Īccording to Cawthon, his Christian games received positive reviews but were financially unsuccessful he worked at Target and Dollar General stores as late as 2014. Cawthon was also a member of a group of Christian developers named Hope Animation, and made animated Christian films. It received praise, but its plot-in which the player must rescue a fetus used as a scientific specimen-was criticized as a perceived allusion to Cawthon’s opposition to abortion. The latter is set in a dystopia where life is suppressed by 'robotic outgrowths' which sprout from the ground. A devout Christian, he began developing Christian adventure games such as Pilgrim's Progress, a JRPG-like title based on the 1678 religious allegory of the same name, and The Desolate Hope (both 2012). Career Early workĬawthon's first game was the role-playing game Legacy of Flan. He attended the Art Institute of Houston in 1996. Scott Braden Cawthon was born in Bell County, Texas. A film adaptation of FNaF, for which Cawthon wrote the screenplay, is scheduled to be released on October 27, 2023. In 2021, Cawthon stepped away from video game development after online backlash of his political donations to Republican Party politicians arose. He then partnered with Steel Wool Studios for the virtual reality game Help Wanted (2019) and the higher-budget Security Breach (2021), which received a mixed reception. Cawthon followed it with three sequels and the spin-off FNaF World over the course of the next year.Ĭawthon's next FNaF projects were a novel trilogy co-written with Kira Breed-Wrisley, a guidebook and the sequels Sister Location (2016) and Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria Simulator (2017). The unexpected success of Five Nights at Freddy's (2014) was primarily the result of Let's Plays. His situation led him to depression and a crisis of faith until he decided to create an indie horror game featuring intentionally scary animatronics. (2013) was criticized for its animal characters resembling 'scary' animatronics. His family-friendly title Chipper & Sons Lumber Co. He is the creator of the Five Nights at Freddy's (FNaF) media franchise of video games, books, and an upcoming film adaptation.īorn in Texas, Cawthon started out developing Christian adventure games which were financially unsuccessful. Scott Braden Cawthon is an American writer and former video game developer.

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