Five Nights at Freddy's (also known as FNaF)[1] is a series of indie survival horror point-and-click video games centered around jumpscares created, designed, developed, and published by Scott Cawthon.
The franchise is composed of five main games, a spin-off, and a novel. The first three games revolve around the player working as a night guard at a pizzeria (a horror attraction in the third game), in which they must utilize several in-game mechanics, most notably checking security cameras, to survive against animatronic characters, which become mobile and ######### after-hours. The fourth game, which is drastically different than its predecessors, takes place in the house of a child who must defend against "nightmare" versions of the animatronics by shutting doors and checking locations by moving around. The fifth game takes place in the fictional Circus Baby Rentals and Entertainment, a sister company to Fazbear Entertainment, which can be accessed through an elevator. In this game, the player character, named Mike, is a technician (instead of a night guard) who must do different tasks as told by an AI voice heard in the game. Two other locations have been featured, Fredbear's Family Diner, featured in the fourth games minigames, and Circus Baby's Pizza World, a sister location mentioned in the third game that was closed due to gas leaks.
A novel adaptation written by Scott Cawthon and Kira Breed-Wrisley, Five Nights at Freddy's: The Silver Eyes, was originally scheduled to be released on December 22, 2015, but due to an error within the systems at Amazon, it was released early on December 17, 2015.
A film adaptation is also in production at Warner Bros. Pictures. There has been discussion regarding when it will be scheduled for release; despite rumors about its supposed cancellation, Cawthon has promised that it will be released.[citation needed]
On May 8, 2016, Cawthon announced that all titles would be remade by third-party companies for release on consoles.[2] No release dates have been confirmed as of present. |