Phonicthings (video game)

Phonicthings is a horror video game disguised as a cute children's interactive game created by GamingGames1991 in March 2nd, 2021 on Scratch. Many other versions were planned, but were cancelled.

On October 18th, 2021, the game was removed on Scratch by the creator of the game, but the game is still available on Internet Archive.

Japanese
Phonicthingsは3年以上の楽しい教育ゲームです！このゲームでは、不足している文字を正しい単語として入力するように指示されます. アラン・ザ・アップル、ブリジット・ザ・バブル、コートニー・ザ・カーなど、フォニックシングスと呼ばれる26のかわいいキャラクターが登場します！

English
Phonicthings is a fun educational game for 3 years and over! This game tells you to type in the missing letter for the correct word. Features 26 cute characters called the Phonicthings, like Alan the Apple, Bridget the Bubble and Courtney the Car!

Gameplay
You need to type in the missing letter for the word. If you type in the correct answer, you are rewarded with an animation of the correct letter that you typed in.

Example: The missing letter for the word "_ob" is "j".

First build
ObectShowFan69 on Discord sent an early build to finnkitediscord and Gjpenn AUTTP on February 15th, 2021.

On March 11th, 2021 at 7:58 PM, Super Eight Logan VGCP leaked an early prototype build. It can be downloaded here: https://mega.nz/file/GxpiQR7S#MP1OOm9TFM90g1My0U13_ror3DKGW5CKidZtQH5FjXs

Differences

 * The game starts off with a blue Nintendo logo. This was removed in the final version due to Phonicthings not being owned by Nintendo.
 * The game is entirely in English, while

Trivia

 * This is the first game to be made by GamingGames1991.
 * It is also the first horror game to be made by GamingGames1991.

Cultural references

 * The endgame screen is from Sonic.exe.
 * The line "H WQ HT ROEE" is from Catastrophe Crow.
 * The title screen's music is an instrumental version of the Between the Lions theme.
 * While the dead bodies of Fifi the Furry Thing, Olly the Octopus, Maxine the Fox, Jerry the Jam, Bridget the Bubble, Alan the Apple and Thaxter the Thermometer were shown, a song named "9999999SPOOKY9999999ME" was playing, which is also from Sonic.exe.
 * When Izzy the Ink roars at Nasir the Newspaper and Holly the Helicopter, a scream from Godzilla is used.

Continuity references

 * BFDI-styled United States's scream is reused from bfdi styled usa dies.