Ĭawthon's more notable religious projects included Pilgrim's Progress (2012) and The Desolate Hope (2012). A member of a group of Christian artists known as Hope Animation, Cawthon also made animated Christian films.

He attended the Art Institute of Houston in 1996, where he learned how to create computer graphics, but taught himself to develop games using the engine Clickteam Fusion. Cawthon's first professional game was called Iffermoon. Outside of the games, Cawthon wrote several stories in the franchise, including the 2015 novel The Silver Eyes and the screenplay for the 2023 film.Ī devout Christian, Cawthon began his career in game development making self-funded Christian adventure games. Cawthon developed seven games in the main series and four spin-offs as of 2023. He transitioned to survival horror with the first Five Nights at Freddy's game in 2014, which was a commercial success and gained a cult following.

Scott Braden Cawthon is an American video game developer and writer best known for creating Five Nights at Freddy's, a series of survival horror games which expanded into a media franchise.Ĭawthon began his career developing Christian and family games to minimal success. Creating the Five Nights at Freddy's franchise