The Fazbear Fanverse Initiative



The Fazbear Fanverse Initiative, also known simply as the Fazbear Fanverse, is a collaborative project held by Scott Cawthon where he endorses and funds fangame developers, whilst allowing them to sell, port and merchandise their fangames officially.

The Fazbear Fanverse intends to, in Scott's own words, "give back to the developers" who are behind some of the community's most popular and respected fanworks. While Scott is officially endorsing these projects, he doesn't personally intervene with them himself and considers them non-canon to the original Five Nights at Freddy's mythos.

Participants

 * Five Nights at Freddy's Plus

Five Nights at Freddy's Plus. a re-imagining of the original Five Nights at Freddy's game, is amongst the games initially revealed to be apart of the Fazbear Fanverse on August 21, 2020. Along with Five Nights at Freddy's Plus, other games involved in the Fazbear Fanverse include


 * Five Nights at Candy's 4

Five Nights at Candy's is a fangame created by Emil Ace Macko. This game takes place after Freddy Fazbear's Pizza closed down following the events of Five Nights at Freddy's 2. Now a new Burger & Fries chain takes its place, and was confirmed to be apart of the Fazbear Fanverse.


 * The Joy of Creation: Ignited Collection

The Joy of Creation: Ignited Collection is a interpretation of FNAF created by Nikson. This interpretation is a free-roam game with outrightly terrifying, new "Ignited Animatronics" that you must avoid.


 * POPGOES Evergreen

POPGOES Evergreen is an indie point-and-click fangame developed by a team of people around the world, originally formed on the subreddit /r/2124 and later developed privately with a larger team. It is a fangame of the Five Nights at Freddy's franchise, and its story takes into account only the first three games from the series.


 * One Night at Flumpty's 3

One Night at Flumpty's 3 is a Five Nights at Freddy's-inspired games made by Jonochrome. One Night at Flumpty's started out as an inside joke and has left more of an impact then the Jonochrome ever expected. This game includes whacky characters, art designs, and behavior while also being scary!

Reception
The reaction to the Fazbear Fanverse was immediately a positive one, commended by both the Five Nights at Freddy's community and other figures. Scott Cawthon was praised for allowing fanmade works to not only exist, but thrive within the industry as he basically supported indie developers working off of his game. This was also contrasted against other developers who are infamous for taking down fangames for copyright infringement.

To answer questions people had, Kane Carter made a video explaining what he knew and could say here.