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ALL of FNAF’s Lost Media
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The video surveys lost, canceled, or unavailable material connected to Five Nights at Freddy’s, ranging from early promotional assets to games, fan projects, merchandise, and videos. Many cases remain unresolved, and some projects are known only through rumors, surviving footage, or concept art.
Early FNAF Material and Music
- Possible lost FNAF 1 trailer: The first comment on Scott Cawthon’s original FNAF trailer referred to an earlier video featuring scarier, red-eyed animatronic designs. The Wayback Machine revealed two deleted videos titled Five Nights at Freddy’s and Five Nights, but Scott never confirmed whether either was the missing trailer.
- Kickstarter wallpapers: A Kickstarter campaign offered five desktop wallpapers to donors who contributed at least $10. Scott closed the campaign after three days, so the wallpapers were never distributed, and their original files have not surfaced.
- FNAF 3 music-box tracks: Fans identified real-world sources for most of the series’ music-box melodies, but two FNAF 3 minigame tracks remained unidentified. A video by Biza Bizao helped someone identify the melody in Mangle’s Quest as “The Fox Hunter’s Gallop.” The Chica’s Party track is still unresolved.
Lost and Unavailable Fan Games
- Creepypasta Castle: This early FNAF 1 mod replaced the animatronics with characters such as Sonic.exe, Tails Doll, and Pinkie Pie. The mod is unavailable, though gameplay videos remain.
- 10 Scary Nights: In this early fan game, players defended a house from burglars until the police arrived. The game was deleted, leaving gameplay footage as its main surviving record.
- Creepypasta Castle’s sequel: Described as a free Android imitation of FNAF 2, it was reportedly a virus that locked the screen and damaged the device and its files. Stories about specific scare screens and data theft circulated, but the video presents these claims as rumors.
- Five Nights at the School: This 2015 demo cast players as a security guard using cameras and doors to keep school mascots away. Made in RPG Maker VX Ace, it attracted little attention before it was canceled and removed from Game Jolt. Only one gameplay video is known to remain.
Official Games and Attractions That Disappeared or Never Materialized
- FNAF World mobile: The mobile port appeared on the App Store on January 12, 2017, and was gone the next day. Its self-mocking jokes about the game and the FNAF franchise led the narrator to speculate that it was Scott’s response to criticism.
- Sister Location version 1.0: The game launched as version 1.01, meaning players never saw its original 1.0 build. Any differences are unknown and may have been minor.
- FNAF 6 endless pizzeria mode: Scott considered adding a mode focused on building and managing a pizzeria, alongside a custom night. The custom-night concept became Ultimate Custom Night, but the endless pizzeria mode never appeared.
- FNAF attraction: An officially announced ride would have taken six people through a FNAF 1-style pizzeria in trolleys, using flashlights to fend off animatronics. Concept art showed characters including Foxy and Wizard Bonnie. The attraction was canceled; a Foxy statue was reportedly the only thing built.
- AAA multiplayer game: Scott announced a large FNAF multiplayer project, with Universal involved, but later said its direction had changed and development would begin later. No further update followed. A possible connection to Security Breach is mentioned only as speculation.
- Into Madness: Scott described this as a collection of FNAF-style minigames that he might work on himself or potentially hand to Steel Wool. There has been no further news, and the video suggests it may have been canceled.
Fan Projects and Online Content
- FNAF Plus: This planned remake of the first game, led by Phisnom, drew attention through VHS-style promotional videos and redesigned animatronics. After controversy surrounding Phisnom’s criticism of Ruin and the ensuing backlash, he left the FNAF community. The Steam page and promotional videos were removed, and the full game was never released. Remakes by other creators have since drawn on the material that was shown.
- LEGO FNAF: This detailed LEGO-style recreation of FNAF 1 included shops, coins, and unlockable items. The developer required players to own the original game. LEGO intervened over the use of its branding, leading to the game’s removal and the cancellation of planned sequels. The project’s YouTube channel and related animations remain available.
- “Old house” game concept: Concept art from an artist who had worked with Scott showed a boy in a creepy house. The artist later described a point-and-click project commissioned in 2023, following an earlier, unfinished version from 2019. The art included rooms, animals, a grandfather clock, and portable game systems. Whether the project continued is unknown.
- Rejected movie scripts: Scott shared titles and brief descriptions of unused film scripts, including Plushies Take Over Manhattan, a story about teenagers discovering an underground robot factory, and a version based on The Silver Eyes. The full scripts have not been released.
- Clickteam Halloween teaser: In October 2023, Clickteam posted an image of plush Freddys in a dark room. Some fans thought it teased an official FNAF 1 remake, but no explanation, trailer, or gameplay has followed.
- Funko circus-themed characters: Funko released merchandise featuring animatronics not seen in an existing game, prompting speculation that they came from an unannounced circus-themed game. The video notes another possibility: Funko may simply have invented a new merchandise theme, as it had done with other figure lines.
- Tales from the Pizzaplex book nine: A ninth book was announced for January 2024 but never appeared. A later box set contained only the eight released books. Neither Scott nor Scholastic has explained what happened to the planned installment.
- Captain Joe’s videos: The FNAF YouTuber became known for playing official games and fan projects, but later shifted toward Roblox content. In 2019, he made most of his older videos private, leaving much of his FNAF-era channel unavailable.
People and Sources Mentioned
- Scott Cawthon: Creator of FNAF and the source of announcements and comments about several projects.
- Biza Bizao: Made a video seeking the sources of unidentified FNAF 3 music.
- Phisnom: Developer of FNAF Plus.
- Captain Joe: YouTuber whose older FNAF videos were largely made private.
- Clickteam, Funko, and Scholastic: Companies connected to the unexplained teaser, themed merchandise, and missing book, respectively.
- Unnamed early commenter: Recalled a possible earlier FNAF trailer.
- Unnamed artist: Shared concept art for the “old house” project.
Other references include the Wayback Machine, surviving gameplay videos, and the LEGO FNAF YouTube channel.
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