Hey everyone,

First off, I want to thank you all for your continued support and patience. I understand your concerns and want to address them openly and honestly.

TRTBN Classic/VR -

Mainly, I want to say that during the last year many things have happened. Some people I knew had to leave, and some new ones joined, for example, my partner team Ryptide Games, who's working on the VR version of the game. As for the Classic version, we always wanted to fix or add some stuff. Mainly there were issues with designing new content or reusing the old one. We also got our main modeler not being interested in making FNAF content anymore, so we had to work with already made assets that were in the game and some assets that didn’t make it to the game, cut content. Mainly we wanted just to fix issues and add some cool features like improved effects and also new "Sound Packs" that would have been sets of music/sound effects that completely overhaul the game, FNAF 1 sounds, FNAF 2 sounds, so the game could sound like the original FNAF 1 and 2. It was half done, mostly done, but had to be scrapped after some time due to changing situations.

I also had to buy a new computer and transfer all the things there. Besides that, my work with Ryptide Games is essential because TRTBN VR isn't truly just a port, it’s a whole remake and I want to take this opportunity to remake all the things I can and improve what I didn’t like. I added much more than you can imagine and at the same time remade many things I didn’t like. Characters, their stories, quotes, and interactions are completely new and done more professionally so I started to mainly work on that rather than the old Classic version. We also found a few new artists, 2 of them are soundtrack makers and they do amazing work so I also had to work with them in order to get something we needed, which also requires time and effort. While all that, I have to direct the VR game with Ryptide. The new reimagined story, gameplay, and additional content is a huge task for a person like me but I love it.

Due to my ADHD, I can’t really focus well on the stuff I do, so besides making what I need every day, I can also get distracted quickly from what I need to do.

After some time, we realized that we want to recode TRTBN Classic to make it have a clean code since fixing gameplay became truly difficult with the current version. I tasked my only coder to work on that. All was ok at first but after some time, he encountered problems since he lives in Ukraine. Due to the war conflict, his electricity got shut down every day for a few hours and combining with my work schedule it became difficult to work with. The main problem is that he works on the game through using remote control to my PC, since I own a copy of Clickteam that unfortunately refuses to work on his PC. So, it’s good when we have time to work on the recoding but unfortunately became difficult due to recent circumstances. We are not going to leave this work, as we want to bring back the Audio Packs idea and also bring 60 fps functionality too as I think it’s time to show how truly the game can shine in comparison to 30 fps.

MY LIFE -

Now about my own real life, I was left by my ex-girlfriend a few months ago and I got depressed. Hard work as a waiter at a big restaurant was really draining my life out of my body but I got away from that. The depression was huge and I felt truly lost but I got a little better. Now I know another new love interest, we are getting along very well and if you know, when you get to know somebody it takes time and actually requires me to stay and spend a lot of it with that person so I couldn’t truly work lately on anything. Besides that, we in my family struggle with money. I work now as a florist in a store and sometimes go to the fields to work under the sun with my mother. She also has health complications. Yesterday she was having a very bad situation so we had to rush to her work, take her, and get to the hospital to treat her. 6 hours were spent for all of that. It was revealed that she has an illness, incurable. Now we also have my stepfather having heart problems, and he is pretty old. If he dies, or my mother, we could be in a lot of problems as we live in a country we don’t belong to. If my mom dies, I would feel truly alone. If my stepfather dies, we could go through hell with the problems we would have to resolve. It’s all very difficult. I also have my brother who’s in Russia and has mental problems, really big ones, he had to spend time in a psychiatric hospital, depression also hit him. Then my sister who’s going through a divorce and my other sister who lives with a criminal abuser and she also got robbed of about 18k dollars recently. Truly awful. My parents also have a dispute, possibly hinting at divorce and separating from each other, which again, puts me under a lot of stress. So, now, I work at a job that wants me there every day for 8 hours, I have to eat and play games and talk. How much time do I have for work on TRTBN? Most of it for VR, a little for Classic.

Moving Forward

I am committed to delivering on both the Classic and VR versions of TRTBN. The recoding of the Classic version aims to provide a clean codebase, making future updates smoother. Despite the difficulties, we plan to reintroduce the Audio Packs and enhance the game’s performance, including 60 fps functionality.

Conclusion

I understand your frustration and share your desire to see these projects completed. Balancing development with personal and professional challenges has been incredibly tough, but I remain dedicated to this community and our game.

Thank you for your understanding and continued support. I’m excited about what we’re creating, and I’m committed to making TRTBN the best it can be. Your patience and encouragement mean the world to me.