User:CJWorldGame32125/sandbox/Cancellation of Sinister Turmoil

Sinister Turmoil was supposed to be an horror free roam Five Nights at Freddy's fan game originally developed by UHQ_Games and later by AngusWW. The game focused on a man investigating the Fazbear and Friends, closed 29 years prior. The game was also planned to be a multiplayer, making it the first 3D FNaF fan game to be multiplayer. The game initially had a troubled development, which lead to the switch from UHQ_Games to AngusWW (the creator behind the FNaF fan games Lost and Found and the now-cancelled Sister Location: Unreal Engine Edition), as well the engine switch (from Unity to Unreal Engine 4). Unfortunately, after 2 years of development, the game was cancelled due to the development team having other stuff to do, as well false accusations that damaged the reputation of AngusWW. It wasn't until April 24th, 2019, when Angus announced Sinister Turmoil: Sewers (upcoming page on Awesome Games), a small part of what would be the original game.

UHQ_Games
There isn't much to know about the story, aside from the fact that the game was set in Fazbear and Friends, 29 years after the shutdown.

AngusWW
''After Fazbears Fright, he wanted revenge. He wanted to show everybody the truth. Now it's time for the true nightmares of the past to be woken up and haunt everyone for an eternity. What were once things that entertained and brought happiness to children are now out to kill. This time they can't be stopped.''

Main page
The GameJolt's page was made back in March 2016, with a few teasers showing how the game would have been. The images show the Sinister Animatronics, that are basically the original FNaF animatronics with more sharper teeths, as well resembling the FNaF 2 Withered animatronics. There was also a trailer (which was later uploaded by IULITMx and FusionZGamer), with a small dialogue of the protagonist, as well showing the animatronics and Fazbear and Friends, the original version's pizzeria. There are also teasers that show prototypes of the multiplayer, showing which animatronics you can play. There was also a video showing the prototype of the animatronics customization of the multiplayer counterpart.

Demos
On July 6th, 2016, IULITMx (during that time called IULITM) published a video of him playing the very first Sinister Turmoil demo. In this demo, you play as Sinister Freddy roaming around an area that is supposed to be the Fazbear and Friends. There was a control that let you slight zoom. Also, you couldn't see your body aside from the shadow. On July 8th, 2016, a new version of the demo was released. The demo was basically the same, with the new differences being the night vision added, a 2nd floor added and the ability to sprint. These demos are meant to be "multiplayer demos", demos that show how the multiplayer would have looked like.

Troubled development (according to TheSparky556)
On September 30th, 2016, TheSparky556, a developer of the game, published a video called related to the development called "Sinister Turmoil Update". He announced that the game was temporarily suspended. He revealed that UHQ_Games was doing all the work and while TheSparky wanted to help him, he didn't know how to use Unity, he was just learning.

Cancellation confirmed
On November 5th, 2018, Angus made a post titled "Oh boy....[IMPORTANT ]". He confirmed the rumors of the game being cancelled. He explained that it started back in August 2018. A lot of developers lost interest in working on the project, but they still continued on developing the game to support fans. But as time passed, they noticed that they stopped on working the game, mostly due to the lack of motivation. Another reason is that his hard drive died. He explained that he was working in the UE4 file before the computer went black and everything was not working. After several attempts of restoring the files, he managed to restore one with barely anything. At that point, he wanted to cancel the game. So, in late September 2018, he talked to some other team members, telling them how he felt and what he thought should happen in the game. At the day when the post was made, he and Sparky spoke. They decided to put the restored UE4 file to rest. He stated that if the game will restart again, Angus will not be involved in any future version. He stated that he will not release any source code, any plot, any content, anything, but he shown some body renders of the animatronics.

Debunking the leaks and accusations.
On November 7th, 2018, Angus made a post titled "Please read...", debunking the accusations and talking about leaks. He debunked the accusation that he planned games just to gain popularity and building fake hype. He stated that this accusation isn't true in the slightest, stating that he never makes games for self-interest. He stated that while he wanted to learn his skills in game development through his projects, he doesn't consider that self-interest. He spent his own money into his games, trying to make them more professional and more polished, nearly in par as an indie title. He stated that he didn't care about fans not accepting the cancellation of the game and what he cared is the false accusations, saying to people who are jumping in the conclusions and making assumptions about him and the team to stop. Another thing he talked about are the leaks. He stated that most of the leaks are true, which led to the team taking them down. He asked to not share the leaks and to not post any pictures. He also stated that some of the leaks are fake.

Reaction to the Cancellation
The reactions to the cancellation were many, much like people's reaction to Sega becoming a third-party developer. A good portion of the fans accepted the cancellation, others didn't care about while most of the fans didn't accept the cancellation, saddened by the fact that the game was cancelled, something that Angus noted on his "Please read..." post.

His blog after the game's cancellation had a mixed reaction from people: There are people who accepted the game's cancellation and understood him but then there are people that pointed out that this is his 4th canned game, and he and his team actually NEVER released a full game. One user even had his comment criticizing Angus deleted, which shows that he can't take criticism.

Sinister Turmoil: Sewers
On April 24th, 2019, AngusWW would announce Sinister Turmoil: Sewers. The game is supposed to be a small part of what was going to be the original game. The game was released in January 2020.

Reception
Sinister Turmoil: Sewers was met with positive reception. Fans praised for the graphics, fun gameplay and a great dark tone, while criticism was towards the short length of the game.

Why it won't likely be uncancelled.

 * 1) For starters, the game is no longer ambitious and calling it like that is very old and remaking it is unnecessary, since we already have other games with the same aspects like:
 * 2) *The Joy of Creation: Story Mode (has a decent voice acting and awesome graphics)
 * 3) *Instinct: FNaF Multiplayer 3D,the FNaF Security Breach Multiplayer (fan-made) (They're multiplayer and they're really enjoyable)
 * 4) *Five Nights at Freddy's: Cleanup Crew (upcoming fan game) (This game has a similar concept but done much better)

Aftermath
While it didn't officially gave an impact to the fan game community, it's often remembered as a prime example of both real and fake leaks and gossip in not only in the FNaF community, but also in the fan game community as a whole.

Trivia

 * 1) The very first Freddy demo contained an easter egg, which Jigsaw from the 2004 horror movie Saw. It was later replaced with Sinister Foxy.

Gallery
A list of teasers are shown here