Episode 40: An Ocean of Ink
Deltarune video essayist Andrew Cunningham joins Kate to discuss his oeuvre of video essays, his background with the game, how theorizing and the community has changed over time, and his upcoming Ink Theory Part 2.
Topics: Initial letdown at Chapter 1. Differences in sentimental approach between Undertale and Deltarune. What got us into thinking more deeply about the game. The Device Theory. Mad about the Knight. Early ideas about the Soul. If you know Gaster, you know ball. Noelle the game-breaker. Inspirations from Jon Bois. Dess-Chara overlap. Kris knight history. Where Carol fits into all this. The symbols behind Ink Theory. Whole-text internal corpus analysis vs. comparative views. Echoes, loops, and duality in Deltarune. Why Tesla? A certain webcomic. Disappointed reactions to Chapter 5. What is a ‘lorehead?’ The Mike trio. The Twitter doppelganger.
Subscribe to Andrew Cunningham on YouTube or Patreon.
Cover art by Jett (Cordyceptic on Tumblr).
Support SURVEY_PROGRAM’s Green Room for bonus episodes!
Join the SURVEY_PROGRAM Discord or follow on Bluesky.
Check out show musician hywell on Bandcamp!
Subscribe on YouTube / Spotify / Apple Podcasts / RSS.
