POPGOES Evergreen

*Did you mean the original version of this title?*

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**POPGOES Evergreen** (tentatively titled as **POPGOES 2020 Edition** and later **The POPGOES Reboot**) is a complete reboot of POPGOES, an independently-made point-and-click fangame based off the Five Nights at Freddy's franchise. It was announced on April Fools Day 2020 alongside the reveal of POPGOES Arcade.

### Post-Nights

While the night gameplay will feature gameplay recognizable to the original POPGOES, the Mysterious Section will have gameplay utilizing a new cast of characters dubbed as the "False Animatronics," which are distorted and exaggerated hallucinations of the Toy Animatronics.

The original plan for these sections would revolve around collecting something important each night by completing puzzles. These puzzles were "fairly complex" and was similar to an escape room experience. This idea was later scrapped into something simpler after realizing it would take a very long time to complete.

## Fazbear Fanverse Initiative

On August 22, 2020, Scott Cawthon announced The Fazbear Fanverse Initiative; a collaboration with multiple fangame developers including **Kane Carter.** As such, **POPGOES Evergreen**, alongside **POPGOES Arcade** and **myPOPGOES**, are a part of the Fanverse and will all receive console and mobile ports as well as possible merchandise and toys.

## Characters

### Animatronics

#### Main Cast

* Popgoes the Weasel: TBA
* Blake the Badger: TBA
* Sara the Squirrel: TBA
* Saffron the Squirrel: TBA
* Stone the Crow: TBA
* Blackrabbit: TBA
* Simon: TBA

#### False Animatronics

* False Freddy: TBA
* False Bonnie: TBA
* False Chica: TBA
* False Mangle: TBA
* False Balloon Boy: TBA

### Humans

* Fritz Glade: TBA
* Bonnie Glade: TBA
* Simon Fitzgerald: TBA

## Developers

* **Kane Carter** - Direction
* **Garrett Tube** - Modelling
* **Emil Macko** - Programming
* **Smashing Renders** - Modelling
* **Sian Mewburn** - 2D Artwork
* **StupidButterfly** - 2D Artwork
* **Vitch** - Modelling
* **Odium** - Animator
* **MrNobody** - Modelling
* **Radiarc** - Composing
* **TigeraRainbowra** - 2D Artwork
* **Alexis** - Modelling
* **NeeTroo** - Modelling
* **Emir** - Animator
* **Zoura Studios** - 2D Artwork
* **SmoochaGhost** - 2D Artwork
* **stuAvenue** - Modelling, Sound Design
* **Derpmii** - UI Design

## Development

The official reboot for POPGOES was announced in 2020, April Fools Day. Along with that, came the reveal of POPGOES Arcade which released on June 12th of that same year. Getting a full 100% completion of that game gained the player access to the Arcade Room with the new Popgoes model.

The original name for the game was simply POPGOES 2020 Edition. However, due to delays in the development it was clear to the team it wouldn't get a 2020 release. It was their believe it was necessary for the audience to know the name change as soon as possible. Via a YouTube premiere on August 9th, the new title was eventually revealed: POPGOES Evergreen.

Less than two weeks later on August 22nd, Scott Cawthon announced the Fazbear Fanverse Initiative on Reddit, which promises a handful of fangame titles to receive merch, console releases and other such perks. Alongside other popular series, POPGOES Evergreen was included as being part of the Fanverse.

September 24th, Kane Carter went into more detail on the Fazbear Fanverse Initiative via a YouTube video. Once again, POPGOES Evergreen is noted to be part of the Fanverse and said to have premium content for the paid versions.

On November, Kane Carter wrote a progress report on the game. While Evergreen has been the team's main focus, POPGOES and The Machinist and Minecraft: Ghosts & Graves were also being worked on. Also at that point in development, only five rooms have been fully modelled out of the eleven that the game requires. On the programming side of development, Kane Carter is fully confident in Emil Macko and Garrett Tube's programming skills and, with all of the visual assets completed, believes the game could be completed in only a few months. Secondly, Kane Carter describes wanting the game to have replayability and talked about phone skins and collectibles that exist in the Popgoes Pizzeria. (Which were revealed to be cards as seen in Dawko's 24-hour charity livestream.) Kane Carter finishes the report by expression how proud he is of his team.

January 10th, 2021 presented a problem to the team: A large number of assets in the Kitchen were purchased online rather than being custom made. 8 days later, all of the assets were recreated to be custom made. The original modeler of the team left the team despite that, though Kane assures that their relationship to the team is still on equal ground. More detail on the Kitchen was discussed, and a flashlight feature on the cameras was announced on January 22nd. Kane Carter believes the claustrophobic nature of the flashlight feature makes the game scarier and also estimates the game to be 15% finished.

January 30th, Kane Carter uploaded a big POPGOES Evergreen FAQ on the game's Game Jolt page. Among the questions asked, a console port is "planned" but no updates can be given as it's without Kane's control, the premium content being non-canon, de-confirming any characters from POPGOES 2: The Dead Forest to appear, Gem Stone; Grave Stone and the Lux animatronics to also be de-confirmed to appear while also confirming Simon to reappear due to his importance to the plot along with a "CRAZY good" redesign. The playable character's identity is also not confirmed, and Kane expects the audience to speculate who they are. The Car Park camera will have an use, while suggesting to the audience if they have any ideas for the Staff Room camera besides being an indicator for Sara and Saffron to be active. Accessibility for colourblind players, a normal and "true" ending, and a consideration of a sequel if Evergreen does well critically and financially.

June 8th, because of the Evergreen's Game Jolt page reaching 10,000 followers, Stone the Crow's new design was fully revealed and, because of the milestone being reached before POPGOES' anniversary, its 2D design. As a regular status update, Odium was also announced to be joining the team as an animator, a new room would be replacing the Staff Room, nnd a final design was decided for Simon.

June 26th, Dawko held a 24-hour charity livestream for the Trevor Project, a nonprofit organization focused on suicide prevention among LGBTQ youths. To assist with the project, and to coincide with POPGOES' 5th anniversary, Kane Carter held a charity pack that revealed certain parts of the rebooted POPGOES series via four stretch goals. All four goals were reached and revealed key artwork, music, the Art Room, and the introduction of cards; the collectibles in POPGOES Evergreen.

July 10th had all of the rooms getting a scaled overhaul due to each room being a separate model; it was previously never intended for each room to be joined together at the same size. Kane appropriately dubbed this overhaul "Operation Embiggen".

August 21st's status update, while focused on POPGOES Arcade, Kane still mentioned the status of POPGOES Evergreen, being "'early' in development."

As a follower goal, if POPGOES Evergreen's reached 13,000 followers before Dawko's stream on September 18th, Sara the Squirrel's new design would be revealed during that event. Appropriately too, stretch goals for the stream were announced that would reveal some more of Sara in Evergreen.

On September 21st of 2021, the official Tumblr account for POPGOES opened up with its first post describing the game and its perks.

November 29th gained a first look at Blake the Badger.

December 7th got the official GameJolt page for POPGOES Evergreen.

Dawko took part in Jackscepticeye's Thanksmas event on December 12th with a separate livestream on his own channel. As extra incentive to donate, stretch goals were created that revealed extra renders of Blake the Badger and a reveal of the Party Room.

March 15th of 2022 revealed Saffron the Squirrel along with a handful of renders of her.

July 9th saw the official reveal of the main gameplay space and a full 360 turnaround. The end of the video confirms that development is still in its early stages At the same time, Kane Carter revealed on his Twitter that a full day/night cycle for the game's "Endless" mode would be added, adding that the night would change in regular gameplay anyway.

On August 25th, Kane Carter revealed on Twitter the return of the Toy animatronics via a test render of Toy Freddy in the Party Room. They were clarified to not be Easter Eggs like in the original, but served a completely different purpose.

With September 18 2022, a new phone case for Popgoes Evergreen, "PhoneUnit", was revealed.

On September 30, 2022, Kane Carter posted the first weekly update for Popgoes Evergreen. He stated that he will from now on continue making weekly progress updates for the game.

August 2nd, Kane tweets there will not be a Custom Night, while also revealing some quick mockups for challenges.

On August 5th, 2023, following the removal of Five Nights at Freddy's Plus from the Steam Store and Phil Morg's termination from the Fanverse project, Kane Carter released an image of a scrapped "Ghost Detector" phone case that he made in collaboration with Phil.

On August 9, 2023. Although Popgoes can't be blocked yet, he can move correctly in the pizzeria and pick up and place Blackrabbit pieces. Parts are now placed in a specific order, but each can now be purchased from one of the three printers.

* This means that Popgoes can technically print a single piece from each printer room (like the original game). Can visit some previous rooms. He can even print 3 pieces from one room and 3 pieces from the other if he wants to be really weird about it. It felt pretty random.

* Also, these drawings are placeholder pictures drawn by Emil (Macko) to finish things early. Dynamic environment/music is programmed so the background sound becomes more frightening depending on the current level of constant panic.

On August 10, 2023, One Night at Flumpty's and Five Nights at Freddy's Plus (customization only, currently canceled and scrapped) versions of the panic bar were revealed. Kane Carter said that "it was fun to work on, even though it won't be added to the game right now".

## Gallery

### Logos, Thumbnails, and Banners

The original title for the gameThe second title for the gameThe beta version of the current title of the gameThe updated version of the current title for the gameThe original thumbnail for the gameThe second thumbnail for the gameThe third thumbnail of the game, replicating the original game's thumbnailColored version of the third thumbnailThe fourth thumbnail of the gameThe fifth thumbnail of the gameThe initial banner of the Gamejolt page for the game.The second banner.The third banner.The fourth banner.The fifth banner.
### Teasers

POPGOES ARCADE 2020 - Good Ending CutsceneThe first teaser imageThe second teaserThe third teaserThe fourth teaserA secret teaser of Stone the Crow in *CHASE: Animatronics*POPGOES Evergreen - Office Prototype PreviewA teaser of the office
### Other

The new logo for the gameA promo for the game in the Gamejolt page of POPGOES Arcade.A Scrapped Thumbnail for the GameJolt page.A teaser shown in POPGOES Arcade soundtrack of Popgoes taking Blackrabbit's head.Popgoes Halloween ArtworkPOPGOES Evergreen DescriptionPopgoes version of the Fazbear Fanverse logoAn older menu design for POPGOES Evergreen. The REDACTED on the left and right represent the Trading Cards and Post-Night Sections.
## Trivia

* It has been confirmed by Kane Carter on Discord that *POPGOES Evergreen* takes place in the same universe as the *Five Nights At Candy's* fan-games (this continuity being known as ***Candy + Popgoes Universe***, or ***CPU***), and will take place after *Five Nights At Candy's 4*.
* According to Kane, a potential sequal titled *POPGOES Ultraviolet* could be made in the future.
	+ The reason as to why it would be called Ultraviolet was that it would mainly focus on Simon.

## References

1. ↑ https://gamejolt.com/games/evergreen/510665
2. ↑ https://gamejolt.com/p/popgoes-weekly-update-fanart-showcase-04-11-inxefxkk
3. ↑ https://gamejolt.com/p/popgoes-weekly-update-fanart-showcase-14-04-phykaace
4. ↑ https://imgur.com/KQSrwMv
5. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gx64EpPjsFE
6. ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/fivenightsatfreddys/comments/ie911w/the\_fazbear\_fanverse\_initiative/
7. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qI42XCoIoVE
8. ↑ https://gamejolt.com/p/popgoes-evergreen-progress-report-november-2020-dmysnvni
9. ↑ https://gamejolt.com/p/why-the-kitchen-has-been-removed-uiiys2i4
10. ↑ https://gamejolt.com/p/why-the-kitchen-is-back-yetct8zv
11. ↑ https://gamejolt.com/p/a-new-style-of-lighting-for-popgoes-evergreen-and-the-skylight-dil-wqdtejzt
12. ↑ https://gamejolt.com/p/big-popgoes-evergreen-faq-zwkiv3hd
13. ↑ https://gamejolt.com/p/10-000-follower-celebration-update-w4vpgppw
14. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RZhxJtPKbM
15. ↑ https://gamejolt.com/p/popgoes-evergreen-operation-embiggen-gde3uk6v
16. ↑ https://gamejolt.com/p/focusing-on-popgoes-arcade-hbkdybw5
17. ↑ https://gamejolt.com/p/popgoes-evergreen-sara-reveal-fcb2vvji
18. ↑ https://popgoes.tumblr.com/post/662996178934415360/welcome-to-the-official-tumblr-for-the-popgoes
19. ↑ https://gamejolt.com/p/first-look-at-blake-the-badger-from-popgoes-evergreen-follow-http-ucqarkkm
20. ↑ https://gamejolt.com/games/evergreen/510665
21. ↑ https://gamejolt.com/p/some-popgoes-evergreen-reveals-from-dawko-s-thankmas-stream-xdppk6gi
22. ↑ https://gamejolt.com/p/thank-you-for-18-000-game-jolt-followers-here-is-saffron-the-squ-tauzy3aw
23. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKitJT4KWYs
24. ↑ https://twitter.com/Popgoes6/status/1545787126675038208
25. ↑ https://twitter.com/Popgoes6/status/1562907548998840326
26. ↑ https://twitter.com/Popgoes6/status/1562907551557382144
27. ↑ https://imgur.com/gallery/MUm7XAO
28. ↑ https://imgur.com/a/WaIvjOU
29. ↑ https://imgur.com/a/TjcEA9P