Can you beat Stray WITHOUT RUNNING?

I loved cat game, but it was pretty easy. Instead of whining, I just made it a ton harder. Also the Deltarune OST was super clutch.
Special thanks to Factatac and PopCat for helping out with strat finding!
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Songs used:
Butterflies in Paris - Guustavv
Deltarune OST - Queen
Stray OST - SLUM
Stray OST - SECRET LAB
Stray OST - TRASH ZONE
Deltarune OST - Pandora Palace
Deltarune OST - Attack of the Killer Queen
Deltarune OST - Faint Courage
Atlas 17 - Ooyy

[@AstralSpiff]

Update over a year later. Loaf has been enjoying her cat tree for a long time. Ever since we moved into our house she’s liked the hammock spot the best for the view outside :)

[@ruthless-reader7987]

Yay! At least you didn't have chat giving you Loaf tree fund like a repeat of the chair fiasco

[@KaneyoriHK]

You better

[@apocalypse8346]

Loaf earned it

[@no241]

The cat shall rise

[@jandalljinky2910]

thank you

[@dzumaster2209]

Never ask a man his salary, a woman her age and BlueTwelve Studio how they got the sad cat sound

[@CptDoot]

Don't worry, it was just them doing some really good voice acting.

[@conorhallahan9625]

@@CptDoot pretty sure they said they used their real cat as the voice actress.

[@batfurs3001]

The cat wanted food (even though said cat had plenty of food left) and they refused. Obviously.

[@transgender_F-117]

one of the Devs cats was the voice of the player character, so they probably got is from her wining bc no foob

[@biggiesmall3562]

I worked for them...I KNOW VERY WELL =)

[@lightnight9822]

Spiff: **saying loaf and referring to the virtual loaf** Loaf: **confused cat noises**

[@toonistiny]

Yea lol

[@nicolespears3191]

Lol

[@halfbloodbrit2518]

I thought this was about spiffingbrit

[@xzx4696]

Loaf: *confused loaf noises*

[@Fr4nk4000]

9:00 I never noticed this on my playthrough, they made the cat model so fucking accurate that Stray's eyes do the weird shine thing

[@samisthegreatest6682]

the amount of detail they put into CAT

[@anintrovertonyoutube5271]

@@samisthegreatest6682 I know it's so perfect!

[@sheepyspeep1905]

just a random internet nerd here. incase anyone is wondering that's called eyeshine, its caused by the tapetum lucidum. the tapetum lucidum is a layer of the eye behind the retina that reflects light back trough, allowing the eye to "see twice" which increases visual acuity in dark areas

[@Cosmentix]

@@sheepyspeep1905 that's a pretty cool fact

[@kaydubsthekoifish]

@@sheepyspeep1905 Cool! Does any other animal besides cats do that? I know humans do the red eye thing.

[@britanimations2002]

Stray: You want to complete me without sprinting? Simple! Security Breach: You want to complete me without running? Easy! Just break the game, Freddy, and all of time and space and you'll be golden

[@Floofel.]

But hey, it’s still possible :)

[@lordmarshmal_0643]

Hehe, _golden_

[@variantgalaxy]

@@lordmarshmal_0643 *looooreeeee*

[@hyjinx1889]

more like Stray: You want to complete me without sprinting? Simple, just move some traffic cones and get the two sentinals stuck on a garbage can and if you’re lucky, get the last one stuck on the truck!

[@thothcat1538]

More like stray: wanna beat me runless? Ram your head repeatedly into a wall and try to find every possible out of bounds to outsmart a single door

[@doodlefawn4742]

its amusing how people don't realize you can walk through the prison bars when youre locking in the sentinels

[@superbanananinja]

ARE YOU SERIOUS

[@FitKat]

WHAT

[@hyjinx1889]

@@superbanananinja did you not watch the video?

[@hyjinx1889]

@@superbanananinja he figured out he could

[@superbanananinja]

I didn't have time for an hour long video no. I struggled in that section and died several times bc I didn't realuse

[@carro_lol4616]

Spiff: "The problem is not the number of giga rats, but the space" Also Spiff: **forgets to mention his masochism for not using the light**

[@idlekitty-tj3111]

I need a video of just loaf. I dont care if loaf is sleeping, eating, sleeping or whatever, I need more cat content

[@vvvampire_culture]

I need one too LOAF CONTENT

[@cupman6477]

c00t cat content (CCC)

[@MaggieHunter]

Like that 24/7 stream of axolotl?

[@Daltogolich]

Yes, Just yes

[@jontheartist5918]

I love the way loaf just wiggles and weaves around the zurks.

[@tlkfanrwbyfan8716]

Break their ankles

[@thunderzarchaosser9083]

you mean... the giga rats

[@FEBLUCAXZ]

45:29 The PURE desperation in the "No!" was felt deep within me

[@wheelskellington3112]

rabbit sounds are often used in sound mixing for monsters, pigs also, so the roaches sound like bunnies

[@professordaemon9359]

I'm so glad spiff's Channel is still growing and changing. He deserves all the attention he gets, hopefully he continues to make videos he's proud to post and share with us!

[@tyukogames]

True, and he must grow because the algo is a bitch to small channels

[@kimmikimsan9065]

oh yeah, i just found spiff yesterday hehe

[@oh-no-not-me]

Fr. Couldn't have said it better.

[@jamesharbour7622]

We shall quote you and you shall be brought up again when he reaches 10mil subs

[@oh-no-not-me]

@@jamesharbour7622 yes. Sounds like a plan

[@ruthless-reader7987]

Loved that we got to see Loaf! Was there for the ending and the van scene at the end was awesome!

[@firockfinion3326]

Achieving the mass murder of 'rats' while putting in as little effort as possible? Yeah, this is a real cat challenge alright.

[@roseherbalist830]

I was briefly in the stream, on a task from Backseat, who was streaming at the same time. He was (and still is at the time of writing) working on a glitchless Security Breach, and reached Mazercise. Spiff, rather helpfully, has a command in his chat that lets you ask for the mazercise code. Cue roughly 20-50 people pouring into Spiff's chat, just to spam the maze code command. We promptly left and delivered our prize back to Backseat.

[@azurephantom100]

that vest thing Many cats will fall over or freeze when they feel the harness because it triggers a survival response that they would employ if grabbed by a predator.

[@oopsiethatsgay3203]

:(

[@delifresh221]

17:44 took me several entire playthroughs and hearing spiff say the robot's name funny to realize "seamus" is supposed to be a pun on "CMOS". like a CMOS battery.

[@elib.7875]

i immediately hit the like when you said that loaf gets a big cat tree

[@jpajdomyan7988]

so did i

[@miadesynced]

same

[@Tymo_Yoda]

Honestly, the Deltarune soundtracks go well with everything, even a quick death montage or storytelling

[@crockowithglocko576]

Yeah agreed

[@jts3853]

I want to play the game spiff so I’m not going to watch this video right away, but if I decide that I can’t wait and the lure of your video is too much than I’ll watch it. But take my like for the cat tree.

[@mrbabyman4049]

Just so you know its a very slow and boring game, it basically relies on the cat to be interesting. Still a cool game but if you like faster games this prob wont be for you.

[@ElFireFox]

@@mrbabyman4049 bruh do you have a personal connection? Let them decide for themselves whether they like the game or not. I personally love the game and think it's worth the money, and that's my opinion. You can give criticism but don't discourage other people from playing the game.

[@mrbabyman4049]

@@ElFireFox not what i was doing, yes i could have been more detailed about what makes the game good but idc that much, just telling them that if they like more fast paced games this probably isn't for them, i had to learn that the hard way and don't want others not knowing anything about the game and wasting money.

[@ElFireFox]

@@mrbabyman4049 you're right. I'm dumb and missed the part where is you IF you like fast paced games, my bad. I thought you said he/she did like fast paced games. I mis read. Sorry about that. I'm a little bit tired so my brain skipped over that part.

[@Loganrx]

@@mrbabyman4049 there’s an achievement for the game where you have to beat the game in under 2 hours, took me 3 times to beat it and it was fast paced. But the first time around, yea it’s kinda slow if you want to get the entire story/memories the game can be 6-10 hours long depending on how long it takes you to figure out the path and figure out the enemies.

[@bello666]

Security breach: *milked of every possible glitch on planet earth because of spiff* Stray now: *confused screaming*

[@OKStudiosfantasy]

Actually the cat is fully voice acted by a cat named Lala. This is why it sounds so realistic.

[@metal_pipe9764]

How much was the cat paid?

[@AstralArbourSys]

@@metal_pipe9764 lots of chicken

[@FluffyPancakes36]

@@metal_pipe9764 Lala deserves a union

[@metal_pipe9764]

@@FluffyPancakes36 yeah, they only got paid in chicken, that's clearly unfair

[@lagomorphlicensee]

How'd they get the pain sounds

[@superbanananinja]

I got the "100 Meow" achievement within 10 minutes of playing lol The chase scenes were so stressful for me because I just wanted to keep this cute cat alive😅

[@abbynormal4740]

😄icr. Not a gamer but have been binge watching Stray YT content since the Evan and Katelyn playthrough popped up on my feed (probably bcs the protagonist looks just like our Rusty boy) 🥰😸 The stress from watching Katelyn get Stray killed several times and her reaction triggered my dang asthma 🙀😮‍💨 lol. At that rate, I'd need rescue inhalers and nebulizer tx's with every chase sequence if I tried playing fr 😄😆

[@generallyunimportant]

@@abbynormal4740 the amount of text without punctuation you have and the emojis in it makes the whole reply obnoxiously hard to read

[@Schnort]

8:00 The transition here killed me, that was so funny

[@_gremlinboy]

The story about his friend who ate a minnow is totally bonkers from the go, but then the casual implication at the end that the fish was released alive?? I can't imagine the trauma

[@tomaszwojciula]

The enemies in Stray are literally Half-Life's Headcrabs with a giant glowing eye.

[@snatcher2592]

Alternatively, Fleshy Snarks

[@pluto3194]

​@@snatcher2592 Flarks

[@set4763]

Headcrab Sans is real??

[@mechanicalgamingscrapstudi7763]

Plus the city scanners with some modifacaton

[@BoofeyBlueFoot]

While trying to get the Can't cat-ch me achievement, I wondered if this game could be done sprintless. Then this video comes out like 5 days later, what a great day

[@fishjigs6720]

YOU GUYS BETTER LIKE THE VIDEO BECAUSE WE NEED THE CAT TREE!

[@lemonsdum5589]

Cat spin in bucket: 8:04 8:20 10:28 13:56

[@-Sullens-]

Thank god the modders and hackers have made it so you can make your own cats in this amazing game

[@mythiccheese_]

Spiff it's honestly so impressive to me how much resilience you have in these challenge runs. It's beyond me. Congrats on the almost sprintless, I'm really happy for the growth you've been getting recently.

[@Floofel.]

Whenever Loaf was just dodging all the Giga-rats, I kept thinking of that cat wiggling meme.

[@eugenenalpin6058]

34:35 Ah yes, the oldest trick in the book of stealth... A BOX!

[@zoranmladenovic3807]

Bro I literally can’t watch this video without crying every time poor Loaf is killed

[@maxTHEDINONERD]

hearing the deltarune OST in this vid made me want to see spiff play deltarune on stream

[@sean.plays.games.0592]

frfr

[@circusdremfnafsmp6845]

14:16 Welp Mom I’m famous by being hopeless-

[@AnEldritchBeing]

Haven't watched any gameplay for stray yet, but apparently my one brain cell thinks it's okay to watch spiff do a challenge with it... _And I agree with it _*_let's GOOOOOOOOOOOO-_* _______________________________________ Good to know we collectively have one braincell, and only for the exact same thought-

[@bittersweetstarfishes9566]

i guess we're sharing that same one brain cell lol

[@nathanhays8696]

Same here.

[@apaintbrush.]

One brain cell group,

[@kelpanimates3788]

We all share the same braincell it seems

[@deadplantwitchbitch1748]

Indeed

[@giovannitapia]

Game reviewer: this game makes you feel like a cat

[@hackzicuackzicu1421]

she's not a huge fan at moving too much relatable

[@thefbi9581]

Loaf really lives up to her name.

[@Streetcleanergaming]

I have a stray cat that just decided to stick around my dad's house (he lives in the fields) and she doesn't have a name yet. Loaf could be her name if we can't think of one.

[@gekoraz5593]

the achievement at 9:23 has a word play in it for those that dont know french, "chat" is the french word for cat there's the word play

[@pluto3194]

It's also not pronounced like the English word "chat" so the wordplay of "boom shakalaka" does work

[@gekoraz5593]

@@pluto3194 indeed, in french the T is silent, so it's just "cha" that's pronounced

[@theeternalbruh1267]

1:23, that is such a CAT reaction to the cat falling to what they probably think is his death

[@Lotus-sp6cu]

Digging the Deltarune songs thrown in during explanation sections Spiff 👍👍

[@lordmarshmal_0643]

Stray but the "Gigarats" are all mini-Monties

[@Seigyo]

I DIDN'T KNOW YOU COULD WALK THROUGH THE BOTTOMS OF THE GATES. Those robot jukes were a nightmare for me!

[@charlietheuncreative6737]

man talking about petting a cat's belly made me wanna pet MY cat, but then I remembered she's outside :( also my secret to petting her tummy is being the one who feeds her and hangs out with her most of the day so she just lets me

[@Kaiimei]

Not even five minutes in and I'm already whining xD That first chase, I was practically yelling that you have to keep weaving, you kept going in a straight line and getting glomped, paaaain.

[@jontheartist5918]

I love Stray, I can’t believe you actually played it! Love the video!

[@samisthegreatest6682]

i also love stray! its such a great game its environment is so beautiful

[@jontheartist5918]

@@samisthegreatest6682 Yeah

[@PetrolHeadMotorsport]

Now Spiff's channel is going to be known for "Without Running" videos, like Parashockx's channel is known for "If I" videos

[@KraccBacc.]

Fun fact: I didn’t know how to run for half of the game

[@MinibattleLop]

It's great seeing someone who actively uses the steam controller bindings

[@j.c.d8768]

Honestly it baffles me how spiff can consistently make hour long entertaining videos. On any game too!

[@Logos_Loki]

The Marian arc was heartwrenching. Absolute art right there

[@andronixbegayaf]

Ever since I played this game right after it came out I fell in love with Clementines home. It's a perfect apartment and I'm totally gonna at least try to get a similar one in the future

[@hivelightlive]

Loaf looks so fluffy please give her pets for us

[@lugerseptickid2752]

Oh my god I love loaf!

[@The_pastalavista]

Now that we have seen Loaf, we need more Loaf content

[@MasterHand0001]

For April Fools, Spiff should make a video called "Can you run WITHOUT RUNNING?"

[@rex_ink]

After playing Stray, now I can finally watch this

[@itsbenoo1475]

I’m so glad this video is 50 minutes long as a cat lover myself this is probably the cutest game to exist

[@dawsongougeon5109]

First 5 minutes in, the first chase, Spiff is: Groaning and shouting Look of pure concentration Hands below his waist Furiously touching something off camera... Hmm... interesting...

[@AstralSpiff]

I’m shocked so few people have mentioned this

[@dawsongougeon5109]

@@AstralSpiff I know! I was staring at the chat, trying to see if anyone else noticed. They were too busy screaming over loafs dead body.

[@Superstrike_11]

True, lol. I didn't notice that.

[@Seanderson3]

"If you're unfamiliar with stray as a game, you play as a cat" *_oh thanks, i didn't notice_*

[@colibri224]

I admire your patience and dedication.

[@trueursnac1917]

The reason cats don't let you rub their bellies is because all of their vitals (hearts, lungs) is there, and other cats attack there.

[@semibreve]

Holy fuck. This video was a journey and a half. Incredible effort and incredible watch. Great content

[@TechBirb]

Cats show you their belly to show trust, not asking to touch them. Their belly is basically their most vulnerable spot, so take them trusting you at face value.

[@ItsV3rny]

YES, stray! Im so glad you made a vid on this!!!

[@The00CJ]

We ain’t gonna talk bout how my man just made a world record with that jump 12:14

[@RustyArtJourney]

He really deserves this popularity. His content keeps getting better and better

[@allateral_4429]

spiff's content is so amazing and its so odd to me how he only has 300k these are rookie numbers, yall.

[@Nickname_Gaming]

while they were making the game they had a lot of cats in the office

[@yeetacookie]

Cyberpunk got a patch a while back that actually fixed one of the most fun things to do and that was to go stupidly fast with just your mantis arms, I think you'd be able to revive it since it's actually broken in the best way possible most of the time

[@b1uCant]

For the belly rub thing, it depends on your flavor of cat ig all of my cats are rescues two were malnourished barn cats if you pet them long enough they just flop onto their backs for rubs, maybe it’s not all instinct because they taught our oldest cat to do that as well, personality may play in idk cats are funky

[@Inochishirazu]

When chat mentioned him swaying with loaf was when I first actually noticed him swaying, and realised I was swaying myself all this time

[@kerbalnaut_dirk-strider7267]

I looked up “Spigg cat game no run” because I wanted to rewatch and this video was the first result, thank you KZbin algorithm

[@eskipotato]

While playing Stray I noticed a glitch that might help you: in the Zurk room with the two levers on opposite sides of the moat, running out of the room despawns all Zurks.

[@cosmixstar]

16:47 Actually, don't do this. A cat doesn't want you petting its belly because the stomach is the most vulnerable part of a cat. If you try and pet it and they bite you, just pet somewhere else and respect it

[@rosechapman2734]

My cat loves belly rubs and sometimes even demands them like a dog. She curiously doesn't like back scratches, pets are fine, not little scratches down the spine though. All cats are different, but if your cat has a problem with you touching thier belly, just respect it.

[@nimhisser55]

peting a cat is like blowing air into a balloon to much and it explodes and gets you.

[@w9xv_433]

Another amazing video! Love watching these videos whilst grinding in video games, makes it actually enjoyable

[@Soyana0620]

I can't believe I watched all this in one sitting, props to you man, the fact that you didn't give up on the last part was just a gigachad move.

[@mimekeep125]

You better buy a whole ass tree just for your cat

[@danielwan2410]

38:20 my funniest sfx crossover is the crows in that disney ride “Phantom Manor” using the same soundeffect as the unbread in Overcooked 2

[@raphmaster23]

Omg that beginning walk from the zurks reminds me of my frustration with the can't catch me achievement lol

[@RozStoli]

I had your streams playing in the background, and I mostly just listened to it, although the scenes your supposed to run took up most of the streams lol. Bucket was best 😍

[@ToastGoingHome]

So basically Spiff just gives all the characters he plays asthma and laziness 👍

[@Sonic-fk6uz]

I must say that I have never seen a cat juke that much in my life. God bless Loaf.

[@angelicRem]

oh my god i’ve never seen loaf before now but im in love. my cat recently passed away and she was that exact same colour but it was that and white splotches 50/50 in her fur and seeing loaf made me tear up a little. beautiful little cat and i already love her so much

[@felixtjoanda3841]

I'm a simple man, i see Spiff, i click.

[@hOFalt]

Just a bit ago I was actually playing the game wondering if you could somehow beat It without running. I didn't think you'd make a video on it but you have proven me wrong

[@AKRiLLiCK]

This is how stray would be if It was with a real cat

[@skylarsketch414]

Alternative title: Cat escapes underground city by repeatedly moving left to right

[@captaincookie72]

A recommendation for future videos where you need to spam a certain key, get a mouse where you can unlock the mouse wheel then you can spam a bound key unbelievably fast. It would have helped with the rats

[@samisthegreatest6682]

my goodness. spiff playing stray the best timeline ever also, loaf needs cat tree because yes

[@plit.]

Stray (game) = cats Strays (movie coming) = dogs that's gonna be complicated

[@sosleepyzzzz]

on my first playthrough of this game, i never knew you could get the zergs off you during the chase sequences by pressing a, so i died tens if not more times just to find the perfect route past them all

[@80Seafoam08]

OMG I've been waiting for you to make a video on this!

[@heatherdukeswifeandgirlfriend]

stray delivers cute cat game, also comes with plot that makes me cry for weeks

[@atruepanda1782]

Tbh from what I saw Cyberpunk was actually kinda fun-broken, there's a video by SoundSmith where he plays around with a bunch of momentum bugs and does a market garden and that looked really fun

[@genericuser5523]

i loved the ending of the video nice to see the dedication you bring to these no run runs :)