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TCM The Family Mode

Bug's Scream and Stream·video·17m 17s·analyzed·Oct 12, 2024
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TL;DR

Bug streams TCM's new 'Family' mode, announces Spooky staff takeover for next Scooby stream.

Summary

Bug streams gameplay of TCM (Texas Chain Saw Massacre) pinball's new 'The Family' mode update, a complex search-and-hunt mechanic where players locate and kill/release victims across four ramps. Bug showcases the mode mechanics, discusses the code development process with collaborator Wysnow, and announces that Spooky Pinball staff (Luke Peters and team) will host the next livestream featuring Scooby-Doo's third wizard mode while Bug attends Expo.

Key Claims

  • The Family mode is a new update to TCM pinball based on a right-ramp insert that has been on the playfield for almost a full year

    high confidence · Bug directly references the insert visible for 'almost a full year' and is now being used for The Family mode

  • Bug developed The Family mode in collaboration with Wysnow over the phone

    high confidence · Bug states: 'I had a really great time writing this over the phone with uh why snow in chat here'

  • The Family mode is similar to Stalker mode from Halloween pinball

    high confidence · Bug explicitly states: 'slightly reminiscent slightly of the stalker mode with halloween' and later 'Are you guys seeing the similarities to Stalker mode? It's like reverse Stalker mode in a way.'

  • Scooby-Doo pinball will have three wizard modes total, with the third being 'Scooby-Doo, where are you?' as the final wizard mode

    high confidence · Bug confirms: 'So, yeah. Third wizard mode in Scooby-Doo' and 'Scooby-Doo, where are you? Correct. Scooby-Doo, where are you? Is the final wizard mode.'

  • Luke Peters is the rules/code director at Spooky Pinball and 'Spooky DJ' behind the Warden system and Scooby-Doo code

    high confidence · Bug introduces: 'Luke Peters who is the rules director at Spooky Pinball code director and Spooky DJ the man behind the warden system and Scooby code'

Notable Quotes

  • “It is that little insert on the right ramp that you have seen sitting there for many, many times... it's crazy. we're nearing a year that this game has been out”

    Bug @ early stream segment — Confirms The Family mode has been part of TCM's planned feature roadmap for nearly a year, indicating long development cycle

  • “The Family mode is basically Vin Diesel shows up and tells you about how important family is, and that he has a family, and that this is his new Texas family”

    Bug @ mode introduction — Humorous description of The Family mode's thematic integration with movie audio and Vin Diesel references from Fast & Furious franchise

  • “I've never gotten through that mode that quick. That was nasty.”

    Bug @ end of first Family mode playthrough — Bug's personal gameplay performance indicator; demonstrates mode is challenging but completable

  • “way too many bad livestream experiences lately with... internet reliability and dropouts and stuff like that. I'm just, I'm not gonna risk it”

    Bug @ Expo announcement segment — Explanation for why Bug will not stream live from Expo despite attending; prioritizing stream quality over live venue coverage

  • “I was just born with a natural gift. Okay, that's all right.”

    Bug @ mid-stream banter — Self-deprecating humor about on-camera entertainment abilities

Entities

BugpersonSpooky PinballcompanyTCM (Texas Chain Saw Massacre)gameScooby-DoogameLuke PeterspersonWysnowpersonStephaniepersonAllentowneventExpoeventStalker modeproduct

Signals

  • ?

    community_signal: Spooky Pinball staff (Luke Peters) will host the next livestream in Bug's absence, indicating internal capacity for community streaming and content creation

    high · Bug announces Luke Peters and team will 'host the live stream' for Scooby-Doo wizard mode reveal while Bug is at Expo

  • ?

    design_philosophy: Spooky Pinball intentionally references and remixes existing mode designs (Stalker from Halloween) for new content, suggesting deliberate homage and iterative design approach

    high · Bug describes The Family mode as 'slightly reminiscent of the stalker mode with halloween' and 'reverse Stalker mode in a way'

  • ?

    event_signal: Spooky Pinball attending major pinball Expo event with staff presence

    high · Bug confirms attendance at Expo and plans to meet fans there

  • ?

    community_signal: Bug collaborates with community members (Wysnow) on mode design via phone, suggesting participatory design process with engaged players

    high · Bug states: 'I had a really great time writing this over the phone with uh why snow in chat here uh he had some really great ideas we combined some cool stuff together'

  • ?

    product_strategy: TCM pinball's planned The Family mode has been visible as an insert on the playfield for nearly a full year, indicating long-term feature planning and staged content rollout

    high · Bug: 'That little insert on the right ramp that you have been seeing for almost a full year now. It's crazy. we're nearing a year that this game has been out'

Transcript

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0:00
All right, let's roll. Let's roll baby We have something pretty tonight we have pinball zombies It's the bug screaming stream, it's my stream and it's bugs. I don't know how to do an intro right now, I didn't really think about one before I got live on camera here, so let me just show you something cool, check this out. Little ghost, little ghost, but wait, but wait, there's more, ready? Oh! Oh no! Spooky pinball and leather faces on it. Are you kidding me? I don't know why I didn't wear this in the last stream. You know what's even cooler about this? It's the only one in the world. This was custom made for me by a very, very sweet friend of ours, Stephanie, who we hang out with at Allentown every year in Pennsylvania. She's dope, she's super talented, and you should buy her stuff, because it's awesome. And yeah, she made this for me. It's got the face on the back, and I was like, oh my gosh, why am I not wearing this every single livestream? Because it was the summertime, and it was really hot. It's finally flannel season, I can start wearing this when I'm not in my spooky red polo every single day. Can you advertise her on Facebook? Yeah, I will try and clip this, and I will link stuff to her stores and whatnot, and you can buy some cool stuff. makes a lot of stuff like this, I think so. Yeah, cool stuff. Thank you, Stephanie, for making this. It's awesome. New TCM code. I think we've definitely said what's in the new update. It is a new mode called The Family, and it's basically Vin Diesel shows up and tells you about how important family is, and that he has a family, and that this is his new Texas family. Vin Diesel has many families, but mostly this one's the one based in Texas. So I've actually never seen any of the Fast and Furious movies. I just know Vin Diesel says The Family a lot. And every time we were working on this, I was always like, The Family, The Family. But yeah, so this mode is The Family. It is that little insert on the right ramp that you have seen sitting there for many, many times. Too fast, too spooky, damn right. It is that insert up here that you have been seeing for almost a full year now. It's crazy. we're nearing a year that this game has been out time goes fast um anyway the family mode super fun uh i had a really great time writing this over the phone with uh why snow in chat here uh he had some really great ideas we combined some cool stuff together really happy with this mode it's a very fun experience slightly reminiscent slightly of the stalker mode with halloween so you're going to be searching in different rooms to try and find survivors and you're going to be killing them or releasing them. What? I don't know. We'll see when we jump into the mode some more, but really, really cool.
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  • ?

    technology_signal: Bug has experienced repeated internet reliability issues with livestreaming, causing caution about streaming from external venues

    high · Bug states: 'way too many bad livestream experiences lately with... internet reliability and dropouts and stuff like that. I'm just, I'm not gonna risk it'

    • 3:31
    Yeah, if you're going to be at Expo, please let me know. I'd love to say hi. But just because I'm at Expo doesn't mean we aren't having a screaming stream. And while I wish the answer was I'm just going to scream from Expo, I have had way too many bad livestream experiences lately with, uh, hey man, uh, way too many bad livestream experiences lately as far as, like, internet reliability and dropouts and stuff like that. I'm just, I'm not gonna risk it, I, especially not on an important stream like a new wizard mode and Scooby-Doo, like, that's a big deal. So, we're gonna still have the livestream, but I will not be present for it Luke Peters who is the rules director at Spooky Pinball code director and Spooky DJ the man behind the warden system and Scooby code They are going to host the live stream They going to teach you all about the wizard mode And it will be the first ever bugless screamin' stream, so that'll be pretty neat. I'm excited for them. I hope they can survive it.
    4:36
    I hope they can survive it. The final wizard mode isn't here yet? No! Not in Scooby-Doo. There's two wizard modes in. This is the third wizard mode.
    4:46
    So, yeah. Third wizard mode in Scooby-Doo. And I'll be busy at Expo, so hopefully they do well. I'm excited for Expo. Buster, you've got to come say hi to me at Expo. So, and remember, I'm probably not going to know what you look like. So, you just got to give me the stream name.
    5:23
    They're going to say, they're going to do silly things without my help. They're, I don't know how great they are on camera by themselves.
    5:33
    It's hard. Like, and that's, I'm not really like making fun of them. Like, getting on camera and trying to be entertaining can be kind of tricky. I was just born with a natural gift.
    5:51
    Okay, that's all right. Next ball, we'll get it. The pig squeals are hilarious. Absolutely. Is it the final wizard mode in Scooby-Doo? Is Scooby-Doo, where are you? Correct.
    6:10
    Scooby-Doo, where are you? Is the final wizard mode. I'm going to go with Grandpa. Oh, I'm going to close. Oh, no, I don't want that. There we go.
    6:24
    There we go. The family. All right. Search for victims in the house. That is correct. I'm going to talk over this intro. Don't worry. We're going to play it more than once. the four ramps are going to be lit those ramps identify rooms basically when I by hitting those rooms I'm searching for a victim so I happen to find it on my first hit that time after I find a victim in a room I have to hit the kill target right over here that kill target now super risky because the release target is right beneath that so you gotta be right on the freaking money with hitting it Okay, so that was one room.
    7:06
    That was one victim kill. I have to kill four victims. So since I found them at that lower left ramp, they're now hiding in one of the other three ramps. So I'm going to start hitting those to try and find them. So, like, there I did not find them.
    7:28
    Movie audio is great. movie audio is super great. Bounce. Alright, upper left. Hilton, fill in the gaps for me while I'm trying to play.
    7:41
    Alright, victim found. So, like I said, the kill and release target are lit. You want to hit the kill target, just like that. So, victim killed. Alright.
    7:52
    Now I got my upper two ramps lit. Oh, I thought we could grab that. Okay, not there. So definitely, it could only be at one at this point. So as you find the victims at that ramp, that ramp is no longer a room you have to search in the next phase after you kill the victim. If you lose the victim, you still have to search that ramp.
    8:15
    Are you guys seeing the similarities to Stalker mode? It's like reverse Stalker mode in a way. All right.
    8:22
    So we got to hit the kill target, not the release target. Okay, so that was released. I totally missed. Now, here's the thing. When you release them it does increase the value of the survivor So when I go and I find them again they going to be worth more
    8:44
    They're going to be worth more. Oh, so close. Oh, I meant to do a soft plunge. Alright, bounce. Alright. Now here's the pro tip for hitting the kill target.
    9:03
    Absolutely smack that right rim. Mother... Humber. Okay, found him. I'm getting lucky on my 50-50s here.
    9:22
    Nope. There we go. Come on, hit the kill target. Alright. Crush the right ramp. Let it go. Boom. That's how you do that.
    9:44
    Alright, so we got one left. One survivor left. Long mode, huh? It's tough, but it's fun. This is my favorite mode in the game right now.
    9:56
    All right. Only one room left, so it's got to be that upper left one. Oh, no, no, no! It's okay. Spit it around.
    10:17
    Ah, I missed. Okay. Do a soft plunge, because I don't think I'm going to hit that. Oh, I only got 17 seconds left. Fuck.
    10:26
    Yes! All right. Sling, help me out. Hit it. Yes. Okay. No. Won it just in time. So that's the family mode. Super intense. I'm sorry if I wasn't doing quite enough talking.
    10:50
    Really speaks H.K. Worthmore. Yeah. You can build it up a whole bunch. Pro tip. watch Leatherface for a hint on what room the victim is hiding in. All good stuff.
    11:09
    Hilton, I wasn't going to tell him I made those. That's supposed to be a secret, buddy. Anybody home? Anyway, they don't need to know about that. But, yeah, next time we play that mode, maybe I'll just shut up the whole time so you can hear the intro, you can hear the call-outs, because the movie call-outs are dope. They're so good. So good.
    11:36
    So, yeah, that's the family mode. Yeah, I want gas station mode. You get them good meat. Okay. That's all right.
    11:57
    Yes. Hold the right flipper if you want to light the top modes. So every lane has two modes on it, right? You have the Cook and Hitchhiker, Grandpa Gas Station, the Family Leatherface, Woodchase Grape Rob. When you hold the right flipper, hold the right flipper while you hit start, it will light all the top modes. If you hold the left flipper while you hit start, it lights all the bottom modes. so you can take control over what modes you're going to light in your game.
    12:26
    Sorry, I was reading the chat. Dude is talented, legit. It's so fucking weird. Well, thank you. That's the nicest thing anyone's ever said about me.
    12:35
    Anyway, yeah, left flip or start button chooses bottom modes. I recommend just hitting start and letting God decide what modes you're going to get because that's more fun.
    12:48
    All right. Welcome to the Hammer Room Wow, first shot again. We're getting lucky. And they're killed! Oh baby! Yeah, got him!
    13:16
    I just can't take no more of your killing. Aha! Sneak shot! Who'd have thunk it? Yeah, sneak shot. You might want to hit that.
    14:08
    I challenge all of you to beat that mode faster. I've never gotten through that mode that quick. That was nasty. Let's play the family again Gotta play that at least one more time
    14:35
    Sweet Sweet, alright I'll be quiet so you guys can hear All the cool callouts welcome to the family I just can't take no more of your junk There we go. Sneak target. Want to use that.
    15:31
    Bounce. All right. Roll. Yes. That's the real strategy, dude. Hit that right ramp. That's the strat.
    16:05
    Oh. Right ramp. Oh. Ha ha ha! Dirty. Dirty, dirty, dirty. Oh. No! Ball save. Drop to the left. Remember, you can hold the left flipper on that orbit. Scoop. You can hold the left flipper for a soft plunge to the left flipper.
    16:53
    Very valuable. Very nice. Nailed it. This is the best I've ever... In testing, I did not play this good on the family mode. No way.
    17:12
    No way. Not at all.