Agony Arena: Difference between revisions

On October 29th, a [https://youtu.be/6B_ylKcePfc YouTube video] was posted in which Francis got on camera and was interviewed about his game.<ref name=":1">[https://kiwifarms.st/threads/francis-joseph-benditt-iv-fallenchungus-datsmojo-mojo-thatsmojo-agony-arena-dunkbunko-datsactuallymojo-noircaveat.196329/page-50#post-19691216 https://kiwifarms.st/threads/196329/page-50#post-19691216]</ref> The interview itself and the build shown was on the 19th. In the video, he stated a TDM mode was planned, but was not meant to replace the base FFA mode. He also stated interest in adding a "build mode" due to another Battlegrounds game adding it, a ''Pillar Chase 2'' inspired mode, and said his ultimate goal was for it to be an "everything game." The business model was to have new characters locked behind the paid game pass, which would be available for free on weekends and then forever once enough time had passed since their introduction. An official [sic] collaboration character from the game ''Pressure'' was also announced. Being the [[Francis and Gooning|tranny chaser]] he is, Francis included wave dashing as a movement option in a bid to attract as many stinkditchers to his game as possible.

According to dev testimonials, Francis' only real contribution to the project was his 2D art. The only other thing he did was write movesets, seethe at his [[Kiwifarms|'Farms]] thread, and add and remove characters from the roster, confusing and delaying the rest of the team.<ref name=":2">[https://kiwifarms.net/threads/francis-joseph-benditt-iv-fallenchungus-datsmojo-mojo-thatsmojo-agony-arena-dunkbunko-datsactuallymojo-noircaveat.196329/post-21107729 https://kiwifarms.net/threads/196329/post-21107729]</ref> Much of his communications with the team consisted of them trying and failing to give him [[Advice]], as well as talking him out of [['Baiting|suicide]] at least once. Francis would ignore all feedback unless heavily pressured by the team. The team would work in his absence whenever he was having a sperg meltdown (ie, all the time). There was common frustration about Francis underpaying or not paying the team at all.<ref name=":3">[https://kiwifarms.net/threads/francis-joseph-benditt-iv-fallenchungus-datsmojo-mojo-thatsmojo-agony-arena-dunkbunko-datsactuallymojo-noircaveat.196329/post-21109176 https://kiwifarms.net/threads/196329/post-21109176]</ref> [[Zach]] states that he paid some of the devs out of pocket, and that only one person was ever paid by [[Francis Joseph Benditt IV|Francis]].<ref>[https://kiwifarms.net/threads/francis-joseph-benditt-iv-fallenchungus-datsmojo-mojo-thatsmojo-agony-arena-dunkbunko-datsactuallymojo-noircaveat.196329/post-21107434 https://kiwifarms.net/threads/196329/post-21107434]</ref><ref>[https://kiwifarms.net/threads/francis-joseph-benditt-iv-fallenchungus-datsmojo-mojo-thatsmojo-agony-arena-dunkbunko-datsactuallymojo-noircaveat.196329/post-21109657 https://kiwifarms.net/threads/196329/post-21109657]</ref><ref name=":4">[https://kiwifarms.net/threads/francis-joseph-benditt-iv-fallenchungus-datsmojo-mojo-thatsmojo-agony-arena-dunkbunko-datsactuallymojo-noircaveat.196329/post-19735633 https://kiwifarms.net/threads/196329/post-19735633]</ref>

|[[Zach|Zach / Fallenchungus' Wrangler]]

|Artist, Tard Wrangler<ref name=":2" />

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|Crimsickle / Crim / Datsclungo?

|(Unknown)

|Programmer<ref>[https://kiwifarms.net/threads/francis-joseph-benditt-iv-fallenchungus-datsmojo-mojo-thatsmojo-agony-arena-dunkbunko-datsactuallymojo-noircaveat.196329/post-21111654 https://kiwifarms.net/threads/196329/post-21111654]</ref>

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== Trivia ==

* One of the terms of the "deal" with [[Liquidchungus|LiquidChungus]] was that he would use the original FallenChungus account to advertise Agony Arena. This never happened because the game never came out.<ref>[https://kiwifarms.net/threads/francis-joseph-benditt-iv-fallenchungus-datsmojo-mojo-thatsmojo-agony-arena-dunkbunko-datsactuallymojo-noircaveat.196329/post-20063435 https://kiwifarms.net/threads/196329/post-20063435]</ref>

* The Agony Arena page on the original FallenChungus Wiki was written by AI and contained almost no useful information about the game. View an archive of the page [https://web.archive.org/web/20250212162308/https://fallenchungus.fandom.com/wiki/Agony_Arena here].

* A .rbxl project file for the game dated 9/12 can be found [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hYkCUpldwaR7yGeCvXoKxg6WQDNiKcsK/view here]. (Offsite archive forthcoming)