In this image: (ok well, it stopped working, but it was just the arcade hallucination thing...dammit imgur...) http://store.steampowered.com/app/354140/ I have to say, this game actually got me. Like, badly. There are these hallucinations that just randomly appear, staring at them for prolonged times (like 2-3 seconds) will automatically result in that hallucination screwing your shit up. i actually fell out of my chair once...The furthest ive made it so far is night 6...I think I have a solid strategy so far... im not going to spoil it if you want to play for yourself. theres a shit ton of secrets still hidden...and some genuinely interesting story parts revealed.....alternatively im sure theres gonna be a demo soon so you could try that but you might have to wait a bit. Feel free to discuss the game, theorize about what the various minigames mean, or why the new phone guy sounds like a stoner... also ive found a new hallucination on the desk: http://i.imgur.com/eV4M4Kg.jpg i dont think that cupcake was there before... [b]Possible Spoilers Ahead.[/b] What are the names of these...things? [spoiler]SpringTrap Phantom BB Phantom Chica Phantom Freddy Phantom Foxy Phantom Puppet[/spoiler] What are those mini games? (I have a better theory as a reply in this thread) [spoiler] Minigames, upon completing the nights reveal the 4 animatronics being lured to a location that "isn't programmed into their digital map" (a safety room). Upon arriving at the entrance to the room purple guy appears and dismantles them. Upon completion of night 5, you play as a dead child sprite who traps purple guy in the safety room. He panics, and flees into the SpringTrap suit. However, it is revealed that these suits were the cause of two "incidents" and were no longer in use. Employees were advised to not wear them or they risk death. As the spring locks would unlatch and crush them with animatronic parts. Purple guy is then killed by the suit and is left twitching in a pool of pixelated blood as the children vanish. If these are the only Minigames the player plays, you receive the bad ending. A shot of all animatronics, their heads now lamps. You now have nightmare mode unlocked. Have a nice 6th night. [/spoiler] What exactly ARE those shadow animatronics? [spoiler]The shadow animatronics can be seen as hallucinations in five nights 2. In the parts room an image of Freddy, glowing eyes and teeth is seen lying against the wall in the same position as golden Freddy. Upon brightening the image, he is a dark purple. Remember that colour. Shadow Bonnie appears in the office and looks like toy bonnie...minus the buck teeth. People theorized this was SpringTrap. Well they were kinda right. Minigames STAGE001 and the phone calls reveal that SpringTrap (referred to as "Spring [u]Bonnie[/u]) and golden Freddy were the original 2 robots and they were discontinued because of spring lock failures. These suits were stored in a safe room, a place that only employees can access and where animatronics can't go because it isn't on their digital map. (REMEMBER THAT) Phone guy states that employees will be required to wear temporary replacement costumes in the meantime. "But Wumbo, what does the colour purple have to do with this." In the last minigame needed to unlock the good ending, you play as shadow Bonnie. He's purple. The replacement suits were the shadow animatronics, used to replace the now discontinued golden and spring animatronics. The rooms we lure the animatronics into is the safe room where SpringTrap is stored. They can't enter because all they see is a wall... But when they are all dismantled...the only one who can enter is the only one who is SUPPOSED to be there. The kid inside golden Freddy. To recap= Shadow Freddy and Bonnie are the replacements for golden and spring bonnie. Golden can enter the safety room because he's a discontinued bot. He's supposed to be there. Scares purple guy. And his final resting place is inside a coffin of wires, metal, and springs... [/spoiler] The kids planned this: You're Playing Their Game Now [spoiler]"Guess who? It's me. I am still here. I remain. I will come back. I always do. They have a place for me." Now, purple guy is seen climbing into SpringTrap in the Minigames and dying while twitching...SpringTrap is also twitching and struggling in the trailer... Now let's switch this around. "Guess who? It's us. We are still here. We remain. He will come back, he always does, we have a place for him" The kids planned this. They are the ones "speaking" in the trailers. Youre playing their game. Or is it just all In your mind?[/spoiler] How to avoid the Phantom Animatronics [spoiler]The phantom animatronics are spawned via several in game hallucinations. If these hallucinations are triggered, the player will be attacked by the robots and some systems will need to be rebooted. This is very inconvenient especially on later nights, where springtrap is more active and a single reboot could mean instant death. To avoid Phantom Freddy: Freddy will randomly appear walking in front of the glass. If you brighten the office at that point you can see he is actually staring inside. Your best action would be to keep the monitor up until you see him reach the end of the hall and he is no longer in front of the glass. thats how i avoided him at least. Failure to do so will result in him crouching under the glass and popping up at a random time. Avoiding Phantom BB: If you see him on the monitors, switch cameras and dont look back at the camera you saw him in. Wait a few seconds ( he might despawn?) then lower the monitor. if hes not there youve avoided him. if you stare at him and lower the monitor he will be staring at the player for a second before attacking. Avoiding Phantom Puppet: He will randomly appear in full view of the player on the cameras. if the player does not look away the puppet will appear in the players face and follow them similar to the night 4 "Dream" in the second game. This blocks the view of the window and the doorway, allowing springtrap enough time to enter and kill you. Avoiding Phantom Foxy: He appears if you stay on camera too long...i think...either way if you turn and hes there, he lunges at your face. Avoiding Phantom Mangle: This one appears in the foxy head room and will disable audio devices while making loud screeching noises. It is also visible outside the window, peeking at the player through the glass. Avoiding Phantom Chica: The player will see the black and white image of her face on the arcade machine. They must switch cams and avoid looking back at that room. i think she might despawn after a while but i dont know. If the player does not switch cams, and lowers the monitor and looks left, she will attack the player. [/spoiler] YOU are the guard. [spoiler]The guard does not get paid, the guard does not get fired, but he dies. in the attraction. The place was one week away from opening up, the player is tasked with watching the cameras and making sure that nothing catches on fire. Note that phone dude breaks the fourth wall a few times too. stating that "Clicking the blue button brings up the cameras, and turning to the left allows you to flip up the maintenance panel". Not to mention "You've officially become part of the attraction. You'll be staring as...THE SECURITY GUARD". But how does this prove that we are the guard, and that we died in the fire? Well in the first 2 games, we see the guard's death. Mike in the suit, and Jeremy in a POV perspective inside the suit. But when springtrap catches us, we only get GAMEOVER. Well think about it, when we die, all we see is black right? So GAMEOVER. we wont see what we look like. cause we're dead. Now on night 5, lets assume that what happened was the guard let the ventilation break down, he passes out. During his unconscious state, he has a NIGHTMARE that he is still doing the job. night 6. Meanwhile the place has caught fire. The guard has died, the player has died. Therefore, he cannot receive a paycheck. However, the player themselves saved the kids. THEY(The previous guards)CANT. But YOU can. In other words, the player took the job, the player frees the children, the player dies. [/spoiler] A recent update Added some new sounds, Springtrap has a voice...it's more like a distorted groaning sound. Kind of sounds like "Help Me" or something. You can also hear him moving around the facility now. http://www.scottgames.com/hat.jpg uh...there was a hat there a while ago... http://i.imgur.com/MXOuGrG.jpg It's coming, the final chapter. Look what someone found on youtube... 8-BitGaming featured the Guard theory in a video. now thats unexpected. (lol at all the people in the comments wondering why theres an FNaF theory on bungie.net. The #Gaming forum section is for discussion of games other than destiny. ) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNu9Hc4PkKI