For more than five years now, Scott Cawthon’s Five Nights at Freddy’s has become a global phenomenon within the gaming market. And while many users online associate the series to be aimed towards a younger demographic for the most part, the dark back story of the series does still grab plenty of older players that still show interest in the franchise years later.
With the latest endeavor for the series being Five Nights at Freddy’s: Help Wanted arriving to more platforms, the direction the franchise is heading in is still left undetermined currently. But in the meantime, there are several fan-made projects that hold very close tangibility to the story’s canon that even Scott Cawthon himself deems worth playing.
In that, Cawthon this week on Reddit announced to be kickstarting a new initiative to offer assistance and direction for projects currently underway from dedicated fans. Cawthon shares that he wants to see these fan projects come to fruition and even told to be offering his own money to see that become a reality.
I wanted to tell you all about a little project that I’ve been working on for a while now; it’s a giant collaboration involving several fangame creators who have made some of the most popular fangames over the years here in the community. It’s a project that’s designed to invest into those franchises, give back to the developers, and hopefully bring new entries to those franchises as well!
There have been some great fanmade spinoff universes created in this community, and I want to see them keep going; that’s why I’ve put some my own cash toward development of new games in those game series. However, I’m going to stay OUT of the development side of things so that these creators can do their thing.
Alike with similar projects that released previously, Cawthon emphasizes that involvement with the community will continue to be the main source of drive for these projects and will further bring fans together as the titles are expected to push more content for the Five Nights at Freddy’s franchise. Those projects include: Five Nights at Candy’s 4, The Joy of Creation: Ignited Collection, Popgoes Evergreen, and One Night at Flumpty’s 3.
In addition to fan-inspired ambitions that are currently underway, Cawthon also announces that fan developer Phisnom (A Shadow Over Freddy’s, Prokchop’s Adventures) will be directly involved with the remake for 2014’s Five Nights at Freddy’s. “Phisnom will be bringing you a remake/re-imagining of the original FNaF,” Cawthon announces in the post.
What are you most excited to come from these fan projects for Five Nights at Freddy’s arriving later on?
Source: r/fivenightsatfreddys
