Bendy and the Dark Revival

Prerelease Info

Unused Textures#

Unused Exhibit Portraits#

Six unused Item Portraits appear in the files, representing each of the items needed for the Joey Drew Exhibit "displays". It's possible these were meant for the exhibit, with these clearly meant to call back to Bendy and the Ink Machine, which used portraits in the Altar Room in Chapter 1 to show what items were needed to power up the Ink Machine. In the full release, icons for the items are engraved on the pedestals instead. Interestingly, the Bendy Plush portrait is unfinished, instead depicting a stick figure.

Developer Messages#

INTERNECION_01 - 06#

A set of six messages encoded in hex format:

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73696c656e63652077617320646573697265642c206275742066726f6d2074686520736861646f7773207768617420776173207365656e2c20776572652066616e732077616e74696e67206d6f72652c20627574206a757374206e6f742066726f6d206d652e

74686520636f737420776173206869676820666f7220626c6f6f642c20737765617420616e642074656172732e206275742074686520626174746c65207761676564206f6e20756e74696c2077652066696e616c6c79206d61646520697420686572652e

74686520706f77657220696d20706f7274726179656420746f20686176652c20746865206465636973696f6e73207361696420746f20626520736f6c656c79206d696e652e20697420697320616c6c2066696374696f6e2c20666f72206920616d207468652066616c6c206775792c20746865207363617065676f61742c207468652073697474696e67206475636b20686174656420627920686561727361792e206e6f6e65206f6620697420697320747275652c20627574207768792062656c6965766520746865206f6e6520796f75206c6f766520746f20686174652e

7468696e6b206f66206d65207768617420796f752077696c6c2c206e6f206d617474657220686f77206d697367756964656420627920666c7566662e206275742069206d61646520697420746f2074686520656e642c20616e6420676f7420697420646f6e652c20676f6f6420656e6f7567682e20636f64696e6720616e64206d616b696e67207468697320656e746972652067616d65207265676172646c657373206f66206d792066656172732e20796f752077696c6c206e6576657220686561722066726f6d206d6520616761696e2c2062757420696d207374696c6c20686572652e

When decoded, together they reveal a vent poem from (presumably) the game's coder Mike Desjardins (formerly Mood), who had gotten into a lot of hot water by the time of the Windows versions release (it's a long story; see the Talk page above for some details):

many have hate for reasons untrue, with no perfect answer ever to break through. the biases held will never be changed, thus the answers to seek are never to be explained.

through pain and hatred my armour was pierced through, yet the battle was still fought, everything put into it, even for you.

silence was desired, but from the shadows what was seen, were fans wanting more, but just not from me.

the cost was high for blood, sweat and tears. but the battle waged on until we finally made it here.

the power im portrayed to have, the decisions said to be solely mine. it is all fiction, for i am the fall guy, the scapegoat, the sitting duck hated by hearsay. none of it is true, but why believe the one you love to hate.

think of me what you will, no matter how misguided by fluff. but i made it to the end, and got it done, good enough. coding and making this entire game regardless of my fears. you will never hear from me again, but im still here.

Revisional Differences#

Vent Writing#

In v1.0, there existed an Ink Writing on the walls in a Vent Tunnel with the message "HE DIED HERE" and a set of real-life coordinates. People eventually started going to that location and began disturbing the locals there. theMeatly then shortly thereafter tweeted "Hey, all! So we included an easter egg of coordinates that was meant for lore reasons that you could research virtually. There is never any reason to visit this location for real and you should never trespass on private property. It will be removed from the game shortly. Thanks!" it was removed shortly after like he said.

Console Versions#

This needs some investigation. Discuss ideas and findings on the talk page. Specifically: Anything else?

• Festive Mode is absent.
• The intro and credits videos are different.