A Shell in the Pit Audio, Inc.

A Shell in the Pit Audio, Incorporated, commonly referred to as A Shell in the Pit, is a composer, sound designer, and audio editing company founded by Gordon McGladdery in 2014. A Shell in the Pit started working on the Five Nights at Freddy's franchise with Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach and would contribute to every Steel Wool Studios game after.

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Crew Members[]

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Bryson Dodwell
- Security Breach: Audio Direction
- RUIN: Voice Design
- Help Wanted 2: Voice Design & Additional Sound Design
Aidan Lytton
- Security Breach: Voice Editing and Sound Design
- RUIN: Voice Editing
Alfonso Salinas
- Security Breach: Sound Design
- RUIN: Audio Direction
Joey Van Alten
- Security Breach: Sound Design
Mauricio Ruiz
- Security Breach: Sound Design
Millie Wissar
- Security Breach: Sound Design
Murray Cameron Smith
- Security Breach: Technical Sound Design
Preston Wright
- Security Breach: Sound Design
Gordon McGladdery
- Security Breach: Additional Music
Juan Carlos García Ángel
- RUIN: Technical Sound Design
- Help Wanted 2: Technical Sound Design Sound Design
Nicholas Zhang
- RUIN: Technical Sound Design
Andrés Medina-Pineda
- RUIN: Sound Design/Technical Sound Design
- Help Wanted 2: Technical Sound Design
Connor Staton
- RUIN: Sound Design
- Help Wanted 2: Sound Design
Danielle Serranú
- RUIN: Sound Design
Siyeon Park
- RUIN: Sound Design
- Help Wanted 2: Sound Design
Rachel Sim
- RUIN: Audio Production

Jamie Lee
- Help Wanted 2: Sound Design
Michelle Del Mundo
- Help Wanted 2: Sound Design
Alfonso Salinas
- Help Wanted 2: Audio Lead

Description[]

Awarded as one of the Best Places to Work by Gamesindustry.biz in 2022, A Shell in the Pit is an employee-first studio working with some of the most notable games releases in the past decade, handling entire creative and technical audio pipelines and whole-cloth trailer production.

Our purpose is to create "dream jobs" in an industry notorious for using the term as bait to exploit young workers. With a happy, vibrant, and supported staff, we have contributed to titles such as Rogue Legacy 1 & 2, Untitled Goose Game, Night in the Woods, Chicory, Wandersong, Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach, Sneaky Sasquatch, Smarter Every Day, The Callisto Protocol, and dozens more.

Contributions[]

Game	Track(s)	Note(s)
Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach	Chased, Welcome, Moondrop, Hunted, Close Calls, Roxy Run, Fazerblast, The Alley, Road Trip, Freddy, You're My Superstar, Burntrap Intro, Burntrap, V.I.P., Vanny Redeemed
Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach - RUIN	Your Special Day, Scooper, I Got Your Message, Mimic Chase, Credits, I Remember, Are You There?, Mimic Confrontation Tension
Five Nights at Freddy's: Help Wanted 2	Mystic Hippo, Bonnie Bowl

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Company

Video Game Companies	Clickteam LLC • Illumix, Inc. • Mega Cat Studios, Inc. • Metaverse Team Frights • Scottgames, LLC • Steel Wool Studios, Inc.
Film Companies	Blumhouse Productions, LLC • Jim Henson's Creature Shop • Scott Cawthon Productions, LLC • Universal Pictures
Merchandise Companies	Funko Inc. • Hex Plush LLC • Jazwares, LLC • Sanshee, LLC • Youtooz Inc.
Other Companies	A Shell in the Pit Audio, Inc. • Game Jolt, Inc. • Kevin Anderson & Associates Inc. • Maximum Entertainment, LLC • Nintendo of America • Pingle Studio, Ltd. • Scholastic Corp. • Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC • Striker Entertainment, LLC • Xbox Game Studios • Other Companies