Introduction

Naming the vessel in the intro

**Introduction** (also known as **Survey**) is the beginning of Chapter 1 of *Deltarune*. During this segment, the window title is "CONTACT" on the PC version.

During the introduction, a mysterious voice asks the player to create a vessel, name the vessel, then provide their own name. However, the vessel is discarded at the end of the segment.

## Body

The customization starts with the building of a body (also called a "vessel"). The first choice is the HEAD, which has 8 options, the BODY, with 6 options and the LEGS, with 5 options (all of which are identical except the fifth, which is flipped horizontally).

## Questions

These questions are meant to give the vessel a personality:

* **WHAT IS ITS FAVORITE FOOD?**
	+ *SWEET*
	+ *SOFT*
	+ *SOUR*
	+ *SALTY*
	+ *PAIN*
	+ *COLD*
* **YOUR FAVORITE BLOOD TYPE?**
	+ *A*
	+ *AB*
	+ *B*
	+ *C*
	+ *D*
* **WHAT COLOR DOES IT LIKE MOST?**
	+ *RED*
	+ *BLUE*
	+ *GREEN*
	+ *CYAN*
* **PLEASE GIVE IT A GIFT.**
	+ *KINDNESS*
	+ *MIND*
	+ *AMBITION*
	+ *BRAVERY*
	+ *VOICE*
* **HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT YOUR CREATION? (IT WILL NOT HEAR.)**
	+ *LOVE*
	+ *HOPE*
	+ *DISGUST*
	+ *FEAR*
* **HAVE YOU ANSWERED HONESTLY?**
	+ YES
	+ NO
* **YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THE POSSIBILITY OF PAIN AND SEIZURE.**
	+ YES
	+ NO

## Name

In this sequence, the player names the vessel and then enters their own name using only uppercase letters. If the game language is Japanese, there are 82 katakana and 82 hiragana available as well.

Setting certain names for the vessel or creator alters the voice's response.

* By default, the voice says *WE CALLED IT "<Name>."* when naming the vessel and *"<Name>". EXCELLENT. TRULY EXCELLENT.* when naming the creator.
* If the vessel or creator name is set to "GASTER," the game returns to the Chapter select screen as soon as the last letter is typed.
* If the name is set to either "BERDLY," "CATTI," "JOCKINGTON," "RUDY," "ASRIEL," "TORIEL," "ASGORE," "ALPHYS," "UNDYNE," "BRATTY," "CATTY," "SANS," "GERSON," "QC," or "PAPYRUS,"  the voice says *"<Name>." AN INTERESTING COINCIDENCE.* when naming the vessel and *"<Name>." HOW INTERESTING.* when naming the creator.
* If the name is set to "KRIS," "SUSIE," or "NOELLE," the voice says *"<Name>." AN INTERESTING COINCIDENCE.* when naming the vessel and *"<Name>." YOU ARE ABOUT TO MEET SOMEONE VERY, VERY WONDERFUL.* when naming the creator.
* If the creator is named the same as the vessel, the voice says *OF COURSE OF COURSE. OF COURSE THEY ARE THE SAME.*

* After this, the vessel is discarded as the screen goes black and the game states "*No one can choose who they are in this world. Your name is...*" The game then finally starts with Toriel yelling "*KRIS!*" with the player controlling said character.
	+ There is an unused part that should have happened before Kris woke up. Playing the "wind" sound, as in the final white fade, will print the following text using Susie's dialogue sound: "*Kris...! Wake up! KRIS...!*" the room immediately switches to Kris' room.

In Chapter 2, the creator's name is used in the name of Castle Town. When starting a Chapter 2 save file without continuing from Chapter 1 completion data, the player is prompted to enter their own name (so that it can be used in the town's name), but is not given the opportunity to enter any information about a vessel. In the game data, the vessel defaults to the first option of each question, except for its gift, which defaults to Mind.

## Trivia

* The "favorite food" question consists of non-food answers. Instead, each answer correlates to a sense:
	+ Sweet, Sour, and Salty are taste-related flavors.
	+ Soft, Pain, and Cold are associated with touching.
* One of the questions asks the favorite blood type of the vessel, listing "A," "B," "AB," "C," and "D." Both "C" and "D" are blood types that do not exist in real life, and existing blood type "O" goes completely unmentioned.
* The names that cause the "*INTERESTING COINCIDENCE*" response are characters met in Hometown.
* Names of characters who only appear in *Undertale* but are mentioned or referenced do not cause a special response. Papyrus and Asriel are exempt, as they are alluded to.
	+ Names of Dark World characters, such as Lancer and Ralsei, also do not have a unique response.
* After the vessel is discarded, every save file appears with the creator's name on the save.
* The character limit when naming the vessel is 9 (eg. DELTARUNE) whereas the character limit when naming the creator is 12 (eg. WINDINGASTER).
* The introduction music, "*ANOTHER HIM*," uses a sample from the track "*Giygas' Intimidation*" from *EarthBound*.
* In the original Chapter 1 Demo, if the vessel's name was set to "GASTER," the game would return to the beginning of the intro upon typing the last letter. If the creator's name was set to "GASTER," the game would shut down upon typing the last letter.
* After the vessel is apparently discarded, its information is saved into lines 1217 to 1223 of the code, indicating that the vessel could return in a future chapter.
* There is an unused question where the voice would ask "FIRST, ARE YOU PHOTOSENSITIVE?".
* There is also what appears to be an early version of the "favorite food" question left over in the game's files, with the options of "GRAINS", "MEAT", "DAIRY", "SWEETS", "FRUIT", "VEGETABLE", and "EGG".
	+ Strangely, these are listed under "DEVICE\_CHOICE", which is only used for the "YES" and "NO" options in the final game.

## References

1. ↑ gml\_Object\_DEVICE\_CONTACT\_ch1\_Step\_0 script, lines 615–694
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 gml\_Object\_DEVICE\_CONTACT\_ch1\_Other\_10 script
3. ↑ *Giygas Intimidation* - YouTube
4. ↑ *Could the vessel you make at the start of the game come back? | Deltarune* - YouTube
5. ↑ Proto:Deltarune/Chapter 1 Demo (2018)/Unused Text - The Cutting Room Floor