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Notable here is the recent renaissance of several games in this style with roots in Newgrounds, especially with younger audiences: Friday Night Funkin', Among Us and the Henry Stickmin series being the largest at time of writing. | Notable here is the recent renaissance of several games in this style with roots in Newgrounds, especially with younger audiences: Friday Night Funkin', Among Us and the Henry Stickmin series being the largest at time of writing. | ||
Friday Night Funkin' was originally an entry for the Ludum Dare '47 game jam in 2020. It was expanded into a full project and a playable demo was made available in 2021, which received massive attention rapidly; according to Google Trends, it hit its peak popularity in June of that year, and has maintained high interest since then. | Friday Night Funkin' was originally an entry for the Ludum Dare '47 game jam in 2020. It was expanded into a full project and a playable demo was made available in 2021, which received massive attention rapidly; according to Google Trends, it hit its peak popularity in June of that year, and has maintained high interest since then<ref>[https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=today%205-y&geo=AT&q=%2Fg%2F11r1h0grrd Google Trends: Fetched 06.03.2022]</ref>. | ||
The game is, on its face, quite simple; there is no complex narrative, the full range of surface level interaction provided can be experienced in a few seconds, and the graphics are, if not ugly, very simple - plus, they hearken back to an era many of its players would have no memory of. What, then, makes it so appealing to an audience of teenagers? These are some of the questions that drove our interest in analysing the game. | The game is, on its face, quite simple; there is no complex narrative, the full range of surface level interaction provided can be experienced in a few seconds, and the graphics are, if not ugly, very simple - plus, they hearken back to an era many of its players would have no memory of. What, then, makes it so appealing to an audience of teenagers? These are some of the questions that drove our interest in analysing the game. | ||
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=== The Community === | === The Community === | ||
Friday Night Funkin’s type of popularity is particularly interesting. The game’s most vocal fanbase is composed of teenagers | Friday Night Funkin’s type of popularity is particularly interesting. The game’s most vocal fanbase is composed of teenagers, which is especially noteworthy since the game heavily references media created before those teenagers were even alive. | ||
The community also celebrates neurodivergence. The creators have claimed that the central characters Boyfriend and Girlfriend have ADHD and a side character has Schizophrenia, and the community itself includes a lot of neurodivergent people. The game’s design elements and mechanics may have something to do with this phenomenon. | The community also celebrates neurodivergence. The creators have claimed that the central characters Boyfriend and Girlfriend have ADHD and a side character has Schizophrenia, and the community itself includes a lot of neurodivergent people. The game’s design elements and mechanics may have something to do with this phenomenon. | ||
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As may already be a given for the time and internet niche, the game features mild to strong sexism. Almost all female characters are shown in skimpy outfits, and the only female antagonist is basically undressed on her husband’s lap by the end. It is worth noting, however, that she is portrayed as threatening in the same way the father is – she definitely has agency, but sexualization is ubiquitous. | As may already be a given for the time and internet niche, the game features mild to strong sexism. Almost all female characters are shown in skimpy outfits, and the only female antagonist is basically undressed on her husband’s lap by the end. It is worth noting, however, that she is portrayed as threatening in the same way the father is – she definitely has agency, but sexualization is ubiquitous. | ||
This doesn't extend into the pornographic; When a character is sexualized, it doesn't appear to be explicitly for the purpose of | This doesn't extend into the pornographic; When a character is sexualized, it doesn't appear to be explicitly for the purpose of titillation. Perhaps it is simply a product of its origin in the cultural milieu of Newgrounds in the 2000s. | ||
=== Moddability === | === Moddability === | ||