This series started as, and still is, a way for me to try out new things in an unprofessional setting. I dont care if the game is buggy at the end or if the models have bad topo, this is my playground with no consequences, and thats what keeps it fun.

When I started doing the overhauls I changed parts of the story. The timeline and general important events stayed the same, but I changed the dynamics between characters like William and Henry to portray an issue I have with creative spaces in general.

Because of this the story that I am trying to tell with these games has become important to me. Its kind of my only motivation to finish the games through fnaf 6. I want to use the games to shed some light onto an issue that I have personal experience with.

But even with that I feel like my FNAF work is so un-important. While that is the focus of the story for me I doubt it will come across as that to anyone else because of all the hoops I had to jump thru to make it still a "fnaf" story.

I feel like I have wasted my whole summer working on this game. I want to make stuff that I can express stuff and impact others through, and theres not a lot of room for that in FNAF fangames. I wish I spent this time working on something else.

I have been spending so much time on this project BECAUSE I want to stop working on it. I don't want to abandon it, but I also want to be done with it. My plan was to finish fnaf1-3 ASAP and then take a 1-2 year break before returning for fnaf4-6.

The story has a natural "part 1" conclusion with 3 so it would make sense to break there. but overworking myself to get to this point has left me burntout and tired. Not even burnt out of making games, just fnaf stuff.

I've never been more motivated to make games, especially after finishing OuterWilds. I think I have to accept that its ok if FNAF rewritten is never finished and move on.

I will definitely finish FNAF 2 because friends are helping me with it and I dont want their work to be for nothing. But I probably will take a long break before returning to 3.

that being said, my non-FNAF work will still be intertwined with what I learned making these games along wirh the visuals and themes that are presented in them. Animatronic entertainment has always been special to me long before I found FNAF.

I'm sure yall would still like whatever comes next :)