Scrapped Content

During the development of POPGOES, POPGOES 2: The Dead Forest and POPGOES Evergreen, a lot of content has been created that didn't make into the final game, including scrapped sequels and additional stories.

## POPGOES

### FNaF3 Themed Props

During the development of POPGOES, there was an idea of props that were strongly influenced by Five Nights at Freddy's 3, such as figurines, fan, poster, Popgoes' empty mask and the location map. They were eventually scrapped, as they were seen as too cheap.

FigurinesFanPosterPopgoes' empty maskLocation MapExtras Description
### Restaurant Menu

The original menu concept was a literal, restaurant menu. It had about four different animations of each panel flipping to display more information. The concept was scrapped because it was near impossible to constantly update once a member was added/removed from the team.

Menu Concepts in the ExtrasExample of Menu Opening
### Silver the Squirrel

**Silver the Squirrel** was a scrapped squirrel animatronic for POPGOES 2015. Her appearance would be a basic grey squirrel with orange clothing. However, she would've been the third squirrel sister alongside Saffron and Sara, as confirmed by Kane Carter. Their power color would've been orange, similar to Manora the Mouse and Morse the Mole.

### White Face

A white face is included in the Extras menu. The image was representing Fritz Glade and it was supposed to be one of the rare screens. The fact that it was a photo made it feel out of place, so it was scrapped.

### Original Sixth Night

There was an idea for Toy Bonnie to be the "final boss" enemy exclusive to the Sixth Night. He would act very similar to Golden Freddy from Five Nights at Freddy's 2 appearing in slumped positions, appearing as a giant floating head and putting scrawled messages on objects around the pizzeria. It is unknown what his mechanic would be, as it was scrapped later on.

On the leftFrom the backOn the rightDitto
### Original Death Screens

The original Death screens featured tips on how to deal with whatever animatronic killed you. This idea was scrapped and replaced with tips on how to get the Grave Ending. There was another test image made for when Blake drains the power, although it also was scrapped.

Blake Death Screen.Stone Death Screen.Test image of when Blake drains the power.
## POPGOES Reprinted

### Original Epitome Popgoes

The original Epitome Popgoes model for POPGOES 2: The Dead Forest was made by HeroGollum, who left after only making that singular model and not giving the file. Because of this, a new version was created by Smashing Renders.

Original version of the first Epitome Popgoes' teaserThe faceDetailsEpitome Popgoes (original model) Full BodyDittoClose Up on the BodyEpitome Popgoes Eye
### Prototype Animatronics

During the early development of POPGOES 2, a special version of the main crew was created, called Prototype Animatronics. They were based on the original pixel art concepts for the animatronics. There were two concepts revealed, introducing "Prototype Popgoes #01" and "Prototype Stone #01". Stone has been unofficially called "Pebbles" as a reference to being a small version of "Stone" the Crow. Canonically, they were supposed to be scrapped designs for the animatronics created by Fritz Glade, and they would appear in the game as props. They were scrapped and revealed on July 12th and July 23rd, 2017. "Prototype #1" heads were based on the original pixel art and edit mockups of the animatronics.

Prototype Stone - "Pebbles"Prototype Popgoes, 3D ModelPrototype Blake, 3D ModelPrototype Popgoes, concept artPrototype BlakePrototype SaraPrototype SaffronPrototype StoneAlternate Prototype StoneInspiration for Prototypes - original pixel arts and mockups of the animatronics
### Early Minigame Concept

Three months after POPGOES released, concepts for minigames in the sequel were planned out. The gameplay revolved around traveling through WeaselWare, interacting with interesting props as a disembodied Strings head. Nothing was ever programmed and all the photos are simply mock-ups of what it might have looked like.

### Angry Lux Animatronics

The Lux Animatronics were originally going to have angry expressions on their faces. This idea was scrapped for unknown reasons.

Optimized Lux PopgoesDittoOptimized Lux BlakeOptimized Lux Stone
## POPGOES Arcade

### Shadow Coins

Along with Regular and Emerald Coins, there was a third type of currency planned for the main game called "Shadow Coins". It was not decided on what they would do before being scrapped, but there were three main concepts.

* You would receive a large amount of money all at once, but all remaining money you collected would be halved in value.
* It would be required for the "Blackrabbit Ending", acting as a coin corrupted by Bonnie Glade and used to communicate with the player. This concept seems to have been replaced with the Blackrabbit pieces collected in the final game.
* It would act as a unique currency, that could be used to purchase "illegal upgrades from a shadowy character". This concept seems to have been replaced with BB's Black Market.

### Extra Paintbots

There were originally going to be eight Paintbots you could fight in order to get additional colours for your room and wardrobe. In the final game there were only three Paintbots, along with two additional paint cans that could be collected normally.

## myPOPGOES

### Character Stats

Originally, characters in the premium edition of myPOPGOES were planned to have unique stats, counted from 1 to 5 represented in small rectangles, 1 being the lowest stat and 5 the highest. The idea was scrapped due to it taking a very long time to test every level with each character, as well as making sure each was possible to beat.

* Hunger Resistance
* Thirst Resistance
* Boredom Resistance
* Movement Speed
* Cooking Speed

Popgoes' StatsBlake's Stats
## POPGOES Evergreen

### Mile Stone

Before POPGOES Evergreen was a part of the Fazbear Fanverse Initiative, there was a character known as "Mile Stone" (milestone) made to "remind team members of important tasks and deadlines." It is unknown if this character would have served an actual purpose or if it merely existed as a joke.

### Popgoes Pizzeria Skylight

The original plan for The Popgoes Pizzeria was to have a skylight in every room that would illuminate it on each camera. However multiple problems arose such as all the rooms looking similar, certain objects being hard too see, and it being impossible to have a "night cycle" for every camera. The lighting was then replaced with a flashlight being attached to each camera.

Arcade Room with the skylight.Kitchen with the skylight.Art Room with the skylight.Unfinished version of the Diner with the skylight.
### Original Kitchen Props

A number of props in the Kitchen had to be replaced as they were bought rather than being custom-made.

The Kitchen with the old propsDitto, but in a different angle.Ditto.Ditto.
### Original Show Stage

The original design for the Show Stage in the Diner featured multiple props such as flowers, trees, and butterflies hanging from the ceiling. The design was changed sometime during development for unknown reasons, with the final design only having a forest backdrop.

First Concept Art created for the Show Stage.Close up on the Show Stage, showing the flowers and tree.
### PANIC Eyes

The initial concept art for the animatronics in PANIC mode, gave them glowing irises or smaller pupils similar to Toy Bonnie. This idea was scrapped early on in development and replaced with just one full colour like in the original game.

### Original "Popbin"

The original version of the "Popbin" was made by a modeler who quit working on POPGOES Evergreen, so it was later remade by another modeler.

### Popgoes Kiddie Ride

A scrapped asset in the form of a rocking car kiddie ride was supposed to appear in the Party Room. The asset was scrapped due to being too old-fashioned for a pizzeria started in the 2020s.

### Scrapped Phones

There are over 50 Phone cases planned for POPGOES Evergreen, but there are many of them that were scrapped during development.

* A "Chocolate" Bar phone case was planned, but was scrapped for being too large for the game.
* A "Jukebox" phone case was planned and would change colors and play music from POPGOES Arcade, but it was scrapped for being too large and "a bit much."
* A TV style phone case was planned to appear, but was scrapped and separated into two separate designs, those being "Vintage" and "Retro".
* A "Organic" phone case was planned, but was scrapped as it was too complex to model.
* In reference to Five Nights at Freddy's Plus, a "Ghost Detector" phone was created and looked similar to the item meant to appear in the game. The phone was scrapped after Phisnom was removed from the Fanverse, along with the apparent cancellation of Five Nights at Freddy's Plus.
* There was a One Night at Flumpty's themed phone planned, but it was scrapped after Jonochrome's Controversy. It is unknown if any work was done for this phone, although the Panic Bar for it did have a mockup.

"Chocolate" Phone Case"Jukebox" Phone Case"TV" Phone Case"Ghost Detector" Phone Case
### Scrapped Panic Bars

Along with the scrapped Phone Cases, the Panic Bars meant to appear alongside them were also scrapped. These Panic Bars had different designs from the normal ones, this idea was scrapped however and all the Phones UI's now look the same but with different colours.

"Ghost Detector" Panic BarOne Night at Flumpty's Themed Panic Bar
### New Game +/New Game -

One of the original ideas for the premium version of POPGOES Evergreen was to have a New Game + as well as a New Game -.

New Game + would have included another five nights, but added a unique mechanic to each of the animatronics. New Game - would also include an additional five nights, but also would give the animatronics their mechanics from the original POPGOES.

Both of these ideas were scrapped and replaced with Survivor and Endless Night.

### Stone's "Egg Drop" Mechanic

Revealed in Phisnom's POPGOES Arcade Stream, one of Stone’s original mechanics for New Game + would be dropping eggs into the pizzeria through a chute to your right. They would apply random status effects to the gameplay both good and bad such as making you lose or gain an hour, or increasing your panic the more you looked at Popgoes. This mechanic was scrapped along with New Game +.

Stone originally had eggs in his Trading Card, but this was scrapped along with the unused mechanic.

Chute that would appear in New Game +Stone's Unused Trading Card Art
### Placeholder Graphics

While the Animatronics AI was being programmed, simple graphics were added in-game to see what it would look like. These were made to be temporary and only to demonstrate movement.

## Scrapped Games and Stories

### POPGOES: The Plastic Grave

**Main page:** POPGOES: The Plastic Grave
### POPGOES Hystory

**POPGOES Hystory** (History+Mystery) was the original idea of POPGOES Arcade 2. It would be a puzzle game where you played as Bonnie Glade on her laptop, talking to Marilyn Schmidt (Five Nights at Candy's 2) about both of their parents' past. It would have a huge focus on paranormality being an actual, real science.

## References

1. ↑ PJKOfficial: "*Was there ever a concept or thought for a third brother or sister of Fritz and Simon?*" Kane Carter: "*Nope! But there was a concept for a third squirrel sister.*" (May 4, 2021)
2. ↑ Kane Carter: "*It was a very barebones idea for a grey coloured squirrel, a lost triplet of the sisters, called Silver the Squirrel. This was conceptualised back in 2015 and was really just a name I came up with.*" (May 9, 2021)
3. ↑ Kane Carter: "*Is Silver were a thing, then Manora probably wouldn't. So let's say Silver would get orange eyes. She'd probably look like the other squirrels but with a grey colour scheme and orange clothes.*" (May 18, 2021)
4. ↑ https://imgur.com/a/vGawL
5. ↑ @LostPOPGOES: "*A scrapped minigame concept from POPGOES 2, where you would travel through WeaselWare, interacting with interesting props as a disembodied Strings head. This was entirely mocked up by myself, nothing was programmed. This is from September 2016, less than 3 months after POPGOES released.*" (June 26, 2021)
6. ↑ @LostPOPGOES: "*There was an idea that the Lux Animatronics should have angry expressions on their face in POPGOES Reprinted.*" (June 29, 2021)
7. ↑ https://gamejolt.com/p/fun-fact-popgoes-arcade-was-going-to-have-another-level-of-currenc-t7n7wwq6
8. ↑ https://gamejolt.com/p/it-s-been-over-a-year-since-popgoes-arcade-s-second-chapter-was-rel-v8ii4rin
9. ↑ https://gamejolt.com/p/atkane-popgoes-pog-small-updates-on-popgoes-evergreen-mypopgoes-xpc9e9ax
10. ↑ https://gamejolt.com/p/prior-to-popgoes-inclusion-in-the-fanverse-and-when-popgoes-everg-aeq9ffva
11. ↑ https://gamejolt.com/p/a-new-style-of-lighting-for-popgoes-evergreen-and-the-skylight-dil-wqdtejzt
12. ↑ Kane Carter: "*Our development team recently discovered that one of our modellers had been providing us with models that were purchased online rather than being custom made... ...Although these models were legally purchased and available for commercial use, they were assigned specifically to the modeller, and not me (or Scott), meaning they are completely unusable for POPGOES Evergreen. The fact that the modeller even shared these models with me and the other members is technically illegal, as it breaches the terms of the license that he paid for.*" (January 10, 2021)
13. ↑ https://gamejolt.com/p/the-first-design-for-popgoes-evergreen-s-show-stage-was-doodled-b-fmb9ct6m
14. ↑ https://gamejolt.com/p/in-the-early-stages-of-popgoes-evergreen-s-development-we-consider-utjdgmjt
15. ↑ Kane Carter: "*This is Popbin, a novelty trash can that was modelled for POPGOES Evergreen. We won't be using this version, as the modeller who made it no longer works for the team, but another team member will be remaking it this week.*" (April 2, 2021)
16. ↑ Kane Carter: "*It's really cool but I thought it felt a little too old-fashioned for the pizzeria.*" (July 25, 2022)
17. ↑ Kane Carter: "*...though The Popgoes Pizzeria STARTED in the 2020s. It's not very fitting to have a prop like this in a location that boasts very futuristic technology!*" (July 25, 2022)
18. ↑ Kane Carter: "*Here's another scrapped phone from POPGOES Evergreen: the Jukebox. Very cool in theory but way too ambitious. Not only was it animated and utterly huge, but it was also going to let you play music from POPGOES Arcade. It was... a bit much.*" (October 3, 2022)
19. ↑ Kane Carter: "*This one is called "TV" and, as you can see, it's based on an old television set. It has the same problems as some of the other scrapped phones: It's chunky, outdated, and we have no control over it since the modeller is no longer working with us. But this isn't a problem. In fact, it gave us an opportunity to work on some new designs with a clearer vision and two years of hindsight! I noticed that the TV phone had a body based on something from the 1950s (roughly), but the UI colour scheme was based on a 1990s/2000s infomercial or channel guide. So we decided to split these eras into two, and make a new phone based entirely on very old black-and-white televisions, and another based on late 90s CRT screens (the kind that professional Smash Bros Melee players use).*" (October 28, 2022)
20. ↑ https://twitter.com/BeytahCastle/1687984374917091328
21. ↑ https://gamejolt.com/p/following-the-apparent-cancellation-suspension-of-fnaf-plus-here-i-z7dkmiwn
22. ↑ https://gamejolt.com/p/just-found-these-panic-bar-mockups-for-theoretical-fnaf-plus-and-o-8wkiiac7
23. ↑ https://gamejolt.com/p/big-popgoes-evergreen-faq-zwkiv3hd
24. ↑ https://gamejolt.com/p/atkane-a-few-questions-rk9qwakc
25. ↑ https://gamejolt.com/p/popgoes-the-weasel-s-gameplay-ai-is-being-developed-v52nmvq5
26. ↑ Kane Carter: "*If you didn't know, PA2 was going to be called POPGOES Hystery (History+Mystery) and be a puzzle game where you played as Bonnie Glade on her laptop, talking to Marylin Schmidt about both of their parents' pasts. It had a huge focus on paranormality being an actual, real science in the POPGOES/FNAF universe.*" (March 18, 2018)