
CHARACTER DESIGNS: 30%
ENVIROMENTAL DESIGN: 50%
MUSIC PROGRESS: 5%

CHAPTER 3
GENERAL WRITING PROCESS: 40%
CHARACTER DESIGNS: 70%
ENVIROMENTAL DESIGN: 10%
MUSIC PROGRESS: 2%

CHAPTER 4
GENERAL WRITING PROCESS: 1%
CHARACTER DESIGNS: 1%
ENVIROMENTAL DESIGN: 13%
MUSIC PROGRESS: 0%

OVERAL STORY ITSELF WRITING WISE: 50%

DARKHEART has all the right pieces, all I have to do is put them together. I like to think the chapters are really well complimented by eachother.

One of the few more things about the AU as a whole before I move onto other topics, however, is that This AU can no longer be classified as a deltaswap, and will be referred to as "the deltarune in tory verse" or whatever. Alot of characters dont swap, some do, some mere concepts swap, etc, etc. It's very inconsistent. so it doesn't follow a clear swapping pattern.

I also very lightly revealed some of the roles on my Twitter accont, when I created my "2026 AU Goals" post, but I will reiterate for those who do not use twitter (for good reason.)

Kris stays the same.
Noelle and Susie swap.
Berdly stays the same.
Ralsei and "FRIEND" (Or "_" if you wanna be a nerd.) swap.

Again, don't want to spoil much, so these are what you get, but also, I'm pretty fond of these enemy designs I made, so take a look!

Sprites and animation by reative!

That's all for DARKHEART for now, again, the AU is very very much so in a more "rough draft" kind of stage, as compared to before where I only had vague ideas, but i've created "dummy" playlists for myself with every song inspiration lined up for the music and I have dialogue clear in my head.

If I were to give an estimation? Hmmmm.... Early 2026, DARKHEART will be ready to begin as a project, on soundcloud and possibly more...?

For now, you can keep track of the account here.

oh, and i HAVE shared darkheart content in places online, so if anyone tells you about it, just know its very subject to change!

Mini segment to shine some light on some other things. Primarily my other aus that can be found on my main account.

More of those AU's will begin to appear, as im rewriting my dusttale to be less tropey, while keeping the songs and designs in tact. (I really messed it up presentation wise.) And I plan to start my little mini post pacifist UNDERTALE AU, "UNDERTALE: Gyftmas Special". I plan to be much more active next year, even with college and all, and I want to bring content to you guys that make you happy, while also keeping ME happy while making it, lol.

Of course theres more than just UNDERSWAP and DARKHEART that im working on.

Consider these little "other projects" segments as a mini series in these newsletters if you will, as each newsletter will aim to have one that shouts out smaller projects, and projects that I just work on in general.

SELF-INSERT RUNE

"Self-Insert Rune" is a DELTARUNE project by my great friend Brylee (@michirbi) That is...Well.. A self insert! it's an AU that puts our mutual friends into the world of deltarune, but not in the normal way. The lightworld is much smaller, and for the sake of keeping everyone close and accessable, it takes all of us and puts us relatively close to eachother. Each darkworld is based on an era of the DELTARUNE / UNDERTALE community, with Chapter 1 being based on pre-chapter 3 takes, Chapter 2 being based on "Halloween Hacks" and Neo-Gothic projects, and Chapter 3 being about swap aus, etc. It's a really creative spin on the regular way of doing Self Inserts, and I work on the au! Most tracks are out currently for chapter 1, but I plan to contribute even more and more as time goes by. Check it out! Love you bry!!

That's right, a boss gauntlet project from Inverted Fate has released today! And I have some guest tracks in there! Inverted Fate is an AU where Asriel won the final pacifist battle, but lost control of his god powers, shifting the timeline and roleswapping the main cast into opposite positions. He turns back into Flowey and only he can remember what happened. He uses this to his advantage to manipulate frisk, who's mind is still fuzzy on everything. It's an extremely interesting AU, and actually is one of the inspirations for Tory Fox's UNDERSWAP. (The whole critical change in the universe shifts everything thing.) Check out the boss gauntlet here! Give it a play, and have fun!

Things will take a little while to get on the road, but when they do, it'll be amazing.

I can't wait for you all to see what I've been working on.

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2026 will be an interesting year for sure!

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IT'S STILL REALLY COLD.

Special thanks to Momo for some sprite help!