FNF Vs. Tricky v3: Clowned Out
Clowned Out Full Remake
FNF Vs. Tricky: Clowned Out is a complete remake of the classic Friday Night Funkin mod, so if you have spent any time playing Friday Night Funkin mods, this name should ring a bell. This is not a small patch — Clowned Out rebuilds Vs. Tricky from the ground up with brand-new art and animation. The brutal four-phase fight against Tricky stays just as memorable as it was in the original.
Tricky, the famous clown from Madness Combat, returns to Nevada and is ready to scream at Boyfriend all over again. Banbuds directed the remake and produced the bulk of the artwork, teaming up with co-director Marc Cea, who handled programming and composing. The classic soundtrack by Rozebud and JADS is still intact, sitting alongside a batch of brand-new Erect remixes. It arrived in 2026, and the best part is that you can try to play it right in your browser — kbhgames.com optimized it to run well even on weaker computers, so there is nothing to download.
Boyfriend and Girlfriend both get redesigned as Madness Combat grunts here, complete with gray skin and a tiny cross marking on the face. This is a small touch, but it fits the entire vibe of the mod perfectly.
All Songs Breakdown
The main story of FNF Vs. Tricky: Clowned Out carries the name CLOWN and covers the first three phases of Tricky, while three extra songs sit in freeplay as bonus content. Also check FNF vs Impostor Legacy and FNF Bang Bang Bang
Story-wise, FNF Vs. Tricky: Clowned Out kicks off with Tricky still masked up, then moves into a faster, angrier song once the mask comes off and the stage fills with signs everywhere. The third song goes completely off the rails — Tricky turns into an enormous flaming skull monster while Boyfriend shrinks down into a tiny chibi version of himself. This is one of the more visually wild moments in the mod, and the size difference alone sells it.
The final story phase gives you only one real difficulty option, and it has a blunt little name; its remix version cranks things up even further under a different, more ominous name. Outside the story, a freeplay track composed by Marc Cea has you face a redesigned Tricky in a dark, poster-plastered club room. A secret song also hides in the freeplay menu — type a specific word and you unlock a fiery showdown against a whole new character.
The first three story songs give you Easy, Normal, and Hard, plus the tougher Erect and Nightmare options on the remixes. The freeplay and secret songs keep it simpler with just Easy, Normal, and Hard.
Beat the Last Phases
The giant flaming skull phase hides a trick: some notes come down as literal fire, and hitting them costs you a huge chunk of damage. The move here is counterintuitive — you actually want to leave those notes alone and let them pass.
The final phase of FNF Vs. Tricky: Clowned Out goes further with what amounts to instant-death notes. Hit one and the song just ends right there. Regular misses hurt more than usual in this phase too, and the screen fills with static every time you mess up. Also check VS Tricky [Full HD]
On top of that, warning signs flash three times, and you must hit Space exactly on that third flash to dodge safely — act too early or wait too long and it counts as a miss either way. There is also a little creature that shows up and drains your health for a few seconds, so you want to be in good shape before it arrives.
If this phase is kicking your butt (no shame, it is brutal), an easier setting hides in the Preferences menu — it has a pretty rude name, honestly — that turns those instant-death notes into a big but survivable hit instead, and eases up on the health drain overall.
Before you close FNF Vs. Tricky: Clowned Out, swing by the Extras menu. It holds a fanart gallery, some concept art, a music player, and the full credits list. Seriously, take a minute to zoom in on the redrawn flaming-skull art — it looks like it is about to reach through the screen.
The Team Behind It
Building FNF Vs. Tricky: Clowned Out took a genuinely big crew. Banbuds directed and did the main art and animation, with Marc Cea co-directing and pitching in on secondary art, animation, programming, sound design, and music. Extra programming support also came from fiffi the yoshi-sloth, Luscious77, and ChazbillyYT, while Az989 worked on menu experimentation. Rozebud's original soundtrack stays front and center, with JADS composing more tracks, YingYang48 adding extra music, and Tsuraran throwing in a Chicken Dance remix for good measure. Mkv8 handled background art, ChubbyGamer464 did the charting, Weretoons animated the cutscenes, Tri-Dot drew the freeplay Tricky sprite, Braced Yeti made the promo art, KaosKurve designed the logo, and harveyzstuff put together the pixel icons.
Big shoutouts also go to EEF!, who directed the original 2025 Tricky project, to Krinkels, who created Madness Combat and Tricky in the first place, and to TPM Studios for backing the project.
Controls
FNF Vs. Tricky: Clowned Out uses arrow keys or WASD to hit the notes, Space to dodge the signs during the final phase, Enter to confirm, and Escape to back out of menus. On mobile, you just tap the notes directly, and tap Girlfriend to pull off the dodge.
Quick Answers
Yes, FNF Vs. Tricky: Clowned Out runs great on mobile — touch controls handle the menus, and dodging is a simple tap on Girlfriend instead of hitting Space. Six songs are included in total: the four phase battles that make up the story, plus the freeplay song and the secret unlockable track. And to be clear, this is not the original mod — it is a full remake built years after the fact, with all-new sprites, animation, and remixed music, though you could still play the original version if you want to compare.
