“ | Top of the morning to ya, laddies! My name is Jacksepticeye and welcome to Five Nights at Freddy's, a game that I feel like I don't even have to explain anymore because every single person on the planet is playing this game right now, except me! | ” |
–Jacksepticeye |
Five Nights at Freddy's, abbreviated as FNaF, is an RPG point-and-click indie horror game developed and published by Scott Cawthon. The game has been a big hit ever since Markiplier played. Each installment takes place in a haunted pizzeria, known as "Freddy Fazbear's Pizza" (renamed to Circus Baby's Entertainment and Rental in Sister Location and the exception of FNaF 4 taking place in a child's bedroom).
Jacksepticeye has done a total of 28 videos on his YouTube channel regarding the Five Nights at Freddy's game series.
Game information[]
Five Nights at Freddy's[]
“ | Hello, Hello? Um, I wanted to record a message for you, to help you get settled down on your first night. I actually worked in that office before, spending my last week as a matter of fact, so I'm here to tell you, there's nothing to worry about. | ” |
–Phone Guy |
The first game revolves around the player looking through security cameras to check on spooky animatronics (known as Freddy Fazbear, Bonnie the Bunny and Chica the Chicken) and a pirate fox in the corner (called Foxy the Pirate). If the animatronics are not showing in the camera system, the player must check the door light. If an animatronic figure is there, they must close the door. There is limited power supply, and if the cameras are checked too often, the lights are kept on, or the doors are closed for a long period of time, the power will eventually go out. When the power is out, Freddy plays a song while flashing his eyes in a dead stare. Then things become silent and the night guard is killed.
The goal of the game is that the player must hit 6AM (same with the other four games). Each night, the animatronics become more aggressive.
Five Nights at Freddy's 2[]
Five Nights at Freddy's 2 is a prequel to the first game. Three new mechanics are introduced: instead of doors and power, the player is given a Freddy Fazbear head, a new character, named the Marionette, who will kill the player if they fail to wind up the music box in the prize corner in time, and hallucinations which will impair the player's vision. The number of animatronics are bumped up from four to eleven and there are replacement models of Freddy, Bonnie, Chica and Foxy, known as "Toys". The same goal is to hit 6 AM.
Five Nights at Freddy's 3[]
Five Nights at Freddy's 3 is a lot different from the first two as the player has to survive from one animatronic named Springtrap. There are other enemies acting as phantoms. The phantoms seem to distract the player, giving Springtrap a better chance to come and attack them.
Five Nights at Freddy's 4[]
Five Nights at Freddy's 4 is the most unique of the previous three games, as there are no cameras nor a pizzeria. Instead, the game takes place in a child's house. The animatronics from FNaF 1 return, except they look more menacing with huge, sharp teeth, and are renamed as "Nightmare". A new character is introduced, known only as "Nightmare", who will hunt the player down aggressively. The aim is to survive until 6 AM, with the main tactics being using a flashlight, checking the bed for phantoms, the closet for Nightmare Foxy, the doors for other animatronics, and listening for breathing.
Five Nights at Freddy's Sister Location[]
Five Nights at Freddy's Sister Location is different to the other games. Taking place in a new pizzeria, the player must fulfill a series of objectives over five nights while avoiding new animatronics, such as crossing Ballora's Gallery to reset circuit breakers and fending off Toy Freddy. The game also differs from the original series in that it features an 8-bit mini game with Circus Baby.
Five Nights at Freddy's VR: Help Wanted[]
The eighth game in the series. It features mini games based on the previous five installments.
Spin-offs[]
FNAF World[]
Five Nights at Freddy's World was only available on Gamejolt rather than Steam, unlike the other games. FNaF World is not considered to be an installment of the franchise, as it has a much different plot.
The FNaF characters are more kid-friendly and are not scary. The player is requested to save the village of Animatronica from enemies that seem to jumpscare the citizens. All of the animatronics, including the phantoms and JJ, are in the game, and each have their own power-up to defeat the enemies.
History[]
Scott Cawthon, creator of Five Nights at Freddy's started out as an unknown game developer, as he made low quality animations, such as "The Pilgrim's Progress". There were six parts to the series, and Scott's developments were mainly for little kids, which is the opposite of him today. He also made other games, and the well known ones are "Chipper and Sons: Lumber Co." and "There is No Pause Button". The Chipper and Sons game is one of the reasons why FNaF exists.
People complained about the way that the characters in Chipper and Sons looked like animatronics, making Scott think he would never be a successful game developer.
He then had the idea of Five Nights at Freddy's. During game development, Bonnie, a character in the game, frightened Scott, since he had a nightmare about him. Ever since that nightmare, he put Bonnie as the main character in the FNaF 1 trailer (also in later FNaF 2 and FNaF 4 trailers).
He then released the game, and to his luck, it was a true success. The game was made much bigger when Markiplier played the game. Soon after that, the whole internet bursted with FNaF game plays.
To Scott's pride, he confirmed a second one, and hype grew for it. After the release of five further game sequels, as well as a book, the internet eventually grew tired of the series due to the repetitive nature and has since moved on.
Trivia[]
- Jack's most viewed video features Five Nights at Freddy's.
- There are many mysteries throughout the game that are still unknown.
- YouTube Let's Player Markiplier was one of the first gamers to play. He is nicknamed 'The King of Five Nights at Freddy's.
- Scott makes money off Five Nights at Freddy's to support St. Jude's Research Hospital.
- Chipper and Sons: Lumber Co. has some secret FNaF sound effects throughout the game.
- Jack's favorite animatronic is Withered Bonnie.
- A book based upon the FNaF franchise was published in 2015, titled Five Nights at Freddy's: The Silver Eyes.
- Two more were later published: The Twisted Ones (June 2017) and The Fourth Closet (June 2018).
- Several fans of the series have created fan games based upon the franchise, one of which Jack played was The Joy of Creation.