No Longer OFF The Record: Toby Fox Joins The OFF Soundtrack!
The cult classic RPG gets an improved version on Nintendo Switch and Steam, with a new OST! + Celebrating 50K Wishlists on Steam in just a month.
23 JANUARY 2025 - Just last month, Belgian developer Mortis Ghost and publisher Fangamer announced the unexpected return of the influential RPG OFF in 2025, resulting in 50.000 Wishlists on Steam in just a month and thousands of pre-orders for the physical Nintendo Switch release.
...and now they have more exciting news to share!
Legendary indiegame creator and composer Toby Fox (UNDERTALE, DELTARUNE) first discovered OFF's English fan translation on the Starmen.net forums, an EarthBound fan website whose staff eventually created Fangamer.
Toby cited OFF multiple times in his UNDERTALE Art Book as an inspiration for his designs, especially the character designs. Papyrus’s appearance initially inspired by the first boss, Dedan. Next, Sans was inspired by Zacharie and the judge: A reliable, friendly, humorous character who shows up throughout the adventure, and you never quite know what his deal is.
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A New Soundtrack
Fangamer reached out to Alias Conrad Coldwood to reuse the original soundtrack in the new version, but ACC felt nervous about signing and proved hard to reach. He did state that he doesn't mind his music will not be reused and that he has no issues with a new soundtrack.
Mortis Ghost, the developer, asked Toby Fox if he was interested in helping on OFF's soundtrack. Both recognise that the soundtrack contributed a lot to the game's atmosphere and core memories of the fans, so it wasn't an easy challenge to deliver the same experience.
Toby ended up handling a lot of boss tracks and was also assigned... the normal battle theme. Pepper Steak, the most famous song from the original OST, is well-loved by fans with millions of listens across various platforms.
"I'm gonna be honest, just feels like I got assigned to take a bullet in the back for everybody else. I looked up almost every jazz song from the 1920s, I commissioned Carlos to make an entire fake jazz song for me so I could cut it up into samples, I tried making like 6 entirely different songs, but nothing I could come up with on my own felt quite right.
In the end, I summoned Camellia to help me out by re-remixing my
first track into multiple versions, and ultimately I think it will
feel pretty cool as you go through the game."
- Toby Fox
White Meat, the new battle theme for OFF by Toby Fox & Camellia:
Toby did the music for free, and he'll upload his tracks for free after the game comes out.
The full interview with Toby Fox is available [HERE]!
"The song you heard in the trailer might appear in the game. I'm actually quite proud of that one, I think it's the best track I made. Apparently no one realized it was me, so I feel pretty good !"
- Toby Fox
The OFF-icial Announcement Trailer:
Here is what Mortis Ghost has to say on the collaboration with Toby:
"Today we announce the Toby Fox collaboration on the different combat themes of the new version. This wasn’t easy to keep my mouth shut about it, because I am really proud and happy that he is participating on the project! I love his work obviously, and it’s very exciting to have him in the team, and for such an important role! The music he composed is, I think, really excellent, and I can’t wait for you to discover it in-game.
They obviously don’t aim to eclipse the original Alias Conrad Coldwood soundtrack, but you’ll see that they offer a fascinating alternative to it, completely respectful of the original atmosphere, while bringing something new and very impactful. I still have trouble not listening to certain themes on repeat!" - Mortis Ghost
Mortis also did an interview with DEBUG Magazine on the original game's creation and the improved upcoming version. OFF even made it to the cover for DEBUG #008!
Code Request & Other info
We don't have review codes to send out just yet, but press & creators who really want to register their interest for a key today, can already fill in our Request Form.
Website: offtherpg.com
Steam Page: store.steampowered.com/app/3339880/OFF
Nintendo Switch Physical Pre-Order: Fangamer.com | Fangamer.eu
Press Kit: notion.so/piratepr/OFF
Contact: press@piratepr.com & offtherpg@fangamer.com
(interviews welcome with both Fangamer as well as Mortis Ghost)
About the Game
Take control of the Batter as he seeks to purify an uncanny and hopeless world haunted by specters, guided by a cryptic, grinning cat called The Judge.
As they move the Batter through increasingly confused zones—a farm that extracts metal from the inside of cattle, an amusement park full of people too frightened to enjoy themselves, a sugar factory with ominous smokestacks—players must reckon with The Batter’s mission themselves.
(re)Play the definitive version of a beloved cult classic, reimagined for modern platforms!
Key Features
- Uncover the secrets of an uncanny world and command a being known as The Batter.
- Crush the specters with the help of an all-new battle system.
- Find a rollercoaster too scary to ride, a library terrorized by a page thief, a mall that you cannot escape.
- The new version of OFF features all-new areas and bosses designed by the game’s creator Mortis Ghost.
- Purify the Queen’s Zones so her citizens can get back to work.
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About Mortis Ghost
Mortis Ghost is a comic artist and game developer from Brussels, Belgium. His most famous work is OFF, a surreal RPG released in 2008. Among his other achievements are the graphic novels "Dr Cataclysm" (2020) and "The Sun of the Mages" (2022). Besides that, he loves food.
About Fangamer
Fangamer is a videogame merchandise company founded in 2008 in Tucson, Arizona. In addition to producing merchandise for games like UNDERTALE, Hollow Knight, and Stardew Valley, Fangamer publishes physical editions of indie games on a variety of platforms; OFF is the first title it’s developed for Steam and Nintendo Switch.
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