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Rob Zombie "Hellbound" Wizard Mode Tutorial

Bug's Scream and Stream·video·36m 19s·analyzed·Nov 8, 2024
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TL;DR

Bug demonstrates Rob Zombie Hellbound wizard mode and discusses Spooky Pinball's design philosophy around voice talent and budgeting.

Summary

Bug from Spooky Pinball provides an extended tutorial and gameplay walkthrough of the Rob Zombie 'Hellbound' wizard mode, discussing game design decisions, voice talent (including Rob Zombie, Sid Haig, and Sherry Moon), mode mechanics, and eventually beating the game on stream. The conversation reveals development budget challenges, voice acting priorities, and Easter eggs in the game's code and design.

Key Claims

  • Rob Zombie game featured voice work from Rob Zombie, Sid Haig, and Sherry Moon despite tight budget

    high confidence · Bug explicitly states 'we did manage to get Rob to do all the speech, Sid Haig to do all the speech, and then we even got Sherry Moon to do some speech, too' and later 'Rob had some of the best call-outs we've ever gotten'

  • Spooky Pinball prioritizes hiring actors for voice work on all games since Rob Zombie

    high confidence · Bug states 'Every game since then, we've never skimped on, like, if we can get an actor, we're doing it'

  • The original Rob Zombie prototype remains on location at McCarthy's Pub in Benton, Wisconsin, still earning money for volunteer fire department

    high confidence · Bug specifically mentions 'The original Rob Zombie prototype is still on location at McCarthy's Pub here in Benton, Wisconsin. Still earning money for the volunteer fire department'

  • Ben Heck created the video mode for Rob Zombie and deliberately left a code 'accident' (8-bit song version) in the game

    medium confidence · Bug says 'I feel like that was probably an accident that you kept. No, no, that was on purpose' and credits Ben Heck as 'the really good animator who also knows how to code'

  • Spooky Pinball's financial practices involve spending aggressively and then seeking forgiveness from their accountant

    high confidence · Bug states 'We tend to spend way too much and then beg forgiveness from our accountant at the end of the year' and their accountant says 'you guys are idiots. You've got to do better with this. You've got to spend less'

  • American Witch is the hardest mode in Rob Zombie, requiring consecutive shots with no margin for error

    high confidence · Bug describes it as 'the hardest mode you've ever made, ever' and explains 'you've got to hit the shots consecutively, and you've got to stay away from the potholes. It's so hard. Basically, you can't miss'

  • Texas Chainsaw Massacre is Bug's favorite Spooky Pinball game to date

    high confidence · Bug states 'Texas Chainsaw is absolutely my favorite spooky game to date. I love it' and later 'now that I've beaten this, I might tell people it's my favorite'

Notable Quotes

  • “We tend to spend way too much and then beg forgiveness from our accountant at the end of the year.”

    Bug (Spooky Pinball) @ mid-video — Reveals Spooky Pinball's financial strategy and budget management philosophy

  • “Every game since then, we've never skimped on, like, if we can get an actor, we're doing it.”

    Bug (Spooky Pinball) @ mid-video — Establishes Spooky's commitment to voice talent as a core design priority post-Rob Zombie

  • “The original Rob Zombie prototype is still on location at McCarthy's Pub here in Benton, Wisconsin. Still earning money for the volunteer fire department.”

    Bug (Spooky Pinball) @ mid-video — Unique detail about game placement and historical artifact status

  • “I know how games get coded, and this reeks of, oops, actually leave it.”

    Bug (Spooky Pinball) @ mid-video — Discusses intentional code decisions that appear accidental

  • “I've never actually seen anybody beat it in person. Folks, this was my game.”

    Bug (Spooky Pinball) @ near-end — Reveals that Bug is the game designer and hasn't witnessed Hellbound wizard mode completion before

  • “I never thought I would beat this game, dude. Wow. I beat Rob Zombie. I never thought I was going to beat this game.”

    Bug (Spooky Pinball) @ end-sequence — Emotional reaction to successfully completing own game's wizard mode for first time on stream

  • “Texas Chainsaw is, like, our best game of all time. I absolutely love the game.”

    Bug (Spooky Pinball) @ post-gameplay — Strong endorsement of another Spooky title as their best work

Entities

BugpersonSpooky PinballcompanyRob Zombie HellboundgameRob ZombiepersonSid HaigpersonSherry MoonpersonBen HeckpersonFrank WelkerpersonTexas Chainsaw Massacregame

Signals

  • ?

    business_signal: Spooky Pinball operates with aggressive spending patterns followed by post-hoc accountability with accountant, indicating potential cash flow management challenges

    high · Bug describes 'We tend to spend way too much and then beg forgiveness from our accountant at the end of the year' and accountant's criticism

  • ?

    community_signal: Spooky Pinball active in streaming content creation with designer participation, demonstrating community-facing content strategy

    high · Bug streaming extended gameplay tutorial and designer commentary on Bug's Scream and Stream channel

  • ?

    design_philosophy: Spooky Pinball prioritizes authentic voice talent acquisition as a core design philosophy, with commitment to hire professional actors for all games post-Rob Zombie despite budget constraints

    high · Bug explicitly states 'Every game since then, we've never skimped on, like, if we can get an actor, we're doing it' despite acknowledging tight budgets

  • ?

    community_signal: Bug has never witnessed the Hellbound wizard mode completion by another player in person, suggesting significant difficulty and/or limited tournament/competitive play

    high · Explicit statement 'I've never actually seen anybody beat it in person' despite being the designer

  • ?

    personnel_signal: Ben Heck involved in video mode design with animation and coding expertise; referenced as notable talent with specific skills across disciplines

    medium · Bug describes Ben Heck as 'the really good animator who also knows how to code' and credits him with intentional code decisions

Topics

Wizard mode design and difficulty balanceprimaryVoice talent procurement and prioritization in game designprimarySpooky Pinball's financial and budgeting practicesprimaryGame code design decisions and intentional 'accidents'secondaryRob Zombie game history and prototype placementsecondaryComparative assessment of Spooky Pinball's game portfoliosecondaryMode progression and save mechanicssecondaryCompetitive pinball difficulty and playabilitymentioned

Sentiment

positive(0.82)— Bug is enthusiastic about the game design, proud of voice talent achievements, self-deprecating about gameplay performance, and celebratory about beating wizard mode for first time on stream. Some frustration with difficult modes but overall warm, playful tone. Affectionate about Spooky's games and financial/operational challenges.

Transcript

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I'm gonna hit it. Not right now, but later. You can kinda still do it. It's as easy as 1, 2, 3, GO GO GO! If you hit the first one and it doesn't hit anything else, you can kinda cheat and try to drop it up there. Ah, dang it. The upper playfield is on the left of it. Yeah, there's a VUK that gets up to it. Like this! Ah, that would've been cool. Maybe Buck can show you. There you go. There. So then when I select my mode... It's so freaking hard. Let's do it. It gives you a false sense of confidence, because at the start of it, you're hitting everything. You're like, oh yeah, I'm killing this. Where it becomes impossible is those freaking X targets up in the right corner. Way better. Is there a way to add time? You don't remember. I don't remember. I understand. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. All right, I got to hit those blue targets, dude. Oh, I got one of them. Nothing to it but to do it. Oh, come on, you dirty little... The best thing you can do is get it going side to side. If I restart this, will it remember my progress? I think so, yes. It freaking better. Shoot left orbit to restart. There you go. Okay, yeah. So I got like three shots left and then I beat that mode. Bounce. There we go. Let's get it. Oh, okay, yeah. It holds your progress. That's really good. So Sid was supposed to count down there like three seconds. Like three, two, one. You're dead. And then he gave us the line of, 3, 2, 1, you're dead. Yeah. So we went with it. Frank Welker did something really similar with Scooby, where he was counting down like 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. And he started laughing, and I was like, ah, this is why this dude's a pro. Where, where? Ramp? Shit. Ah! Only one mode, though. It was only one. I said it was a quiet burnout. It was always drawing. That checks out. That definitely checks out. I missed. How do you all figure out your budget for a title? Figure out how much we're willing to sacrifice that hope the money makes sense later. Our financials weren't exactly good until... Dr. Z is up your asshole. Ever. Ever. We tend to spend way too much and then beg forgiveness from our accountant at the end of the year. Yeah. Yeah, for all you guys that are like, oh, pinball is too expensive, this and that, our accountant disagrees. She's like, you guys are idiots. You've got to do better with this. You've got to spend less. Yeah. We put a lot into our games. One, two, three. Extra ball, baby. You did it. All right, let's do an easier mode. This game kind of started that, like, we didn't really have any money. The little bit we made off of it may feel straightforward, this license, but we did manage to get Rob to do all the speech, Sid Haig to do all the speech, and then we even got Sherry Moon to do some speech, too. So, you know, every game since then, we've never skimped on, like, if we can get an actor, we're doing it. Oh! Dang it. Oh, I got an extra ball. Still to this day, Rob had some of the best call-outs we've ever gotten. As far as, like... Oh! You did it! I hit it! Triple skill shot! And then I got the extra ball! Wow! How about that? Oh, I'm going to piss it all away so fast. It's your radio, man. Super town. Yeah. I'm so sorry that you guys have to hear me sing. When I say have to, I mean have to. Does it save progress? What kind of Brian Kelly crap is that? Cluck and fuck. See ya. Don't forget to top your mind or kick him. Right now, 90% of your audience is going, probably 98. Who the hell is Brian Kelly? Right? Right? No. Brother. Don't restart Dragula three times. That's... Wow, I'm gonna do it three times. It's the easiest shot in the game. It's the easy- I picked it because it's the easiest mode. I beat Demonoid Phenomenon in less tries. Okay, let's do it again. At least it saves progress. Alright. Oh my god, dude, it's- What is wrong with you? I'm asking the same thing. Okay. It's right there. Oh, then I hit that. Oh my god. This is the story of my life. Oh. Video mode, you know it. Oh, God. So the goal is run over as many pedestrians as possible. And certain ones are worth more. And if you get the bunny carrying the one. Oh, you got it. 50,000. That's a subtle involved joke. Oh, God. And now you're... Oh, and it like sticks it on, right? Yeah, I'm stuck in the 8-bit version of the song now. I feel like that was probably an accident that you kept. No, no, that was on purpose. I know how games get coded, and this reeks of, oops, actually leave it. Ben Heck actually did the video more. You mean Ben Heck, the really good animator who also knows how to code. Oh, people don't get why I say that yet. Never mind. Next game, you'll understand. I'm having a Butterfinger. How many of you will be enjoying it for the next half hour? Oh. Oh Shoot the inner orbit Shoot the inner orbit I hope you guys can hear it I don know if you can Alright. Alright. This should be a safe one to beat. Famous last words. Thank you. Come again. Let's do it. She passed that motherfucker. Three times. God, why are you like this? No. No. Get around there. Oh, you did it. Pokeball. Oh. Why is that so hard? Oh, get that extra ball. We're going to need it. Come on. Is this an obscure Rob Zombie song? Is it? I always thought it was one of the more pop... I don't know. Maybe it is. I picked this one. I'll take credit all the time. I don't think anybody could complain about the song selection in this game. The only complaint I would have is there's not enough of them. Dude, you've got three modes, B. I don't point it out. I played AMH in our Halloween tournament on Monday. Awesome. Atom ball! Nice! See if we can name all the voices in AMH. I was the southern general. Your mom was the bar whore. I'm sorry, soiled belly. Yeah. Ben was the theater director. Nordman was the mad doctor. Our accountant was the psychic. We couldn't afford to hire anybody. Jason Jones was the team leader. Bob Jonesi. I was just asking Ben about him recently. I was like, where the hell is that guy these days? He went into hibernation and disappeared. Ben's old co-host on the Ben Heck Show, Allison. She did a voice. One more. One more. Yes. Dang! Okay, back all in. Living dead girl! So Living Dead Girl was actually considered a sub-mole. The other one is River Ride Red Hot. Do I have to beat those two? You have to help them and you gotta beat them all. UGH! Nice save. Last second, huh? Boring strategy is to light chop here, so I have a ball save kind of ready to go. All we got to do to insert Red Hot 2 is collect the hands on the ramp and then shoot the right orb at one time. But isn't it pretty tough to beat? Define Goober the name tag, yes. G-Ober, not Goober, sorry. Gary-Ober. Doesn't House of a Thousand Corpses take place on Devil's Night? This is Devil's Night Yeah it does, that's a quote in the movie Three more to start Red Hot Two more, one more Without fail I will always miss the last one Last two Yeah Oops. Well... Have you ever beat your Rob Zombie? No. I've never been to Hellbound. Never done it. So, funny story. The Rob Zombie and the fuel home at Bug's house... I brought this one home because this is the only Rob Zombie game that matches Rob Zombie's personal game. I figured if we were making him one... Oh! We might as well make me one. So I took it home, and then I realized at the shop we didn't have a Rob Zombie, and I tried to always keep one of everything together at the shop. So, like, when customers came in or tech support... We need to get back to doing that, too. And so I had to buy a Rob Zombie. I had to go out and find a used one and buy it. Oh, shit. You miserable motherfucker. I'll rip out of this game and bash your fucking balls. So there. That was a lot. That was a lot. Oh, look at you go. All right, what do I got to do? Follow the flashing shots. Look at you. Boom. Hit the let out jazz. Just follow the flashing arrows. Spell G over. Wait, you mean this mode is hit the flashing shots? It is! It's like it's a pinball game. I've seen this before. All I ask for, Red Hot Puska. Where do I go? Where do I go? Three, two, one. You're dead. Uh, okay, I see, I see, I see. Keep going. I'm trying! Get around there! Oh, it was too slow, it didn't count. No, it did. Did it? One more! One more! Hit the damn shot! Sid starts swearing at me. Yes! Oh, my lord. Woo! Woo! The problem is, I'm never gonna beat frickin' American Witch, because it's the hardest mode you've ever made, ever. Did it just curse at you? It cursed at him a lot for doing that death save. It was not happy about that. It came back from the grave. Did it know I death saved? No. Oh. It knows that you tilted hard. You're fucked. That was a hell of a ball. Play it again, man. Hey, there's only one player in. I just keep doing what you're doing cuz you got but didn't you that means you play ball too whatever how else can I like what other ways do I have to light extra ball Right now, the hardest mode left is going to be American Witch. Yeah. You've got to hit the shots consecutively, and you've got to stay away from the potholes. It's so hard. Basically, you can't miss. There's got to be, like, a score. There's, like, a score point that you can get to that would give you extra ball, I assume, right? Like, I get to a... I've never gotten there. So the original Rob Zombie prototype is still on location at McCarthy's Pub here in Benton, Wisconsin. Still earning money for the volunteer fire department. Shit. What are you doing? Trying to beat this damn game. What a cheater. Okay, 1,000 corpses, which is basically just 1,000 switch hits. Yeah, but you want to hit those blue X targets, which is... You want to hit the targets that are impossible to aim for unless you're trapped up in single-ball play. Increases your multiplier. Holy crap. 1,000 to follow 13 corpses. Oh, God, I'm already, like, running out of balls, though. I didn't get there, did I? I'm not even halfway. You didn't even get halfway. Are you serious? Yeah, that wasn't very good. Ugh. I've always really struggled with that mode. We'll come back to it, hopefully. Skills, not cheats. Ha ha ha ha! The tournament director would disagree Dang Sid What do I want The left orbit What are you doing Ah, don't hit those. Stop hitting those. You've got to hit the left orbit. There you go. Now what? Just let it go. Now you want to shoot the ramp. This game's got butts. It does. It's got naked cartoon butts. And butcher and bounce. There we go. Okay, center ramp again? Oh, I see. Well, that's just going to put it right back in the pops if I hit it. Oh, you're still okay. Hit the center ramp. All right. Now what? Right orbit. Right orbit? Golly! So when you wrote modes, did you just sit down and go, what do I know I can't do? Is that a Haggis Fathom? No, that is an original Valley Fathom. Did anyone get a Haggis Fathom? Oh. No, that is a Valley Fathom. That's an original. I don't know what I did, but I beat the mode. I think you got the dirty pool shot. Oh! Because that was going to give it to you. That's good. You beat Red Hot. So you got Super Beast. Dead City Radio is not really that old. House of a Thousand Corpses, yeah. Does it save my progress on corpses? Yes. Oh, there's the testicles. I've never seen a hang-up song, to be honest. I wish everybody well there. Hope everybody gets their names and blah, blah, blah. Pinball's tough. It's been a lot of that over the last decade-ish. I hope it stops. There you go. Spam. Spam. Okay. Oh, I didn't hit it. Oh, that was really close, actually. Oh, I'm going to do it again, too. Nope. There you go. Ah. One, two, three, in order. Let's try it. Come on in, spend some money Bigfoot, the fuck? What? Oh, I could have probably grabbed it off of that. I should have done that. It's so funny, sometimes instead of collecting Bigfoot, he actually says Dennis Northman. Oh. Nice tap over. Look at you go. Holy crap. Chicken. What did you have for lunch today? You collected everything that was in the music video. Crack them up. Dude, Super Beast and Corpus. Nope. say it like that you scared me all I had to drop target twice now to how about that that spot or we still use Now that's why we light shop. Oh, come on. Hey! You meant to do that. Yeah. Beautiful. Radio! You know, the easiest way to do this would have just been to the first time. Yeah. Folks, this was my game and I've never actually seen anybody beat it in person. Come on. I don't want to tilt. I've shaken the hell out of it. I knew something like that would happen. You're okay. You still got... You still got a ball left. You know I'm the king of getting this as close to wizard mode as possible and then flubbing it. That's all I've heard. I've been on the internet. Seeing things. What? Oh! There you go. Utilize this ball save time to hit that drop target, because it's super high risk. Oh, well. You know what sucks? It takes away your block. No, really? Yeah, you can't lock a ball. You can't lock a ball here if the boat's fucking playing. And it's going to reset that target on you. Why? I don't know. Well, let me, like, chop at least out of this or something. Is the ball supposed to get stuck up there? Yes, that was the intent. Yeah. I was like, how do I make this drop target catch a ball behind it? You weren't joking. It takes it away. There you go. Well, at least you only had to hit it once. That was scary. Okay, we're going to actually burn our chop save. So we can... Dirty pool counts as luck! No, you got it. Come on, go, go, go, go. Yes, there must be a points qualifier. Oh, I guess I hit it. We might as well be super basic. Just center ramp, right? That's it. But it's time. Another one. Another shot at three. Get up there. One. It's only five. Two. Three. Four. Why didn't you hit five? Because there's rules and I follow them. The rule is I miss the last one every time. No, no, no. Hey, take it easy, asshole. I don't know why. I have no idea. You're no liar. You failed. You got started over. Did I really? Are you serious? I told you it's timed. Oh, funny. Go back, start it. You only need one shot. You already beat this one. Pussy Butcher, it's a fact. Pussy Butcher, it's a fact. We get it. I like how she says it. Okay. Does it save progress? Yeah. Okay. Well, that's not even halfway, so I gotta... You can always pray. You did it. You did it. Oh. Holy crap. There's a heck of a storm out there. I hope the power doesn't go off. Oh, my God. Just trying to stage a ball on my right flipper and I going to let the other one drain This is not great content right now You know what it just like everybody on board I think here They understand What think They understand I can do that I just trying really hard to get the ball in the right flipper man It's really hard. Just get over there. Come on. Nope, nope, ain't doing it. There you go. Anyway, that's how you do cradle separation. Wow. Oh. Okay. Yep. Left orbit. We need one shot on Super Beast. Ah! Oh, I have to restart it. Dude. Yeah, it does not save your brother. I'm sorry. The only mode in the game that doesn't, apparently. Well, it's five time shots. Three. Four. One more. Holy crap. How do you start Hellbound? Yeah, you got to shoot the ball up the Spalding. So left orbit the Spalding. There's a reason. What do you mean? Jackpot! Let's eat! All you gotta do is shoot the ball. There! Oh my god. Holy shit! Woo! Oh, that's cool. Oh, man. Oh my god. Okay, what do I gotta do? What do I gotta do, Dad? Flashing shots. Okay. I don't know. I've never made it this far. With all the flashing arrows. All the flashing arrows. I've hit none so far. Oh, I didn't go up. Didn't go up. If you, yeah. Oh my god. Go beat him. Go beat him. Let balls drain, it said. Battle Satan Bash Satan Who's Satan? Oh, it's Spalding Spalding is Satan That's the secret Satan defeated Hellbound Toad So I beat it Right? Beat the game You officially beat the game Oh, I did it while the ball save's still going So we gotta let the ball save time out Oh. It's a terrible code bug and the game never ends. Yeah, or none of this counts, right? The flippers are dead. Yeah, that's... Here we go. It should time out here. Play it again, man. And you still got a nice football. This game's not that hard. I've never done that. Wow. Ever. I beat Rob Zombie. I never thought I would beat this game. You beat it. I never, I literally never thought I was going to beat this game, dude. Wow. Sweet. Happy Halloween, everybody. Bet you can't do it again. Yeah. I bet so, too. Oh. All right. If I beat it again, everybody in chat has to buy a Texas Chainsaw Massacre with butter, whether you own it already or not. I recommend doing that anyway. I love that game. Mine's right over in the corner over here. Oh. You beat the game? I think we're going to go for a second round of it. I can't believe we beat it. I didn't think we were... Well, you kind of helped. Holy crap. I hope this is the new grand champion on this game. Looks like I'll be changing the batteries and revs. Yeah, no shit. You do that with game off. Makes it so it loses... Hey! Good move. Good move. Thank you, Tom. Thank you so much. For that shit. We appreciate that. Thank you, sir. Yes. I think you made the right decision, because TCM is, like, our best game of all time. I absolutely love the game. You know what looks really good next to Rob Zombie? Tex, why don't you have those two next to each other? You're messing this up. You've got to move Medieval Madness. We were having a Halloween party, and I was running out of steam. Ah. So I had to rearrange the row to put all the spooky games together. But, yeah, I need to get my Rob Zombie over there, too. Yeah. Get your zombie next to it, and then we'll post a photo online. Use the clicker to choose your battle. Shoot three and four to complete the whole. Three, two, one. You're dead. Okay. I'm done. I'm tired. I don't want to play anymore. I don't want to play anymore alright now you gotta do it play it again man do I have another extra ball oh my god I stacked some extra balls up well you probably get one for hellbound yeah I haven't paid yet so don't get too excited Yeah, it sounds like a guy from another company thing to say, but Texas Chainsaw is absolutely my favorite spooky game to date. I love it. Well, now that I've beaten this, I might tell people it's my favorite. Well, you used to say Alice Cooper, but Bug's got my game, so... I do. I have yours. Someday you can have it back. But it might be, like, a while. We're actually going to see Alice in a few weeks, sir. Yeah. Sweet, dude. Yeah, it's funny, because I've never run into Rob Zombie since we did the game. You know, obviously Matt we did, but Alice Cooper, like, once a year we just run into her. Yeah, he's just walking around betting. Yeah. That's never happened. We always wind up at the same events. You know, they shop at the same stores True The best town ever, Galena Oh my god, Chris You missed literally the finest play I've ever done. It was a process down the fucking drain. I just want to put in my initials. Whoa. Woo! That's going to be remarkable. Well, there's no point in me ever playing this game again. Well, it's only 8.05, so you've got to keep playing. You do a solo game now. I'll talk to the people. I'm kind of tired. I can't imagine why. Holy crap. All right, I'm just going to beat you.
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  • ?

    product_concern: Difficulty balance on certain game modes (American Witch, 1000 Corpses) appears intentionally punishing with limited accessibility even for experienced players

    medium · Bug struggles with modes designed by himself; describes American Witch as requiring near-perfect play with 'basically, you can't miss'

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    sentiment_shift: Bug's expressed preference shifted from Alice Cooper to Texas Chainsaw Massacre as favorite Spooky game, indicating evolving internal assessment of their portfolio

    medium · Bug states 'You used to say Alice Cooper, but Bug's got my game' and later 'now that I've beaten this, I might tell people it's my favorite' about Rob Zombie