You're an AU artist, if you could make an AU of FNaF what would it look like? Which games, books, ect would you base your au canon on?? Any redesigns for any of the characters in mind? Btw I am in love with the way you draw the sb bots + your take on Foxy <3
Oh it would 100% be an AU of Security Breach, been thinking on one for a while especially since I've been replaying the game lately with the Cut Content Mod lol
The AU would be pretty much a game rewrite imma be honest, as much as I love security breach (in all its buggy and glitchy glory) this is how I would imagine the game if it was in context of my AU, but this is all obviously just a sound board for now.
RUIN dlc would technically not be a thing in the way it originally is, in that it would not be to where the pizzaplex is completely well... in ruin, the Pizzaplex itself is just shutdown for like a week for for the duration of both gameplay runs (due to the sinkhole investigation or whatever idk lol)
It would have some elements be combined with Security Breach gameplay as a separate (but still connected story-wise) player mode. 'Id lean waaaay more into the liminal space horror aspect of it for the cleaner backareas of the plex.
Gregory Run
pretty much follows the original basic plot with Freddy as our ally & guide around the plex as we gain higher security clearances and decommission the other glamrocks for their parts.
However I'd probably lean way more into Gregory just legitimately being a scared kid who is trying to hide/evade Vanny.
Gregory tries to contact Cassie when he is first locked inside before communication to the outside is abruptly cut off by Vanny
Animatronics and Vanny are infected with Vanny Malware & Glitchtrap Virus. Vanessa got infected first before she then infected the glamrocks and moon with her Malware.
Vanny and Moon are way more present in darker areas of the game i.e the endo warehouse and backstage areas,,, moon has so much imagery in the endo warehouse like his ass should've been an additional threat to avoid back there as the only thing that moves/will still try to chase even when you stare at endos if you stay in one spot for way too long
More environmental clues around the plex hinting at Bonnie's whereabouts & how he disappeared both in this run and cassie's (Not sure what exactly that would be but these are just soundboard ideas for now anyways lol), but this wouldn't be solvable until we get to a DLC that takes place post-game
Instead of Burntrap ending, it's an ending involving the Mimic (obviously with more buildup to it) who got ahold of the Glitchtrap virus. Gregory does end up stuck down there with a malfunctioning/virus-infected Freddy! This would be run's true end would technically be a Bad Ending and would lead soon into the start of the Cassie Run. However the mimic itself still cannot escape due to remaining security nodes, but has learned to mimic Gregory's voice.
Cassie Run
The basic plot of breaking into the pizzaplex looking for Gregory is the same. It takes place pretty soon after the true ending of Gregory's run.
Moon has more of a presence in the early game as we usually see more of Sun, but after he is freed from the virus we get to see more of him again.
Sun is not too knowledgeable on things in the pizzaplex outside of the daycare area, unlike Freddy. He is more of a comforting presence for Cassie and a moral compass... He has a bad feeling about Cassie deactivating the remaining security nodes!
We learn about Foxy being deactivated/decommissioned soon after Eclipse (sun/moon intertwined, rather than as a 3rd presence) was moved to be the DCA through our time together with Sun, and how now with moon having been infected that the weight of his own loneliness and isolation has been more deeply felt. Cassie and Sun can relate to each other on this front.
More of an actual reliance on security desk cameras to lure infected bots away from certain areas just like we do in ruin.
Vanny Mask is sorta functional, only works to hide from certain endos -it doesnt work on the glamrocks, eclipse, or dj anymore lol, deactivate wet floor bots, and security nodes (none of that teleporting/jumping through walls junk lol) with a couple glimpses of out of context memories, including some of the Gregory run from Vanny's perspective.
It still DOES have the Glitchtrap virus still partially active, but also reveals the way to cure the broken & infected animatronics - through the arcade machines, just like Princess Quest! As well as an alternate route to under the plex where Gregory and the Mimic are trapped. Though the more Cassie uses it, the tighter the grip it has on her.
Arcade Games to Beat: Chica's Feeding Frenzy, Gator Golf, Roxy Racers, and Balloon World!!!
Cassie's favorite animatronic is still Roxy, however she gets freed from the Vanny Malware 2nd to last (before moon) since she is also tied to the last security node. We still get an emotional moment with these two like we do in RUIN before Roxy is "shutdown"
Gregory and the Mimic have been fighting for communication control to Cassie the entire time they've been down there (this is what leads Cassie into being tricked to deactivate the security nodes in the first place)
Cassie and the now newly cured animatronics (minus Roxy since she got shutdown ///rebooted///) run into the malfunctioning Glamrock Freddy before they are able to get to Gregory - they have to essentially decapacitate him somehow,since he now has all their upgrades after Gregory's run! (By disconnecting his head from his body)
Moon and Cassie are the ones to progress while the others take Freddy back to the main plex above ground.
They finally run into Gregory and the Mimic, who has now managed to escape from where it was confined and has been trying to kill Gregory!
Roxy to the rescue! Like she does in the cutscene in RUIN, she manages to hold the mimic back long enough for the others to escape, even as broken and blind as she is from the events of the previous run. Moon meanwhile takes the lead and tries to get the kids out of there!!!
Also various endings like the RUIN DLC, true ending being that they manage to get out safely and reunite with the others, but only manage to temporarily contain the mimic once again, so he's still a looming threat or whatever yadda yadda yadda xp
DLC Game -Bonus Content Post Game
Play as Vanessa!
She comes back to try to figure out a more permanent solution for dealing with the mimic.
Some Vanny memories revealed during the Cassie run are re-contexualized through her eyes as we play post-game as her.
Fixing the animatronics!
The mystery of glamrock bonnie is solved (Greg and Cassie tag along for this!)
We see some of Cassie's struggles with the bare bone beginnings of the glitchtrap virus.
Sun/Moon have a deep distrust with Vanessa.
More DJ being a chill guy just because I think he's (terrifying) neat <3
Biggest Change -The Daycare Attendants.
Sun is an ally for only one (Cassie) of the two player modes! (Sorry Greg)
Main game mechanic for Sun would be to help us get into normally unreachable (high) places like vents via Moon's wire, since Cassie would not have access to security clearances like Gregory did before her run. The gameplay changes for Cassie's Run in using alternative routes to get around the pizzaplex, however Moon/Sun's wire would not be available around the entire non-backstage/warehouse/employees only areas of the plex (like the main atrium for example)
Additional gameplay would include fixing electrical circuits/electric breakers (broken by the tiny music man that scuttle around in the vents) under a certain time limit to prevent Moon from coming out to hunt you down
Can't bring Sun into certain areas that perpetually remain "too dim" until we cure Moon from the Vanny Malware before the climax/ending of the game.
Sun/Moon would be more direct metaphors of Fiona/Edwin in the game leading into their reveal for Secret of the Mimic (if I had it my way lol)
Mmmm I'm tired so that's pretty much the ideas for now. They'd definitely all be getting some kind of redesigns though they probably wouldn't be too far from the canon designs, I'd probably just end up giving the glamrocks more makeup & actual clothes (or at least give Freddy some pants lmaoo)
For sun and moon, I'd probably try to lean harder into the theater/jester theme they have going on.
For nooooow that's pretty much it for the setup of the actual AU until I can come up with an actual name
Good news ✨
I have a name for this AU now, I'm calling it
"Dolour"
noun. (poetry) painful grief
A lot of things were no longer the same in the plex post Foxy being "retired" and Bonnie going missing, made all the worse when the Vanny Virus took hold of nearly every animatronics' system. The AU is pretty Sun-centric as it focuses on his feelings of grief and isolation throughout these events especially during and after the time of the virus that lent to him feeling incredibly isolated from both Moon and the other remaining animatronics. He misses moving in harmony with Moon's program the way they used to when both front to form Eclipse.
So basically everybody's got trauma, but Sun gets more attention bc we really did not get enough of him in the game (and also I love him)
Also, PolyPlex shipping (including Bonnie, DJMM, & my SB Foxy) bc why not. Though everyone in the poly has different dynamics with each other, and how those dynamics changed over time. Maybe I should make a ship dynamics chart for them all lol
Working on posting my redesigns soon ✨
Will be tagged as #sbdolourau (security breach dolour au), not sure how far I'll actually get with the actual story and art for it lol
