Week 1: Daddy Dearest
Week 1, titled Daddy Dearest, is the first week and second level overall in Friday Night Funkin'. It was partially released on the 5th of October, 2020, with the Ludum Dare prototype, and then fully released on the 1st of November, 2020, with the Newgrounds release of the game.
Overview
Opponent
Boyfriend faces off against Daddy Dearest, the ex-rockstar father of Girlfriend.
Location
Week 1 takes place on the Main Stage.[1] This location is inside of a concert hall[2] with a bare semi-circular theater stage. The stage consists of brown wooden flooring, large red curtains with small purple frills at the top, floor stage lights, and a dark purple brick wall.
Remixed Visuals
During ERECT mode and player character remixes, the songs now take place backstage with the characters rapping behind the curtain; a spotlight beams on the stage. A large cheering crowd now fills up the concert hall. New lighting is also applied to characters; Daddy Dearest and supporting character have their normal colors slightly dimmed and take on a darker hue due to being behind the curtain, while the player character is illuminated by the spotlight and takes on a brighter hue.
Unique Effects
After a set of notes for Boyfriend is finished, he will always strike a V-sign pose unless the player misses during the animation. This only applies to the first track, as well as Tutorial, which shares the same location.
Tracks
Trivia
- Week 1 is the first week in the game that's named after its opponent, the second being Pico, and the third being Tankman.
- Before version 0.2.1, Tutorial was part of Week 1's track lineup. Until it was separated, this made Week 1 the longest week in the game with 4 songs.
- Due to this, Week 1 is the only week in the game to share a background.
- Within the game files, an image of a stage light exists that likely would have been part of this week's background but went unused for unknown reasons.
- Tankman mentions this week in one of his Game Over phrases.
- The unused song Test takes place in the same location as Week 1.
- The special visuals for the remixed versions of Week 1, including ERECT mode and the Pico remixes, were showcased during the playable Pico teaser.
- The remixed version of the stage features a guitar case with the flags of Argentina, Venezuela and Japan; countries that Daddy Dearest visited during his tours. A sticker of Yoshi and Meat Boy is also present on the guitar case.
- PhantomArcade drew the remixed version of the stage during a Twitch stream titled "FNF drawin while watchin Evo. Straight Chillin"; in the stream he says that the background is for the options menu as to not spoil the surprise.[3]
- During a stream on Twitch titled "FNF Playable Pico Asset Review – Psychos Welcome", PhantomArcade showed that the remixed version of Week 1's background was originally going to include a big blob-like character wearing a top hat standing among the crowd, but he ended up not making the final cut. PhantomArcade jokingly stated that the reason the character wasn't included was because the developers focus-tested the background with an audience of 5–12-year-olds, but most of them hated the character and called him anti-gay insults.[4]
Gallery
Unused light sprite, likely intended for the background of the stage.
The original sketch outline of the stage.
The unused big blob-like character that was originally going to stand among the crowd in the remixed version of Week 1's background.
