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Friday Night Funkin'
File:Friday Night Funkin'.png
Programmer(s)Ninjamuffin99
Artist(s)
  • Phantom Arcade
  • evilsk8r
Composer(s)Kawai Sprite
EngineOpenFL
Platform(s)
ReleaseNovember 1, 2020
Genre(s)Rhythm
Mode(s)Single-player

Friday Night Funkin' is a free-to-play and open-source[1] rhythm game. Developed by a team of four Newgrounds users, the game has a play style that is similar to Dance Dance Revolution and PaRappa the Rapper, with an aesthetic reminiscent of Flash games popular in the early-to-mid 2000s.[2][3]

The game revolves around the player character, simply named "Boyfriend", who has to defeat a variety of characters in singing and rapping contests for him to be able to date his love interest, "Girlfriend".

Gameplay

Friday Night Funkin' is a rhythm game in which the player must pass multiple levels, referred to as "weeks", each containing multiple songs. Each week, the player faces a different opponent.

Gameplay image of Friday Night Funkin'
The tutorial level of Friday Night Funkin'

During "story mode" gameplay, the opponent will sing a pattern of notes, which the player must then mirror by using the arrow keys or the keys W, A, S, and D. Later songs introduce more complicated patterns, with the player's pattern sometimes varying from the opponent's or both singers engaging in a duet.

At the bottom of the screen is a bar indicating how well the player is doing. The left side part of the bar is red, representing the opponent. The right side part is green, representing the player. Successfully hitting notes will increase the fill of the player's bar, while missing notes or pressing keys when there are no notes will cause the opponent's bar to expand. The player fails if the opponent's bar fills up the entire bar. The player wins if their bar survives for the entire song.

For each week, the player has the option to select one of three difficulties: Easy, Medium, and Hard. As the difficulty increases, the speed of incoming arrows increases and the patterns of arrows become more complicated. The player's high score for each week on each difficulty is tracked and shown in the top corner of the week selection screen.

The player can also play in "free play" mode, where the week structure and any cutscenes are ignored. The player can play any individual song on its own.

Weeks

The game is divided into seven levels called "weeks", each featuring three songs and a new enemy.

Week Title Songs Opponent(s)
Week 1 "Daddy Dearest"
  • "Bopeebo"
  • "Fresh"
  • "Dad Battle"
 Girlfriend's father
Week 2 "Spooky Month"
  • "South"
  • "Spookeez"
  • "Monster"
 Two kids in Halloween costumes named Skid and Pump, as well as a monster with a head resembling a lemon
Week 3 "Pico"
  • "Pico"
  • "Philly Nice"
  • "Blammed"
 Pico, a Newgrounds mascot and the protagonist of the 1999 browser game Pico's School
Week 4 "Mommy Must Murder"
  • "Satin Panties"
  • "High"
  • "M.I.L.F"
 Girlfriend's mother
Week 5 "Red Snow"
  • "Cocoa"
  • "Eggnog"
  • "Winter Horrorland"
 Girlfriend's parents and the aforementioned lemon monster
Week 6 "Hating Simulator"
  • "Senpai"
  • "Roses"
  • "Thorns"
 Senpai, love interest in a dating simulator
Week 7 "Tankman"
  • "Ugh"
  • "Guns"
  • "Stress"
 Tankman, another Newgrounds mascot

Development

Ninjamuffin99 and three of his friends from Newgrounds initially developed Friday Night Funkin' as a submission to the Ludum Dare 47, posting a demo of Week 1 online with only two songs. The demo received unexpected success, leading to many requests for a full game. In response to this, Ninjamuffin99 said that he was already planning to expand the game, and to think of the Ludum Dare build as more of a prototype than a demo for the game.[4]

Ninjamuffin99 posted a new build on Newgrounds (and later Itch.io) on November 1, 2020 that added a new title screen, a new song for Week 1, a level select menu, free play and story modes, a tutorial, a new game over screen, a debug mode, updated Boyfriend icons, and Week 2. Interest in the game grew, and it quickly became the highest-rated game in Newgrounds' 25-year history. The game has also received significant attention via trends on platforms such as YouTube, Twitter, TikTok, and Twitch. The game has an active modding community due to its open source release, allowing for the implementation of fan-made content.[2][3][5][6][7] As a result, the game will receive polymod support.[8] Week 7 was released as a timed exclusive on Newgrounds.[9] Because of the amount of people trying to play the game, the Newgrounds website crashed and was down for maintenance for a few days.[10]

Its soundtrack, by composer Kawai Sprite, has been made available for free on Bandcamp and Spotify.[11]

In February 2021, Ninjamuffin99 requested Nintendo to allow his game to be ported on the Nintendo Switch. However, his request was rejected. In response, Ninjamuffin99 promised to complete the game before attempting again.[12][13]

Kickstarter Campaign

In April 2021, the developers announced plans to launch a Kickstarter project later in the month to turn the demo into a full game.[14] On April 18, a Kickstarter for the full version of the game was released, under the name "Friday Night Funkin': The Full Ass Game", and reached its goal of $60,000 within hours.[15] Less than a week later, the Kickstarter surpassed $1 million. As of April 30, the Kickstarter has raised over $1.5 million.[12]

References

  1. ^ Friday Night Funkin is licensed under the Apache License 2.0 - see here Archived March 10, 2021, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ a b Wery, Jackson (January 29, 2021). "Friday Night Funkin' Fondly Recalls Flash Games". TechRaptor. Archived from the original on February 3, 2021. Retrieved February 28, 2021.
  3. ^ a b Davies, Patrick (November 21, 2020). "South Cariboo game designer reaps success". 100 Mile House Free Press. Black Press. Archived from the original on November 27, 2020. Retrieved February 28, 2021.
  4. ^ "Friday Night Funkin". ldjam.com. Retrieved April 24, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ^ Holland, Naquan (February 26, 2021). "Iconic PaRappa the Rapper Level Modded Into Friday Night Funkin'". Game Rant. Archived from the original on March 3, 2021. Retrieved February 28, 2021.
  6. ^ Lee, Julia (January 8, 2021). "TikTok's algorithm led me to an amazing rhythm game". Polygon. Archived from the original on March 3, 2021. Retrieved February 28, 2021.
  7. ^ Costa, Thomas Schulze (February 26, 2021). "Conheça Friday Night Funkin', jogo de música que virou febre!". TecMundo (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from the original on February 27, 2021. Retrieved February 28, 2021.
  8. ^ "Friday Night Funkin' Is Getting Polymod Support Soon". TechRaptor. Retrieved April 19, 2021.
  9. ^ Knight, Kyle (April 19, 2021). "How To Play Week 7 Of Friday Night Funkin' – FNF Guide". Dual Shockers. Retrieved April 19, 2021.
  10. ^ Cohen, Skylar (April 19, 2021). "Friday Night Funkin' Week 7 Reveal Crashes Newgrounds". Game Rant. Retrieved April 19, 2021.
  11. ^ Castillo, Alejandro (March 4, 2021). "Friday Night Funkin: cómo jugar y descargar gratis en PC el juego musical de moda". MeriStation (in Spanish). Archived from the original on March 4, 2021. Retrieved March 4, 2021.
  12. ^ a b Herrera, Angel (April 30, 2021). "Firiday Night Funkin's Creator explains reasons to FNF's Nintendo Switch release". 3DJuegos (in Spanish). Retrieved April 30, 2021.
  13. ^ "Friday Night Funkin Nintendo Switch version is not coming as Nintendo rejects the game". DigiStatement. February 24, 2021. Retrieved April 30, 2021.
  14. ^ Davies, Patrick (April 2, 2021). "Kickstarter launched for Friday Night Funkin'". 100 Mile House Free Press. Black Press. Archived from the original on April 2, 2021. Retrieved April 5, 2021.
  15. ^ Wery, Jackson (April 18, 2021). "Friday Night Funkin' Drops Week 7". TechRaptor. Retrieved April 19, 2021.
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