Inside the factory
1930 to 20051930
Elliot Ludwig founds Playtime Co.
1950
The Poppy Playtime doll goes on sale.
1955
Thomas Clarke starts work at Playtime Co.
1960
The Make-A-Friend machine is introduced.
1960
A death in Elliot Ludwig's family.
1966
The Boxy Boo toy is created, five years after Bron.
1984
The Huggy Wuggy toy is released.
1989
Playcare orphan Theodore Grambell is caught in Joel Sinclair's office and later badly injured by a GrabPack hand while helping the Prototype.
1990
Leith Pierre meets Harley Sawyer at the factory and hires him.
January 15, 1990
1991
Date on the Mommy Long Legs commercial.
February 2, 1991
1991
A Cross-Department Report on Experiment 1188 is filed by Harley Sawyer, Stella Greyber and Leith Pierre.
February 20, 1991
1991
Leith Pierre questions Marcas Brickley about a creature he saw in the factory.
March 21, 1991
1991
Rowan Stoll records his first video log, about cameras in the Huggy Wuggy statue.
March 30, 1991
1992
Huggy Wuggy (Experiment 1170) escapes the factory at night. Five employees are killed and six go missing before he is sedated.
June 18, 1992
1992
Jack Ayers gets a Doey the Doughman toy and an invitation to tour the factory.
December 25, 1992
1993
The Theater Incident. Experiments kill dozens of visitors and about a dozen Resource Extraction Specialists.
1993
Jack Ayers falls into a dough vat during the factory tour.
January 22, 1993
1994
Harley Sawyer wakes as Experiment 1354, the Doctor. Leith Pierre says he gave the order.
April, 1994
1995
A few weeks after the Hour of Joy, the teachers are locked inside the Playcare School.
1995
The Hour of Joy. An emergency alert goes out at 11:00 EST and the toys kill the staff across the factory.
August 8, 1995
1995
During the Hour of Joy the prison Warden gives his Omni-Hand to the Doctor.
August 8, 1995
1995
Kissy Missy is moved by train toward Playcare. Her straps are released and the train crew is killed.
August 8, 1995
2001
Hoppy Hopscotch and a wounded toy return to Doey and the Medic after losing their supplies.
February 9, 2001
2004
A scout for Doey's group lists the places left to hide and settles on one.
December 15, 2004
2005
The Player crosses Playcare, CatNap dies, and Poppy shows the Hour of Joy tape.
2005
The Player receives a letter and returns to the factory. Chapters 1 to 5 take place.
2005
A Safe Haven toy reports that the Prototype has been getting past the traps.
January 10, 2005