i remember people giving daily updates on the tiniest changes on the teaser site and i remember the community eating up every single theory. it was awesome to experience live.
Discussing every new piece of info with my friends in school was fun. Like during gym class, we'd be playing volleyball while also talking about how weird Nightmare Foxy's tongue was in that one teaser picture
Scott making a fourth game just because the jumpscare in the third game sucked really shows how passionate for his community he was. I really do miss him.
I never understood the backlash behind FnaF World. I always thought of it as the cutesy RPG parallel to the horror focused main games. It made me feel bad for Scott when he said he really enjoyed making RPGs and I was sad that the first time he tried to make one with his name out there, it was hated on to the point of being ignored and relegated to being another website for teasers, even if it was really cool that Scott used the website like that.
Yeah. While I see how FNaF World was flawed, I still love it to this day. It is like, the only instance where you can play with the Characters without almosty dying, too. In that sense, it kinda makes me want to see more of that side. We only ever see the animatronics doing scary things, but we have never seen the actual characters. Like, the in-world characters, the unpossessed and unbuggy ones.
Yeah it wasn't really hated after Scott fixed it and released it on gamejolt. Scott was the one who was extremely vocal about how terrible he thought it was.
@@DOUDA6I think I remember springtrap being called Salvage; It was based on the parts box trailer, where people thought that Springtrap would be an amalgamation of the animatronics from the last two games all melded into one
@@samueljones3668 my guy, Scott launched 4 games in less than a year, then we got Sister Location, World (World's cannon, fight me about it), Pizzeria Simulator, UCN, an entire saga of books and then Scott sold the franchise to Steel Wool which eventually created Fnaf Help Wanted, Help Wanted's DLC, Security Breach and the DLC for Security Breach, Scott singlehandedly kept the community in hype for over 5 years and got enough money to retire with a total of 10 games, 2 DLCs and a saga of books, if that's not milking the saga Idk what it is
The biggest part of what made fnaf so pervasive was scotts unending persistence. The sheer speed that he was able to make these games really kept the momentum the first game had, and kept the theory community alive and fresh, which itself kept the game itself alive in a self feeding loop. Very smart marketing mixed with an unbelieveable work ethic
@@gelatogremlin Alright slow your horses, he is definitely not the king of horror. Is fnaf one of the best horror games ever? Ever made possibly? Definitely yes.
I like to think that Scott always wanted to stick to the release dates, but was always genuinely just so excited to release the games every time he finished them so he just dropped them the moment he was done 😂
He actually confirmed in dawko interview that he didn’t want to keep the fans waiting for something that was already finished, also stating he ain’t some big company
Scott’s way of capitalizing on FNAF’s success was genius. I remember how hyped everyone was during FNAF 1-4. The man knew his fan base and he was able to make the most of that.
7:37 The 'hybrid' / Salvage theory was kind of important back in the day. No one knew what Springtrap was or even his name at this point. The teaser with the animatronic parts with it's text of "what can we use?" made many people theorise that the new tattered looking animatronic was made of scrap pieces (kind of like Ennard or better yet Scrap Baby) and fans were calling it Salvage. Edit: Are you happy? I fixed Ennard's name
I believe Markiplier kind of made this more present in his playthrough saying something along the lines of "it takes this from bonnie and this from foxy"
It was shockingly easy for Scott to develop sequels. The programming is very simple to modify, reducing sequel development to just some texture swaps. It's also why fangames were so common
it's not that it's just down to texture swap. it's just that he already had a clear idea of how to do things after the first game and the mechanics aren't that complicated. If I were scott, I'd probably restart from scratch for each game because I feel like it would get confusing having to change everything (renaming existing stuff, changing the camera layout and animatronic behaviour, etc...) Since he knew what to do, he didn't spend much time thinking about how to optimize things better, which most likely saved a lot of time. The one thing that must've taken a long time were the 3D models. Those look like they took a while to model and texture. I truly admire his dedication. (I'm thinking mostly about fnaf 2, 3 and 4. Fnaf 1 animatronics were pretty simple in design)
I love how Scott handled criticism. Instead of letting it get to him, Scott actually improves his work substantially. Just as how they called Chipper ‘creepy’ that led to him developing FNAF 1 and the community not happy about Springtrap’s jumpscare leading to FNAF 4
@@sidneypowell9948 I mean, they're not really heroes or villains, they harshly critisize scotts games not just the model of chipper looking like a robot, but also the gameplay saying it sucks. I remember seeing one comment saying "honestly you should quit making this trash games" They really don't deserve being called heroes, besides it's Scott's idea to turn this harsh words into a horror game they didn't gave him ideas, it was his.
Scott Cawthon is truly the ideal game developer to look up on. even when he thought his game developing career is over, he tried again and saw success. No other game developer got me attached like Scott Cawthon did.
to me he is the best indie developer ever. The way he is connected to the fanbase, the way he supports other creators like in the fanverse. I never heard of any other big company supporting fangames with their own money, they just take them down or something like that. Although the fanverse had some controversy it was never from scott himself, it was just some greedy people... He is not perfect, none of us are, but he sure tried to be his best to the community.
@@Daiyamaruu Scott Cawthorn really left a impact on 6 Yr old brains, to the fact that a lot of us looks up to him. I hope Steel Wool continues Scott's legacy... Hopefully?...
Back then, you could ask your friends "Hey, have you seen the new Five Nights At Freddy's teaser?" And they would respond with "What is Five Nights At Freddy's?"
@@StarryKitty18 probably most people would say “what’s five nights at Freddy’s?” But yeah, some people would say “that baby game???? It’s not scary at all, and it never was in the first place.”
yea i was in elementary 4th grade and my friend asked me on the bus if i knew what it was and said pewdiepie played it and i went home and it looked up, this was in 2014, its insane how time flies
Having to be around to witness FNAF's birth all the way to Scott's retirement almost 10 years later really made me feel a bit old but also special. I was around when only small bits of the lore was present and many fantheories were treated as canon like William being called Vincent cuz nobody knew his real name and that he really loves toast. Or that Springtrap is actually a good guy and his jumpscare says ,,help me" ,,forgive me" or that the phantoms are to warn you of him. Heck even those old animations were good and nostalgic. I miss the era of the first three games when there was no fourth game yet
Omg same, I love many things about newer games, I love that they keep fandom alive, but... First 3 games were legendary. I loved fan-made lore much more that what (*egh*) b o o k s
Agreed. The fourth is where it started going haywire. I think it had to do with the graphics and artstyle. The fourth's artstyle was more childish with bright colours.
@@FrancoITA505 how do you know that? did you some leak or some god damn how pirated it? cause the trailer doesn't have much to go on do argue if it will have to do with the story or not.
I was in 7th grade during 2014-2015 school year (I am now a 3rd year college engineering student for context). There was nothing like going to school after the teasers/trailers dropped and discussing with my friends in between classes and at lunch. The hype was so real for us, wish I could relive those moments
@Mica Hepworth It wasn't just politics, he was literally donating his money to very homophobic and transphobic causes that actively affect people's lives.
Even though fnaf is not the same anymore and many people seem to be leaving it, for me, it’s gonna be hard for me to leave fnaf. It gave me some hope and helped me shape the person I am. Thank you scott
I miss the day of the teasers so so much It was so exciting coming back from School to check if Scott's site had updated, and watch all the theories on the teasers It was some of the most hype I had ever shown for a game No game will be like FNAF, especially since Scott was hiding teasers in his Source Code, how does someone think of that 22:23 This is promo art for Fazbear Frights, not the next installment
Ikr. And not even just programming the games, but also designing and modeling all the maps and characters by himself. The dude is literally a workaholic.
I remember being addicted to the lore of this series, watching videos of people tear apart absolutely every detail of every game or teaser image. My interest mainly died out after FNAF4, but it had been waning since after 3. I never knew that message from Scott existed, but it brings a smile to my face hearing it read. FNAF was made for all of us, the community. Made for us to play and enjoy, but to also rip to absolute shreds, and we looked everywhere for the story. In my eyes, FNAF Sim is the end of the series. Everyone, and everything just burned to a crisp, and left to be forgotten. It wasn't just the deep lore and gameplay that made everyone love FNAF so much, it was also Scott. He turned everything into a game, allowing the community to always be active! He put as much thought into the community, as he did the games. FNAF wasn't a series, it was a multi-year event. That games were just a part of it, like games at a carnival. Sure, you can play the games whenever, but they'll never have that same feeling they once did. FNAF will always have a special place in my heart. Thank you Scott, for making my childhood, just like so many other Scott's now that I think about it.
The series's mess of a story will definitely always give it a deep and convoluted community of theorists - it got rewritten quite a few times between the games. In the original storyline, the Crying Child was the Puppet, the Bite of '87 wasn't real by the time FNaF 4 came out (it became '82 and then '83), and Shadow Freddy is speculated to represent the yellow suit used to lure the children, before the original Bonnie counterpart to Fredbear was conceptualized. Now we have all these old, outdated pieces of lore, storylines that don't line up, making an even more confusing and unsolvable mess of a series - but it's still got its good aspects. Unfortunately it has moved on from that, without haunting or teasers or major community interactions anymore, but the community itself and the history of what those original games did - truly original games, both in the series and in gaming as a whole - will remain.
@@ultmateragnarok8376 Yeah, the story is definitely a complete mess! FNAF 4 originally revealed that everything was just a dream, but since the community hated that so much, Scott had to throw that out, and then somehow rewrite the story so 4 takes place in the same universe as all the others. I wish Scott would come out and reveal the true story or stories of the games, cause like you said, so many remnants of old stories just don't add up anymore, making an unsolvable puzzle.
@@Valcuda He did some good parts to that with SL (the Nightmares are stored down there, as much as some people instead want to think that the facility is under a house instead), and much of the original story - what little there is in those earlier games, at least - is known now, by simply looking at it without the knowledge of how future games reshaped things. I do really agree that he should've come clean about the sheer number of retcons, though.
I missed the part where he retired, that explains so much. Honestly though, he gave everyone a beautiful series. The teasers are definitely what we all miss, but that man deserves a rest after making like 10 video games in less than 10 years and almost every single one being new and interesting. It just reminds me that I never realized I was in the golden age of FNAF until it was over. I discovered Markiplier from it (and since have become a HUGE fan of his) and that all started over a simple little dev horror game. Life truly is strange man.
@@Hyprst why did you just lie? um, his private info was leaked to the public bruh. how you gonna demean him like that when what happens with his private info was torn away from him. he was literally doxxed and ppl's first resort was "ig hes in the wrong" wtf? thats like if i broke into your home and got mad that there was dirty laundry on your floor. it makes no sense, its no one elses business, like it or not.
@@ItsNothingRichy no, its closer to if you broke into my home and found that i had hired a hitman to kill you and all of your friends. i'm not telling lies, i'm telling the truth, and anybody that defends scott are either dumb and homophobic, or in denial.
His style was still present in the first Security Breach trailer, the way the animatronics boot up, moving stiffly like, well, animatronics and their red eyes piercing through darkness; the static bright text between cuts, etc... I still wish we could see, what the "real" Security Breach would have been like.
sadly the game is rushed because of fans didnt like delays. and worst part is. Playstation rushing steelwool, a small company that is creating a big game got rushed by playstation for wanting it to release on christmas and for state of play thing for 2021
17:27 yo i remember this. This made me sad until people started brightning up the image and found out Scott was just trolling. Scott is a devious lil mf bro
im not ashamed to admit the ending with Scott's letter to the community made me cry like a baby. I've been revisiting fnaf a lot these days and it feels like im going back into my childhood. Thank you Scott, i truly think my life would be different without this franchise.
me too. I've always loved horror since I was a kid, but fnaf rly introduced me to a whole new world of horror. I went from watching fake ghost videos to fnaf gameplay and other horror games. def a huge inspiration to my writing now
Damn, I still remember being a little 3 grader when the game was release. Now I'm so close to graduating highschool and its just amazing to see how the franchise grew so much, and its fanbase who grew up watching this unfold.
Same here. The first game released when I was a 3rd grader. Now I'm gonna be a senior in 2 months. I grew up with Scott and his games. Still a huge fan to this day. It's been fun.
I feel this comment thread. In my class some friends and I would stay in during recess and play fnaf 2 on our iPads. I remember theorizing about the lore and upcoming games on the playground. We always had great times trying to play Fnaf irl with elaborate rules that never worked out and always ended in a disorderly group of kids each trying to be their favorite animatronic. The nostalgia hits so hard now and I wanna go back to experience that time again. Life has changed so much and though what is ahead is sure to be beautiful it’s hard to leave behind the wonderful times that have left such an impression on me. I pray each of you have a blessed year growing from children to adults and entering into a new stage of your lives.
I honestly think FNAF World is extremely underrated and very fun to play. Not to mention I remember checking Scott games every day during middle school to see which animatronics got cuteified.
i have fond memories of fnaf world, thats the game that brings the most nostalgia for me out of all the games. probably because i played it together with my cousin at his house, and that house burned down in 2017 lol... maybe i just miss it a lot. like it got left behind in the ashes. we were both livid fnaf fans, a lot of lost memories were there. i wish i could revisit them.
25:00 Whether it's hearing this message or reading it. I can't help but shed a tear. And I can hear it in your voice, I bet you feel the same way I do, you can't help but get sad and happy at the same time. Such a perfect display of how to make someone happy and sad at the same time.
And even in that message he was trolling us lmao. The LBTQ community was the one who attacked him yet he said he apreciate the kindness that community showed him.
Man this game was absolutely bone rattling to me back then. I was in 5th grade when fnaf 1 came out and played on my iPad. Me and my buddy was sneak the iPads at sleepovers after our parents made us go to sleep. The terror and excitement combined between dying and completing nights was exhilarating. Then with the new trailers coming out me and my friend would get so hype. Then the fnaf 4 teasers. Man. Good times. Simple times
I love how sometimes Scott, at first in the earlier releases, he looked like a dad making stories for children and teasing them on when he's gonna tell the next one
Damn... This really does make me miss the involvement he had and mystery he built around the franchise. It's a shame its gone, but I'm happy he of all devs was able to cultivate the hype and community he did
10:40 to this day I remember that night. The hype was so big, that you couldn't access the website. It was down, for few hours because of the traffic. This was the peak moment of FNaF Teasers
@@thedamnedcat3240 same i was 12/13 at that time, I couldn’t witness the teaser on day one because I couldn’t access the site but it was posted on the Reddit and I was like oh my god what the hell is that. But I was disappointed later because the FNaF 4 nightmare Freddy were nowhere near as terrifying as the teaser one
I only have relatively surface knowledge of FNAF, and I've only played the first game and not past night 3. I am absolute flabbergasted hearing that all 4 of the first 4 games were released WITHIN ONE YEAR??? That is INSANE to me, Scott could have waited and brought the hype up and let people theorize like crazy, but was like, nah, release it now. And honestly respect for that!!
I was in 4th grade when the first FNAF came out, and I still remember the hype and absolute fear we all felt in the first two games like it was yesterday! One thing I really remember was when rumors of FNAF 3 were circulating and people thought that it was going to take place in an open-world setting with a big mall and what-not.
It’s no surprise that Scott broke the record for most video game sequels released in a year. He has truly blessed us with one of the most compelling and intricate story within a game.
We will miss you Scott, you have been the creator of many hopes and dreams and filled the minds of hundreds of people, and have created something that will go down in the history of the internet forever. We love you Scott, and we thank you more than anything. Goodbye.👋
This vid was SO nostalgic. This makes me miss being 13, and even now as a college student, fnaf makes me feel like a happy young kid every time. I'm so thankful for scott giving me a childhood, but also for his flaws in the games. The flaws helped me teach myself how to creatively critique something and ask "how would I have done it?" and helped me become more creative over time. This makes me just way more excited for Fnaf + so I can see any potential scott might've been missing become a reality.
It's honestly sad to see Scott retire but at least he's happy now. And I'd also like to say all the people who sent death threats to Scott are pathetic and a disgrace to the fnaf fandom. Thank you Scott for the great video game franchise Five nights at Freddy's
I remember these mainly cause you knew Scott was just going to release the whole game like a week later because he didn’t feel like waiting until the actual release date. It's still crazy to me that this man made like five games in the span of a year.
I literally cried at the end. Those memories. the nostalgia. thank you, Scott. You created a beautifull community and peoples's childhoods. It was a pleasure playing and watching the vids. Good luck in your future life, buddy. See you in heaven or somewhere in the future.
@@mjg2 so your ridiculing a man that donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to charity’s, because of his political views? He has done so much more for others in a few years than you will during your lifetime.
Our generation being the first to _grow up_ with personal internet is going to result in such a weird new form of "back in my day" nostalgia that's already rearing its head in the topic of this video. I remember the first game coming out and how I would obsess over the FNaF 2 teasers, trying to draw Mangle as accurately as possible on the back of my schoolwork and-for the first and only time ever in my life-having a phase of hiding under my blankets because I'd imagine animatronics looming over my bed in the complete darkness.
His games were all made with Clickteam Fusion, which is very easy to use for small 2d games. This allowed him to release multiple games in a very short period of time.
@@thediamondbeargaming Yeah, when Dawko and the others went to the movie set, they all got pictures with him. He's gonna see this movie through, man. Dw
the way i got chills and goosebumps from this video 😭 i’ve been a fan since the first game when i was in the 6th grade and i’ve forgotten about a lot of these teasers and it’s like i’m reliving this. this is amazing and so nostalgic ❤️
The early releases of Five Nights at Freddy's were a part of most of our late childhoods before becoming adults and I think that's one of the reason most of us hold this franchise so close to heart. It connects with your freshest childhood memories of the hype, the exciting scare and the theories we all used to make. And I am so happy Scott went from almost bankrupt to being ABLE to retire freely with the enormous financial boost these games gave him, It leaves me with a bittersweet feeling knowing Scott is gone but he is okay, his family and him are not financially struggling anymore and in return he gave us one of the most cherished memories before growing up.
The way scott pivoted so fast to sister location and even teased it through the fnaf world update 2 after the game received some backlash is always so impressive to me
You know, FNAF might be hated and laughed at by many people, but man, realising that this whole universe, this whole community that became parts of lives of millions of people across the globe was just made by one man who is just like us, a human, bring me joy in knowing that game development and art as a whole is not dead.
I'm now saddened after watching this. I remember how hype all of his teasers were and actually finding his trolls so funny because they just kept me wanting to see what was next; either a troll or a real teaser. Definitely my favorite game developer, and FNaF will stick with me forever, and I'll probably be reciting the entirety of the lore to my kids one day:)
This brings me so much nostalgia, I remember everytime the teasers came out and me and my friends would start theorizing and chatting about what came out, it was an awesome time, I still feel bad that his private thing got leaked to the public, and I hope hes doing well now
sister location’s teasers are always going to be my favorite. from how detailed they are to the little extra things that were added to it. (like how the amount it bidybabs in that one teaser is equal to the amount of times “don’t hold it against us” is said in the sl trailer.) seriously, i’ve been wanting to put that ennard teaser up on my wall for a while now lol. oh yeah everyone remember back when we thought ennard didn’t have a body and he was just a mess of wires? good times.
Fnaf was released the week I started my sophomore year of high school, a few weeks before I turned 15. To say that these games have been a massive part of my adolescence is a vast understatement. At times, they made up my ENTIRE adolescence, and I spent years of my life poring over the series, trying to figure out the lore, discussing it with all of my friends...I owe so much to these games, as toxic as the fan base can be at times. Wishing Scott and his 6 (!!) kids happiness and bliss, and I hope someday we might be able to see another Cawthon-original game, Freddy's-related or otherwise. I would love to see what else he could come up with outside of the world of Fnaf!
FNAF helped me connect to so many people, both online and irl. I was in 7th grade when it was released, and even though it scared me at the time, I just loved the designs of the characters and the reactions of others playing it. I'm currently in college now majoring in animation and completing my second year this spring. I still enjoy watching FNAF videos and over the years my younger niece became invested in FNAF, which helped me bond with her more. I'll never forget the hype I felt whenever a new FNAF game came out when it was Scott making them and I'll always cherish those moments for years to come.
Dude, the execution of 13:49 is so well done, and super unnerving. Congrats on giving me goosebumps in a video looking at still images about videogames XD
I was in high school when the FNAF teasers were dropping and the amount of time I used on instagram brightening up those teasers was hilarious. I was living the dream.
0:32 Same. Back when FNAF 1 and 2 released, I was 11 years old, and I remembered being so scared of the first two games, yet being so hyped up when I was watching the FNAF 2 trailer and seeing all the teasers that were building up to the game's release.
I remember watching the FNAF 3 fan teaser where it would be in a mall and it would be free roam (pretty much like SB but with the atmosphere of the 1st game) memories man :')
i would do anything for fnaf to go back to being more of a horror game with a twisted and disturbed story behind it, it really felt like it was something out of our real world. Now i feel like fnaf without scott's participation in it is focused more on how impressive it looks rather on the impact it has on the player during and after playing through the game and learning stuff from the old minigames.
man i ignored this video for a while cause i just didn't have time to watch or just cause i tought it was a little boring like every other fnaf video since i watched most of the famous fnaf Lore video's i tought it was one of those but today, i got in youtube, found it, decided i had to watch it and it got me so much in the story that when you read out loud the retiring message of scott i almost cried, the day i read it myself i didn't really did to much about it mostly because i didn't really know what was behind this magnificent series back then but now i do and i really thank you for this incredible feeling❤and thanks scott for all those hours of fun and curiosity trying to complete every game while trying to find pieces of lore and for all those lore videos that i watched thank you!
This video really took me way back...I'll never forget the amazing and unique childhood this franchise gave me. It even got me into art quite a lot and clearly inspired people to make amazing videos like these! Thanks so much for this masterpiece.
I still remember the hype culture surrounding them. It is one of those things where you had to be there to understand. Ever since the FNAF 2/3 teasers,whenever Scott did so much as breath there would be a giant flood of people scouring Scottgames,searching the website and freaking out over the new reveal,this was in it's prime when FNAF 4 came out,with the "was it me" images popping up weekly. It was insane since everyone figured that the series was done after 3,but then out of nowhere there was Nightmare Freddy holding his top hat with those little freddles and the words "was it me?" spread across in dark red lettering. It was sick,and IMO the series should have stayed with this type of marketing. It was mysterious and helped spread more mystery and nuance to the series,but I understand why they cannot do it anymore
Fnaf World was such a fun game. I get that it completely strayed away from the original franchise's vibe, but I still think it didn't deserve all that hate. But maybe that's just because I'm a sucker for the RPG genre.
10:20 clarify some lore eh. We are speaking of what would become FANF 4 of all things. FNAF 4 did the opposite of clarify. It was so confusing and convoluted that he had to make 3 more games and dozens of books to explain it.
I remember when the first game came out, I was in elementary school. Now a senior in high school, it’s a nostalgia trip to go back and see the teasers and trailers that have been show throughout what is now almost 9 years. It feels like it was just yesterday I was just watching Mark and Jack playing these games, now it’s just a wait for Security Breach’s dlc.
The FNAF trailers have this unique sense of nostalgia for me. I remember everyone was looking for secrets in the teasers, and the internet would go onto a theory deep dive.
God, I can’t believe I remember most of those teasers and how hyped I was. This hit me and I’m sure plenty of others with nostalgia and it’s odd to think some fans are younger than the game itself now or won’t experience what we did. Cant believe this game is gonna be 10 years old next year but lets just hope it ends well. ❤
I remember being completely oblivious to FNaF, only first seeing it through a pfp someone had on a forum site I was on, that was a gif of Foxy basically dancing down the hallway in place of running when FNaF 1 was released
when he retired, the news just broke me into tears. i cried about it for a while cuz as a wonderful person to care for so many, he had to leave the franchise. personally i think it was the threats to his family that made him leave
Yeah, still haven’t forgiven Twitter for that. You know you’re a piece of garbage when you feel justified sending death threats to an indie game dev’s pregnant wife. And all while he’s actively donating thousands of dollars to causes you claim to support. 😓
Same, I was so upset when I saw him retire, and upset that people were threatening his family. But I also understand why too cause this just helps him spend more time with his family. But still, I'll never forget the day of his retirement, core memory right there.
As someone who’s been a fan for almost the entire history of fnaf. This franchise is the reason I got into modeling in blender, and I’m learning game development. This series is incredible.
Man. I kinda forgot that there was a time where FNaF had such big hype over dripfed teasers. I didn't actually realize back then how quickly the games were coming out. Felt like YEARS had passed when sister location dropped after FNaF 4 but really it was about a year. I'm never going to get over how excited and blown away I was to see those FNaF 2 teasers. Sometimes I wish I could go back and relive the excitement.
FNAF was my first introduction to horror games growing up. I still remember scrolling down from the screen when watching playthroughs as I felt a jumpscare was about to pop up. This series and the teasers it had taught me a lot about storytelling and how to respect your audience's intelligence. Scott treated us like we were smart and could solve anything. And I look up to him for that.
Scott Cawthon is a really great man. A devout Christian, who struggled to make ends meet. He made his first game while working at Target and Dollar General. Apparently it was shit on by game journos, which basically spiralled him into depression along with a crisis of faith, untill he took advantage of it and made FNAF He sounds like a really chill guy. I wish I could meet him
18:50 I swear to god as soon as you said "with this" my monitor turned off for no reason. The timing was impeccable, to the point that it kinda scared me.
20:23 Dawg those are NOT triangles 💀💀
nice triangles
No, their circles lmao
Rectangles!
💀💀💀
Noice rhombus's dude
i remember people giving daily updates on the tiniest changes on the teaser site and i remember the community eating up every single theory. it was awesome to experience live.
same
Same, i remember the firsts 3 years of fnaf and it was the best time of my life, remember when everyone called william vincent?
Hell yeah man
Discussing every new piece of info with my friends in school was fun. Like during gym class, we'd be playing volleyball while also talking about how weird Nightmare Foxy's tongue was in that one teaser picture
@@jao9712 if that was best time of your life just because of that, you must really have sad life
Scott making a fourth game just because the jumpscare in the third game sucked really shows how passionate for his community he was. I really do miss him.
He really made a whole other game to have his pretty woman moment 💀💀
Facts
@@Pissnation acceptable lmao
I miss him too
Id eat scott tbh. Idk the blue energy looks edible
Scott: "Hey guys! Game comes out in five months!"
Fans: "YOOOO CAN'T WAIT!"
Scott: "Oh, you can't wait?"
Fans: "Wait no."
Scott: "HAVE IT NOW!"
lmaaaooo
🤓
@@cheesemanexe116shut up
I bet Scott's a cool guy irl
Fans: YOOO CAN'T WAIT!
Scott: say no more.
I never understood the backlash behind FnaF World. I always thought of it as the cutesy RPG parallel to the horror focused main games. It made me feel bad for Scott when he said he really enjoyed making RPGs and I was sad that the first time he tried to make one with his name out there, it was hated on to the point of being ignored and relegated to being another website for teasers, even if it was really cool that Scott used the website like that.
Yeah. While I see how FNaF World was flawed, I still love it to this day. It is like, the only instance where you can play with the Characters without almosty dying, too.
In that sense, it kinda makes me want to see more of that side. We only ever see the animatronics doing scary things, but we have never seen the actual characters. Like, the in-world characters, the unpossessed and unbuggy ones.
I feel like the hate was largely manufactured, secondhand smoke from Scott's own dissatisfaction with it. Never met a fan who hated it, personally
Yeah it wasn't really hated after Scott fixed it and released it on gamejolt. Scott was the one who was extremely vocal about how terrible he thought it was.
I really enjoyed my playthrough of fnaf world lol
fnaf world was my favourite tbh, the music went unbelievably hard
If you remember "Mike kill all" foxy screaming "Freedom" and Springtrap being called "Salvage", you deserve a veteran discount.
I only remember mike kill all and springtrap beign called savage, never ever had discouvered about foxy screaming freedom
I remember Mike kill all and freedom but not springtrap being called Salvage. Why did they call him that though?
@@DOUDA6I think I remember springtrap being called Salvage; It was based on the parts box trailer, where people thought that Springtrap would be an amalgamation of the animatronics from the last two games all melded into one
@@casualtrainwreck7520 thx
@@jao9712 people used to think the fnaf 2 jumpscare sound was actually the animatronics saying "freedom"
The fact that the first four games were all released in under a year is honestly crazy
I’ve never understood how that was achieved
@@Bobo-ox7fj
Eh tbh he should have milked it, the franchise ran out of steam fucking quickly.
@@samueljones3668 my guy, Scott launched 4 games in less than a year, then we got Sister Location, World (World's cannon, fight me about it), Pizzeria Simulator, UCN, an entire saga of books and then Scott sold the franchise to Steel Wool which eventually created Fnaf Help Wanted, Help Wanted's DLC, Security Breach and the DLC for Security Breach, Scott singlehandedly kept the community in hype for over 5 years and got enough money to retire with a total of 10 games, 2 DLCs and a saga of books, if that's not milking the saga Idk what it is
i understand your point, but i think samuel was just talking about the first 4@@xd-xt2cn
Yeah now look at yanderedev ☠️
The biggest part of what made fnaf so pervasive was scotts unending persistence. The sheer speed that he was able to make these games really kept the momentum the first game had, and kept the theory community alive and fresh, which itself kept the game itself alive in a self feeding loop. Very smart marketing mixed with an unbelieveable work ethic
Mhm, I am glad he slowed things down though. Maintaining that work rate must have been hell
@@C0astDelta I'm sure the paychecks well made up for the amount of work lol
@@KoboldPip i mean like for sureee he's like the mario of horror right now loool King of horror games for sure.
@@gelatogremlin Alright slow your horses, he is definitely not the king of horror. Is fnaf one of the best horror games ever? Ever made possibly? Definitely yes.
@@whenyounutinhermouthandshe so the god of horror?
I like to think that Scott always wanted to stick to the release dates, but was always genuinely just so excited to release the games every time he finished them so he just dropped them the moment he was done 😂
wholesome
@@matthew-ph6xo Indeed
He actually confirmed in dawko interview that he didn’t want to keep the fans waiting for something that was already finished, also stating he ain’t some big company
LMAO thats why i love him he's so nice
Steel Wool just needs to remember to test their games before they do this.
Scott’s way of capitalizing on FNAF’s success was genius. I remember how hyped everyone was during FNAF 1-4. The man knew his fan base and he was able to make the most of that.
others too
True
7:37 The 'hybrid' / Salvage theory was kind of important back in the day. No one knew what Springtrap was or even his name at this point. The teaser with the animatronic parts with it's text of "what can we use?" made many people theorise that the new tattered looking animatronic was made of scrap pieces (kind of like Ennard or better yet Scrap Baby) and fans were calling it Salvage.
Edit: Are you happy? I fixed Ennard's name
haha i remember thinking that and making my own drawings of it
I still stand by the fact that Salvage would be a great name for an Animatronic
E m m e r d
I remember my friends & I thinking that Salvage sounded way cooler than Springtrap lol
I believe Markiplier kind of made this more present in his playthrough saying something along the lines of "it takes this from bonnie and this from foxy"
It was shockingly easy for Scott to develop sequels. The programming is very simple to modify, reducing sequel development to just some texture swaps. It's also why fangames were so common
He also even said that he's willing to fund these fan games
it's not that it's just down to texture swap. it's just that he already had a clear idea of how to do things after the first game and the mechanics aren't that complicated. If I were scott, I'd probably restart from scratch for each game because I feel like it would get confusing having to change everything (renaming existing stuff, changing the camera layout and animatronic behaviour, etc...)
Since he knew what to do, he didn't spend much time thinking about how to optimize things better, which most likely saved a lot of time.
The one thing that must've taken a long time were the 3D models. Those look like they took a while to model and texture. I truly admire his dedication. (I'm thinking mostly about fnaf 2, 3 and 4. Fnaf 1 animatronics were pretty simple in design)
@@u731his creativity is impressive, like, really.
He's clearly still talented.
@@SalveASMR what you said
I love how Scott handled criticism. Instead of letting it get to him, Scott actually improves his work substantially. Just as how they called Chipper ‘creepy’ that led to him developing FNAF 1 and the community not happy about Springtrap’s jumpscare leading to FNAF 4
i genuinely hope the people that called chipper creepy’s pillows are always cold on both sides and get a huge smooch from their crushes
@@sidneypowell9948 I mean, they're not really heroes or villains, they harshly critisize scotts games not just the model of chipper looking like a robot, but also the gameplay saying it sucks. I remember seeing one comment saying "honestly you should quit making this trash games" They really don't deserve being called heroes, besides it's Scott's idea to turn this harsh words into a horror game they didn't gave him ideas, it was his.
Scott Cawthon is truly the ideal game developer to look up on. even when he thought his game developing
career is over, he tried again and saw success. No other game developer got me attached like Scott Cawthon did.
Agreed the goat
That’s why his the Goat
And best part is the fact that he actually respects fnaf fans and fangame developers
to me he is the best indie developer ever. The way he is connected to the fanbase, the way he supports other creators like in the fanverse. I never heard of any other big company supporting fangames with their own money, they just take them down or something like that. Although the fanverse had some controversy it was never from scott himself, it was just some greedy people... He is not perfect, none of us are, but he sure tried to be his best to the community.
@@Daiyamaruu Scott Cawthorn really left a impact on 6 Yr old brains, to the fact that a lot of us looks up to him. I hope Steel Wool continues Scott's legacy... Hopefully?...
Back then, you could ask your friends "Hey, have you seen the new Five Nights At Freddy's teaser?" And they would respond with "What is Five Nights At Freddy's?"
Asking that nowadays would get you a response like: “You like that 6 year old kids game? It’s not even scary” or “What’s Five Nights At Freddy’s?”
@@StarryKitty18 probably most people would say “what’s five nights at Freddy’s?” But yeah, some people would say “that baby game???? It’s not scary at all, and it never was in the first place.”
@@MiloMurphysLaw I guarantee you most of those people haven't even properly played the game themselves.
Baby game? they should see rainbow friends or garten of banban💀💀💀
yea i was in elementary 4th grade and my friend asked me on the bus if i knew what it was and said pewdiepie played it and i went home and it looked up, this was in 2014, its insane how time flies
Having to be around to witness FNAF's birth all the way to Scott's retirement almost 10 years later really made me feel a bit old but also special. I was around when only small bits of the lore was present and many fantheories were treated as canon like William being called Vincent cuz nobody knew his real name and that he really loves toast. Or that Springtrap is actually a good guy and his jumpscare says ,,help me" ,,forgive me" or that the phantoms are to warn you of him. Heck even those old animations were good and nostalgic. I miss the era of the first three games when there was no fourth game yet
Omg same, I love many things about newer games, I love that they keep fandom alive, but... First 3 games were legendary. I loved fan-made lore much more that what (*egh*) b o o k s
Agreed. The fourth is where it started going haywire.
I think it had to do with the graphics and artstyle.
The fourth's artstyle was more childish with bright colours.
Glad to see that Scott is still heavily involved with the franchise, especially with the movie. He is co-producer and co-writer in it.
Yeah, but it will never be the same sadly.
@@mysterystainontherug6290 I know and it's sad
@@FrancoITA505 huh?
@@FrancoITA505 how do you know that? did you some leak or some god damn how pirated it? cause the trailer doesn't have much to go on do argue if it will have to do with the story or not.
@@FrancoITA505 that doent mean she cant be tied in somehow washout messing with the story.
I was in 7th grade during 2014-2015 school year (I am now a 3rd year college engineering student for context). There was nothing like going to school after the teasers/trailers dropped and discussing with my friends in between classes and at lunch. The hype was so real for us, wish I could relive those moments
How if I was in 6th I’m a freshman in college
Hey, I'm close to your age! I believe the first one came out when I was in 8th grade. I'm graduating in May of this year and am student teaching.
Hello are you me
Well, very few things really improved since then
@@atanaZion 🤓
Scott's Retirement was a truly impactful event for the game franchise, but I understand his side, Scott is an example of a real game developer.
Im still mad about the reason he retired. How selfish and disgusting our community was to do such a thing like that is unfathomable.
@@snessi_land they did all that just over politics
@Mica Hepworth It wasn't just politics, he was literally donating his money to very homophobic and transphobic causes that actively affect people's lives.
@@NoodleNerd stfu cunt nobody cares
it seems like a dick move to be making just cus he was outed
I am still amazed that the very first 4 games of this series came out all within a year. 2014-2015, and now in 2023 we’re getting a movie. Crazy
Even though fnaf is not the same anymore and many people seem to be leaving it, for me, it’s gonna be hard for me to leave fnaf. It gave me some hope and helped me shape the person I am. Thank you scott
same same same
It helped me through so much in my life, I don't think I would be who I am without the game.
HI, MY NAME IS MANGLE AND MY GENDER IS YESN'T
Many have left but many will come back
I feel you bro but leave while you can.
I miss the day of the teasers so so much
It was so exciting coming back from School to check if Scott's site had updated, and watch all the theories on the teasers
It was some of the most hype I had ever shown for a game
No game will be like FNAF, especially since Scott was hiding teasers in his Source Code, how does someone think of that
22:23 This is promo art for Fazbear Frights, not the next installment
Me too I really miss those days!!
are you sure no game will be like FNaF punykirby😉😉
@@lorand2049 I remember the days as well. Those were fun moments
I am just now realizing how much of a madman scott cawthon was when it came to the release of each game and how fast he programmed each game
Ikr. And not even just programming the games, but also designing and modeling all the maps and characters by himself. The dude is literally a workaholic.
Unlike a certain cum chalice man
@@bossman-jk9tlthe maps are just png but the carachter modeling and how he came up so fast with the carachters designs is just incredible
@@nnhofantasiah The maps are technically screenshots/renders of 3d modeled environments as well
He didnt program anything, he didn't write any code, he used the Clickteam Engine, which is a no-code engine, im not saying he's a bad developer tho.
The fact this all happened in between basically 3 years amazes me
I remember being addicted to the lore of this series, watching videos of people tear apart absolutely every detail of every game or teaser image.
My interest mainly died out after FNAF4, but it had been waning since after 3.
I never knew that message from Scott existed, but it brings a smile to my face hearing it read.
FNAF was made for all of us, the community. Made for us to play and enjoy, but to also rip to absolute shreds, and we looked everywhere for the story.
In my eyes, FNAF Sim is the end of the series. Everyone, and everything just burned to a crisp, and left to be forgotten.
It wasn't just the deep lore and gameplay that made everyone love FNAF so much, it was also Scott. He turned everything into a game, allowing the community to always be active!
He put as much thought into the community, as he did the games.
FNAF wasn't a series, it was a multi-year event. That games were just a part of it, like games at a carnival. Sure, you can play the games whenever, but they'll never have that same feeling they once did.
FNAF will always have a special place in my heart. Thank you Scott, for making my childhood, just like so many other Scott's now that I think about it.
The series's mess of a story will definitely always give it a deep and convoluted community of theorists - it got rewritten quite a few times between the games. In the original storyline, the Crying Child was the Puppet, the Bite of '87 wasn't real by the time FNaF 4 came out (it became '82 and then '83), and Shadow Freddy is speculated to represent the yellow suit used to lure the children, before the original Bonnie counterpart to Fredbear was conceptualized. Now we have all these old, outdated pieces of lore, storylines that don't line up, making an even more confusing and unsolvable mess of a series - but it's still got its good aspects. Unfortunately it has moved on from that, without haunting or teasers or major community interactions anymore, but the community itself and the history of what those original games did - truly original games, both in the series and in gaming as a whole - will remain.
@@ultmateragnarok8376 Yeah, the story is definitely a complete mess!
FNAF 4 originally revealed that everything was just a dream, but since the community hated that so much, Scott had to throw that out, and then somehow rewrite the story so 4 takes place in the same universe as all the others.
I wish Scott would come out and reveal the true story or stories of the games, cause like you said, so many remnants of old stories just don't add up anymore, making an unsolvable puzzle.
@@Valcuda He did some good parts to that with SL (the Nightmares are stored down there, as much as some people instead want to think that the facility is under a house instead), and much of the original story - what little there is in those earlier games, at least - is known now, by simply looking at it without the knowledge of how future games reshaped things. I do really agree that he should've come clean about the sheer number of retcons, though.
I missed the part where he retired, that explains so much. Honestly though, he gave everyone a beautiful series. The teasers are definitely what we all miss, but that man deserves a rest after making like 10 video games in less than 10 years and almost every single one being new and interesting. It just reminds me that I never realized I was in the golden age of FNAF until it was over. I discovered Markiplier from it (and since have become a HUGE fan of his) and that all started over a simple little dev horror game. Life truly is strange man.
yeah he was homophobic and got outed for it, but people took it too far and he retired
@@Hyprst why did you just lie? um, his private info was leaked to the public bruh. how you gonna demean him like that when what happens with his private info was torn away from him. he was literally doxxed and ppl's first resort was "ig hes in the wrong" wtf? thats like if i broke into your home and got mad that there was dirty laundry on your floor. it makes no sense, its no one elses business, like it or not.
@@GioViDa it was literally the whole reason he got cancelled, he donated politically to homophobic people
@@Hyprst that doesn't mean that he himself is homophobic
@@ItsNothingRichy no, its closer to if you broke into my home and found that i had hired a hitman to kill you and all of your friends. i'm not telling lies, i'm telling the truth, and anybody that defends scott are either dumb and homophobic, or in denial.
Young Dawko's voice is such a throwback, wow
Dude had the annoying clickbait UA-camr voice and talk-type since ever lmao
Bruh he sounded like Morgz
@@sitkinator lmaoo
@@sitkinator lol i thought minaxa got morgz just to do a bit
He was only what I could describe as
"Obnoxiously british"
I didn't even think his retirement was real, I thought he was just trolling us again...
His style was still present in the first Security Breach trailer, the way the animatronics boot up, moving stiffly like, well, animatronics and their red eyes piercing through darkness; the static bright text between cuts, etc... I still wish we could see, what the "real" Security Breach would have been like.
sadly the game is rushed because of fans didnt like delays. and worst part is. Playstation rushing steelwool, a small company that is creating a big game got rushed by playstation for wanting it to release on christmas and for state of play thing for 2021
@@vaneraze8685 so...sony rushed steelwool.
The trailer looked spectacular.
Then the full game tho...
And then the ruin dlc save Security Breach
@@Mr.Feather130 it didnt lol
Scott was honestly such a dope developer. I have never been more excited for something as a kid than I was for FNAF.
17:27 yo i remember this. This made me sad until people started brightning up the image and found out Scott was just trolling. Scott is a devious lil mf bro
im not ashamed to admit the ending with Scott's letter to the community made me cry like a baby. I've been revisiting fnaf a lot these days and it feels like im going back into my childhood. Thank you Scott, i truly think my life would be different without this franchise.
Me too 😭
me too. I've always loved horror since I was a kid, but fnaf rly introduced me to a whole new world of horror. I went from watching fake ghost videos to fnaf gameplay and other horror games. def a huge inspiration to my writing now
Fnaf is the reason I'm not a bitch to play horror games anymore.
Damn, I still remember being a little 3 grader when the game was release. Now I'm so close to graduating highschool and its just amazing to see how the franchise grew so much, and its fanbase who grew up watching this unfold.
Judging by your info in the comment, I'm the same, oh boy what a ride
Same
Absolutely same here. I miss those days so much.
Same here. The first game released when I was a 3rd grader. Now I'm gonna be a senior in 2 months. I grew up with Scott and his games. Still a huge fan to this day. It's been fun.
I feel this comment thread. In my class some friends and I would stay in during recess and play fnaf 2 on our iPads. I remember theorizing about the lore and upcoming games on the playground. We always had great times trying to play Fnaf irl with elaborate rules that never worked out and always ended in a disorderly group of kids each trying to be their favorite animatronic. The nostalgia hits so hard now and I wanna go back to experience that time again. Life has changed so much and though what is ahead is sure to be beautiful it’s hard to leave behind the wonderful times that have left such an impression on me. I pray each of you have a blessed year growing from children to adults and entering into a new stage of your lives.
I honestly think FNAF World is extremely underrated and very fun to play. Not to mention I remember checking Scott games every day during middle school to see which animatronics got cuteified.
Preach brother, sister, other.
still my favorite fnaf game
i have fond memories of fnaf world, thats the game that brings the most nostalgia for me out of all the games. probably because i played it together with my cousin at his house, and that house burned down in 2017 lol... maybe i just miss it a lot. like it got left behind in the ashes. we were both livid fnaf fans, a lot of lost memories were there. i wish i could revisit them.
Had great times with it.
Honestly Scott's RPGs were very charming
The sad thing there was a sprite in fnaf world where the box in fnaf 4 was open
25:00 Whether it's hearing this message or reading it. I can't help but shed a tear. And I can hear it in your voice, I bet you feel the same way I do, you can't help but get sad and happy at the same time. Such a perfect display of how to make someone happy and sad at the same time.
And even in that message he was trolling us lmao. The LBTQ community was the one who attacked him yet he said he apreciate the kindness that community showed him.
@@draw2death421 I think it’s a way of subtly saying sorry to them.
@@Studimus that rarely ever goes well so hopefully they didint get that. Also i kinda doubt that was the case.
@@draw2death421 *Some* people said some really awful shit, but the majority of LGBT+ fans were being supportive
@@ekSil0 i hope so man. The community is way too trigger happy.
Man this game was absolutely bone rattling to me back then. I was in 5th grade when fnaf 1 came out and played on my iPad. Me and my buddy was sneak the iPads at sleepovers after our parents made us go to sleep. The terror and excitement combined between dying and completing nights was exhilarating. Then with the new trailers coming out me and my friend would get so hype. Then the fnaf 4 teasers. Man. Good times. Simple times
I love how sometimes Scott, at first in the earlier releases, he looked like a dad making stories for children and teasing them on when he's gonna tell the next one
I mean it's true - he is a dad and he makes FNaF for children so ...
@@KoboldPip He wasn't really making it for children, but the newer releases are emphasizing on it now
Damn... This really does make me miss the involvement he had and mystery he built around the franchise. It's a shame its gone, but I'm happy he of all devs was able to cultivate the hype and community he did
10:40 to this day I remember that night. The hype was so big, that you couldn't access the website. It was down, for few hours because of the traffic. This was the peak moment of FNaF Teasers
I was so young then and I remember sneaking into the family computer with my sister and freaking out when we saw it
@@thedamnedcat3240 same i was 12/13 at that time, I couldn’t witness the teaser on day one because I couldn’t access the site but it was posted on the Reddit and I was like oh my god what the hell is that. But I was disappointed later because the FNaF 4 nightmare Freddy were nowhere near as terrifying as the teaser one
I only have relatively surface knowledge of FNAF, and I've only played the first game and not past night 3. I am absolute flabbergasted hearing that all 4 of the first 4 games were released WITHIN ONE YEAR??? That is INSANE to me, Scott could have waited and brought the hype up and let people theorize like crazy, but was like, nah, release it now. And honestly respect for that!!
trust me, the hype was insane back in those days. call me an oldhead, but you truly had to be there. ah, the memories!
@@sunsetman22 Think most people who watched this stuff back then are like early 20s now, not really old lmao.
Keeping an eye on Scott's website and searching for new clues was something really amazing to experience. I miss those days.
i remember going back everyday to see what character was changed during the fnaf world teasers :,)
I was in 4th grade when the first FNAF came out, and I still remember the hype and absolute fear we all felt in the first two games like it was yesterday! One thing I really remember was when rumors of FNAF 3 were circulating and people thought that it was going to take place in an open-world setting with a big mall and what-not.
literally Security Breach
So...... They thought it was gonna be security breach.
dreams do come true
I REMEMBER THAT, SAME GRADE TOO
fnaf sb
It’s no surprise that Scott broke the record for most video game sequels released in a year. He has truly blessed us with one of the most compelling and intricate story within a game.
The story sucks 🤣🤣
@@atanaZion no it doesn’t
@@atanaZion have you ever watchded a matpat theory
@@atanaZion honestly the story is better when you fill in the gaps yourself and pretend SB doesn't exist
@@atanaZion You're just jealous that you'll never reach as many people as Scott did. Get a real.
23:20 that story is enough to make giga chads, hardcore FNAF fans, OG fnafs to cry
We will miss you Scott, you have been the creator of many hopes and dreams and filled the minds of hundreds of people, and have created something that will go down in the history of the internet forever. We love you Scott, and we thank you more than anything. Goodbye.👋
Too bad he is homophobic
@@atanaZion damn, sucks because I’m gay irl too
This vid was SO nostalgic. This makes me miss being 13, and even now as a college student, fnaf makes me feel like a happy young kid every time. I'm so thankful for scott giving me a childhood, but also for his flaws in the games. The flaws helped me teach myself how to creatively critique something and ask "how would I have done it?" and helped me become more creative over time. This makes me just way more excited for Fnaf + so I can see any potential scott might've been missing become a reality.
I’ll never forget the hype of checking Scott games and seeing a new teaser. This really was a special time in the franchise.
18:30 Such a missed opportunity to have the bottom line at the corner say “Are you ready for Funtime Freddy?”
It's honestly sad to see Scott retire but at least he's happy now. And I'd also like to say all the people who sent death threats to Scott are pathetic and a disgrace to the fnaf fandom. Thank you Scott for the great video game franchise Five nights at Freddy's
Yeah, it's people who just enjoy attacking others to boost their own egos
FNAF 3 & 4 teaser trailers were the most hype thing at the time. I miss those days sometimes
all of the readers were hype and nostalgia filled and still are
I remember these mainly cause you knew Scott was just going to release the whole game like a week later because he didn’t feel like waiting until the actual release date.
It's still crazy to me that this man made like five games in the span of a year.
I literally cried at the end. Those memories. the nostalgia. thank you, Scott. You created a beautifull community and peoples's childhoods. It was a pleasure playing and watching the vids. Good luck in your future life, buddy. See you in heaven or somewhere in the future.
Scott was so successful to the point where he shaped indie horror games so he was a great developer
Scott's drive to make games and with that amount of quality in a short amount of time always surprised me
Scott really put his blood sweat and tears into this series. although his retirement is sad it will forever go down in history 😢
bros glazin
He donated to Mitch McConnell and Trump. We don't need people like that influencing us.
@@mjg2 Grow up dude, Jesus Christ.
@@mjg2if you don’t want to be influenced stop plying his games then, and go find other games which cannot compare to Scott’s impactful games
@@mjg2 so your ridiculing a man that donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to charity’s, because of his political views? He has done so much more for others in a few years than you will during your lifetime.
Our generation being the first to _grow up_ with personal internet is going to result in such a weird new form of "back in my day" nostalgia that's already rearing its head in the topic of this video. I remember the first game coming out and how I would obsess over the FNaF 2 teasers, trying to draw Mangle as accurately as possible on the back of my schoolwork and-for the first and only time ever in my life-having a phase of hiding under my blankets because I'd imagine animatronics looming over my bed in the complete darkness.
Crazy to think the first Markiplier FNAF playthrough was in 2014.
most impresive thing to me is how quickly scot came up with ideas, made exclent 3d modles, & got most of the codeing perfected.
His games were all made with Clickteam Fusion, which is very easy to use for small 2d games. This allowed him to release multiple games in a very short period of time.
The models are absolutely amazing and very well made tho.
@@Emanuele_Polisenato be fair, Clickteam said they had no idea how he got FNaF4 working
@@quantumblauthor7300really? What a compliment
@@quantumblauthor7300 he really pushed the game engine beyond its limits making clickteam themselves confused
Please keep these uploads coming, Can't wait to see you get big. Your videos are so unbelievably unique.
Scott’s retirement letter is nearly enough to bring me to tears. He’ll be missed so so dearly when he leaves fully
he will still be there for the movies
@@logojanny7171 I hope so
@@thediamondbeargaming Yeah, when Dawko and the others went to the movie set, they all got pictures with him. He's gonna see this movie through, man. Dw
@@Daveaintreal I heard about that. Makes me really happy
womp womp
the way i got chills and goosebumps from this video 😭 i’ve been a fan since the first game when i was in the 6th grade and i’ve forgotten about a lot of these teasers and it’s like i’m reliving this. this is amazing and so nostalgic ❤️
I’ll always have major respect for Scott. His franchise was one of the first bits of horror I found myself getting really into.
I remember playing Fnaf in 6th grade, now I’m in college, where does the time go? Thank you Scott for all of the memories your games gave me!
I absolutley miss Scott Games teasers, they were one of my favorite things waiting for the next release. This is a nostalgic time indeed.
23:08 So sad to see how fast people will turn on someone they revered for years when they find out they have differing views on anything
The early releases of Five Nights at Freddy's were a part of most of our late childhoods before becoming adults and I think that's one of the reason most of us hold this franchise so close to heart. It connects with your freshest childhood memories of the hype, the exciting scare and the theories we all used to make. And I am so happy Scott went from almost bankrupt to being ABLE to retire freely with the enormous financial boost these games gave him, It leaves me with a bittersweet feeling knowing Scott is gone but he is okay, his family and him are not financially struggling anymore and in return he gave us one of the most cherished memories before growing up.
I thought he came back
23:28 , that song is simple, but hits hard
Shadow Bonnie's lullaby
The way scott pivoted so fast to sister location and even teased it through the fnaf world update 2 after the game received some backlash is always so impressive to me
You know, FNAF might be hated and laughed at by many people, but man, realising that this whole universe, this whole community that became parts of lives of millions of people across the globe was just made by one man who is just like us, a human, bring me joy in knowing that game development and art as a whole is not dead.
I'm now saddened after watching this.
I remember how hype all of his teasers were and actually finding his trolls so funny because they just kept me wanting to see what was next; either a troll or a real teaser.
Definitely my favorite game developer, and FNaF will stick with me forever, and I'll probably be reciting the entirety of the lore to my kids one day:)
How could you skip the completely bonkers conversation between the scottgames and fnafworld websites?
Great video!
It's one of the more obscure teasers to say the least. I don't blame them for missing it.
10:11 “Oh you don’t like the jump scare? Oh I’ll make a good jump scare…”
-Scott
I remember being convinced that the first FNaF 3 teaser was golden freddy and fucking freaking out.
This brings me so much nostalgia, I remember everytime the teasers came out and me and my friends would start theorizing and chatting about what came out, it was an awesome time, I still feel bad that his private thing got leaked to the public, and I hope hes doing well now
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Holy shit, that ending made me tear up. Scott really, really cared about us. He was almost like a mentor to us.
sister location’s teasers are always going to be my favorite. from how detailed they are to the little extra things that were added to it. (like how the amount it bidybabs in that one teaser is equal to the amount of times “don’t hold it against us” is said in the sl trailer.) seriously, i’ve been wanting to put that ennard teaser up on my wall for a while now lol.
oh yeah everyone remember back when we thought ennard didn’t have a body and he was just a mess of wires? good times.
Fnaf was released the week I started my sophomore year of high school, a few weeks before I turned 15. To say that these games have been a massive part of my adolescence is a vast understatement. At times, they made up my ENTIRE adolescence, and I spent years of my life poring over the series, trying to figure out the lore, discussing it with all of my friends...I owe so much to these games, as toxic as the fan base can be at times. Wishing Scott and his 6 (!!) kids happiness and bliss, and I hope someday we might be able to see another Cawthon-original game, Freddy's-related or otherwise. I would love to see what else he could come up with outside of the world of Fnaf!
FNAF helped me connect to so many people, both online and irl. I was in 7th grade when it was released, and even though it scared me at the time, I just loved the designs of the characters and the reactions of others playing it. I'm currently in college now majoring in animation and completing my second year this spring. I still enjoy watching FNAF videos and over the years my younger niece became invested in FNAF, which helped me bond with her more. I'll never forget the hype I felt whenever a new FNAF game came out when it was Scott making them and I'll always cherish those moments for years to come.
Dude, the execution of 13:49 is so well done, and super unnerving. Congrats on giving me goosebumps in a video looking at still images about videogames XD
This is some modern analog horror level stuff
I was in high school when the FNAF teasers were dropping and the amount of time I used on instagram brightening up those teasers was hilarious. I was living the dream.
I was here for all of these but only really remembered some of it. watching this is such a trip down memory lane, i love it
20:18 “20 empty triangles”
My brother in Christ, that is a rectangle
My brother in Christ, those are 40
0:32
Same.
Back when FNAF 1 and 2 released, I was 11 years old, and I remembered being so scared of the first two games, yet being so hyped up when I was watching the FNAF 2 trailer and seeing all the teasers that were building up to the game's release.
I remember watching the FNAF 3 fan teaser where it would be in a mall and it would be free roam (pretty much like SB but with the atmosphere of the 1st game) memories man :')
i would do anything for fnaf to go back to being more of a horror game with a twisted and disturbed story behind it, it really felt like it was something out of our real world. Now i feel like fnaf without scott's participation in it is focused more on how impressive it looks rather on the impact it has on the player during and after playing through the game and learning stuff from the old minigames.
Yeah, I think FNAF lost a lot of its charm once a big-name game dev studio took over. When it stopped being indie, it felt somehow less real.
man i ignored this video for a while cause i just didn't have time to watch or just cause i tought it was a little boring like every other fnaf video since i watched most of the famous fnaf Lore video's i tought it was one of those but today, i got in youtube, found it, decided i had to watch it and it got me so much in the story that when you read out loud the retiring message of scott i almost cried, the day i read it myself i didn't really did to much about it mostly because i didn't really know what was behind this magnificent series back then but now i do and i really thank you for this incredible feeling❤and thanks scott for all those hours of fun and curiosity trying to complete every game while trying to find pieces of lore and for all those lore videos that i watched thank you!
This video really took me way back...I'll never forget the amazing and unique childhood this franchise gave me. It even got me into art quite a lot and clearly inspired people to make amazing videos like these! Thanks so much for this masterpiece.
I still remember the hype culture surrounding them. It is one of those things where you had to be there to understand. Ever since the FNAF 2/3 teasers,whenever Scott did so much as breath there would be a giant flood of people scouring Scottgames,searching the website and freaking out over the new reveal,this was in it's prime when FNAF 4 came out,with the "was it me" images popping up weekly. It was insane since everyone figured that the series was done after 3,but then out of nowhere there was Nightmare Freddy holding his top hat with those little freddles and the words "was it me?" spread across in dark red lettering. It was sick,and IMO the series should have stayed with this type of marketing. It was mysterious and helped spread more mystery and nuance to the series,but I understand why they cannot do it anymore
Fnaf World was such a fun game. I get that it completely strayed away from the original franchise's vibe, but I still think it didn't deserve all that hate. But maybe that's just because I'm a sucker for the RPG genre.
10:20 clarify some lore eh.
We are speaking of what would become FANF 4 of all things. FNAF 4 did the opposite of clarify.
It was so confusing and convoluted that he had to make 3 more games and dozens of books to explain it.
I remember when the first game came out, I was in elementary school. Now a senior in high school, it’s a nostalgia trip to go back and see the teasers and trailers that have been show throughout what is now almost 9 years. It feels like it was just yesterday I was just watching Mark and Jack playing these games, now it’s just a wait for Security Breach’s dlc.
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The FNAF trailers have this unique sense of nostalgia for me. I remember everyone was looking for secrets in the teasers, and the internet would go onto a theory deep dive.
I LOVE UR PFP BTW SERAPHINE!!
God, I can’t believe I remember most of those teasers and how hyped I was. This hit me and I’m sure plenty of others with nostalgia and it’s odd to think some fans are younger than the game itself now or won’t experience what we did. Cant believe this game is gonna be 10 years old next year but lets just hope it ends well. ❤
I remember being completely oblivious to FNaF, only first seeing it through a pfp someone had on a forum site I was on, that was a gif of Foxy basically dancing down the hallway in place of running when FNaF 1 was released
when he retired, the news just broke me into tears. i cried about it for a while cuz as a wonderful person to care for so many, he had to leave the franchise. personally i think it was the threats to his family that made him leave
He’s returned now, but since there’s no new games we don’t see much involvement
Yeah, still haven’t forgiven Twitter for that. You know you’re a piece of garbage when you feel justified sending death threats to an indie game dev’s pregnant wife. And all while he’s actively donating thousands of dollars to causes you claim to support. 😓
Man that kinda sucks that he went through that. Since then security breach just wasnt a good game unlike his other titles
Same, I was so upset when I saw him retire, and upset that people were threatening his family. But I also understand why too cause this just helps him spend more time with his family. But still, I'll never forget the day of his retirement, core memory right there.
I thought he left because it came out he donated a bunch of money to trumps presidential campaign?
As someone who’s been a fan for almost the entire history of fnaf. This franchise is the reason I got into modeling in blender, and I’m learning game development. This series is incredible.
23:08 is where real men cried
Man. I kinda forgot that there was a time where FNaF had such big hype over dripfed teasers. I didn't actually realize back then how quickly the games were coming out. Felt like YEARS had passed when sister location dropped after FNaF 4 but really it was about a year. I'm never going to get over how excited and blown away I was to see those FNaF 2 teasers. Sometimes I wish I could go back and relive the excitement.
FNAF was my first introduction to horror games growing up. I still remember scrolling down from the screen when watching playthroughs as I felt a jumpscare was about to pop up. This series and the teasers it had taught me a lot about storytelling and how to respect your audience's intelligence. Scott treated us like we were smart and could solve anything. And I look up to him for that.
This takes me back to middle school, when i used to keep up with Game Theory fnaf videos back in 2016-17, those were the days
Scott Cawthon is a really great man.
A devout Christian, who struggled to make ends meet.
He made his first game while working at Target and Dollar General.
Apparently it was shit on by game journos, which basically spiralled him into depression along with a crisis of faith, untill he took advantage of it and made FNAF
He sounds like a really chill guy. I wish I could meet him
18:50
I swear to god as soon as you said "with this" my monitor turned off for no reason.
The timing was impeccable, to the point that it kinda scared me.