(Main article was updated. FOUND A HIDDEN PASSAGE IN ICE CAVE)

I was exploring the FNaF World community and so far, I got through General, Creations and Gameplay. In the General tab, a post comes up saying something along the lines of: "My brother made this, try it out". And I thought: "Sure, why not? What's the worse that could happen? I'm already trying all the FNaF World fan games, might as well add this to the list!"

This is the fun part. There are no screenshots, just a few comments. There was no publicity made, except for that one post without images. But the thumbnail looked good. That's odd: what exactly even is this fan game then?

@JBlue3109 and all the other readers out there... you gotta try this out. This is so much better than it first looks like. This is the dev's interpretation of Update 3, by the way.

Quick premise

Some might have noticed that the models used are probably @BennetJL 's, but this goes uncredited right until the end, so I'll do it for the dev.

Now, another note before we begin: this game is unoptimized. No, seriously. My wrapper's having a hard time going forward with it, things are slightly slower than they should be and at times it crashes when trying to select the party. I, however, believe this is solely my wrapper's problem and not something you might experience on Windows OS.

First off: you might have noticed that there are two sections: characters and enemies. That's true: you can unlock both of them in this game! You start off on the same map and you may start to notice some differences:

• you walk faster (I noticed this in the Halloween Update area)

• there are more enemies (Raw Moss now lives in Fazbear Hills, for example)

• more characters!

• wait, I saw a pseudo-Funtime Foxy blink and disappear in Pinwheel Funhouse? That's right: new bosses!

• new moves! Enemies are portrayed very closely to, you know... the enemy they represent!

• Ice Cave and more new areas!

How exactly do you even unlock enemies? By fighting them. The dev managed to get that to work: after a set number of enemies killed of a specific type, you unlock that specific enemy! So don't just jump to the next area: stay a while, they are useful to have around! They also have pseudo-attack animations, where they do part of it and then stop. It works much better than speeding it up or just having them bounce for a second!

At times you see bosses lying around: fight them! That's how you unlock some of them too!

Another thing you might notice: some characters have been reworked: JJ now has Happy Jam and BB got Party Favors and Prize Ball. And now... my thoughts.

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My honest review

The game is buggy. It's unoptimized. It crashes (especially at the beginning) when you try to access Bytes and Party. You go slow as a snail. Or at least, I did with my wrapper.

This is not the dev's intention. You can see that with Halloween Backstage. I can't tell if it's a wrapper problem or not. Nevertheless, I ended up spending 20 hours on it and I'm still not done. I got lazy by not getting Chipper's Revenge and I didn't explore all the Ice Caves. But I got enough. The amount of hours I poured over this game rival absolutely none of the others, not even the OG.

This is because enemies are unlockable and because I've never seen this before. It feels like completely uncharted territory. It feels odd not to be able to rely on any external walkthrough or detailed video. Nevertheless, I will be giving my tips wherever I can.

This is a Demo. This is in an incomplete state. You can see this later on. And yet... I spent 20 hours on it. And it still keeps giving. This is amazing. This might be the best content addition in a while. The new characters are animated decently, most enemies might just be recolors, yes, but it's worth it.

Wanna know the best part? Actually being able to play as their canon versions. You get their moves (from Red Claws to Snowball, Alarm, Rainbow Cannon etc....), bosses keep their Normal Mode HP... it's amazing!

Mega Unscrew? Jack-o-Bomb 2? Tyke & Sons references, alongside Simulator references (Jack-o-Berry, my beloved)? Where the funk can you get that? Why is this game not more seen?

I'll tell you why: bad publicity. This is why so few people talk about it, or have tried it before. And yet... Update 4 is on the way, maybe releasing by this fall (so the dev says). Can you believe that? This much effort... and so little views? That can't be right.

That's why I'm making this full-ass post here and not just the more common small update. I want people to see this! There is so much effort being put, this is better than some of the other fan games you've heard about! Seriously, try it!

I will keep trying to beat it and see where it leads. I'm close to the end apparently! And once more... try out the best fan game you've probably never heard of! You won't be disappointed!

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TIPS FOR THE GAME

Fazbear Hills

• The enemies here are Mechrab, Gearrat, Bouncepot and Raw-Moss

• There is an Auto-Chipper in the small section of Choppy's Woods in the starting area that lets you unlock Auto Chipper as a character. It moves around quite a bit! Slash is a great move to have for this area!

• No, you can't just waltz in Choppy's Woods, even if it looks like it

• Get DeeDee by collecting 5 times the pearl. Tyke then appears after unlocking her: do the same to unlock him too! You'll also get a bigger pearl to go along with that! Then... a fish becomes the owner?

Choppy's Woods

• The enemies here are Totemole, Chop 'N Roll, Half-Baked and Goldrab

• There's an Eyesore near the entrance to the Choppy's Woods mine. Fight it to unlock the character! Red Slash is even more powerful, but let's talk about Mega Unscrew, which is a guaranteed insta-kill to one enemy except bosses

Mysterious Mine

• The enemies here are Metalman, Quarry, Mudpie and Goldmine

• The different parts of the mine connect to each other once you unlock their respective parts. Pretty neat change!

Glitch World

• The enemies are _!2222, >>>>>>, *$/<=@_+) and %__^^&(

• There is a new boss roaming the land! Fight it to get 5000 Faz-Tokens! I recommend grinding for _!2222, as it has Alarm which deals 9999*5 damage!

• There's also another boss. It specifically tries to attack you when you try to get Auto: Mimic. Do not think about engaging this boss without having collected at least an Alarm user and a Gift Boxes user. It has an insane amount of HP (maybe even 500000 if not more). It drops 9000 Faz-Tokens when you defeat it

• You can access Ice Cave from this plane, but I'm pretty sure this is a mistake

Dusting Fields

• The enemies are Flan, Boxbyte, Chillax and Snowpot

• There's a path to Ice Cave from here if you possess the key

Lilygear Lake

• The enemies here are Colossal, Seaweed, Crabapple and Waterfight

• Of course Seagoon is an unlockable character! Just defeat it to snatch it for yourself!

• There's also a path locked behind key in the lake (but it leads to Choppy's Woods and then "End of Demo"), and one near the glitched object on the top. It leads to Area 8

Blacktomb Yard

• The enemies are Beartrap, Graveweed, Prototype and Junkgle

• You can get Mad Endo with the Freddle: Fury path. There is also a hidden passage in this path: it leads to a Deep-Metal Mine sub-area but it gets nowhere (End of Demo blocks you)

Deep-Metal Mine

• The enemies are Rot, Tombstacks, Metalman and Scrap-man

• Near the glitched object, there is a fake wall. Passing through it leads to a little room with two tombs, one with a torch lit and one not. I can't tell if this is a clue or a tribute

• There is a fake wall while heading to the Mad Endo guarding the Yellow Chest. It leads to... nothing

• The main cave also hides a passage behind key lock. It leads to the Spirit Caller boss fight (defeat to unlock Freeze-Head? IDK, it's what it did to me), but beware: you're now in Geist Lair. Keep a Gift Boxer

  • This leads to Geist Lair. The path that goes down leads to another Spirit Caller fight. After that, a Black Frost Lair. It's a new, unnumbered area. It has as enemies Freeze-Head, Frost.Goon, Beon and Kingle

  • Going towards the bottom in Black Frost Lair leads to Frost Geist. Defeating him ends the game with credits so... you have to go back to get the characters

Pinwheel Circus

• The enemies are Ballboy, Meringue, Dogfight and Sprinkle

• After defeating Security, you get to fight Ziumdude and not Animdude (if you played on Hard Mode). Enter at your own risk. You are going to get soft locked. There is a way out, but it's unintended

  • You got in? Too bad. At this point in the game, I highly doubt you can use the Fight button to try to get yourself killed. So... what happens? You encounter Ziumdude (with dialogue written badly) and then... you get sent back to exactly where you encountered Ziumdude. Ok... so... just use to red tent to go back, right? It doesn't work. You're screwed because the Ziumdude fight was coded badly

  • If this happened to you, a solution is to set your save on top of the Ziumdude cutscene. On top of it. Close the game and reopen the save. If you did what I said, this will trigger the original Scott fight and you'll get the trophy and get out safely

Pinwheel Funhouse

• The enemies are White Rabbit, Redbear, Tangle and Brow Kid

• You can unlock Funtime Tangle by entering Pinwheel Funhouse and remaining still exactly at the centre of the first crossroad you encounter. Stay still until it comes to you

• You can encounter Redbear (Fixed) by waiting enough time near the Fifth Clock. He'll appear and you can defeat him

• There's also Gold Endo roaming around. I got him because he just came to me where he would usually attack in the OG, but he's also in that one tent. You can see which one I'm talking about by playing yourself

• Take the Counter: Bite route. There is a new boss here: Bubba Endo. Defeat it to collect it!

• Before going to the glitched object, go forward from the fake wall. There is a path that takes you to a new character if you keep moving forward. There are fake dead trees that bring you up to get, just like Redbear, Sweet Bonnie

• Nightmare Mangle is not here. It comes later on: don't be deceived by placement

NEW! Ice Cave: Area 7

• The enemies are Diamond Dusty's, Icongle, Ice Rabbit, Iceweed and Icebear (starting section)

• In the Dusting Fields Ice Cave, there is a Funtime Icongle spawning in various locations: don't bother tracking it. It should be unlockable, but it's also unlockable in other areas (I got mine in Area 8). I managed to find Icy Chipper (boss), which is unlockable

• The Icy Chipper conceals a hidden wall. It leads to a room with an upper hidden wall. Have fun with the rest of the section!

  • You got new bosses following the route: Frostcone conceals the Frosty Maze area, which includes new enemies! The enemies are Cold 'N Ross, Ragerab, Icebear, Frost-Caked, Ice Rabbit and Icongle

  • There is a hidden wall in the looping path. It leads to Frost Endo

  • When choosing between three options, choose the concealed behind a hidden wall one. It leads to Frost Security

NEW! Flowering Woods: Area 8

• Having the key, access the tube you see in Lilygear Lake. It's above the Clock Ending passage. There are new enemies and 1 new NPC here. This is not Fazbear Hills, even because of the background change. It's a little foggy, however

• The enemies are Moss 'N Roll, Falsewood, Emeraldrab and Gearbear. Do not attempt to enter the area without a cracked team (I suggest collecting all Glitched enemies). You cannot collect them. Do not grind here

• Keep Find: Characters equipped. So far I found these little buggers in this area (probably some overlap with area 7. Halloween Backstage does not give new characters, as far as I've seen yet):

  • Electrobab

  • Nightmare BB

  • Bonnet

  • Withered Golden Freddy

  • Circus Baby

  • Purple Guy

  • Bidybab

  • Lolbit (SL)

  • Jack-o-Bonnie

  • Coffee

  • Chipper

  • Scott Cawthon (Character)

  • Nightmarionne

  • Yenndo

  • Ennard

  • Jack-o-Chica

  • Nightmare Mangle

  • Security Puppet

  • The Unknown

    • Ok, a comment on this one. It appeared to me as a... Goldmine? It looks like it can use random moves (including 4th Wall 2). I'm seeing a lot of Simulator references here

  • Funtime Icongle

  • Funtime Foxy (SL)

  • Funtime Freddy

  • Ballora

  • Phantom Bonnie

  • Funtime Bonnie

  • Trash & the Gang (except Mr. Hugs)

  • Ziumdude

    • Another note. It came to me as a Mudpie . It has 4th Wall 2 and Alarm, so... wow

  • Mr. Hugs

  • Nightmare JJ

  • Candy Cadet

• Thought you had so many tokens? Think again! To unlock Jack-o-Berry (oh, hey, FNaF World Simulator reference!), you'll need 936k. I suggest farming the Glitch Area bosses, specifically the 5000 one (someone suggested using Mr Hugs and Pay-Day, disguised as Springlocks. Apparently it gives you so many tokens). Do not get them separately. The game does not remember you buying the armors from Jack-o-Berry. Get them in one shot: it will unlock like this. Get him: he has Jack-o-Bomb 2. It deals so much damage, it makes Alarm look like warm-up. I won't spoil how much

• You can't move onwards, as an "End of Demo" block is applied before you go any further

Geist Lair

• The enemies are Nep-ton, Neon, P. Goon and Jangle

• The unlocks are jumbled. You won't get the right character by defeating it. You will get from Cold 'N Ross to Freeze Head. The numbering is wrong. I'm afraid they are not unlockable

• Someone said that in Geist Lair, some blocks don't have collision and you can pass through them to get FNAF: PS characters. I didn't try this though

• The Geists aren't unlockable yet apparently

More info

• Key bosses: they're all unlocakble

  • You have Hyper Chipper, Supergoon, Snowcone and Overclock

• Halloween Backstage was triggered after visiting the Grey Mill for me. Fredbear spawned, I pressed Enter and it skipped everything. Idk, I'm telling you what I saw