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Chapter 4: Prophecy

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This is a sub-page of Prerelease:Deltarune/Concept Art.

Characters#

MSPaint sketches by Toby Fox depicting Kris making chocolate milk as they do in Noelle's kitchen, Ralsei hugging a less-than-enthused Susie as he does upon entering Castle Town in Chapter 4, Susie looking intensely while playing some badly-drawn handheld console and a just barely on-screen Noelle peeking at Susie while she does this.

The "gamer moment" art would have unused sprites that made it into Chapter 4.

Concept art

Current build

(Source: @tobyfox)

More MSPaint sketches by Toby, this time depicting a variety of vignettes for Chapter 4, Susie using a glass to violently scoop up the 'sick' red juice from the church, Noelle sitting politely, and Catty violently drinking the free alleyway milk. Interestingly, the sprite of Noelle superimposed over her sketch matches up with the sofa in the living room of her home. This sketch was likely the reference for Noelle's posture during the study session.

Concept art

Current build

(Source: @tobyfox)

Concept art by ggdg of potential outfits for Gerson's normal Dark World attire. The second option was what was chosen for the final game.

Toby concept art for the fire extinguisher NPC. It has a very big nose.

Toby concept art of Sans and Toriel's appearance at the end of the chapter. All of these poses would be translated into sprite form for the final game.

(Source: CHAPTER 3 AND 4 LOOK BACK!)

Pose concepts by Taxiderby intended for Susie's "WakeKris" ACT seen in the Titan Spawn & Titan fights, which depict Susie hitting Kris to wake them up.

(Source: taxiderby.coven.cafe)

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Check. It. Out. I'm in. The art.

Concept art by Toby for the Annoying Dog's climbing sprite during the hidden racing sequence. The tangential similarity of this art to the immolated carcass of a deceased specimen of domestic poultry was compelling enough to make it (and the actual sprite) the subject of many, many meme edits on Toby's Bluesky account.

(Source: tobyfox.undertale.com)

Enemies#

Concept art of Guei. There is an unused "rare" animation of it standing, which did end up in Chapter 4 as an unused graphic.

(Source: Nintendo of Japan)

Toby concept art of Bibliox, seemingly before its more elderly look was decided upon.

ggdg concepts for the Titan, showcasing some decidedly more humanoid figures than the final game.

(Source: CHAPTER 3 AND 4 LOOK BACK!)

Locations#

ggdg art of the Church Dark World, with some very MC Escher-esque architecture in the background.

(Source: CHAPTER 3 AND 4 LOOK BACK!)

Concept art by ggdg of the hallways in the Church Dark World, featuring a decidedly more vibrant color palette than what is seen in the final game.

(Source: ggdg.bsky.social)

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Concept art by ggdg of Gerson's library and study. It seems the study would've been its own room, rather than out in the middle of the rest of the library like in the final game.

(Source: ggdg.bsky.social)