Toby Fox says 'most of the development team has moved on' from Deltarune's fifth chapter, as focus moves to bug fixes and translation

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Outside of addressing bugs and translation, most of the development team has moved on from Chapter 5.— @tobyfox.undertale.com (@tobyfox.undertale.com.bsky.social) 2026-03-21T17:42:53.162Z”The professional testers are familiarizing themselves with the game now. They begin formally testing on April 1st,” Fox said in the thread. “Japanese translation quality assurance is projected to be completed in April. Outside of addressing bugs and translation, most of the development team has moved