does anyone know why this game was made

[Blessed Evelyn]

i just wonder what tobdogs inspiration for this canvas was

[Tighty-Whitey]

He took inspiration of other indie games...

[Blessed Evelyn]

Originally posted by Lucky Boy:

He took inspiration of other indie games...

Borf
I meant how he thought of the characters and junk, like what inspired Papyrus and Sans

[Seraphita]

Originally posted by Lucky Boy:

He took inspiration of other indie games...

*Earthbound. Just really needed to correct you there. There are other references from classic games in it and there is a while video about it that was linked to me somewhere in a thread.

[Strider VM]

Toriel / Asgore / Asriel : Cave Story
Papyrus & Sans : Helvetica the webcomic. (JN Wiedle)
Graphical Aesthetic : Earthbound
General Inspiration : The battle system. The game was made beginning from the battle system.

Sources : Multiple. =P

[Seraphita]

Yeah, I do remember something about Cave Story in the list of references but I don't think it was about the goat characters. Then again, some references I had were only theories and etc...

There is even a reference to Final fantasy and Ace Attorney in this game. Toby is a genius.

[Strider VM]

I am sure of the Goat Family inspiration because the name Undertale has almost the same meaning as Cave Story

Cave = Under(ground)
Story = Tale

Also the dreemuers look like the mimigas in Cave Story.