FNaF World

## Summary

*"They've stalked you. They've scared you. They've haunted you. But now...they're CUTE."* **-Trailer Tagline**

## FNaF World

### Release date

January 21st, 2016 (Windows) January 12th, 2017 (Android)

### Rating

2.2/5 (Glitchwave)

Featuring the entire cast from the *Five Nights at Freddy's* series, this fantasy RPG will let players control their favorite animatronics in an epic animated adventure!

With 48 playable characters, multiple endings, multiple difficulties, and a great soundtrack from artist Leon Riskin, *FNaF World* hits the ground running and doesn't stop. Take control of Freddy and the gang as they set out on a quest in the world beneath worlds, a world that reflects the actions and deeds of the "flipside", where things have started becoming distorted and broken. Lead your team deeper into this digital world to find the source of these glitches and monsters, and restore it to what it was designed to be- a safe haven.

But be careful, behind the curtain there may be something even more sinister pulling the strings...

The first trailer  was released November 2nd, 2015. The demo was released January 21st, 2016. That same day the full game was released for $9.99. But is now free on Gamejolt .

## Gameplay

*FNaF World* is a role-playing game featuring two modes: Adventure and Fixed Party. It 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, with there being 40 characters available in total from across the first four games. Along the way, a character known as Fredbear will give the player tips on what to do next. These tips frequently break the fourth wall due to Fredbear's seeming awareness of the situation he is placed in.

The gameplay consists of exploring the game world and accessing new areas. 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. Initially, the world was depicted in a 2D Atari-like style, but as of Version 1.2 released in May 2016, the world has been redesigned into that of a pre-rendered 3D style. Many enemy characters can be found throughout the game, each exclusive to their own area, which can be battled with. Upon defeating an enemy, the player will gain experience points and "Faz Tokens", which are used to buy upgrades such as "chips" and "bytes" to aid the player during the game.

The battles consist of turn-based random encounters, with several boss battles. For each turn, the player is given choices for each character and must choose one of their three commands, which differ depending on the characters. The commands have different color tags and have different impacts, including healing the team (pink), providing status buffs (white), single-target attacks (orange), area attacks (red), poisonous attacks (green), and possible instant-kill attacks (black), among others. Once a turn is used, the player has to wait for some time until the next turn begins. The player can also swap the current party with the reserve at any time. After each battle, all characters, including those who may have been knocked out, are restored to full health.

The Game Jolt version upgraded the overworld's graphics to pre-rendered 3D. Version 1.2 added a new area where the player completes minigames such as "Foxy Fighters", "Chica's Magic Rainbow", "Foxy.EXE" and "FNAF 57: Freddy in Space" to unlock new characters.

*FNaF World* takes place in a world inhabited by enemies and various characters from the *Five Nights at Freddy's* series, who live in different biomes, including a snowy plain, a forest, a graveyard, a lake, a carnival, and a cave system. There also exists an inner dimension known as the "Flipside", in which there are several glitches that enable travel to otherwise unreachable places. The Flipside has four layers in total, although entering the fourth one causes the player to become trapped and ends the game. Update 2 added the Halloween Update area, from which various minigames can be accessed, along with the final area: a toxic maze where the final boss of Update 2 is located

## Reception

Though receiving an 87% on Steam, the *FNaF World* reviews were very negative. This was believed that the game was entirely rushed, due to the 3D overworld was changed into the 2D overworld, the sudden change when into battle, and the battle system. Some of the reviews that influenced these ratings were very troll-like, with those being voted Helpful while the opposite occurred for any positive ones.

On Gamejolt however, *FNaF World* received a total 5 star rating, with around 4,000 followers and 2,500 ratings. It became one of the first best "games tagged in FNaF" for very long, although its placing is often switched with fan games.

## Development History

### 2015

* September 9th: The game was first noticed when a giant "*Thank you!*" picture featuring nearly all of the animatronics of the *Five Nights at Freddy's* series, was starting to turn into the characters of *FNaF World*. It started off with Endo-01, then Endo-02, Fredbear, and so on (with the only exception being the floating Golden Freddy head in the background, who was removed because FNaF World featured no adventure variant of Withered Golden Freddy). On September 22, 2015, all of the playable characters appeared on the image. The Phantoms, Shadows, Paperpals, Crying Child, Fredbear, and Spring Bonnie appeared during that time, while they weren't on the original picture. Scott made a new website, *fnafworld.com*, to show *FNaF World*-related teasers.
* Unknown date: Later, *fnafworld.com* was edited, saying that a hacker had gotten the files to *FNaF World*, and that would release them sometime on October 28th 2015. It ended up being *FNaF World: Halloween Edition*, and appears to be a reskin of one of Scott's older games. After it was released, Scott confirmed of the first trailer, and released it on October 30th.
* November 3rd: Both *Scottgames.com* and *fnafworld.com* were completely stripped of their color, leaving only the titles, warning notice and a dark image remaining. If brightened, a picture of Mangle, who appears to be dangling by an unknown source, appears on *fnafworld.com*. A warped text can also be seen on the bottom of the image reading "See what you've all done?". It was later removed the same day, as it appeared to contain suicidal themes.
* Unknown Date: Scott Cawthon later went on a three week break without a warning, until releasing new pictures on IndieDB. On the same day, a picture of the enemy Ballboy; its head is shown at the bottom. On Christmas eve, Scott later posted a *"Merry Christmas!"* photo of the characters before the Mangle teaser, featuring Bubba, Browboy, Mad Endo, and Porkpatch. It was later changed after Christmas.

### 2016

* January 8th: The second trailer was uploaded only on IndieDB. Scott Cawthon confirmed the release date to be February 19, 2016, but later changed to January 21, 2016. Due to the amount of hate, Scott removed it off Steam, and confirmed that he will update it to make it better for the community.
* February 8th: It was re-released on Gamejolt, with the first update for visual improvements.
* February 18th: Update 2 is confirmed to be under development.
* May 13th: Update 2 was officially released.
* Unknown Date: The game was expected to release on Android and IOS ports, but after hate and some controversy in the ports, Scott has stopped support on FNaF World ports and future updates to the game. The Android port was pulled out of stores and the IOS ports were never released. The PC version was still up on Gamejolt as it originated there.
* Unknown date: The website went dark for a long time, that is until certain things relating to *Five Nights at Freddy's* were posted in the website's code. This happened on its sister website, *Scottgames.com*.

### 2017

* June 11th: Scott posted an image of Scrap Baby's eyes. This was related to the source codes, but could not be posted on Scottgames.com, most likely due to the 2nd book of the game series, *The Twisted Ones*, being teased on the said website.

### 2019

* August 8th: The image of Scrap Baby has been replaced with the number 58, it's meaning is unknown at this time. Brightening up the image revealed messages of random fans criticizing Scott. It was later revealed that year in December, for the charity game *Freddy in Space 2*.
* As of now, the *FNaF World* site remains completely black and lifeless.

## Links

1. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJCgqzNS38U
2. ↑ https://gamejolt.com/games/fnaf-world/124921