Five Nights at Freddy’s creator Scott Cawthon is working with a number of amateur developers to support, and ultimately release, some of the fan community’s greatest fan-made creations.
The projects currently in development include Five Nights at Candy’s 4, The Joy of Creation: Ignited Collection, Popgoes Evergreen, One Night at Flumpty’s 3, and a remake/re-imagining of the original FNaF.
In the official FNaF subreddit (thanks, Xenodizzy), Cawthon dropped a message to the community, saying “there have been some great fanmade spinoff universes created in this community, and [they] want to see them keep going”.
“Hey guys, 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,” Cawthon explained. “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.”
Cawthon went on to explain that they were “going to stay OUT of the development side of things so that these creators can do their thing”, but said the devs “are going to develop these games and interact with the fanbase just as they would have normally, and when the games are done, they’ll be released on GameJolt for free, just like normal”.