Act to Flirt

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## Act to Flirt

Initial promo art for Act to Flirt - Created by zirkkun

### Link/s

GameJolt
Twitter
YouTube
Google Doc

### Medium

Comic
Game

## Contributors

### Co-Creator/s

Jimmy
gardeniaresilia

### Writer/s

zirkkun
Jimmy

### Composer/s

gardeniaresilia
Osirois Music
Nick Nitro
Izzy Orchestrals
Sheet Music Boss
Dj CUTMAN
Shigurizu Chan

### Programmer/s

zirkkun

**Act to Flirt** is an AU that takes place two weeks after Frisk fell into the Underground. Many of the places in the Underground have been altered, such as the entrance to Snowdin, during this time. Frisk is notably missing, as well, and most of the cast seem to not know where they disappeared to. While the AU takes place after a neutral run of *Undertale*, the neutral run was never completed, since Asgore is still mentioned to be alive.

Act to Flirt follows a new human protagonist, whose name can be decided by the player, but by default is known as Willo. The main goal in the game is to essentially flirt with the original cast of *Undertale* and win the game by completing dates rather than battles. The game operates differently from typical visual novels, allowing for exploration and battle-like dates that influence the story rather than merely choices. Additionally, although the game currently has a light-hearted and playful feel to it, a Twitter post by the game's designer may suggest the game will end up being otherwise as development continues.

As of the current development of the game, it is only partially completed. It goes through the events in the Ruins and Snowdin fully, and ends in the middle of Waterfall. According to the info sheet for the game, it currently only plans to develop through what would be a neutral route in *Undertale* (I.E., fighting Photoshop Flowey at the end of the game, rather than Asriel or Sans.) There is mention in this info sheet for a potential route split if there is a lot of interest in the game.

## Characters

### Undertale Characters

#### Flowey

Acts as the tutorial of the game, teaching the player how to work the battle-dates through experimentation. As of the 2.0 demo, this tutorial will be skipped if it has been completed before.

#### Sans

In the 1.0 demo, merely acted as an end to the demo.
Interestingly enough, Sans is currently the only major character who can't be flirted with, despite having a date.

#### Mad Mew Mew

In the 2.0 demo, merely acts as an end to the demo.

### Added Characters

#### Protagonist (Willo)

A human who fell into the Underground, but presumably already knows about various things in the Underground.
Considering that Sans recognized this as well could mean that this is referring to the player directly.
Unlike Frisk, Willo is an adult.
Willo has a pink SOUL, which represents the trait of Passion.
Many characters mention that Willo bears a strong resemblance to Frisk, but whether or not that is because they are both humans or actually look similar has yet to be clarified.

## Locations

### Undertale Locations

All of the locations in Act to Flirt also appear in *Undertale,* however, various parts of the Underground have been altered. While some of these changes are acknowledged by the game itself, others are not.

#### The Ruins/Home

The Ruins entrance has pillars now and, aside from the entrance, is not accessible and only seen as pitch black darkness.
In Home, the hallway where the bedrooms would be is not accessible.
Toriel's kitchen and bedroom cannot be accessed, nor can the basement of Home.

#### Snowdin

The conveniently-shaped lamp in front of Sans's sentry station is no longer present.
As stated by Papyrus, the entirety of the areas between Snowdin Forest and Snowdin Town have been changed completely.
In Snowdin Town, instead of being a long street, Grillby's and the Library have been put across from the store and inn, making Snowdin Town's main street more like a town square.
The upper half of Snowdin Town is not present at all.
The string lights on Sans's and Papyrus's house are not present.
Sans's and Papyrus's kitchen is charred and destroyed.
The table that has Sans's pet rock is now covering up the his sock on the floor in his and Papyrus's living room, much to Papyrus's annoyance.

#### Waterfall

The layout of Waterfall is drastically altered: Gerson's shop is available towards the beginning of it rather than the end. All rooms that would have had puzzles are not available, and it is currently extremely small.

#### MTT-land

It's hotlands! but it was renamed. sans will be at the beginning of MTT-land near the lab, inside the laboratory it is the same layout in the original Undertale. You will go on a practice date with Alphys and Mettaton will offer you for a role in his show tonight. There are 3 accessible floors, floor one contains ~~hotland~~ MTT-Land's entrance with the laboratory and Stundereplane, who will take you to the capitals, on floor two we have Muffet, who you will need to date in order to progress, Heats Flamesman's cousin, who doesn't remember his own name, Nice-Cream guy who will give you 3 free Nice-Creams when interacted with, and MTT gacha station, you can try your luck for absolute no cost at all! On third floor you will be greeted with Sans, who offer you to join his break, Mettaton will try to stop him but Sans will take your hand and shortcut you to MTT resort, which turns into a date but also not, his LP or FP will not increase at all, even if it does, it comes right back. You can break the fourth wall when answering him, fantastic ay? The dumbster outside of MTT resort contains a note with 3 SCW(secret code word) on it. If you go to the left of MTT resort you will see another dumbster with a pair of keys and the entrance to the CORE, but when you enter it you'll be in Mettaton's studio.

## Guides to dates and fights

### Mettaton's show

This date required in order to continue with the story

If you select ready, the "contestants" (#A, #B, #C), who are representations of 3 soul traits, will be introduced and you will ask 5 questions and you will choose which one is your best fit, you can't die from a heartbreak or break anyone's heart here. In Act you have the options to flirt (increase 5 LP first time, 10 next, then 5) after three actions he will ask you about the song lyrics of "Oh! One True Love!" from Undertale, see the full lyrics below, I bolded and underlined the ones you need to choose.

**Oh, my love,** *Please run away, Monster king Forbids your stay.* **Humans must** *Live far apart. Even if, It breaks my heart.* **They'll put you,** *In the dungeon. It'll suck, And Then you'll die alot.* **Really sad,** *You're gonna die. Cry, cry, cry, So sad it's happening.*

#### And suddenly, baking show!

the ingredients are: Flour, Milk, eggs and sugar

now, select wait if your FP isn't full, offer the slice to Mettaton for 20 LP, when your FP is full you can wait, aaannddd

#### the quizshow will start!

QUESTION: What MTT-Brand merch has been considered and not made?

**ANSWER: Toriel plush with Mettaton's face**

QUESTION: What is the prize for getting questions correct?

**ANSWER: Mettaton's love**

QUESTION: How many pairs of legs have MTT had?

**ANSWER: 2**

QUESTION: What is Mettaton's favourite color?

**ANSWER: fuchsia**

QUESTION: How many forms does Mettaton have

**ANSWER: 4**

QUESTION: Which is objectively the best place in the underground?

**ANSWER: waterfall**

QUESTION: What is Mettaton's number one favourite thing to collect?

**ANSWER: diaries**

QUESTION: How many MTTV shows are there?

**ANSWER: Seven**

QUESTION: What was MTT's body designed for?

**ANSWER: To look hot**

(Last) QUESTION: Would you smooch a ghost?

**ANSWER: Heck yeah**

(i used 30 minutes of my day just for this, now thank me for helping you not upset mettaton and not get and LV)

### Asriel fight

to get this fight i think you just get a pacifist ending thing, reset and do the entire run again

Talk to him, select every option available. During his turn, if you can't keep up with the pace, just spam arrows, spam-click the four of them together at the speed of light- actually, dont do that, your keyboard will break, just as fast as possible.

Next phase, the only option you have is struggle, just struggle, spam arrows again if you can't keep up with the pace.

Now you have the option to SAVE, just like how you do it in Undertale, SAVE every lost souls. Talking can increase the lost souls FP, acting can increase their LP(everyone's max LP and FP are 2, that means you have to act twice and talk twice to each lost souls to SAVE them).

Now, talk to Asriel

and boom, the barrier is broken and you've got your happy ending, but you have to reset now

### Sans date(almost every one of them)

#### MTT resort chat

part of the main story, but this isn't really a date...

#### the one at grillby's

optional, sans will text you after the date with papyrus

#### actual date

how to obtain: select sans in one of the (pacifist)endings, yeah the lock is useless you can just punch it open (if youre having trouble, try clicking on the space behind his 'box'. the void next to the lock basically)

You cannot be heartbroken, sans cannot either, but you do have to type in stuff to answer questions(in order to progress)

q=question

a=answer

(the first question is kinda just sans testing, type anything and it'll do)

q: what's even blocking you from talking to me here

a: you arent real / game*('video game' is also an option)*

(if sans asks you what about you, what do you do? you can type anything)

(to waterfall >:o)

q: why DO you keep coming back here?

a: you *('to see you' also works) ('i like it here' also an option)*

q: what do you think about the rocks in waterfall or something (editor's note: how do i put them in one sentence)

a: beautiful / i like both

q: what about me is impressive?

a: everything / puns / jokes / youre funny / youre cute / youre cool / i like you (i found multiple answers are available)

## Miscellaneous

Considering how this takes place after events in a neutral run of *Undertale*, some aspects of the characters are different from the source material. The changes are rather small, surprisingly, due to the story flowing very similarly to *Undertale*'s.

* Papyrus does not act as excited to see Willo as he was when he saw Frisk, presumably because he's already seen a human before.
* Flowey is a lot more hostile and flustered towards Willo than he was to Frisk.
* Sans acts surprised to meet Willo after they leave the Ruins, and he was sleeping at his sentry station. This is unlike *Undertale*, where he followed Frisk from the exit to the Ruins and greeted them, fully prepared with a joke.
* Undyne does not act instantaneously murderous upon seeing Willo for the first time. Even after Papyrus has left the two of them alone, Undyne is no where near as aggressive towards Willo as she was to Frisk.
	+ Additionally, the date that would have happened between Frisk and Undyne did not happen in her house, but rather in Sans's and Papyrus's kitchen.
* The shopkeep in Snowdin is noted to have a passion for the work she does, whereas in the original this was not mentioned at all.
* Toriel is rather quick to allow Willo to leave the Ruins, despite her fear and anger when Frisk asked to leave. Additionally, she even gives Willo gifts when they leave the Ruins, which change depending on if her date was succeeded or failed, and continues to remain supportive of them.
* Toriel also will answer calls, if her date was succeeded.

## Trivia

* The game's title is a play on the phrase "roll to seduce," which is a meme amongst the *Dungeons & Dragons* community.
* While in promo art, Papyrus is shown wearing his "Cool Dude" outfit, in game, this outfit is seemingly destroyed.
* Despite not being currently accessible in the game, there are lines of code in the game that reference the "fun" level of the original *Undertale*, affecting the appearance of two books in Home.
* Also not currently accessible are a plethora of calls that can be made to Sans, going as far back as from the Ruins.
* When Willo falls asleep in Home, there is a figure that appears on screen for a split second. While highly speculated to be Chara, the file for the figure's sprite is actually in a folder called "willo".
	+ Additionally, while the used sprite is called "willo\_glitch2", it bears a strong resemblance to the sprite called "willo\_chara".
* There are strong references in the game to *Deltarune*, such as a book in the Snowdin Library and a conversation with Gerson in Waterfall.
	+ Gerson also mentions that someone might be able to answer the mystery of the Delta Rune by "walking through a glowing door," but he doesn't really believe this tale.
		- This glowing door might be a reference to Sans's room door, since that is the main mode of teleportation in *Deltarune*.

## References

1. ↑ "Undertale... but instead of boss battles, you flirt your way to victory." - *game's info text*
2. ↑ "day 35869 of people thinking my dating sim fangame is a joke/lighthearted / yall aren't ready for this game lmao" - https://twitter.com/zirkkunart/status/1276875453882601472
3. ↑ "Currently, there are only plans for a Neutral-ending-inspired route. If enough people are interested, we may add in a secondary ending inspired by the True Pacifist ending that would replace the Photoshop Flowey date with a Godly Asriel date, and if we really feel like it, we’ll make a “Heartbreak” ending." - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EdlYsoAGVg1xvrSy5JCzkNPAsilQghHP1Sll2oQUtiU/edit?usp=sharing
4. ↑ "That look on your face... You know what's going on, don't you?" - *Flowey in the tutorial of the game*
5. ↑ "sans. sans the skeleton. but, hey. you already knew that, didn't you?" - *Sans when the human asks who he is after arriving in Snowdin Forest*
6. ↑ "I've seen two humans now! But you can't be a kid like the other one was. Your shirt isn't striped!" - *Monster Kid upon being talked to by the player in Snowdin Town*
7. ↑ "The trait of Passion represented by the color pink. Makes sense, right?" - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EdlYsoAGVg1xvrSy5JCzkNPAsilQghHP1Sll2oQUtiU
8. ↑ "BUT I HAVE RECENTLY REDESIGNED THE ENTIRE ENTRANCE TO SNOWDIN, PURELY FOR THE INCLUSION OF MY NEW PUZZLES!" - *Papyrus talking with the human in Snowdin*
9. ↑ "(SANS! JUST BECAUSE YOU PUT A TABLE OVER YOUR SOCK DOESN'T MEAN IT'S NOT STILL HERE!)" - *note on the wall in Sans's and Papyrus's house*
10. ↑ "Inspired at 3 AM from playing Papyrus's date for the fifth time in a row and thinking of the phrase 'roll to seduce'" - *game's info text*
11. ↑ "There's also a tattered and burnt cloth. Did it say... 'Cool Dude'?" - *text when inspecting Sans's and Papyrus's kitchen any time after the date with Papyrus*
12. ↑ "The other day I heard someone say that walking through a glowing door would answer the questions lost to time about it, but I think they were full of bologna." - *Gerson talking to the human in Waterfall about the Delta Rune*