Recommendations for UT/ DR AUs

3 years ago

Anyone have any recommendations for Undertale and Deltarune AUs and fangames? I'll share my thoughts about them in your replies! :D

Rules:

Can't be Sans or Papyrus-centric, aka can't be an AU that mainly focuses on Sans or Papyrus (ex: Dusttrust, Killertale)
Can't be self-inserts.

I'll go first!

(Any thumbnails I use are from their official sources. No fanon stuff here!)

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Inverted Fate, a multimedia UT AU that takes place after a failed True Pacifist route. It takes the concept of Asriel resetting the timeline, but something goes horribly wrong and the Lost Souls(Toriel, Asgore, Sans, Papyrus, Alphys, and Undyne) gets their roles changed. This new timeline isn't as it seems now. It spans over 60+ chapter(and counting!) and I even contribute some sprites to it! I'd definitely recommend. :)

There's a common misconception going on making people think that this is just an Underswap take since the Lost Souls swap roles, when that just isn't true..? The whole concept of "roles" is just a fanon thing anyways and shouldn't be taken into accountability when making an AU.

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Storyshift, an AU that needs no introduction. You all know what it's about, that one AU that "shifts" roles around. It's a really good read! I hope to help out with this one some day.

The AU and AU creator, Voltra, has been so heavily mistreated by the fandom for seemingly no reason. The so-called "fans" of the AU often misrepresents what Storyshift is about, creating fangames and fan-battles of the AU without permission, mischaracterizing Chara and giving them magic red knives and the fans favoring the old "Sans Chara" design, most of the fans ignoring the reboot entirely, etc., and it sucks too cause I've watched it all happen, just to see one of my favorite AUs get overshadowed by so many of these fanon "Storyshift" Chara fights.

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Rupturedtale. You have an AU that takes place after a failed True Pacifist route, so how about one that takes place after a failed Genocide route? Introducing Rupturedtale, a sem-serious UT AU staring an original protagonist, Jack, a guy that is no one important. Befriend a dog, scream and do a funny pose, find out what happened to Frisk, and solve the mystery of what lurks in the shadows in this multimedia AU! I also help with this one. ^^

Nothing to note here, just a really good read.

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Undertoad, an AU that crosses the Super Mario series with Undertale, as stated in its FAQ. Felt like Undertale's gameplay was pretty boring? Wanna platform in your top-down RPG? Stomp on Goombas, bump your head against bricks, and play poker in this AU! Another AU I'd love to help with. Combines two of my favorite things into one original au.

Yet another case of the fandom mistreating UT AUs, even to the point of making the AU going on an indefinite hiatus. Notable fandom controversies include the "fans" ignoring everything about the AU and making "Mario Sans" fights, the infamous "why isn't Waluigi in Mettaton's role?!", making AU takes, again without permission, and these takes gaining more popularity than the original, etc.

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DELTATRAVELER, a fangame based on a (now dead) meme. What if Kris and Susie(and Noelle) went to places they shouldn't be in? Due to an experiment, the trio are now in other worlds and need to get back to their own world! Whack Flowey with a stick, encounter weird enemies, and maybe even utilize a mallot?? in this fangame.

Now, I know what you may be thinking. "Soup, I already know most of these lol. Isn't there some obscure AUs that you like that I NEED to know about?" And yes there are!

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Colossus!Fell, an Underfell take fangame that tries to avoid all the tropes that the usual Underfell take have: red everywhere, happy character = evil character, etc., and adds its own original content into the mix, much like TS!Underswap. I code for the project!

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Angel's Lullaby, a UT prequel fangame that takes place during the Human and Monster war. The game is notable for its stunning visuals and animations (I mean c'mon, look at that thumbnail??). Also, they run an askblog, AskFallenRoyalty. Askblogs aren't my thing, but if it peaks your interest, there you go.

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deltasonic. I like Deltarune. I like Sonic. This one peaks my interest.

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Underrune, an AU that combines Deltarune and Undertale into an original AU. Has fantastic sprite work and beautiful environments! Can't wait to see more of this.

Although not technically fangames, here's some honorable indie game mentions.

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Depper Jar, an indie game that mixes elements of Deltarune and the Mario & Luigi RPG series into a neat meme-y package. We don't know much about this, but I'm sure it'll be great!

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Furquest, the literal definition of "wacky and quirky Earthbound-inspired RPG", but it's not about depression! Instead, it's about Inverts and how every character has an opposite version of themselves.