Hey Everyone, it's now been 2 years since Faz-Anim: Movie Edition originally Launched.
Ill be honest, When ultimate mod got canceled way back in 2023, I didn't know what to do. By that point I had already reanimated Freddy, Bonnie, and Chica; and I also made the stage model, aside from that I had basically nothing, I was just another modeler working for C tier mods. But then I saw that the source code for the game was actually public, and I thought to myself for a moment, maybe someone else will do it, maybe 64th will finally do it ( I even saw one of my friends playing around with the code).
But then I realized, I couldn't just let the project go into uncertainty. I couldn't let someone else take the Movie Animatronics and potentially mess them up. So I decided that I would be the one who continued it. I already had the vision for it, I just needed to execute it.
And don't get me wrong it was hard, especially since only Bonnie was set up with the new Anims, I struggled so much to get Freddy working, I was struggling to get Freddy working, I even accidentally synced up Freddy to Bonnie's movements, and then I broke Bonnie. I was so frustrated with how everything was going I almost quit right there, but I kept trying.
And luckily my old "Boss" saw how much I was struggling to get this game working, and offered to help with the unity part, I eventually accepted, and on that day, Faz-Anim: Movie Edition was born.
Now it hasn't been smooth sailing since, me being me i wanted so many things, I wanted this mod to feel special, different, unique, so i asked for alot. DMX Lights, A showtime Button, Cameras, Curtain sounds, Movement Sounds. It even got too much for him, which is why he quit. But I think that him quitting might have been the best thing for FAME.
Because he didn't like the game the way I did, I saw an Amazing FNAF movie game, He saw a potential way to get even more popular. It really showed when it came to the Drawing submissions, (how many of you were there for that?) I wanted to credit people for their drawings, because it felt the right thing to do, the honorable thing to do, the best thing to do. The contest part was just a shell for people to get their art in the game, Hell if someone drew something today,I would still put it in the movie map right now. But he didn't want to, he said it wasn't something that was necessary, “There not main artists” he said. And that angered me. Honestly, imagine someone asks for a piece of art, even a silly little drawing, wouldn't it feel disappointing, if they only credit their main artists, and never you or the contest in any way. It would feel like you didn't matter, like you contributed nothing, and I didn't want that for anybody, so I argued with him over and over again, (It’s not even that hard to do, it's literally just editing text). But he wouldn't do it. The day after he quit.
I was again frustrated, but now less at me and more at him. Bro even said he was making another Faz-Anim mod to replace FAME, as if he was the reason Fame Succeded in the first place. But I eventually found someone else to code the game, and they did a lot better than my former boss.
This Mod, This Game, Has a weird tendency to die, and then come back better, almost like a phoenix, as if some other entity is influencing this game to always come back better (Maybe golden freddy?).
And I've pondered this for a while, and that's when I realized, the reason the game became so popular and successful, wasn't because of me, The original coder, my former boss, the models, the map, the new coder. It was because of you guys, this small community that was built off the concept and Execution of the game. You all liked what you were doing and you stayed. It's why I had things like fan art contests and showtape votes. It was to keep the community engaged, to satisfy you guys, Even if I made the best game ever it would never succeed without you guys.
Thats why former boss is begging people to download his new Faz-Anim mod. Because he doesn't care about community, or supporting his own community, he only really cares about traction, and numbers, “Personal FAME”
That's why I comment on every FAME video, even the one from channels with only a single subscriber, because I care, I'm happy to see people make showtapes, and why whenever anyone wants to show me a FAME tape they're working on I get all giddy.
So the TL:DR of this is, Im happy that FAME exists, im happy that you all downloaded, subscribed, and watched everything to do with FAME. You guys are the reason im here, the reason I'm able to make my own classic Fan Game. So from the bottom of my explainer heart.
Thank you















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