And the consequences it would have in a reattempt at the good ending/True Love. But at the same time, I needed to make it so that each repetition of a scene made it lose its impact. I wanted to make sure that it was satisfying and heartbreaking the first time around to those that were curious enough. I think the genocide/True LOVE route was one of the most difficult things about making this. Thank you, thank you so much for playing and for your words! It means so much to know the story had that effect! If I'm being honest, I really just poured my emotions over the page in hopes that even a drop of it would be felt. PS I also like how Sans seems to like the player regardless of what their true soul is. I plan to play through at least one more time to Sans the ending he deserves. Thankfully, I found instructions here to get a clean slate- if I couldn't have found that, I might have been in a foul state of mind all day. I almost cried when I realized even after deleting and re-downloading the entire game - my old save was still in play. To make everything right again and never again stray from my SOULmate. It made me wish dearly I could undo everything I had done. I suspected something bad would happen because of my decision to give my soul to Chara to reset the world, but I didn't know that the price would never being able to be with my love again doomed to kill him again and again. I tried to play through to get the good ending again and found myself emotionally devastated when Chara made me kill Sans. I played through the genocide run and it broke me. I love all of them and they are my friends and family. The writing was wholesome and made me feel like I was coming home. You made an adult person blush over a cartoon skeleton like I was 14 again reading my first lemon fanfiction. Yet this piece of fan media has touched me and ignited a love for it I don't think I had before. I liked Undertake when it first came out, but I was never a massive fan of it. The characterization of all the characters is spot on and I found myself blushing and connecting to the undertale cast before me. Thank you for giving us all the privilege of being able to enjoy this. This is without a doubt the best fan game I've ever played. I'm not sure I have the heart to put poor Sans through anything else, haha. I'm curious about the Secret Route, but I have no idea where I'd remotely begin trying to get there, so I think I may leave it here. I've had the window open on the The End screen for about an hour just listening to the water noises, thinking about Sans and his soulmate laying down to rest together beneath the Underground's 'stars'. I went in expecting a few good laughs about dating funny sad skeleton man, came out the other end of the True Love route having cried multiple times. I'm not a big Sans shipper, but do love the character in general. All the details, all the callbacks, the quality of the writing, the really genuine and heartfelt exploration of what it might look like for canon Sans to fall in love. God, I can really feel the sheer amount of love (definitely not LOVE) and time and effort you poured into creating this game. Dating Start tells its story through multiple playthroughs. You gotta RESET to see the rest of the story. Q: I played through once and got to Flowey at the end. Q: How many routes/endings does this have?Ī: Three. The Family Ending (Flawed Pacifist) to be exact. The base concept is already straying way off canon.Ī: It's you, the player! (You do NOT play as Frisk, you play as yourself.)Ī: After a Neutral Route. :cĪ: This is a visual novel where you can FALL IN LOVE WITH SANS. Q: Will this be translated into _?Ī: Right now, I do not have any plans to translate. And Dating Start! exceeds the recommended filesize of a Ren'Py web build. I do not have a way of testing out mobile builds. Q: Are you planning on releasing this on mobile/web?Ī: No, I do not have plans to release to mobile or web. Q: What platforms will this be available on?Ī: Currently, I'm only focusing on a PC/Mac/Linux release. Q: How can I clear my game to a clean slate? Self voicing, image captions, audio captions, open dyslexic font option.Thank you for taking the time to check out my passion project! This is a love letter to the game Undertale! It is a game that has truly touched me. You can play that here.įall into the Underground and fall in love with Sans the skeleton! You can also befriend others along the way! Have fun spending more time with the monsters you've grown to love! I highly recommend playing that before you play this visual novel. The fan visual novel where you get to fall in love with Sans! This is a non-commercial, non-affiliated fanwork based on the game UNDERTALE by Toby Fox.