Toby Fox says the "smart" way to make games is reusing what you can, but the way he makes Deltarune is "stupid": "Everything in the game is simply a container for a never-before-seen gimmick"

Deltarune screenshot of the purple cat shopkeeper Seam, who has a button over one of their eyes.

If Toby Fox thinks his way of making games is pretty inefficient, that probably shouldn't be a big surprise given how many years it's taken to get a little over half of Deltarune into players' hands. Fox jokes that his way of making games is "stupid," but he equally knows that it's also what's given them a unique charm to attract massive fanbases going back to Undertale.

Approached for an interview by Game Informer (paid article link), Fox was apparently hesitant in part because of that self-described "stupid" way of making games. Once he actually agreed to the interview, though, he quickly softened that stance. "I don’t actually think [the way I make games is] stupid, at least in a totally bad way. Clearly many people are pleased with the result," Fox says.