So before I say anything, I should probably mention a few important things in regards to the game.

1. The game is currently being developed by just 1 person, me. While there are plans to get other team members, right now, it's just me.

2. The Return To Freddy's 5 is not the only project I am working on. There are other projects in the works, including an original team project which is currently in the planning stages.

3. School work is still a factor, however, if I am fast enough, starting April or May it will no longer be something I have to deal with.

4. I still suffer from my disability, that being panic attacks and seizures due to my Gender Dysphoria and Conversion Disorder, which affect both my school work and game development work.

5. The game is currently being built along side it's Code Base/Engine (whatever you would like to call it), aka the Rabbit Engine. This tool is still being worked on and will likely take a bit to have all of its full capabilities finished.

6. The game is in very early development. While I have a lot to go off of, and I have a good amount of Design and Assets to go off of, there is still a lot of Programming bases that need to be made.

Now that that is out of the way, lets talk about what has been made.

-Basic Movement Systems.

These are currently functional, though need some fixing and polishing. As well as this I would like to make a variable that helps control the speed of the animations put into the game from the designer.

-Basic Objects System

Objects are easily able to be made and run their own code depending on the Object, as well as placed on their own Object Layer.

-Base for Modeling

This base was mostly provided by the 2022 version of the game, but still some work had to be done to more easily sort files and transfer them between developers. This has since been worked on and whilst it's not complete, progress is being made to make it more efficient and easy to use.

Is this a lot? No, not really. However, its still a decent amount of progress for the game's current state. I have more work to do though. Unfortunately these "Devlogs" are not going to be planned or consistent for a while, at least till I graduate or go on Summer Break. I know its probably a bit disappointing, but that is just how it is sometimes.

I will probably focus on Items and the Inventory next, then move onto the Lighting system. I will say this, the lighting system will be a bit complicated, as I wish to use a fog of war system (which I actually was going to do for a while, but I have an excuse to work on it now with TRTF5), but hopefully it won't take too long!

Likely I will make another blog post sometime in the near future in regards to the game and why I chose to scrap Version 3's code, along with explaining why the other 2 versions were scrapped, just because I thought it could be interesting. However, I would not just like to do this in writing form, but also in video form! No promises, but you may get one of the first voiced Devlogs from me! Expect it to be posted on my Foxxy Foxa Girl YouTube account and my website if it ends up happening. Do know though the video might take a bit to make, as the video software I am currently using is software I am still not used to, and has some issues. It might even be possible I'll switch software at somepoint, though for now I am sticking to what I currently have. (If this happens, do not expect this devlog to have a video. Sorry cuties!)

For now though, thats all from me! Sorry for the long radio silence, and sorry for the game's strange sudden cancellation and strange sudden return. There's a lot of reasons for both of these, however I will not explain those at this time. Maybe eventually I'll go into detail, however due to personal worries, I will not share these just yet. But I still thank all of you in the TRTF Community for following my games and progress as I've worked on projects all these years. I've been doing this for almost 3 years now (In around April or May, it will have been officially 3 years) and wow, it feels like time has flown by. I'm so happy to have been in such an amazing community.

Yeah there have been hiccups here and there of course. Back during early 2022 I faced severe harassment from a group of people due me being Transgender. (Was actually why I left the community back then) And hell, even back in November I had another incident occur which could have had some connections to my gender identity or interests (though this is unconfirmed). But even with that, the TRTF Community has had so many amazing people who I've had the amazing chance to meet. Elijah/2000 Studios, Uncommon Saucers, GSMJack, Wendy, Sunken Studios, Senhor, and so many more cool amazing people who I can't even name here (mostly due to my shit memory. I'm so sorry huns qwq)! I met so many of you awesome and fun people from the community, and I will never forget you! I'm excited to continue making TRTF5 and maybe even some small side TRTF Projects! Here's to another year (and a few more years after that) of The Return To Freddy's!

With much love ~Foxa/Jasmine. ~<3