Scott Cawthon Republican Candidates Donations Controversy - Scott announces his retirement.

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Before I say anything else, check out this awesome piece of fanart. Pretty amazing stuff, right? I have boxes and boxes of artwork like this from fans that I've saved over the years. I've tried to answer as many letters as I could, and I apologize to anyone that I missed somehow. Someday when I have a bigger living room maybe l'll make a giant collage of all the fanart l've collected. Stuff like this has made it all worthwhile to me over the last seven years. I've had a blessed, fulfilling, and rich career. I've been shown great kindness and I've tried to show great kindness in return. I've tried to make some good games (let the debate ensue), and I've witnessed the creation of possibly the most creative and talented fanbase on the planet. But here on the seventh anniversary of the first game's trailer, as I realize that I was in my mid-30's when I created the series and now I'm approaching my mid-40's, I realize that I miss a lot of things that I got to focus on before FNAF became such a success. I miss making games for my kids, I miss doing it just for fun, and I miss making rpgs even though I stink at it. All of this to say that I am retiring. I have been shown tremendous love and support over this last week, a lot of which has come from the LGBTQ community. The kindness shown to me has been surreal. Is this the end of FNAF? No. This just means that someone else will eventually be running the show; someone of my choosing, and someone that I trust. We will have to wait and see how it all plays out, but an announcement will be made at some point. Unnamed fan, 8-years old I have SIX kids now (although one of them is currently the size of a blueberry.) I love them dearly; they are my whole world and my whole universe. I want to focus my attention on them, focus on protecting them, and spend my time making things for them. I only ask that my fanbase respect my decision. I will still be around, just not in the capacity that I used to be. What a blessed career I've had; what wonderful people I've met; and what a tremendous blessing to have been able to know all of you. Thank you so much. See you on the flipside.

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Nedhitis

Jun 17, 2021 at 12:41AM EDT

The right call. The dude had a victory lap and a half with his game and his parental life demands his utmost attention now, specially at his age. I never trust leaving a franchise on someone else's hands, but like Scott himself said: let the debate ensue about FNaF games' quality in the first place.

Catch you on the flip side, Scott. You set a new bar for indie game developers all over the word that will not be raised anytime soon, and that is one hell of a note to leave on.