Hello everybody! it us once again in a new...

This one being the most important just yet in Lost Bits history (as of now) so we recommend reading the entire article fully.

And without further ado, let's get into it!

First off, we would like to talk more about us.

As you guys know (and how it should be) during the development of Lost Bits, we have prioritized our team members rather than the game itself, it is obvious that the wellbeing of our helpers is much more important than filling the development of the game. But what does that have to do with the game? Well, during this long period of time we have been talking with everyone inside of the team a lot, knowing more stuff about them and becoming much more friends rather than team-members, not to mention that ever since January a lot of new members have joined the team, and we have become a much more bigger one!

That's why, we have decided to create a dev-team for ourselves, meet:

Was it necessary? not really, but we shared the idea in the dev-server and most of the people liked it, so this is us now, the people behind this fan-game!

But now let's talk about Lost Bits itself, in case you guys know (or don't) Lost Bits has been a FNaS: Maniac Mania remake ever since it's started in 2021, but now that's gonna change.

And what do we mean by that? Well during these past few months, Lost Bits has become a more of an ambitious project rather than just a remake... And that's why Lost Bits is not a Maniac Mania remake anymore. Please say hello to:

(Cool logo done by @PaintingStudio )
Therefore there's no need to call this project Lost Bits anymore, but rather Crystalized Memories (CM) and that's how we will refer as such from now on.

But why this sudden and big change? Well, we really got tired of how Maniac Mania looked in terms of gameplay. We were making so many changes that it didn't feel like MM anymore, not to mention that the guidelines made us feel sort of limited, and for different creativity reasons we believe that to show more content in a better way is to become more original. We also didn't wanted to bother the FNaS Devs with another filler MM remake, so we've decided to make our own FNaS UCN Fan-Game!

Now don't worry! All of the ideas Lost Bits had WILL and ARE being added to CM, but the only thing you guys won't see is another copy of Maniac Mania, the project has become more of it's own thing now (despite keeping the MM artsyle, we still have our own touches, mostly directed and suggested by @ColdSky0 ) we hope you guys are able to enjoy it, and because of that it's why we are open to listen to any feedback, constructive criticism, and suggestion you guys have! We want to make sure the gameplay experience is a fresh and comfortable as possible so be free and creative on the comments section!

Now coming to how the game would look like from now on, I would like to show some small art pieces and concepts we have come along the way of the new development:

(Keep in mind most of the new content shown here is subject to change, so things here can & can not be final)

One of the new stuff done is the new office done by @ColdSky0 !

You might think it's the exact same as Maniac Mania... And yeah you're right!
Jk. Being honest now, this is the FRONT view of the office... That's right! You'll have to turn around to be able to see the vents and more gamepaly mechanics we don't want to spoil! Not to mention, the hallway has something special too...

It might look empty at first, but we can assure you that the new mechanics we have thought of, will fill it and make it even creepier! Like plushies, poster based characters, allucinations, etc!

And like always, we will show some of the new infos with our new own tweaks we have developed along the way!

OG Characters have slight changes now and let's begin with the main star:

(Drawn by @PaintingStudio )

As you guys can see, Clone sonic now has grey shoes and spiky quills! These changes are added to all sonic variations and we all agreed it was a nice and fresh touch for the designs.

But let's continue!

(Drawn by @thy_mr_guy )
Our faceless Plumber has got some drip on itself and is now wearing a tuxedo! (Feature that was also included in some MM Remakes but we have also extended it to all Mario variations!)

Another peep that will be shown is:

(Drawn by @CODA_Chilly )
Snake toy tails has some small tweaks on herself, like new shoes and cheeks color, being a dark magenta. And she also has small snout now! Little detail is that all of the toys now got square looking eyes!

Now for a spooky fella':

(Drawn by @MoleyMSPAINT )
As you can see, 17' hasn't really suffered any changes rather than the quills and some new shoes color, that is also gonna be a feature in goldens now! Having accurate golden sonic evolution!

And final but not least:

(Drawn by @CODA_Chilly )
A Phantom! As you can see not only he has the suit we mentioned before being added, but the art style is different too! We are making phantoms have sketchy lines (that will be animated in-game!) so they don't feel so "bland" anymore.

We have also changed the UI completely (say bye bye to the hexagon background pattern...) and we would like to tease how the Custom Night Menu will look like by showing some icons:

(17' Drawn by @MoleyMSPAINT )
(Withered Sonic drawn by @SomeGuyAndStuff )
(Toymare drawn by @CODA_Chilly )
As you can see, they still share some similarities to the Maniac Mania stylized icons but have their own touch! We decided to make mini-figues of the characters (referencing their OG MM Info pose) instead of heads, and we made them being drawn in a pixel stylized way!

Sadly, we can't really show more of the HUD or new UI we have worked on, because most of it is in both Work In Progress and unfinished state, so be patient please!

To end of this huge dev-log, we would like to show a funny joke comic that @MoleyMSPAINT worked on!

toy highshi

This is the end of the devlog.

Thank you all for reading all of this and thank you also for sticking up with us during this whole time. It's been a rough decision but we believe that is the best and we are fully proud on how the new project is coming along (and we hope you are too!) Sadly this means that all of the progress we had done has been discontinued.

Just a slight note, is that you guys were completely baited with the last devlog, none of the camera assets are being used in-game and they were only shown because our artists were trying styles lol!

Thank you for being such a nice fan game community, and like we always say and assure, the wait will be worth it.

There's nothing else we can say about this, rather than stay tuned...

Goodbye!

~ Iron & Darkio