On November 24th, Kawai Sprite uploaded the main menu track for the game, 'Gettin' Freaky' to YouTube (shown below) followed by the rest of the OST on later dates to a playlist titled 'Friday Night Funkin' OST.' On November 15th, Newgrounds posted a teaser for the game to YouTube, garnering over 934,000 views in just over a month. ( PhantomArcade3K & evilsk8r doin art, kawaisprite doin music) /5YYMDSLo9v- ninja_muffin99🆖 (ninja_muffin99) October 5, 2020

The game was ultimately awarded 314th place overall, taking 15th place in the audio category specifically.īeen programming since Friday, rhythm game WIP In the comments section, ninja_muffin99 confirmed that the game would be available for free on Newgrounds, and that it started as a 'weekend project for the Ludum Dare game jam.' Later that day, ninja_muffin99 tweeted a link to download and play the game on itch.io, where you can also download the game's full source code, as well as a link to vote for it in the Ludum Dare competition.

The post received over 7,000 likes and 1,500 retweets in just under 3 months, with many commenters expressing excitement over the project. On October 5th, 2020, programmer ninja_muffin99 tweeted a short preview of Friday Night Funkin' for the first time, saying, 'been programming since Friday, rhythm game WIP & evilsk8r doing art, doing music)' (shown below).

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