The creator of Five Nights at Freddy's (FNaF) is Scott Cawthon. He is an American video game developer who created the original game after receiving criticism that some of his previous characters looked unintentionally frightening. Instead of being discouraged, he embraced the idea and developed FNaF as a horror game, which was released in August 2014. The game quickly became popular, leading to multiple sequels and an expanded media franchise including novels, graphic novels, and films. Scott Cawthon developed most of the games himself and collaborated with other studios for later entries in the series.
