Five Nights at Freddy's 2 was released in 2014 by Scott Cawthon as the second game in the survival horror series, placing the player as a night security guard monitoring animatronics through cameras and lights. Its sparse office ambience became one of the most recognisable background sounds in the franchise and was widely ripped and shared on soundboards and in fan videos. Players associate it with waiting, listening for cues and sudden attacks, so creators still use it as instant shorthand for FNAF horror even outside gameplay footage.