“In space, no one can hear you get jumpscared!”
— Tagline, April Fool's teaser
FNaF 57: Freddy in Space is one of the minigames introduced in Update 2 of FNaF World. In it, the player takes control of Freddy Fazbear in a side-scrolling space shooter. The game is a play on the Metroidvania genre which are, for the most part, side scrolling platforming games with an emphasis on exploration, backtracking, and obtaining power-ups to progress.
Weapon upgrades in this game appear as Chica's Cupcake. There are 9 total and each will make Freddy's blaster more powerful, shoot quicker, and have longer reach. The locations are shown in the gallery below:
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The blaster with no upgrades.
Cupcake 1.
The blaster with one upgrade.
Cupcake 2 (Warning Fake Wall).
The blaster with two upgrades.
Enter this hallway to find Cupcake 3.
Cupcake 3.
The blaster with three upgrades.
Take this path to find Cupcake 4.
Cupcake 4.
The blaster with four upgrades.
There is a fake wall here that leads to Cupcake 5.
Cupcake 5.
The blaster with five upgrades.
When backtracking after getting the Jump upgrade, travel left here to find Cupcake 6.
Cupcake 6.
The blaster with six upgrades.
Return to the beginning of the game after getting the Jump upgrade to find Cupcake 7 above.
Cupcake 7.
The blaster with seven upgrades.
A fake wall here leads to Cupcake 8.
Cupcake 8.
The blaster with eight upgrades.
The final Cupcake is hidden behind a fake wall after the warp to Scott's Hideout.
The blaster with all upgrades.
Enemies
Wind-up Mouse
Level: 1
Contact damage: 5 hearts
Health: 6
This enemy crawls back and forth across the floor, only damaging the player upon touch. Its body resembles a metallic wind-up toy animal. It has two legs and two horns on the top of its head. There appear to be black speakers on either side of its head.
Large Robot
Level: 1
Contact damage: 10 hearts
Projectile damage: 3 hearts
Health: 8
This enemy stands in one place and shoots in a straight line to the left or the right, depending on the player's place in relation to it. It has large green eyes and its body consists of 4 light-up disks, two of which rotate. It has very large feet and hands and is mostly composed of rotating light-up disks. Originated from The Desolate Hope's sub-games and the animation.
This enemy has a much larger chance of giving hearts upon death compared to the other enemies, likely due to its relatively large health.
Laser
Level: 1
Projectile damage: 3 hearts
Health: Invincible
This enemy stays on the ceiling and shoots lasers straight down at a constant rate. It is the only enemy who cannot be killed.
Security Camera
Level: 1 and 3
Contact damage: 5 hearts
Projectile damage: 3 hearts
Health: 3
The security camera hangs from the ceiling and shoots lasers diagonally, depending on the player's position. It appears to have two wires hanging down from it.
Flan-like Enemy
Level: 2
Contact damage: 5 hearts
Projectile damage: 3 hearts
Health: 4
This enemy continuously shoots to the left. It has black eyes with yellow pupils and overall bears a similar appearance to that of Flan, Rot, and Seaweed.
Blob
Level: 2
Contact damage: 5 hearts
Health: 4
This enemy flies around the room and bounces off walls. Its appearance consists of multiple congealed spheres which change color between pink and blue.
Tentacle
Level: 2
Contact damage: 10 hearts
Health: 7
This enemy stays in one spot and can only hurt the player upon contact, as it does not fire projectiles. As such, killing this enemy is rather easy as you simply have to stay away from it. The tentacle also generally has a large heart payout.
Laser
Level: 3
Contact damage: 5 hearts
Projectile damage: 3 hearts
Health: 11
This enemy flies around the room and shoots lasers straight down at a constant rate.
This boss stays at the right of the screen and shoots lasers from the top and bottom of his body.
Rewards
Characters the player unlocks will be rewarded depending on how many weapon upgrades (presented in-game as cupcakes) they have collected. If the player manages to beat the game without collecting any cupcakes, the player will unlock Coffee. If the player collects all weapon upgrades, Purpleguy will be unlocked instead. Completing the game under any other circumstances will award Jack-O-Bonnie.
Gallery
Gameplay
Scott's icon while talking, animated.
Scott's Head taking damage.
Scott's Head defeated.
The cupcake power-up.
The heart from the life counter.
Freddy's walking animation, animated.
Freddy's jumping animation, animated.
Freddy's idle animation, animated.
The attacks that appear when upgrades are collected, animated.
The "Jump" boost, animated.
The background in Level 1.
Rocks on the floor of Level 1.
Rocks that appear on the ceiling in Level 1.
The backgrounds of the title screen and parts of Level 1.
The background for parts of Level 1.
A bubble from Level 2, animated.
Ground of Level 2.
Some wires that appear in Level 3.
Background of Level 3.
Ground of Level 3.
Fan of Ground 3, animated.
Miscellaneous
The April Fool's teaser for FNaF 57.
The kitten with a space helmet that appears in the game (from the game Kitty in the Crowd).
The static effect that appears over Scott's Head's talking animation.
Trivia
FNaF 57 is a reference to Smosh Games' Undertale video. In the video they say "At least until they ruin everything by making 47 sequels. Looking at you, Cawthon!"
FNaF 57: Freddy in Space was previously teased on Scottgames.com as an April Fool's joke.
At the beginning of the minigame, if the player stands idle for some time, the cat from the April Fools teaser (along with Foxy.EXE) can be seen outside, wearing a space helmet.
The screen that shows after the player fails the minigame and die, animated.
The minigame is heavily based off Scott's previous game The Desolate Hope, even down to the controls. The game also appears to draw influence from the Metroid series of games from Nintendo, even down to using a similar dying animation.
In the April Fools teaser, the release date was in the year 2031, however, in the actual minigame, Scott's Head says that it was not set to be released until 2030.
This is likely due to the running gag that Scott is not very good at releasing products on time with the initially planned release date.
Regardless of the date, the fact that FNaF 57 would have been released by the year 2031 would implies Scott would have made an average of 3.53 FNaF games a year for fifteen years. This is a play off of Cawthon's aggressive release cycle of the core Five Nights at Freddy's games where the first four games were all released within one year.
It could also be a play off of the fact that Scott said he wouldn't make a "Five Nights at Freddy's 5".
When the player is about to enter the underwater portion of the level, Scott makes a remark about FNaF 58: Poopets in Space. This is likely a reference to the popular YouTuber Dawko who calls the Marionette "The Poopet". This may also refer to a lesser-known YouTuber, also known for mainly Five Nights at Freddy's games, known as TheGameSalmon. Said YouTuber does NOT, however, always refer to Puppet-like entities as "Poopets", however...
Scott's Head refers to multiple "planned" sequels to FNaF 57.
"FNaF 58: Poopets in Space" is a reference to the Youtuber "Dawko", who would pronounce Puppet as "Poopet". Scott also donated to said Youtuber's charity livestream under the name "Poopet's Revenge".
Coincidentally, FNaF World and Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice are similar in reception as both were hyped and poorly received. It's likely Scott knows Dawn of Justice.
Scott mentioned he will starts a cinematic universe with this game, while it is not exactly true, a year later, the Five Nights at Freddy's film started production.
