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The Undertale Kickstarter was a crowdfunding campaign for Undertale that was initiated by Toby Fox on June 24, 2013. Before this campaign, the demo of the game was first released on May 23, 2013. To entice potential backers, the Kickstarter offered several rewards explained in this video by Sans and Papyrus.

Rewards

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Excited Papyrus, as seen in the UNDERTALE Reward Tiers Explanation.

Anyone backing at $10 or more would receive a digital download of the game. Those backing at $30 would receive the digital download of the game, have their name included in the True Pacifist ending credits, plus the game's soundtrack with a vocal bonus track by Papyrus called "Papyrus's Cool Song". Two joke tiers were included at $31 where a backer could receive all $30-tier prizes without the vocal track and $32 where a backer could receive all $30-tier prizes except with a version of the soundtrack that only has the vocal track. Backing at $50 or more earns all of the $30-tier prizes plus a sticker sheet, and backing at $75 would earn all of the $50-tier rewards plus physical CD of the game and its soundtrack.

Backing the Kickstarter at $100 or more would reward the backer with all of the $75-tier rewards and a special prize:

  • At $100 or more, Tuyoki will make an overworld sprite of the backer's choice. (10 only)
  • At $250 or more, a custom non-playable character would be included in the game. (6 only)
  • At $500 or more, a custom character that is fightable can be included in the game. (2 only)
  • At $1,000 or more, the backer's fantroll will become canon in Undertale. (1 only)

Five of the NPCs were later revealed to be Loren, Sam Byool, Ragel, the Elder Puzzler, and Snowdrake's father. The fightable monsters were later revealed to be Glyde and Muffet. Lastly, the fantroll was later revealed to be So Sorry.[1]

Stretch goals

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Sans combing his nonexistent hair, as seen in the UNDERTALE Reward Tiers Explanation video.

The Undertale Kickstarter campaign included a couple of stretch goals if the campaign was funded above its initial goal of $5,000. All of the stretch goals listed below were reached with the campaign being funded at $51,125.

  • $7,500 - Expanded instruction manual
  • $10,000- Macintosh Port by Leon Arnott
  • $12,500 - SECRET BOSS (!?!)
  • $17,500 - Monster designs by Magnolia Porter
  • $20,000 - Patches and Wallpapers!
  • $25,000 - Kickstarter-exclusive Undertale Remixes!!!
  • $32,500 - Undertale Alarm Clock App
  • $37,500 - Undertale Concept Art
  • $45,000 - Undertale Extra Comics and possibly Another Game

UNDERTALE Alarm Clock

Development was announced for the UNDERTALE Alarm Clock on September 15, 2017, Undertale's 2nd anniversary.[2] However, development was discontinued three years later due to circumstances and in favor of developing Deltarune.[3]

The Winter Dialogue is instead available on the official Undertale website. It consists of post True Pacifist Route dialogue from Toriel, Napstablook, Papyrus, Sans, Alphys, Mettaton, Undyne, Flowey, and Asgore. Mad Mew Mew is also referenced in Mettaton's excerpts and Undyne's excerpts, indicating it is Mad Dummy's definitive fate in the Alarm Clock.

A portion of Asgore's Winter Dialogue was previewed on the official Undertale Tumblr announcement. While the draft is slightly different from the on-site version, both versions allude to the Undertale counterparts of Rudy and Noelle.

Comics

The first Undertale extra comic was revealed through Issue 01 - Winter 2022 of the Newsletter. This comic was illustrated by saffronscarf, and written by Toby Fox.

The rest can be accessed through Toby's comics page on Fangamer.

Trivia

  • In the Story section of the Undertale Kickstarter, it describes that in the year 201X, a child had climbed Mt. Ebott and sought refuge from the rain.
  • The Kickstarter header art of a room in Toriel's Home has the paper on the wall appearing blank, whereas in-game it depicts a flower with petals.
  • In the UNDERTALE Reward Tiers Explanation video, Sans's font is not pixelated. He also talks with proper capitalization at one point.
    • When Sans has a glass of a pink drink, his mouth changes when he sips from the straw. Additionally, the liquid goes through his clothes and drips onto his lounging chair.
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The Beauty Border.

References

  1. Firstly, So Sorry is the Fan Troll.samael on Tumblr, October 23, 2015.
  2. Well, it has been two years now. I would like to announce that we have started working on the UNDERTALE ALARM CLOCK APP FOR IPHONE/ANDROID.undertale on Tumblr, September 15, 2017.
  3. The dialogue on this page was originally intended to debut in the UNDERTALE Alarm Clock, an app that would have served as the vehicle for various humorous monologues from the characters. Development on the app has halted due to various circumstances, including asking the app developer to help with the development of DELTARUNE instead. So, rather than have the dialogue gather dust, I have taken an excerpt and rewritten it for display here. As always, it's recommended you don't read this dialogue until you've completed UNDERTALE. - undertale.com/alarmclock
  4. This season’s Undertale/Deltarune newsletter has been released! I illustrated the “comics” in this issue, please enjoy!!saffronscarf on Tumblr, April 02, 2023.
  5. Thank you everyone... I'm speechless... I'll let this image by Tuyoki do the talking instead... - Toby Fox, June 24, 2013
  6. Keep it up... Your support has made me incredibly strong... - Toby Fox, June 26, 2013
  7. Kickstarter update #7, July 3, 2013