How Five Nights At Candy’s Works: Full AI Breakdown

[@TheBones5]

If you’re interested in helping with the UCN project, or you just want to join the discord, please join here!! (We won't be starting the full animation process until Mid May) discord.gg/muttarmy Link to the mod PXH Ghost Made if you'd like to try and verify 7/25 and Shadow Candy! (this means just 7/25 and SC, none of the challenges are required) gamejolt.com/games/FNACRmcn/895516 Raw Recordings: Shadow Candy + 7/20 Completion: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hWHCmH5qfq1shJY Beating 7/20 With no cameras and 31% power left: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nnTIkpKwmrGWpsU Music Used: docs.google.com/document/d/1xc7efV51G56mSzWbP-Qi7l7A4lKIo-HB5eV5L4lJBqY/edit?usp=sharing also i forgot rat activates at 4AM on night 5 my bad

[@cloudshrike4209]

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[@SNoodleJuJu]

Ssoooooo... Is there a deadline for this project? Do I need to use a specific software (I use Clip Studio Paint EX)?

[@TheBones5]

@@SNoodleJuJu Nope, we haven't even started making storyboards yet, there will be updates in the discord for when people can actually apply

[@nuru21]

​@@TheBones5 Nice, nice. Also, can you make a video of FNAC 2? Nearly nobody knows how the AI of that gane works😕

[@F.M671]

your music sense is *chefs kiss* And the 2010-18 internet era humor Feels like home mate. Cheers !

[@citriosis]

So _that's_ why ChickenNinja's OP strat worked in his FNAC no cameras video...he legit just brute forced the door strat. That's crazy, lol. Thanks for the breakdown! This game's inner workings are super cool and you articulate them very well!!

[@jonatanpl3899]

fun fact : chickenninja did NOT invent the op strat

[@citriosis]

@@jonatanpl3899 Hence why I added "He brute forced the door strat". I didn't mean to imply that he invented it, just that he came to his own conclusion based on his own observations and testing due to not being able to find an extensive guide like this, resulting in him discovering an existing strategy. :P I was just calling it what he called it and, again, acknowledging that he came to the conclusion on his own. :)

[@jonatanpl3899]

@@citriosis oh my bad, thanks for claryfying

[@citriosis]

@@jonatanpl3899 Not a problem! Happy to help :)

[@brendansage6876]

@@citriosis That really shows how skilled he is honestly, even with his relative lack of knowledge when it actually comes to the code of the games specifically. He came very close to figuring out how the games work while knowing almost nothing to begin with (at least with stuff like FNaC, Post-Shift 2, and the like), and came up with strategies on his own that are very similar to high-level strategies that use prior knowledge of how the games are individually coded.

[@Blanko_nopico]

ChickenNinja would have loved this video a good bit ago lmao

[@supermannygamer2003]

That's exactly what I was thinking

[@ecl1pse-idky731]

Go figure, I was literally just watching that video lmao

[@suly5836]

I was about to mention him lmao bro needed to reverse engineer his way through this game.

[@MaysonEngstrom-st4tj]

Psst. Hey @Chickeninja42, here it is.

[@jangofeet5631]

All I could think about

[@sithknight7740]

25:30 the Shadow Candy sending your power down by nearly half followed by the jumpscare actually scared the shit out of me.

[@guywhoateallthepizza1031]

Average FNAF Fan game difficulty

[@GoldenDragonLd]

He just noped out of that

[@BKVisalwayswatchingyou]

And this is exactly why you should NEVER, EVER SET HIM TO 20.

[@Skelington]

5:55 Those shoes legit look so natural on him I didn't even notice he was wearing any until I paused the video to read the text.

[@sheepercal1374]

BRUHHHH

[@davidthecommenter]

rat is definitely a menace to society

[@RipRLeeErmey]

Rat's Black Air Force Energy was so apparent he just naturally absorbed the Black Air Forces into his character design 💀

[@coulsonknight]

I didn’t even notice the shoes lol.

[@taki809]

he can also be seen wearing them at 15:58

[@thedarter]

Hm, yes, this info is very well presented, I will now proceed to never use it in any capacity whatsoever. Marvelous.

[@royalbluegaming7763]

That do be how it be doe

[@impermanentLucidity]

Weeping Fungus located, poggers

[@lychezr]

4:45 the reason why the right door drains less power is because, described by the devs, was the first door made and were testing alot with it, alongside they forgot to change it while copying the scripts for the remaining 2 doors

[@foxnight2312]

As en electronic repairman I love that one door is different from the others because it's always like that with electronic devices, they all behave a little different from each other

[@lychezr]

@@foxnight2312 lmaw i am one too unironically, and its a common problem with laptop external coolers (for where i am)

[@whiptonguebulborb]

Chickeninja crying in the corner rn

[@missingnumberaxolotl-9079]

FRRR

[@jokerofspades-xt3bs]

who?

[@missingnumberaxolotl-9079]

@@jokerofspades-xt3bs He made a video of Candy's without cameras I believe, and he had no idea how the AI worked so he struggled a lot

[@IcyCubey]

He's crying in the club.

[@111games.]

​@@missingnumberaxolotl-9079 But he still did it, and even with the max 20 mode so it's still a W for him I think

[@aboveaveragegaming5503]

i loved when shadow candy at 20 just beat the SOUL out the door

[@NoName-wb1er]

It's very funny to see how FNAC's AI system is infinitely more complex than FNAF, even though it dosen't feel like it in game.

[@scarlettefoxx5585]

More complex doesn't necessarily mean harder 🤔

[@NoName-wb1er]

Exactly, depends on what your focus is...@@scarlettefoxx5585

[@echo_z319]

@@scarlettefoxx5585nobody said it does?

[@raviexthegod]

ikr, I love how it's more complex yet plays fairly simple. I have a feeling they made it more complex to make the existing FNAF 1 strats basically useless, forcing new strategies to be developed to deal with the much different AI system.

[@KetsubanSolo]

​@@raviexthegodalso it fixes a lot of the weird problems in FNAF, like a string of failed movement checks resulting in a loss of tension, or Chica's butt covering Freddy on the camera.

[@lordmarshmal_0643]

It's kinda funni to me that FNAF games seem to never use level 20 AI in the "pre-made" nights A Bite at Freddy's technically does with the "Full Course" challenge but even that's dialed back so you don't just get slammed immediately, the crew gets to that point during the home stretch - _you gotta MANUALLY set the AIs to 20 if you want the level 20 experience the whole time_

[@FNBYNNTND]

I’ve heard of a FNAF fangame (fangame of a fangame, technically) where, in one of the side modes, almost every new character that gets added is immediately set to 20

[@ariel8605]

One example i can come up with is a fangame called "playtime with percy", and on the custom hour section (the game's version of the custom night) there is an all 20 challenge after beating the 2 ones that the game gives you

[@raviexthegod]

The main reason for that is because most fan games tend to stick to the FNAF one way of determining movement opportunities, meaning that an animatronic on AI level 20 is usually a teleporting little freak that's almost impossible to deal with unless you take advantage of little quirks in the way the AI works. That type of info takes a bit to come out so the game would die pretty quick if animatronics on say night 5 were on AI level 20 all night.

[@thePalindromeCrafter]

It's worth noting that the "actual 5/20" works by removing the "start time" for threadbear and foxy, which makes it very comparable to this one, interestingly enough!

[@lazuliartz1296]

It makes sense. You generally want the vast majority of players to be able to finish your game, even the extra challenges. I think having it be possible to manually set the AIs to 20 is a completely fair compromise. It is there for the players who want that challenge, but it isn't going to impede the average player from completing the game, or even completing the game's extra challenges.

[@iycop]

Chickenninja would've loved this

[@snnnaaaaaakeeeee4470]

True but to be fair Night Null would have still been impossible.

[@Cason0706]

Nah he would've beaten it, it just would take 8 months to upload​@snnnaaaaaakeeeee4470

[@adieladiel-sr8vb]

it's actually impressive watching somebody that wasn't able to beat any fnaf beating these challenges and explaning the AI to all of us and just of a couple of months. KEEP IT GOING

[@MusiciansRule07]

I think you're the first FNAFTuber to involve your community in video creation like this and I hope you're not the last. UCN 50/20 is a special kind of nightmare and I admire anyone who can take it and other crazy ass challenges on because I'd die from anxiety just trying to get to 1AM, LMAO. I'm looking forward to seeing what everyone cooks up and just keep doing what you're doing. I'm glad the Almighty Algorithm helped me find you, man.

[@josephprince0208]

Firstly, THANK YOU!!! I’ve been trying to find an ai breakdown of FNAC for hours. Secondly, 🗣️ “Can I take your order?” 🔥 🔥 🗣️ 🔥 🔥

[@gwotkid]

Lmao hours? A lot of us have been waiting for something like this for years

[@KingPinTheBowler]

@@gwotkid I mean this is for FNaC Remastered and not the other classic 3 games, which I also wanted

[@josephprince0208]

@@gwotkidwaiting is waiting my dude, no matter the time

[@gwotkid]

@@josephprince0208 hey i'm not trying to invalidate you or anything, it's just funny when this is something so many have been curious about for so long. It's like saying, "Hell yeah Portal 3! I've been waiting months for this one!"

[@josephprince0208]

@@gwotkid nah all good. I meant as in hours back to back, devouring the internet.

[@eaglest0554]

The movement in this game being a roll of 25-failed movement attempts instead of the usual simple 20 roll is really neat, it reminds me of the idea that fnaf one 4/20 might actually be harder with bonnie and chica at 19 instead of 20 because it gives them opportunities to fail movement checks at the door and be stuck there longer.

[@Speed-TV]

I have never seen people talk about the technical aspects of fnaf fangames, I'm so glad this video exists because I was getting bored of everyone studying fnaf 1 all the time!

[@thebetterterrablade809]

The Shadow Candy transition into the start of the challenge night was clean

[@ghb323]

30:06 the reason why the game handles the time like that is I think so that Shadow Candy wouldn’t rewind his AI level, as his AI level is time-dependent. The game to display how many hours progressed is: DisplayedTime = 6-(GoalPost-TotalHours). Where GoalPost is the target time the night ends. Initially this value is 6, but incremted by 1 for every Shadow Candy attack, and decreased by 1 for each origami found (I’d assume you cannot decrease this value below 6) TotalHours is how many hours you progressed, increasing every 1 minute and 10 seconds (assuming a night is 7 minutes).

[@TheBones5]

That would make sense, never considered that

[@ghb323]

@@TheBones5An alternative would be to simply avoid setting the AI level to a lower number. When a certain hour is reached, first check the AI it would’ve set to, and if it’s current AI is equal or higher than it (already have reached before), then don’t set to a lower value. AI level shouldn’t decrease when hour count decrease. Analogous to boss phases that they can heal to have HP before the phase trigger (e.g have trigger at 50%, boss takes damage to bring it to 50%, permanently increment the “phase counter”, heals above 50%, player brings it back to 50%, phase trigger doesn’t happen again because it is already at that value).

[@davidthecommenter]

1:46 bro dropped the hardest fnaf fangame intro like we wouldn't notice

[@cheersy2206]

Given the fact no info is public about this game’s AI as far as I’m aware this is good sh** man. Keep up the great work 👍👍

[@wanderingtyphlosion7332]

25:22 Glad to know that Shadow Candy went to anger management thereapy so he never reaches 20, that is actual insanity. Also, does anyone have the link to that Grand Doomer theme during the Ultimate challenge at 38:23? Edit: Nevermind, found it. It is a remix from Super Kirby Clash

[@mzura3478]

Ahh yes, a tutorial of a game I've never played nor intend on playing and still I put all my attention on it for 40 minutes... Very good video my guy, these are my favorites

[@bryanmulcare9083]

0:55 4 months later, you finally released 50/20 guide with a twist at the end. Love it, and FNAC is by far the most interesting game out there.

[@PlatinumComet]

Okay but why did the Grand Doomer's theme fit Shadow Candy so well-

[@TheBones5]

ikr

[@Swagpion]

It fits WAY to well.

[@SomePerson_Online]

As everyone else in the comment said, "Don't show ChickenNinja" but, if we did tell ChickenNinja we wouldn't have gotten 'The OP Strat'

[@chipproductions1510]

*ÐØÑŤ ȚẼŁĻ ČĦĮÇĶĒŅŃÌŇJĄ*

[@Mr.Board_]

21:47 shadow candy with the grand doomer music has me rolling

[@TheBones5]

dude it fits him so well it was such a good find

[@ChrisPetro-o7h]

Poyo!

[@mig-31firefox91]

The first FNAF fan-game I ever beat!! great to see a breakdown on this

[@yourunclejoe9500]

imagine NOT breaking down the strategy to beat the most unhinged thing you've ever done on the channel

[@_ABugg3rB1ue-]

25:24 At that point, he's just beating the hell out of the door.

[@smollmoth6376]

I've always wonder how fnaf fan games runs their ai, especially ones that were released around 2015 where people didn't know how these silly dudes worked

[@Erased_UnityXDX]

Thanks for making this video I remember chickenNinja saying that the AI wasn't known, glad to know that it is now

[@failurenotsorry6600]

i remember watching this guy's guide playlist, forgetting about him, seeing one of his videos in my recommendations and thinking he was one of those random speedrun channels but a fnaf version, then i listened to his voice and realized i recognized him. i unironically love this dude's stuff, and his voice!

[@SpectretheDragon]

25:24 RICKY! WHEN I CATCH YOU RICKY. RICKY WHEN I CATCH YOU few moments later THE **** DID YOU SAY TO ME YOU LITTLE-

[@shade7728]

I dunno why but the Rat with Black Forces just gets me lmfao

[@Re8orn]

Your production quality never ceases to amaze. Please keep doing what you're doing.

[@Baznogrolies]

I know chickenninja is VEHEMENTLY watching this rn

[@Tundraviper41]

Shadow candy at LVL 20: " Hey Guy's, can you let me in? I REALLY want to kill everyone in that room. "

[@jjwesker1061]

@ChickenNinja42 needed this so damn badly. 😂

[@MenelBOT]

Holy, this has been the thing FNaF KZbin wanted ever since FNaF 1 was disected

[@llammp]

I’ve been waiting for this video after seeing you’ve been live playing this game! Keep up the quality content my guy

[@nolandspring]

I’ve been watching a bunch of these ai breakdowns while in a car ride and i’m just so intrigued by them amazing work man

[@SansINess53]

When modding FNAC R I recommend changing shadow candy's chance of 0.0000000000000000 to 0.5 to combine him with 7/20 mode and make it balanced.

[@mistorbear]

poor chickenninja, if only he knew this info earlier

[@snnnaaaaaakeeeee4470]

Sadly he still would have not gotten through Night Null. It is impossible without cameras.

[@Lizuma]

Nice to finally see a breakdown for FNAC!

[@SuperHyper-_]

Been a fan since 500 subs, made it to 5am on max difficulty on fnaf 1 and 2 thanks for the help I’ll get it soon!!

[@reverie_sm]

Of all the people farming these games for content, you're by far my favorite. (I'm mostly joking and ribbing myself for watching what is essentially the same video from different people.)

[@Astridxx__]

I don’t understand this at all, nor do I care to because I don’t play nor watch this game, but your voice is calming and for some reason, I really enjoy hearing you explain stuff like this. Honestly really fun to just have droning while I do other things, and try to understand when I zone in lmao.

[@PxHGhost]

This video will change the world trust🙏

[@BKVisalwayswatchingyou]

Scott C.: 50/20 is basically impossible. The FNAC ultimate challenge: Try me

[@LoadingError0]

casually dropped the hardest FNAC:R edit in the intro and thought we wouldn't notice

[@musclecat1005]

It goes so hard it's not even real

[@Sub-yf9dq]

1:46 this intro goes hard.

[@ghb323]

11:23 In simple terms here: the higher the AI value: -The faster the attack patience before you die (as short as 5 seconds) -The longer the door patience before they leave (as long as 11.5 seconds)

[@CastorRae]

With the UCN vid, I appreciate you moving away from AI art to looking to commission artists in your community.

[@bababooey5402]

New addition: I SWEAR the animatronics actually make footstep sounds when they get to your door. It's incredibly soft, it sounds like someone in shoes walking on tile instead of big animatronics, and I believe only Penguin doesn't make any sound.

[@bababooey5402]

Reporting this after having just noticed it in Night 3, BTW; wearing headphones. Do not tell me it isn't there; I know for a fact I heard it every time (provided no other sound obscures it, at least.)

[@ChrisPetro-o7h]

Mandela effect.

[@bababooey5402]

@@ChrisPetro-o7h Mandela effect is if you swear you heard this but it was so long ago your brain only THINKS it did. When I made these comments, I had JUST heard it in-game. This is, by definition, NOT the Mandela effect.

[@richardwhite8276]

We’re definitely so back Big W vid bones

[@Marchers46]

Man, ChickenNinja would’ve loved this.

[@yllim3170]

I love the way you edit your vids, makes me think that the animatronics are gonna have an epic rap battle

[@CatManalt2]

I love how you’re revisiting this game, it’s my favorite fan game and recently I’ve been getting back into it.

[@jooniethebest3709]

Woah! The games looks updated from what I remember playing years ago! Very informative. Thanks!

[@khezoboi]

No matter how much I hear it I will always enjoy hearing people explain how the AI works.

[@MilkShake-ld3js]

When i beat null as a kid i didnt even know he could show up at the cams so i just did the same strat i did during the normal nights and got lucky lol

[@penumbraturnaroth]

oh man, that intro is AMAZING

[@JemaniaCreates]

I am loving the editing on these vids. Keep it up with the peak content.

[@ihlong8660]

POV when you piss off shadow candy he proceededs to remove half of your power

[@ITSPASCALXD]

The music choice for all of the Shadow Candy parts were perfect!

[@neslusalesulseua]

7:40 Night 5 does include RAT (at 4 am, it gets ramped up to like 1 or 2, because yes), but that doesnt really matter anyway, Great vid!

[@patrylec1510]

I see a ton of effort and time put into this, you get my sub and a like

[@Brandongamesall]

This seems like one of the easiest fnaf games out there for some reason. But, I'm happy you were able to beat it!

[@fnafmasterxp]

This has been my favorite ai breakdown yet. W video and can’t wait to see what you have next!

[@ghb323]

that’s the gem about modding when games are too easy. It extends replayability.

[@incometax1997]

If anyone is interested in the jumpscare timer, essentially at any time before 5 AM, the timer will always be 600 - (animatronics' AI * 12) frames. But during 5 AM, the game gives you more time before you're jumpscared. This is a random value, but the closer you are to 6 AM, the more time you're given for last-minute wins.

[@portafotogenica8700]

I remember playing this game a few years ago, i had no idea what i needed to do

[@AndriiBondarenko-n2k]

2:44 basic mechanics 3:23 universal mechanics 5:21 animatronics 16:36 7/20 mode 21:25 shadow candy 34:50 the ultimate challenge

[@lacc3170]

25:23 Candy was tired of being made fun of for being easy that not only his Shadow Candy transformation wasn't enough, but he decided to be *UNFAIRLY IMPOSSIBLE TO DEAL WITH*

[@ampersand6397]

22:24 my video paused here without me knowing and I just thought we were REALLY appreciating the creepiness of the music stopping

[@syweb2]

Man, your Shadow Candy montages really got me hyped with the Grand Doomer themes. Good shit.

[@JustinGamesJG]

I just beat 7/20 as my first ever max mode, but I just played it like I would any other night 😭that strategy you used is so much easier than doing it regularly lol

[@Ne_Ne_Vova_UA]

37:55 good challenge for chickeninja42

[@thomaslayman9487]

shadow candy is so freaking cool actually, like imagine if there was a night that was just a frantic boss fight against shadow bonnie or freddy instead of just being little easter egg things that don't matter at all

[@potplantjoe6037]

This editing is insane!!! Keep up the amazing work man ❤

[@alfdefolf]

shadow candy is hands down one of the best examples of a proper fnaf game boss

[@drakewahl7609]

FINALLY. I'VE ALWAYS WANTED TO KNOW HOW THIS GAME WORKS! I think I actually brought it up in one of my Candy's videos.

[@ScienceBAL]

2:11 This would've been the hardest Fnac "edit" if the last "frame" of the shadow candy cutscene

[@wert556]

Putting Aquatic Ambience on a horror game video is amazingly beautiful. ❤❤

[@milkapenc]

Can’t wait for the No Hit Cuphead Run to add Honeybottom’s Big Pink Triangle and The Muffin from Baroness von Bon Bon to the Round Table of Opps.

[@impermanentLucidity]

Why do rat and old cat look so cool tho Also, it's nice to see these animatronics playing nice with each other. Blank waiting for someone to leave Cam 5 before moving, Cindy waiting for someone to leave Cam 3, and them skipping cameras instead of taking up each others' personal space. Very good team we've got here, very polite. As soon as you started explaining how the cameras worked I audibly went "oh no"

[@silvermoonlight4520]

I love how ChickenNinja's beating candy's without cameras video is in the recommended videos to this

[@andynachos2045]

Dude the UCN video will be a banger

[@crumcramhd1242]

Please break down the 7/20 + SC challenge strat in a separate video someday! I’m super interested

[@sapzicrag9573]

I love every video you make and i get so excited every time i see you uploaded. Can you do an AI breakdown of popgoes next? It's one of my favorite FNAF fangames so I'd love to see it!

[@Chrisbun1]

I like the joke edits scattered throughout. It maintains a comedic tone while focusing on the information.

[@draakool166]

anyone else see the black forces on the rat? 14:44

[@markman404]

Good look. I noticed too. I think nobody in the comments actually noticed 😅

[@tobias059]

Can I take your order? 🗣🗣🗣🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@near5148]

No stop messing with my doors!

[@Adriethyl]

The way the ai works here makes me think that the original FNaF's mechanics were probably not known at the code level when the og Candy's came out.

[@santinobarontini7378]

Here is an idea. Make both old candy and rat take advantage of that door exploit, when you close the door on old candy and wait for him to go away, if you open and close the door in his face he could smash the door open and render it useless and open for another animatronic to enter. Rat on the other hand, will not take any shit from you and hold the door open by the frame for a few seconds before jumpscareing you

[@Sarlasmancranmaji]

ChickenNinja was probably punching the air seeing this video.

[@johnathandoe6034]

Omg I recognize that Excursions song,mad respect

[@NicknineTheEagle]

I'm pretty sure they changed AI levels in the remaster cause RAT is active on Night 5 in the original game although he's really slow.

[@luxxias]

can't wait to try the modded mode the base game was genuinely way too easy for me every night took 1 attempt (except for night 3 for some reason and 7/20 mode and the only reason it took me 2 tries was bc i was just testing my old strat on my 1st attempt)