FNaF World

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Developer(s) Scott Cawthon
Publisher(s) Scott Cawthon
Composer(s) Leon Riskin
Series Five Nights at Freddy's
Engine Clickteam Fusion 2.5
Platform(s) Microsoft Windows, Android
Release Microsoft Windows
  • WW: January 21, 2016
Genre(s) Role-playing
Mode(s) Single-player

FNaF World is an indie role-playing video game created by Scott Cawthon. It is the first official spin-off to the Five Nights at Freddy's series. The game was released for Microsoft Windows on January 21, 2016, but came with unfinished gameplay and a large amount of bugs, leading to bad reception and ultimately the decision for the game's takedown from digital storefronts. On February 8, 2016, the game was updated, and re-released as freeware on Game Jolt free of charge.

Gameplay

The player has two modes to play in: Adventure and Fixed Party. The game also has two difficulty levels to choose from, Normal and Hard. The player starts by choosing two parties consisting of four characters each. The starter characters, the original and toy versions of the first main games characters, can all be swapped in and out of the party. As the player continues, they collect more characters to place in their party. Along the way, a character known as Fredbear will give the player tips on what to do next.

The player is then tasked with exploring the game world and defeating enemy characters in battle.[1] Once new areas are revealed and a special button is pressed in them, the player can use "jumping" to teleport between each area through an overworld map.

An example of a battle from FNaF World. Enemies are on the left.

Setting

FNaF World takes place in a world inhabited by enemies and FNAF characters, who live in different biomes, that include a snowy plain, deep forests, graveyard, lake, carnival, and caves. There also exists an inner dimension known as the "Flipside", the world's game code, in which there are several glitches that enable travel to otherwise unreachable places.[1] The Flipside has four layers in total, although going beyond the third level is a point of no return.

Development

FNaF World was first announced on September 15, 2015, in a Steam post by Cawthon.[2] Later, a trailer was uploaded to YouTube, depicting the characters of the four previous games as cute.[3] The announcement was considered to be a hoax due to similar PR actions taken by Cawthon, however, it was not disproven until its release. Cawthon noted that the game is a spin-off, considering the main arc of Five Nights at Freddy's completed with the fourth game. Though originally planned for release on February 2, 2016, Cawthon rescheduled the release to January 22, 2016, but eventually launched yet another day earlier, on January 21, 2016, respectively, releasing it digitally through Steam.[4]

Upon release, community and critics criticized the game for missing key features, being unstable and generally unfinished, which Cawthon later apologized for, stating that "[he] got too eager to show the things that were finished, that [he] neglected to pay attention to the things that weren't."[5] He agreed with the community that he had rushed the release, and that the game's rough state was unacceptable.[6] Cawthon stated that he would be working hard to get the game in order, but this eventually led to Cawthon temporarily taking the game off Steam, offering refunds to everyone who bought it.[7] It was later announced that, once the game would be patched further, it would be released for free, first to Game Jolt, and stay free from that point on.[8]

"I know there may be people who will say that I should have kept working on it. The reality is that some of the mistakes made in development of this game were done very early. "Fixing" certain things would basically be remaking the game from scratch. At what point do you stop trying to fix a project that didn't go well and start working on something new? At some point you have to walk away and stop trying to fix it."

— Scott Cawthon on Steam, regarding the discontinuation of FNaF World [9]

On February 8, 2016, an updated version was released to GameJolt as freeware, also featuring a new overworld and other new features.[10]

On May 13, 2016, a second update to FNaF World was released, featuring new characters and a new map, as well as voice acting.[11][12][13]

In January 2017, Cawthon dispelled any rumors of the highly speculated "Update 3", saying that no further updates will be made to the game. He expressed his dissatisfaction of the game, stating that most mistakes in development done "very early", and that attempting to better the game would "be remaking the game from scratch". He removed the game from Android and Steam later.[14]

Reception

FNaF World received generally mixed reception among critics and community, with many YouTube gamers responsible for launching the franchise to its high popularity, such as Markiplier, opting not to play it, most likely changing how critics responded to the spin-off.[15] However, Angelo M. D'Argenio from The Escapist gave the game a decent review, stating that "Five Nights at Freddy's World is a retro parody JRPG that feels incomplete now, but is steadily getting better as patches come out", giving FNaF World a score of 3/5. This, however, doesn't make it as popular as FNAF's other games.[16] The Gaming Ground also gave a satisfactory review, giving the game a 3.5/5.[17]

References

  1. 1 2 "Five Nights At Freddy's World Complete Gameplay Walkthrough". One Angry Gamer. January 23, 2016. Retrieved May 10, 2017.
  2. ↑ "Steam Community :: Group Announcements :: Five Nights at Freddy's 4". steamcommunity.com. Retrieved March 19, 2017.
  3. ↑ Klepek, Patrick (September 16, 2015). "Five Nights At Freddy's Creator Is Making An RPG". Kotaku. Gawker Media. Retrieved September 16, 2015.
  4. ↑ Prescott, Shaun (January 21, 2016). "Five Nights At Freddy's World has released early". PC Gamer. Future US. Retrieved January 22, 2016.
  5. ↑ Chalk, Andy (January 22, 2016). "Five Nights at Freddy's creator apologizes for ugly FNAF World launch". PC Gamer. Future US. Retrieved January 23, 2016.
  6. ↑ Frank, Allegra (January 22, 2016). "Five Nights at Freddy's World launched 'too early,' missing key features". Polygon. Vox Media. Retrieved January 25, 2016.
  7. ↑ Rowen, Nic (January 25, 2016). "FNaF World pulled from Steam, refunds being made available for all". Destructoid. ModernMethod. Retrieved January 25, 2016.
  8. ↑ Pereira, Christ (January 27, 2016). "Five Nights at Freddy's RPG Pulled From Sale, Will Be Free Upon Return". GameSpot. CBS Interactive. Retrieved January 27, 2016.
  9. ↑ The quoted post has been deleted by Scott Cawthon
  10. ↑ O'Connor, Alice (February 12, 2016). "Five Nights At Freddy's World Re-Released For Free". Rock, Paper, Shotgun. Retrieved February 12, 2016.
  11. ↑ Groux, Christopher (March 30, 2016). "'FNaF World' Update 2: New Teaser Shows Planes, 'Five Nights At Freddy's' Character Sprites". Design & Trend. IBT Media. Retrieved May 22, 2016.
  12. ↑ Groux, Christopher (May 4, 2016). "'FNaF World' Update 2 Release Date And New Character Revealed By 'Five Nights At Freddy's' Dev". Design & Trend. IBT Media. Retrieved May 22, 2016.
  13. ↑ Groux, Christopher (May 13, 2016). "'FNaF World' Update 2 Released: The Free 'Five Nights At Freddy's' RPG Gets More Characters!". Design & Trend. IBT Media. Retrieved May 22, 2016.
  14. ↑ "Game over: Saying goodbye to FNAF World". Nerdvana. January 31, 2017. Retrieved March 25, 2017.
  15. ↑ Hernandez, Patricia (January 26, 2016). "Five Nights At Freddy's RPG Pulled Off Steam Due To Bad Reviews". Kotaku Australia. Allure Media. Retrieved February 8, 2016.
  16. ↑ D'Argenio, Angelo M. (January 25, 2016). "Five Nights at Freddy's World - Broken Animatronic Mascots". The Escapist. Defy Media. Retrieved January 25, 2016.
  17. ↑ thegg.net, The Gaming Ground, (February 20, 2016). "FNaF World PC review". (TGG). Retrieved April 18, 2017.
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