when did bendy and the ink machine chapter 5 come out

The progress report of Thomas Connor to the Gent Home Office reveals that the original purpose of the machine is to use the cartoons as a template to mold life-size figures of the cartoons. Sammy Lawrence mentions that the Ink Machine was installed by Joey Drew from the time when Sammy recorded his first tape, and it started leaking, causing the stairwell to get flooded by ink over three times the month prior afterwards preventing Sammy and other workers from entering and exiting the Music Department.

Joey Drew wanted to bring cartoons into the real world using the Ink Machine, starting with Bendy, but the process of it went wrong and caused a corrupted version of Bendy to be born. Later on, the Ink Machine becomes enchanted by mysterious circumstances so that it can create living cartoon characters out of living souls. It becomes apparent that the Ink Machine functions similar to a 3D printer, in which it turns 2D sketches into realistic, physical models. The machine is also portable, being risen up and down the studio by several large, heavy chains.

There is a large nozzle connected to its front, along with long, sprawling pipes underneath. A giant metal barrel filled with ink is connected to the rear of the machine. Its outside is made up of several pipes, gears, pistons, and other attachments. The machine is large, square, and robust in shape.

When did bendy and the ink machine chapter 5 come out