However, should fans have paid closer attention they will have noticed that while the text was blurry, it was blurred in a way that each word was still just barely readable. Similar to Five Nights at Freddy’s 3, the newspaper in the initial game holds a number of awesome hidden information that many players had passed off as illegible filler text. There is nothing quite like being mocked by the developer of the game. The Initial Trailer Showed Characters With Different Abilities With that being said, here are 15 things that you may not have known about the popular horror series, Five Nights at Freddy’s. With just two years passing since the release of the first game in the series, and well over one billion views on YouTube, it is safe to say that the Five Nights at Freddy’s franchise has become a household name for the younger generation. One of the most impressive things about the franchise is that Scott Cawthon –the sole developer of the series– created five different sequels for the game over the span of just two years! This is almost unheard of in today’s current gaming industry, which is plagued with constant delays. That is a pretty amazing feat for someone that was just two years ago, an unknown developer. Markiplier –a YouTuber with over 17 million subscribers– has received just over 58 million views on his first Let’s Play of the series.
The success of Five Nights at Freddy’s was far from expected as the relatively unknown game rose to fame after a series of Let’s Plays were uploaded by popular YouTuber’s. The popular horror series was developed by Scott Cawthon – a rather unknown Indie developer that focused mainly on creating Christian-themed games. Having released in August 2014 for PC, the fan-favourite horror series has since then been released across the platforms of Mac, iOS, Android, and even has plans to reach console devices in the future.
Five Nights at Freddy’s is a point-and-click, survival-horror game that has taken the gaming world by storm.