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And what about Alphys? How did she do it?

Well, as you pointed out, Alphys seems to be following the footsteps of Gaster's research.

When Alphys became the new royal scientist, she got access to the same lab that Gaster had.

So she got to look at Gaster's notes and entries.

She simply followed Gaster's footsteps, rediscovering what Gaster did, bit-by bit. Using the blueprints that Gaster laid down, she was able to continue to advance monster technology, beyond that of the current humans. Hence how she was able to create Dimensional Boxes.

When Alphys became the Royal Scientist, the first thing she did was try to replicate Gaster's DT experiments. You can see the full story by looking at her entries.

But you know how it ends. The creation of Flowey.

Flowers can't survive in the winter, so Flowey must have been created less than a year before Frisk fell.

So Alphys is only just now retracing Gaster's steps, and letting it spread. It's been under a year. And Mettaton's creation is what lead to Alphys becoming a Royal Scientist in the first place.. And he was only famous enough to get the statue of himself last week.

No wonder the technology hasn't spread to Snowdin yet. It's only been around a few weeks.