Hi everyone. I would have made this announcement earlier, but I have been very busy the last few days and unfortunately could not get to this until now. However, this post should be worth the wait after all the time that has past.

So to catch up everyone, the video we had in the works for about over a week and a half dropped this week on Monday, about 3 days ago on Rayderweich's channel. Go subscribe to him and give him some love. He deserves it.

The video can be found here. We also did a livestream afterwards which can be found here.

I also want to thank @gamejolt for featuring the post in their community. That was very kind.

I highly suggest checking out the video as since it was a very fun collaborative project, and I imagine many hardcore fans of TRTF and FNAF history would love to digest it. Not only that though, it went a long way to promote the fundraiser, and I again want to thank everyone involved, especially Rayderweich and @Sassafrass2468 for contacting me to set it up. However, after his video went up, the unthinkable happened.

One hour after the video went up on Youtube, the fundraiser goal was reached. This was achieved by someone who donated 2,500$ to it.

Afterwards, the fundraiser reached the goal and then some, over the 15,000$ target.

To date, this is the biggest donation anyone has ever given to the fundraiser yet, and beat out everyone. I have no idea who this person is, but if you are reading this, I did contact you via email by thanking you via the fundraiser. You have no idea how elated we are were when this happened.

In all my many, many years of being in this community, I have never been so happy to be apart of something so wonderful. This is by far off the top of my head the greatest thing our community has ever done. To help not only our friend Jimmy's life, but also bring together so many people from all of these different backgrounds was unprecedented. All of those who sent their love and prayers was unbelievably inspiring. I pray more people in our community can see this and rejoice and be glad, because truly this is a joy to see. I still remember seeing in the servers I was in people cheering.

Jimmy is now on the road to recovery, and his progress has been slow but steady. Things get better for him day by day, and there is now a newfound hope in his life. To clear things up on what is happening for him right now, on March 31st and April 17th, he told me he is going in for two operations. March 31st is the MARPE procedure, and April 17th is the frenuloplasty, the surgery where they are going to work on his tongue. I will talk to him and see if he would like to make a update post operations. If so expect a future update that goes over them. You could consider that the epilogue while this post is the end of the finish line.

I stated this in the comments on the video, but I could have never dreamed this could ever go so far. But I and many others are so happy that the goal has been reached. More then a month now since January 20th, and we have finally come to the finale.

But what a finale it has been.

For me I have found this has been a very personal experience with faith, and I imagine many others could say so as well. I again want to give all the glory to God for this, because otherwise the events that transpired would have never happened. I think of when my Lord Jesus Christ talks about faith, and mentions this:

"I say to you, if you have faith as a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you." - Matthew 17:20b

And what a way we have gone, to see mountains having moved. Thank you all so much for this wonderful ride and journey. It has truly been a blast. I would like to thank everyone involved in contributing to this powerful movement, and I hope our community can come together like this again in the future to help those in need. This has shown me that with enough faith and determination, anything is possible. I know now we really can do it.

I asked Jimmy if he wanted to comment on this post and say anything, but he said that he believes he has said everything he has felt on his heart already. I cannot blame it, this is one of those times that I don't believe words can properly share the level of gratitude he feels. But I can tell you all for a fact he thanks everyone sincerely. You have his eternal gratitude.

For those who would still like to donate, you can continue to donate until the end of April 17th, 2026, as per Jimmy's request, which is when the fundraiser will officially close. This money will again go to help Jimmy out in other areas of his life he is still deficient in, and will again, greatly contribute.

The link to the fundraiser can once again be found here:
https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-friend-in-rough-times

On a lighter note, we will be doing more updates in the future on the TRTF5 remake, but this will be when Jimmy has sufficiently recovered enough. He wants time right now to rest, and then more progress will be shared on the project.

God bless you all. It has been a trip, and I hope we can continue sharing our passion for not only game making, but bringing joy into peoples live one step at a time.

Thank you for reading.

HQ image of the thumbnail here can be found here.