Five Nights At Freddy's
Mega Cat Studios, Clickteam, Scott Cawthon, ScottGames, Illumix (2014)
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I-Five Nights at Freddy’s iyinsika ebalulekile emidlalweni yesimanje eyethusayo (indie horror), uhlobo olwaqala njengomzamo womuntu oyedwa kodwa lwakhula lwaba umbuso wemidiya eminingi. Lapho ikhishwa ngo-2014, umdlalo wokuqala washintsha indlela imidlalo yokusinda (survival horror) eyayakhiwe ngayo, esikhundleni sokubaleka nokucasha, wafaka umuzwa wokuminyana nokulawulwa kwezinsiza. Ekuqaleni owadalwa ngunjiniyela oyedwa u-Scott Cawthon, lo mdlalo wakhula ngokubambisana namaqembu ahlukahlukene okudala. Namuhla, imboni yalo mdlalo ihlanganisa abathuthukisi abanjengo-Steel Wool Studios, kanti ukushicilelwa nokuthuthukiswa kusekelwa yizinkampani ezifana ne-Mega Cat Studios, Clickteam, Scott Cawthon, uphawu lwakhe i-ScottGames, kanye ne-Illumix.
Umsuka we-Five Nights at Freddy’s ungomunye wemicimbi edume kakhulu emlandweni wemidlalo ezimele. Ngaphambi kokudala lo mdlalo, u-Cawthon wayevame ukwenza imidlalo efanele umndeni kanye nemidlalo yobuKristu. Enye yezinhlelo zakhe, umdlalo wokulawula izinsiza obizwa ngokuthi i-Chipper & Sons Lumber Co., wathola ukugxekwa okukhulu kubadlali nakubahlaziyi abathi abalingiswa babo babubukeka njengemishini esabekayo engenamphefumulo (animatronics). Ekuqaleni edumele ngokugxekwa, u-Cawthon wanquma ukusebenzisa lokho kugxekwa, esebenzisa imiklamo yakhe eyethusayo ukuze adale umdlalo oyesabisayo ngabomvu. Athuthukiswe ezinyangeni eziyisithupha nje esebenzisa i-Clickteam Fusion 2.5 kanye ne-Autodesk 3ds Max ekwenzeni izithombe ze-3D, lo mdlalo wethulwa ngo-Agasti 2014 futhi ngokushesha wadonsa amehlo abadlali emhlabeni wonke.
Emnyombweni wawo, umdlalo ka-2014 uwumsebenzi obalasele ekwakheni ukungezwani nokunciphisa izinto ezisetshenziswayo. Umdlali udlala indima yonogada basebusuku abasebenza kusukela phakathi kwamabili kuya kweyisithupha ekuseni kwa-Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza, indawo yokudlela yezingane efana ne-Chuck E. Cheese. Omasikandi abayimishini kule ndawo—u-Freddy Fazbear, Bonnie, Chica, no-Foxy—bavele bazulazule esakhiweni ebusuku futhi bazozama ukufaka noma yimuphi umuntu abahlangana naye kuso sesudi yomshini, okuholela ekufeni okubuhlungu. Eboshiwe esitulweni sasehhovisi, umdlali akakwazi ukulwa noma ukubaleka. Kunalokho, kufanele aqaphele ikhamera yezokuphepha ukuze alandele ukunyakaza okungajwayelekile kwale mishini. Ukusinda kuncike ngokuphelele ekulawuleni ugesi olinganiselwe, ophela ngokuhlola amakhamera, ukuvula izibani zepasaji, nokuvala iminyango emikhulu yezokuphepha. Uma ugesi uphela, umdlali ufakwa ebumnyameni futhi asale engenakuzivikela ekwethusweni okungenakugwenywa.
Ngaphansi komdlalo obukeka ulula, kukhona indaba eyinkimbinkimbi kakhulu efihlakele eyenze lo mdlalo wahlala isikhathi eside. Lokho okubonakala kuyindaba elula yethusayo kuphenduka kube umlando omnyama ohlanganisa umbulali, imishini ehlushwa imiphefumulo yezingane ezilahlekile, kanye nokunganaki kwenkampani. U-Cawthon wayixoxa le ndaba hhayi ngezinkulumo ezirekhodiwe, kodwa ngezinto ezifihliwe (Easter eggs), imininingwane engemuva, imidlalo emincane, kanye nokuxoxwa kwendaba ngokusebenzisa indawo. Le ndlela yakhuthaza umphakathi omkhulu wabalandeli nabasebenzisi be-inthanethi abahlaziya ikhodi yomdlalo, amafayela omsindo, nezincwadi eziphathelene nawo ukuze bahlanganise umlando ophelele.
Njengoba ukuduma kwe-Five Nights at Freddy’s kwanda, ikakhulukazi ngenxa yamavidiyo e-YouTube, uchungechunge lwakhula ngokushesha lwedlula amandla onjiniyela oyedwa. Isikhathi sokuqala somdlalo saphayona indlela yokushicilelwa nokusetshenziswa kumasistimu amasha (consoles) nezinsiza zeselula. Efuna ukufaka lo mdlalo ezindaweni ezigcwele ze-3D, u-Cawthon wabambisana ne-Steel Wool Studios, eyathuthukisa umdlalo wamaqiniso angokoqobo (VR) i-Help Wanted kanye nomdlalo okhululekile i-Security Breach. Umhlaba we-FNAF waqhubeka nokwanda njengoba i-Illumix yathuthukisa umdlalo weselula ohlanganisa amaqiniso (AR), i-Special Delivery, eletha le mishini esabekayo emakamelweni abantu. Ngaphezu kwalokho, i-Mega Cat Studios ithathe uchungechunge lwalo oluya ohlangothini lwemidlalo yakudala (retro), isebenza njengomshicileli nomthuthukisi wezinhlobo ze-pixel-art ezifana ne-Into the Pit.
Umthelela we-Five Nights at Freddy’s awunakubukelwa phansi. Uphethe irekhodi le-Guinness World Record ngemidlalo eminingi eyalandela ekhishwe ngonyaka owodwa. Ngaphandle kwemboni yemidlalo, lo mdlalo ukhiqize izimpahla ezithengiswayo, uchungechunge lwezincwadi ezidayiswa kakhulu, kanye nefilimu enkulu. Ngokuziguqula njalo imithetho yomdlalo nokwandisa inethiwekhi yabasebenzisani, i-Five Nights at Freddy’s iguqule ukugxekwa okwaba umdlalo omncane kwaba yinsika yezindaba ezethusayo, ishintsha unomphela indlela izindaba zemidlalo ezakhiwa futhi zabiwa ngayo enkathini yedijithali.
Usuku Lokukhipha: 2014
Izinhlobo: Simulation, Puzzle, Point-and-click, Indie, Survival horror
Onjiniyela: Scott Cawthon, Steel Wool Studios
Abashicileli: Mega Cat Studios, Clickteam, Scott Cawthon, ScottGames, Illumix
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