Five Nights at Freddy’s fans are still waiting on news regarding the upcoming Five Nights at Freddy’s: PizzaPlex (not to mention the upcoming film). In the meantime, however, creator Scott Cawthon has decided to give back to certain fans who have done things such as create tribute games and remakes.
Announced by Cawthon on Reddit, The Fazbear Fanverse Initiative will not only promote select fan games, but also work to get not only official merchandise for them, but eventually get them console and mobile ports. The first titles Cawthon has selected to be part of the Fanverse include:
- Five Nights at Candy’s 4 by Emil
- The Joy of Creation: Ignited Collection by Nikson
- Popgoes Evergreen by Kane
- One Night at Flumpty’s 3 by Jonochrome
- Five Nights at Freddy’s Remake by Phisnom
The creators of the games will receive funding and publishing support from Cawthon, but he intends to stay at arm’s length from the development. The games will be released on GameJolt for free. “There have been some great fanmade spinoff universes created in this community, and I want to see them keep going; that’s why I’ve put some my own cash toward development of new games in those game series,” said Cawthon.
The released games will also be bundled with other games from the same series, “such as the classic versions, or remakes, or minigames,” before they hit consoles and mobile.