“I’ve been accused of rushing my games ever since FNaF 1, but I’ve never felt that I’d released a game too early… until now,” he wrote in a Steam Community post.

“There are a lot of features that this game should have had before release, features that I was told about, but ignored and didn’t implement. Features such as being able to see what abilities do during battle, or being able to see a stats page for your characters. These are features that any good RPG would have.

“I got too eager to show the things that were finished, that I neglected to pay attention to the things that weren’t.”

Cawthon said he felt he owed this uncomfortable admission to the community, and said he’ll be patching in much-requested features over the coming weeks.

“I’m sorry. I will continue to add features to the game and make it right,” he added.