Since its release, Friday Night Funkin' has enjoyed success largely in part of social media, Twitch streamers, and simple word-of-mouth. Created and developed by ninja_muffin99 and originally released on Newgrounds, Friday Night Funkin' is a simple rhythm game at its core, taking elements from other related PC rhythm games like Stepmania while being inspired by Dance Dance Revolution's gameplay and music.
The player takes control of Boyfriend as he is challenged by adversaries to a rap battle with the support of his significant other, Girlfriend. Some of the opponents he raps against are cameos from other Newgrounds titles and web-series with more teased in future updates. Thanks to one modder, another cameo from a different game makes his way into Friday Night Funkin' through clever use of the game's mechanics.
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This game was made with love to Friday Night Funkin' and it's community. Extra love to the original creators. Build instructions. THESE INSTRUCTIONS ARE FOR COMPILING THE GAME'S SOURCE CODE!!! IF YOU WANT TO JUST DOWNLOAD AND INSTALL AND PLAY THE ORIGINAL GAME NORMALLY, GO TO ITCH.IO TO DOWNLOAD THE GAME FOR PC, MAC, AND LINUX!! Mar 02, 2021 Friday Night Funkin’ is a fun rhythm-based game, available on Windows and Mac, which centers around a guy who wants to kiss his girlfriend before the end of the night. Her father won’t allow it until the main character proves his worth by rapping his way through a host of competitors and ultimately facing the father and beating him too; a classic love story if there ever was. Explore the Mushroom Kingdom with our favorite Super Mario 64 plumber with stunning 3D graphics! Princess Peach has invited you to go to her castle to eat a delicious cake, but when you arrive, you realize that Bowser has invaded the castle and locked the Princess and her servants using the power of the stars.
There are two versions of Friday Night Funkin'; the Newgrounds website version, and the downloadable itch.io version, with the latter used by modders. Modding the itch.io version is as simple as replacing the sprites in-game with sprites of their own. One such modder, Dr. Minty Fresh, recreated Parappa from PaRappa the Rapper for Friday Night Funkin' in which YouTuber SylverStar took it a step further, importing the Instructor Mooselini level from the rapping PlayStation rhythm game.
There are other edits to the level to make the recreation as close to the original as possible, including replacing the rival rapper with Instructor Mooselini herself. Girlfriend and the boombox that she sits on is replaced by Sunny Funny and Boxy Boy, Parappa's love interest and friend respectively. There are several parallels between PaRappa the Rapper and Friday Night Funkin', specifically the protagonist's desire to woo their love interest via rapping. The call-and-response gameplay in FNF is also influenced by PaRappa, as shown with Mooselini's rap.
Friday Night Funkin' is available for PC and mobile.
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WEEK 7 CURRENTLY IS TIMED EXCLUSIVE TO NEWGROUNDS.COM
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FRIDAY NIGHT FUNKIN'
'PRETTY DOPE ASS GAME' PLAYSTATION MAGAZINE MAY 2003 ISSUE
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Uh oh! Your tryin to kiss ur hot girlfriend, but her MEAN and EVIL dad is trying to KILL you! He's an ex-rockstar, the only way to get to his heart? The power of music...
WASD/ARROW KEYS IS CONTROLS
- and + are volume control
0 to Mute
It's basically like DDR, press arrow when arrow over other arrow. And uhhh don't die.
CREDITS
@ninja_muffin99 - PROGRAMMING
@PhantomArcade3k and @evilsk8r - ARTISTS
@kawaisprite - TASTY ASS MUSIC
TOSS THE SONGS SOME COIN ON BANDCAMP
SPECIAL THANKS TO
Kiddbrute, Wandaboy, IvanAlmighty, Fizzd, HENRYEYES and TOM FULP AND EVERYONE ON NEWGROUNDS
SOURCE CODE ON GITHUB
| Updated | 4 days ago |
| Status | In development |
| Platforms | Windows, macOS, Linux, HTML5 |
| Rating | |
| Authors | ninjamuffin99, PhantomArcade |
| Genre | Rhythm |
| Made with | Haxe, OpenFL |
| Tags | 2D |
| Average session | About an hour |
| Inputs | Dance pad |
| Links | Source code |
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