Behind the Curtains

State of Development:

As of July 2024, the demo is close to being done , with the goal being to have a demo ready on the 10 year anniversary of FNaF, with a full release late 2024/early 2025 depending on how development progresses as both writers, one of which is also the developer, are both in university.

I was 10 years old when FNaF came out and as the fan game community started and grew I found myself being more and more interested in making a fan game of my own, it's what got me into game development and lead to me starting 404. I am now 20 and while I've made fan games over the years, I've never made a quality and sizable one I could be proud of or one that is indicative of what I ever wanted to make. With the decade anniversary of the franchise that started me down this path coming, I want to take one final swing at making this a fan game before I fully commit to original works, and after days of bouncing ideas off of my best friend, and the composer of all my games, we decided I'd co-write this game with him, making this my first non-solo led project and I truly believe that will be reflected in the quality and direction of this game.

The idea was to pivot away from the supernatural elements of FNaF and put more of a focus on the crimes and subsequent investigations that would've taken place.

The year is 1983, and in the decade that's past since Fredbears Family Diner shut down in the aftermath of a string of child disappearances that went unsolved, many have tried and failed to revitalize the since rebranded "Fazbear Entertainment". Today only 2 franchisees have managed to stay open, and while one may see that fact as a positive reflection of the safety and quality of these establishments, your investigation will uncover a entirely different reality hiding behind the curtains.

Investigations:

Search for and jot down clues, dust for fingerprints, and keep track of all your discoveries in your notepad,

Interrogations:

Bring is suspects and other persons of interest and question them to get useful information, but be sure not to conflate cooperation with honesty.

Free-Roam:

As part of your investigation, you'll spend your fair share of time in Fazbear Entertainment locations after hours. These sections will not follow the traditional "Stay alive until 6AM" style of both classic FNaF and some free-roam FNaF, but will build off it with day and night exploration of the locations with specific objectives and threats for each horror section with AI's more nuanced and fleshed out than standard free-roam and chase-on-sight behavior.

Multiple Locations (9):

Without spoiling too much, in the full game you will visit and traverse back and forth between 8 different locations of varying importance with several locations being revisited multiple times throughout what is intended to be a multiple hour long narrative driven game.

Minigames:

Several arcade style minigames scattered throughout the game, with 1 being a primary and unavoidable part of beating the game, while the rest could be found after dying, with each horror section having its own unique minigame that has a chance to be found after dying.

Credits:

Stavros Niko Marinakos @404_Interactive

• Modeling

• Writing

• Developer

• Audio Designer

Rohan K. Singh

• Composer

• Writing

Voice Actors:

• David Near - Detective Terry Sinclair (Protagonist)

• Stavros Niko Marinakos - Training Tape/Freddy/Partner

• Joshua Fernandez - The Manager/David Henderson

• Geneva Lessard - Radio Reporter/Chica

• Aly McGeorge - Barb the Security Guard

• Keegan Fitzgerald - Henry Emily

• Rohan K. Singh - Patient NPC

• Sean - Cutscene Hobo

  Additional Assets:

• Sketchfab

• AmbientCG

• Fuse

• Mixamo

• Metahuman

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