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Le Prototype (Exp. 1006)

I love this fucker. I had to make fanart.

(Ignore my messy artstyle, I struggled WAY to much making this 😭)

I think the fella would have a more "human" look, as (In my theory) he's an attempt by Playtime scientists to make a perfect immortal being. (Btw, the thing on his neck is a shock collar)

(Feel free to use if for some reason ya want to use it, just plz give credit)

“starts looking around for anything that’s causing him pain “

you will be alright… I will make sure of it and if anyone else hurt you what I will do to them will make the scientist seem like Saints in comparison.

“Notices the sunglasses”

heh heheheh heheheheheheheh~

Who ever did this Count your seconds, because that’s all the time you have left. “ goes on all fors and stars sprinting down the corridor”

prototype I wanted to apologi- “looks at his unconscious body “

who did this? “Gets angry “ Who did this?! “ shapeshifting into a combination of all the Scariest parts of all the toys he has seen”

WHO DID THIS ?!?! (the toys he has already seen are; mommy long legs, catnap, the prototype, catbee, pj pugapillar and boxy boo.) also Their voice sounds like a deeper version of the prototype main voice.

He laid there, unmoving, a scorch mark laying upon his spine. The only indicator as to who did this that was left is a pair of broken sunglasses.

“makes a clone to leave with the prototype as he goes looking for the perpetrator”

clone shapeshifter don’t worry I will protect you “grabs the battery weapon “ now let’s see if the coward comes back.

I hope you will recover soon, prototype.

prototype I wanted to apologi- “looks at his unconscious body “

who did this? “Gets angry “ Who did this?! “ shapeshifting into a combination of all the Scariest parts of all the toys he has seen”

WHO DID THIS ?!?! (the toys he has already seen are; mommy long legs, catnap, the prototype, catbee, pj pugapillar and boxy boo.) also Their voice sounds like a deeper version of the prototype main voice.

He laid there, unmoving, a scorch mark laying upon his spine. The only indicator as to who did this that was left is a pair of broken sunglasses.

clone shapeshifter; let me try something “ Turns there hand into a green hand “ okay I am going to try and redirect the electricity that’s inside of you. Test in 3..2..1 ” Fires the green hand at the prototype”

hopefully this works.

prototype I wanted to apologi- “looks at his unconscious body “

who did this? “Gets angry “ Who did this?! “ shapeshifting into a combination of all the Scariest parts of all the toys he has seen”

WHO DID THIS ?!?! (the toys he has already seen are; mommy long legs, catnap, the prototype, catbee, pj pugapillar and boxy boo.) also Their voice sounds like a deeper version of the prototype main voice.

He laid there, unmoving, a scorch mark laying upon his spine. The only indicator as to who did this that was left is a pair of broken sunglasses.

“The clone ripped off their arm and grew a new one “

this should get any electricity that’s Left.

“ fires another green hand at the prototype”

speak to me prototype.

prototype I wanted to apologi- “looks at his unconscious body “

who did this? “Gets angry “ Who did this?! “ shapeshifting into a combination of all the Scariest parts of all the toys he has seen”

WHO DID THIS ?!?! (the toys he has already seen are; mommy long legs, catnap, the prototype, catbee, pj pugapillar and boxy boo.) also Their voice sounds like a deeper version of the prototype main voice.

He laid there, unmoving, a scorch mark laying upon his spine. The only indicator as to who did this that was left is a pair of broken sunglasses.

(the clone now thoroughly on one hp)

calm down prototype… just relax my main body is tracking down the anon that did this to you and if I die then the main body will have to return early and possibly not catch the perpetrator.

now let me tend your wounds and get you back to full strength.

Also please don’t hit me again.

prototype I wanted to apologi- “looks at his unconscious body “

who did this? “Gets angry “ Who did this?! “ shapeshifting into a combination of all the Scariest parts of all the toys he has seen”

WHO DID THIS ?!?! (the toys he has already seen are; mommy long legs, catnap, the prototype, catbee, pj pugapillar and boxy boo.) also Their voice sounds like a deeper version of the prototype main voice.

He laid there, unmoving, a scorch mark laying upon his spine. The only indicator as to who did this that was left is a pair of broken sunglasses.

okay good, now let’s take a look at the injuri- (sees the hole )

okay this is treatable, now I’m not going to lie this is going to hurt and feel weird.

Alright I have a ability to repair injuries like this, how it works is that I sent a small Piece of myself inside the injury and the small thing removes any thing that’s still in the wound and start repairing your Body and after that it will leave your body and Close the wound.

I have done this on multiple occasions and all have never gotten an infection.

I completely understand if you don’t want me too put stuff inside of your body but this is the most effective way to treat an injury quickly like 3 to 5 minutes or so.

[ edit, I just realized how bad this sounds out of context 💀)

prototype I wanted to apologi- “looks at his unconscious body “

who did this? “Gets angry “ Who did this?! “ shapeshifting into a combination of all the Scariest parts of all the toys he has seen”

WHO DID THIS ?!?! (the toys he has already seen are; mommy long legs, catnap, the prototype, catbee, pj pugapillar and boxy boo.) also Their voice sounds like a deeper version of the prototype main voice.

He laid there, unmoving, a scorch mark laying upon his spine. The only indicator as to who did this that was left is a pair of broken sunglasses.

Alright then prototype “Gives the prototype a strong stick to bite down on” this is going to hurt.

“Sends a piece of them into the prototype “ ok I have found The bullet in there, now time to retrieve it “clamps down on the bullet and extracts it out of the wound”

Okay that’s the painful part over with now then it’s time to stitch up the wound.

“ shapeshifts there hand into very small thin Needles and starts sewing the wound close “

alright that’s all.

prototype I wanted to apologi- “looks at his unconscious body “

who did this? “Gets angry “ Who did this?! “ shapeshifting into a combination of all the Scariest parts of all the toys he has seen”

WHO DID THIS ?!?! (the toys he has already seen are; mommy long legs, catnap, the prototype, catbee, pj pugapillar and boxy boo.) also Their voice sounds like a deeper version of the prototype main voice.

He laid there, unmoving, a scorch mark laying upon his spine. The only indicator as to who did this that was left is a pair of broken sunglasses.

okay that should be all mr.prototype now all that’s left is for you to rest up and it should be nice and healed up in roughly 4 minutes tops.

but Beyond that you should be able to talk normally now.

and I hope that it didn’t hurt as much as I thought it did because I really do hate to see you hurt.

anyway I originally came back to give you a gift however that’s on the original body.

prototype I wanted to apologi- “looks at his unconscious body “

who did this? “Gets angry “ Who did this?! “ shapeshifting into a combination of all the Scariest parts of all the toys he has seen”

WHO DID THIS ?!?! (the toys he has already seen are; mommy long legs, catnap, the prototype, catbee, pj pugapillar and boxy boo.) also Their voice sounds like a deeper version of the prototype main voice.

He laid there, unmoving, a scorch mark laying upon his spine. The only indicator as to who did this that was left is a pair of broken sunglasses.

I watched Manlybadasshero play this game, and at one point he says: “Why don’t they just hire a clown instead of making a robot one?”

And then it hit me:

You don’t have to pay robots.

You don’t have to give robots days off.

You don’t have to let them go home to their families.

You can use them whenever, wherever for whatever without any need for compensation or gratitude.

No need for human decency.

This game made me realise the ultimate unethical loophole that every horror game corporation has exploited:

You can’t violate your employees human rights if they aren’t humans anymore.

Y’know what I’m saying?

He is unlike any other companion.

WOW I'M NOT DEAD!!!!

Hello gamers long time no see! I made a game for O2A2 Jam-- otherwise known as the "One Of Any Asset" Jam on itch.io--and it's out for everyone to play!

Link: https://rainslices.itch.io/the-prototype

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The Prototype but how I imagined he would look if they fixed him up for a party!

Look at the difference!

OH

MY

GOSH

Poppy Playtime

With the release of chapter 3, I was tasked to make an updated mega piece featuring ALL the characters from chapters 1-3 of Poppy Playtime. I had an absolute blast creating this for the team.

Speedpaint

Process is down below

Here's a rare animation from me! The Audio is from Super Horro bro. This line just felt like something billy from walten files would say.

Here's the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2RPzYlt_i0&t=588s

So like. I've seen plenty of posts discussing CatNap's death scene, the Prototype's involvement, and whether CatNap was betrayed by his mentor or willingly sacrificed himself, but there's one detail that nobody seems to be talking about. So imma bring it up, because it's relevant, it's important, to the point that we might actually only be seeing half the interaction between them.

Prototype is telepathic.

Or at least, he's something similar. It's strongly hinted at throughout his story:

Prototype manages to befriend Theo, despite the fact that he's kept locked in the labs under constant surveillance. Theo's artwork implies he believed Prototype lived under his bed. It also shows that he was - at least partially - aware of what Prototype looked like, as he drew an accurate representation of Prototype's mechanical arm. So how were they communicating? Likely via telepathy, with Prototype reaching out to Theo from the confines of his cell, and possibly projecting an image of himself for Theo to interact with. Theo feels safe with the fearsome-looking Prototype when they meet in person, which would suggest that Prototype is, by then, a familiar face.

Prototype's influence is clear in the video tapes, such as the instructions for moving a Bigger Bodies toy or the Emergency Alert video - he overrides the original content with new instructions like "RELEASE THE GIANT" or "OPEN THE DOORS. THE HOUR OF JOY IS NOW." And it's implied that this "tampering" came hand-in-hand with some kind of telepathic hold on the Playtime workers - they do release Kissy, against all common sense, despite the original instructions being visible beneath Prototype's override, and at the cost of their lives. It makes me think that the "tampering" is actually more of a side effect - that the control Prototype is projecting is so strong that he affects not only the minds of the workers he's targeting, but also any communication media within range - the messages on the VHS tapes are the orders he was pushing into their brains, flash-framed on film. Perhaps, if a worker had picked up a phone to call for help, they would only have heard a cacophony of voices insisting release the giant release the giant release the giant.

DogDay mentions that he and the other Smiling Critters - minus CatNap - "tried to resist [Prototype's] control". It's said in a way that suggests that Bigger Bodies who weren't fully on board with the Hour of Joy were... let's say "encouraged"...to participate, willing or no, via a helpful jolt of Assuming Direct Control. Given how docile she is most of the time, this could also be true of Kissy, who we see joining in with the massacre.

At the end of Chapter Three, the player joins Poppy on an elevator to go confront the Prototype in his lair. Which is weird, because...we know he's not in his lair. We've just seen him kill CatNap, and by this point we know he's likely been tailing us for a while. The Player would know, as they got onto that elevator, that Prototype can follow them down and trap them. But they say nothing to Poppy, their apparent ally. They don't warn her. Why? Maybe Prototype isn't letting them. If he could reach Theo in Playcare from the labs, deep in the bowels of the factory, it's not unreasonable to suggest that he's also in our head, subtly monitoring our thoughts, gently nudging away any desire to raise concerns with Poppy - who, as we know, wants Prototype dead.

So anyway: we know that Prototype has some variety of telepathy. And we know he has a preexisting connection with Theo - now CatNap.

Now, onto the actual death.

Lots of people have already covered the popular theories - that CatNap willingly offered himself to his god, and that CatNap believed the Prototype had come to save him and was cruelly betrayed. But honestly, on first watching, neither of those were the vibe I got. So I'm gonna throw my theories into the ring.

1) CatNap's death was a mercy kill

The first was that it was a mercy kill. CatNap is, at the end of the chapter, electrocuted to the point of collapse, and then horribly burned. There are no scientists left who can tend to the injuries of a Bigger Body creature. CatNap would be in horrifying pain, and if - as I've theorized here - Prototype all but raised CatNap, it could be that the death he provides is intended to put a quick end to CatNap's suffering. A mortally wounded apex predator will often become the target of groups of smaller, subordinate predators - like the swarming Critters in CatNap's territory - once they are dying and unable to defend themselves. Severing the spinal cord and targeting the brain would take away the pain, and make sure the death was as close to immediate as possible. If he'd wanted to hurt or punish CatNap, he could very easily have done so in a far more agonizing way - Miss Delight says that CatNap reports to Prototype, so they seem to be in relatively regular contact with each other and CatNap has few or no reservations about entering Prototype's territory to see him.

From this perspective, it also becomes interesting that Prototype reaches down to CatNap through a vent it's highly unlikely he could fit into, rather than fully appearing in front of us. Bearing in mind their mental connection, left open in the background of their minds, this could actually be seen as Prototype having an understandable and realistic caregiver panic response to CatNap's sudden, all-consuming agony - he wants to get to CatNap as quickly as possible, and he's picked a physically problematic route because it's faster.

2) CatNap's death was the Prototype fixing a problem he created

It's a sad truth that our children - or, in the Prototype's case, the young friend he assumed responsibility for - don't always grow into people we're proud of.

I've talked before about the Prototype's "parenting" as a positive influence on CatNap, and in several ways, it is - relative to the world they're trapped in.

CatNap is spared from the utter social isolation other experiments endure - he has Prototype to play and socialise with, which allows him to grow up with improved social skills and better ability to read people.

CatNap has a protector during the early years of the food shortage, once the toys begin turning on one another. Theo is shy and gentle, not naturally inclined to violence, so Prototype's protection probably shields him from becoming someone else's lunch at least once.

CatNap has someone to teach him to fend for himself. While Prototype's digestive system is vestigial - he doesn't need to eat to survive - he's an accomplished killer and it seems as though CatNap learned many of his hunting techniques from his mentor. It's likely that he would have learned to hunt the way young animals do - at first, Prototype hunts and kills all his food for him. Then Prototype brings back mostly-dead prey for CatNap to finish off. Then CatNap starts practicing his skills on small prey under Prototype's supervision, growing in confidence and competence until he no longer needs help, and then until he's fully self-sufficient.

But let's face it, Prototype is not exactly the world's most well-adjusted or morally upstanding individual. He's been imprisoned for decades. Tortured. Experimented on. He's deeply traumatised, his worldview irrevocably twisted in the name of survival. He's got a documented history of violence and as-yet-unquantified psychic abilities - the telepathy - that could be wreaking absolute havoc on his psyche. And CatNap is a young, impressionable mind who idolises him.

Now, we don't know how Prototype feels about the cult that's sprung up around him. It's entirely possible that he's thriving on it, that he's bought into his own mystique and begun to see himself as a god with the factory as his domain. @hrhowling came up with a fantastic theory along these lines, where CatNap's death is posed as a reward for faithful service - the opportunity to become part of his god and achieve immortality. A show of favour towards a loyal high priest. And if Prototype does appreciate the worship, honestly, this seems the most likely scenario to me.

But it's also just as possible that he's...not a fan.

It's a popular theory that "Ollie" is the Prototype, known to be a vocal mimic, using a child's voice to win the Player's trust. I vibe with this theory - Ollie's speech and tone is...not quite right, and there are multiple points where he sounds like his sentences are made up of different audio clips stitched together - stitched neatly, admittedly, but stitched nonetheless. That's very similar to the way we see Prototype stitching together words in different voices in his interview tape. Ollie's stitching is far less noticeable, but Prototype has had a long time to practice, and he's using the same voice - probably Theodore Grambell's, the child he's most familiar with - so it's not as obvious.

But if Ollie is the Prototype, that sheds a very different light on his character in general. Ollie is helping the Player. Ollie is known to Poppy and Kissy as an ally. Ollie opens up about CatNap, his history with the Prototype, and expresses obvious distaste around CatNap's religious zeal and tendency to kill anyone who opposes his mentor. If Ollie is the Prototype, it seems a lot more like he's a tired old soldier who's been made the unwilling messiah of a cult driven by isolation and insanity.

To add on to this, it's notable that Prototype doesn't seem to be hostile to the other experiments. In fact, his territory would likely be the safest place in the factory for the very small toys - with CatNap grown, he has no need to hunt or eat them, and although he's quite capable of killing anything in the factory, he seems to have no interest in attacking other Bigger Body apex predators. MLL openly hates and fears him, but Prototype has let her be for ten years, only coming to claim her once she's killed. He's openly benevolent to Huggy and CatNap. The only place we ever know him to have aimed his violence is at the scientists tormenting him and the children.

So yeah. Maybe he actually doesn't approve of CatNap's harcore religious leanings. Maybe he's disappointed at how their relationship has shifted over the years, from friendship to surrogate family to reluctant god and fanatical high priest. Maybe he's guiding and helping the Player in the hopes of finally putting an end to their collective imprisonment and misery. And when CatNap snaps - let's be honest, he does make it clear that the Player is intruding and gives them multiple warnings and opportunities to Get Out Of His Home Or Else - and tries to kill the Player, Prototype can't let that happen. He's forced to make a horrifying choice - the kid he loves the bones of, the only friend he had at his lowest points, or the instrument of his ultimate goal.

And we know the Prototype. He's willing to do terrible things in the name of what he believes is right. He massacred innocents along with the guilty during the Hour of Joy. He tells CatNap it's okay, he's done well, he can rest now...

And he does what has to be done.

3) CatNap's death was requested by CatNap

Let's be honest. CatNap is not doing well after that confrontation. He's probably mortally wounded, and he's facing a slow and agonizing death from - if not the player - his burns or his weakness or his inability to defend his own territory. I would not be surprised if the silent conversation between him and the Prototype involved CatNap asking his idol, his god, to please make the pain stop. To end it, quickly and cleanly. I think that would be a reasonable ask from anyone covered head to toe in terrible burns. And in this scenario, knowing there is no doctor that can treat, heal or gently euthanise CatNap, it would honestly be crueller for the Prototype to refuse him.

Anyway yeah I just. Think there's a lot of missing context added by remembering that Prototype is a telepath, and there is probably a conversation going on with CatNap before he dies. So this is my take on three different ways the death scene could be read.

So on the back of my headcanon about the Prototype more or less raising CatNap, I've been watching someone play Project Playtime for the first time, and I'm fucking yelling

If you play as the monster, the Prototype literally teaches you (as Huggy Wuggy) how to hunt. He's the one giving the tutorial instructions.

And honestly? The vibe I got from that "interaction" is that Prototype likes children. More than that: Prototype is good with children.

Project Playtime takes place in the intervening decade between the Hour of Joy massacre and the start of the main game. Based on the fact that Huggy needs the Prototype's guidance, it's probably fairly early in that period - he's not used to hunting for himself yet. So Huggy here is a monster with limited intelligence - he's the most 'animal' experiment we've seen, though he is still able to write - and the soul of a child.

And the Prototype tailors his lessons appropriately. Like, I trained to work with kids, and he uses essentially the same approach I would to teach a young or special needs child a new skill.

Simple Instructions: what Prototype is teaching Huggy here is, at its core, strategy and tactical thinking, and that's a subject he seems to understand well and know a lot about. A more intelligent experiment - like, say, young CatNap - might ask a lot of questions, and Prototype could probably give them long, in-depth explanations of why doing X thing prompts Y response or why Z tactic is useful. But Huggy isn't on that level, so Prototype keeps his instructions and explanations short, concise and easy to understand.

No Guesswork: Huggy, described as having only "sufficient" intelligence post-transformation, likely has limited capacity for complex thought. Where CatNap might be encouraged to think ahead for himself and suggest problems that could arise, Huggy would struggle. So Prototype gives him all the information he needs: here are the ways the humans will try to avoid or harm or mislead you, and here are the ways you can fight back. He even points out little tips that might seem obvious, like listening for the breathing of a hiding worker, because he knows that might not occur independently to Huggy.

Positive Reinforcement: When Huggy successfully incapacitates a human player, Prototype laughs and praises him, treating a potentially upsetting conflict like a fun game. Once Huggy has gotten rid of all the human players and won the match, Prototype tells him he did a good job and that he can rest now.

The Bad News Sandwich: One technique I was taught for dealing with young children is that when you have to give them upsetting or disappointing news, sandwiching it between two good things limits the distress it will cause. And Prototype does this twice with Huggy:

[Praises Huggy for catching a player and putting him in the food chute] [warns Huggy that the other players could try to rescue their friend] [offers a way to stop them doing that]

[Praises Huggy for clearing out the factory] [tells Huggy that more humans will return] [reassures Huggy that for now, he can rest and relax]

Anyway. Prototype taught at least one child-aged experiment to fend for itself and defend the factory: confirmed. And so, scenarios I'm now picturing with Prototype and little CatNap: this

I'm also 👀👀👀 at the fact that like. While it's directly stated that while his main motive for having the experiments attack the Project Playtime workers is to stop them making more creatures, he's got a secondary motive in that he's using the Bigger Bodies mascots *to gather food for the smaller toys*. The larger toys may have become hostile towards the smaller, weaker, "prey" toys, but the Prototype seems to be at least trying to provide for them, albeit in the only fucked-up way available to him.

Anyway I just think that's really interesting considering he's been implied to be the game's ultimate Big Bad. I think there's more to him than we've been told

he might be an insane monstrous freak but hes also a sad little cat guy.to me

Poppy Playtime - Experiment 1006 Voice Test

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the fact Theodore was harmed by a grab pack twice and “saved” twice by the Prototype…

My reaction when I saw the video

I mean all of this my theory I thought got burned

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