Popular content-sharing website Newgrounds has crashed as a result of being overwhelmed by demand for the latest update to Friday Night Funkin', the wildly popular rhythm game. The crash is a testament to the game's staying power, as its popularity has only grown over the last few months despite being incomplete.
Friday Night Funkin Game
Friday Night Funkin' Run game. FRIDAY NIGHT FUNKIN' 'PRETTY DOPE ASS GAME' PLAYSTATION MAGAZINE MAY 2003 ISSUE. ALSO PLAY ON NEWGROUNDS.COM! Friday Night Funkin': based on friday night funkin foned. Notes: parish replaces pico, worship replaces Winter-Horrorland, zavodila replaces monster, and gospel replaces bopeebo. New charts will replace normal, and there is a lag spike on warship right before it is your turn, pause for a second and wait for.
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Friday Night Funkin' tells the story of The Boyfriend, who is ecstatic to be in a relationship with The Girlfriend. Unfortunately for The Boyfriend, The Girlfriend's parents are demons, and over the course of many weeks, The Boyfriend has to survive many rap battles to sustain his relationship. While the gameplay draws very heavily from Dance Dance Revolution, its charming character designs, catchy music, and clever references have quickly endeared the game to many Internet users, who eagerly look forward to each content update.
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While fans knew the game's Week 7 update would go live sometime in the near future, it was unexpectedly dropped on the Newgrounds site midway through Sunday. While the game normally has a dedicated web version, the update first went live on Newgrounds, promptly causing the site to crash. The game disappeared from the site soon after, with Newgrounds promising to improve infrastructure and get the game back online quickly.
A certain game is crashing the site due to an influx of traffic, enjoy a classic while we get back online. #FNFweek7https://t.co/bt6nrkVlLbpic.twitter.com/QRqImwQn9x
— Newgrounds.com (@Newgrounds) April 18, 2021Newsgrounds' tweet includes a segment of the TANKMEN animated series, which is appropriate, since Friday Night Funkin's Week 7 update is themed around it. The TANKMEN series depicts a grim and crudely humorous post-apocalyptic world, and many may recognize it from the Newgrounds logo. Given the range of references included in Friday Night Funkin', it's not surprising to see the game add another one. That said, it is quite a jump from Week 6, in which The Boyfriend appeared to enter a cursed dating simulator game.
While Friday Night Funkin' is a fun game, its longevity may just stem from the creativity of its fan base. Fans have written clever lyrics for each week's songs, created a number of well-regarded mods, posted great remixes of the game's songs, and much more. Most impressively, fans have been able to make exciting crossover mods with PaRappa the Rapper and other characters that could likely not be done in the official game for legal reasons.
Friday Night Funkin Game Play
It's an exciting time for rhythm games beyond the success of Friday Night Funkin'. In addition to the release of high-profile rhythm games like Kingdom Hearts: Melody of Memory, upcoming indie titles like Unbeatable have sold gamers on the promise of simple and addicting rhythm gameplay. Plus, with the newly-launched Kickstarter for Friday Night Funkin', fans will be seeing much more of The Boyfriend in the future.
Friday Night Funkin' is available on Newgrounds and Itch.io for in-browser play.
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