Friday Night Funkin'

*Friday Night Funkin'* (abbreviated FNF) is a rhythm videogame released on October 5th, 2020, developed by a Canadian programmer Cameron Taylor, also known as ninjamuffin99. It was released on Newgrounds and Itch.io. The game has gameplay similar to Rock Band, Guitar Hero, Dance Dance Revolution, StepMania, and PaRappa the Rapper, and an aesthetic similar to Flash games popular in the early and mid-2000s.

## Description

It is a rhythm game where the player must press the arrows at the exact time, rhythm and direction with the music to simulate the protagonist of the game (Boyfriend), participating in various forms of "rap and dance battles" and other musical contests. . If the player loses too many arrows, the song fails, a life bar at the bottom of the screen turns green and red, the green becomes smaller. If the life bar runs out, the player automatically loses.

## Argument

The main character, Boyfriend, wants to date Girlfriend, but his father, Daddy Dearest, isn't going to allow that, so they have a rap battle.

(Weeks are like levels in other games, here is a list of the weeks in the base game)

Tutorial Week (or simply tutorial): it is a rap battle between Boyfriend and Girlfriend, so that the player knows how to play

* Week 1: Boyfriend has a rap battle with Daddy Dearest, who is defeated, it has the songs: Bopeebo, Fresh and Dad battle.
* Week 2: Skid and Pump celebrate Halloween as usual, but now at Girlfriend's parents' house, and Monster (or "Lemon Demon" by fans), wants Skid and Pump to bring Girlfriend to him. eat. The week features the first 2 songs sung by Skid and Pump: Spookez and South. The last one is sung by Monster but it doesn't appear this week. It can only be played in Freeplay or by game codes.
* Week 3: After the events of Pico's School, Daddy Dearest hires ''Pico'' (a 20-year-old mercenary) to kill Boyfriend after being humiliated by him in week 1, when Pico finds Boyfriend , spares his life and instead of killing him challenges him to a rap fight. This week features the songs "Pico", "Philly" and "Blammed".
* Week 4: Boyfriend confronts Girlfriend's mother, Mommy Mearest, riding in limousines with dancers who appear to be demons, both driving them and dancing on top. After week 1, he is supposed to confront her after humiliating her father. This week has the songs called "Satin Panties", "High" and "M.I.L.F",(Acronym for Men.I.Love.Funkin).
* Week 5: It's Christmas inside a mall where Boyfriend faces both parents in a battle while they are surrounded by other characters. Week 5 features 2 songs performed by the parents ("Cocoa" and "Eggnog") before a blackout occurs and it is revealed that Monster has taken control of the venue. Monster sings the song "Winter Horrorland", which along with "Monster" are the only songs in the entire game with English lyrics instead of sound bytes (not counting the Tutorial).
* Week 6: Boyfriend and Girlfriend play “Hating Simulator,” a fictional PS1 dating sim, and fight Senpai. At first he seems like a nice guy but in the second song he reveals his true colors when he loses his composure and threatens Boyfriend with vulgar language. After the second song, Senpai reveals himself to be a soul trapped by Girlfriend's father called Spirit and he wants revenge and also other lost souls (they were other people who failed when trying to be Girlfriend's partner). Boyfriend defeats him and escapes with Girlfriend. This week features the songs "Senpai", "Roses" and "Thorns".
* Week 7: Boyfriend and Girlfriend end up in the middle of a war with Tankman, the main mascot of Newgrounds (since his background appears in the page's logo), who is about to kill them, but regrets it since according to him he was bored, and challenges Boyfriend to a rap battle. When he beats him, Tankman starts insulting them, so they have another battle. At the end of this Tankman decides to kill them both anyway, but Pico comes to save them at the last minute, so this week's antagonist has a final singing battle against Boyfriend while Pico is tasked with taking out Tankman's army. This week is exclusive to Newgrounds. The names of the weeks are: "Ugh", "Guns" and "Stress". This week is the only one that has animations instead of dialog boxes.

## Characters

The only characters that constantly repeat themselves within the game are Boyfriend, a young blue-haired rapper who has a backwards cap, and Girlfriend, a young white girl in a red dress who Boyfriend must rap to in order to complete the game's levels, which They are divided between different "weeks".

* "Daddy Dearest" is the bride's father, who is a former rock star. He seeks to test whether the groom is skilled enough to earn his approval for courting his daughter.
* "Mommy Mearest" is the mother of the bride, and the wife of Daddy Dearest. She is a pop singer who also tests the boyfriend and performs with a team of backup dancers.
* Skid and Pump are a pair of kids dressed up for Halloween. They are a cameo of some characters from the web animation series Spooky Month, by YouTube animator Mr. Pelo.
* Pico is a cameo from the game "Pico's School" by Tom Fulp, the creator of Newgrounds.
* Monster is a mysterious creature with a lemon for a head that appears at night. He was an unused character to appear in a song called Monster. Monster later debuted in Week 5 in the song "Winter Horrorland", where he torments the two main characters and wants to "eat your girlfriend". He, along with Girlfriend and Tankman, are the only characters in the game who actually They talk and sing in the game.
* Senpai is a character who appears in a parody of a dating game called "Hating Simulator", which is played on a console that is itself a parody of a PlayStation. In the course of his battle with Boyfriend, he later manifests as an evil spirit, which was locked in the video game by Daddy Dearest to trap and lock Girlfriend's boyfriends in the video game. He transforms during the song Thorns.
* Tankman, the Newgrounds mascot, is the main protagonist of the TANKMEN series, an animated web series created by JohnnyUtah in 2006. He appears in the main logo of the page. The character, level and logo on the page are made in collaboration with artist Jonny Utah.

## Development

Taylor and three of his friends at Newgrounds (artists Phantom Arcade & evilsk8r, and composer Kawai Sprite) initially developed the game as a submission to Ludum Dare (specifically Ludum Dare 47), posting a demo online on October 5, 2020, which received unexpected success, leading to many requests for a full game, which Taylor responded by posting a web demo on Newgrounds in October 2020. Interest in the game grew to become the highest-rated rhythm game in the 20 years. of Newgrounds history. The game has also received significant attention through trends on platforms such as TikTok and Twitch. The game has an active modding community due to its open source release, allowing for the implementation of fan-created content.​​​ Its soundtrack, whose composer goes by the nickname Kawai Sprite, has been made available for free on Bandcamp and Spotify.

Taylor has expressed plans to release Friday Night Funkin' on Steam and Nintendo Switch. The full game would have around 27 to 52 weeks of songs with different character designs.

## Mods

The game is known for being open source, meaning that anyone can easily modify the game as long as they have art, animation, music, and coding experience. This has led to numerous modifications being made to the original game.

## References

1. Wikipedia, https://es.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friday\_Night\_Funkin'