Friday Night Funkin'

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Friday Night Funkin'

Developers
	ninjamuffin99
	PhantomArcade
	kawaisprite
	evilsk8r
Engines
	OpenFL
Release dates
Windows	November 1, 2020
macOS (OS X)	January 7, 2021
Linux	November 23, 2020
Taxonomy
Monetization	Freeware
Microtransactions	None
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Third-person
Genres	Music/rhythm
Art styles	Cartoon, Pixel art
Themes	Comedy

Friday Night Funkin' (Abbreviated as "FNF") is a singleplayer side view music/rhythm game developed by ninja_muffin99, with art by PhantomArcade3K and evilsk8r, and music by kawaisprite.

The game was first released on October 5th 2020, as part of the Ludum Dare 47 game jam. The game made its way onto web browsers and Microsoft Windows on November 1st 2020 (via itch.io). On November 23rd, 2020, a GNU/Linux build was released, and on January 7th, 2021, the game was released for macOS. On April 18th, 2021, a Kickstarter page was created, raising over $2M.

The latest update (the 0.2.7 version) to the game was released on February 2nd, 2021, and the latest Newgrounds demo was released on April 18th, 2021. A new update has been confirmed to release on April 30th, 2022.

Key points

Open source.

Active modding community.

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
itch.io		Includes web browser version.

Also available on Newgrounds.

A prototype version is available.

Soundtrack available on Bandcamp.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%APPDATA%\ninjamuffin99\Funkin\ninjamuffin99\funkin.sol
macOS (OS X)	$HOME/Users/user/Library/Application Support/ninjamuffin99/Funkin/ninjamuffin99/funkin.sol
Linux	home/user/.local/share/ninjamuffin99/Funkin/ninjamuffin99/funkin.sol

The main file containing the save data is funkin.sol. There may be more depending on the engine you use,

Video

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD		The assets are made for 720p and also the game renders at 720p nearest neighbor
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS		The framerate is capped at 64FPS
120+ FPS		Some mods have a framerate limit option
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.
Ray tracing (RT)

Input

The options menu is only accessible in the Newgrounds demo and the source code version at the moment.

Control setup settings (1/2)

Control setup settings (2/2)

Preference settings

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

Generic/other controllers
Button prompts		For Nintendo button prompts use the Nintendo Controller Arrows mod

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Music only, with + and -.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
OpenGL	3.3

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Middleware

No middleware information; you can edit this page to add it.

Mods

Featured websites

• GameBanana

• GameJolt

Engines

• FPS Plus - Increases the frame rate and adds a few QoL improvements.

• Kade Engine - Adds a lot of new features such as customisable key binds and ghost tapping.

• Mic'd Up - Adds modifiers, new modes, and much more.

• Psych Engine - Provides easier mod support and adds new features such as achievements.

Bug-fixes/Improvements

• Enhanced Spookeez by nickham13 - Fixes the charting in the first song of week 2 to be more accurate. <path-to-game>\assets\data\spookeez.

• No Annoying Line In Arrow Keys by jamongusxd - Removes the annoying line on the grey down arrow sprite. Place file in <path-to-game>\assets\images.

• Right Pixel Note But Its Red by couchpotato170 - Recolors the right arrow in week 6 to be red to be consistent with the normal notes.

Restored/Expanded content

• Friday Night Funkin' Restored by Cval - Restores Girlfriend's cheering animation, fixes the lighting on Mommy Mearest's hair, adds dialogue, fixes the charting in the second song of week 4, and adds the option to skip songs.

System requirements

No system requirements have been officially-released, although, it is pretty easy to find out what they are.

Windows

macOS (OS X)

Linux

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	Windows 7	Windows 10
Processor (CPU)
System memory (RAM)
Hard disk drive (HDD)

Mac OS
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	macOS 10.12 (Sierra)	macOS 10.12 (Sierra) or higher.
Processor (CPU)
System memory (RAM)
Hard disk drive (HDD)