SCARY TRAIN GAME WOOOOOO

YEAH IVE BEEN LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS ONE FOR A WHILE NOW
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[@bananamations379]

Eugene is such a chad - calls you to a monster infested island simply to help with your museum business - gives you your main objective immediately - takes you directly to your most powerful weapon as soon as you leave the first area - is one of the most efficient and helpful tutorials NPC's, as he gives the most simple and quick explanation of literally almost every mechanic - gives you encouragement during your first challenge - gets attacked by the monster, but lives long enough to pass EVEN MORE vital knowledge onto you, and giving you one noble request on protecting his son - dies an absolute gigachad legend Literally the best designed NPC I've seen in ages, giving more thought to it. Thank you Spigg for bringing this to my attention, and R.I.P Eugene.

[@DBS_Destroyer]

And he runs when leading you to the objective

[@monuri0451]

@@DBS_Destroyer and speaks telepathically

[@samboi123]

Spigg

[@summerglassleaves3073]

And he RUNS!

[@NoOne42]

Also doesn't complain when you inevitably run him over 😆

[@Gunzablazein10]

Honestly, It's refreshing to see spiff get punished for his reckless way he plays games. Even if it was short lived.

[@Ksinu192]

I feel like the reckless playing is pretty fun, so there should be an option to disable charles from attacking you in freeroam to explore the map and stuff

[@lunalovecraft9814]

Watching ManlyBadassHero's cautious and careful style, then spiff's reckless abandon, is a really fun juxtaposition

[@antonioxjr8383]

@@momentsofflight ngl spiff just trash at this game lol

[@Gunzablazein10]

Woagh I was noticed by spiff.

[@hokage102364]

Yeah, I thought I was reckless during my playthrough but boy howdy did he show me lmao

[@SecondBestArtMuseum]

I love that the game knows what it is and that it doesn't take itself too seriously, but it also doesn't use that as an excuse to deliver a sub-par game. You see so many games that have a lot of lore and story and levels but are so broken that they're almost unplayable. This game was made by one person, and I genuinely think it's the best game of the year.

[@the_godbodor7026]

The gameplay is also extremely interesting and not just a direct copy of games used time and time again

[@WackMaDino]

i think game of the year is maayyybeee a stretch, but for a one man dev team, yeah its good

[@wowland6873]

huge stretch saying game of the year, but honestly a pretty solid game.

[@thecrusader1673]

Better than Elden Ring I guess lol

[@jstar3382]

Except for them memeing on Slender

[@DropsOfMars]

The map on this game is the best feature. Being able to see the lighthouse light when it turns on, to even enemies and scrap on the ground zooming in, even triple A games don't match that level of helpful information Gavin allowed in this game's map.

[@aabry7108]

AAA games make actual drawn maps for worlds while all they had to do was just to have an overhead camera

[@DropsOfMars]

@@aabry7108 I'm reminded of how poorly Skyrim's overhead map shows paths and points of interest, when you just need good distant models, good prioritizing of what details are important to keep visible, and a good perspective warp. I'm sure the finer details like grass and bushes vanish from above but that's fine-- the fact it can be an accurate representation of the open world without making a whole separate map model with enough foresight and preparation shows it's possible! All from one dude with only a bit of momentary pop-in when you exit map mode back to first person, that's IMPRESSIVE. Edit: I'm sure askyrim and its engine has restrictions but even more modern stuff doesn't try this kind of thing.

[@jsinghgjsinghg5322]

@@aabry7108 I hope even AAA games make a map like this tbh, except destiny 2 I love their map.

[@sperzieb00n]

an older game called project i.g.i. actually used that exact map system under the guise of you having acces to some high tech spy sat through an PDA on your arm

[@arch2248]

Wait does that mean you can see Charles on the map?

[@catsual_gamer]

Gosh I love how this game is realistic in terms of things like Oh yeah this is our unfriendly neighborhood swamp monster, we call him Barry, and this is our local demon spider train, we call it Charles because we respect it. And then there's these absolutely necessary horror genre things like a cult of demon train simps. And you can also fight back. Like the dev had such a good idea what he was doing and he DELIVERED. Literally nobody cares if the characters talk telepathically and loop endlessly in the same idle animation. The game is dope enough ways to make up for that tenfold, and it was made by just this one dude!!!! Horror game of the year fr

[@triggerhappy4199]

Ong

[@vexeygg4510]

You know Eugene is a good npc when both Coryxkenshin and Spiff have both called him the best npc in the first 2 minutes of the game.

[@Complexicon_of_a_Startist]

Nothin' like working on idle projects at 2am when you get a notif from Spigg called "SCARY TRAIN GAME WOOOOOO"

[@Akita23]

Mood

[@ultmateragnarok8376]

Nothin' like being up at 6 in the morning after a night of laying awake and getting the notification then either

[@Complexicon_of_a_Startist]

@@ultmateragnarok8376 Too real, man LMAO

[@samboi123]

Spigg

[@lilwyvern4]

This game somehow manages to feel like A. a shitpost, B. a 70s b-movie, and C. a competently designed video game all at the same time.

[@robert.7230]

It is competently designed

[@blanana_m]

How was this made by just a single Dev? This looks so good

[@skippi99r32]

Well hes been showing off him building the game from scratch for a while on his KZbin channel

[@familykidstivy4997]

It’s like one month in one year

[@angela.luntian]

The sheer amount of polish, even if the artstyle looks rustic, proves that the dev managed his time and scope well.

[@B.L.U.S]

He just used a fancy engine But he did a good job

[@camerondrummond1422]

He used pre made assets

[@angela.luntian]

Im a little bummed that charles isnt able to occassionally lose its legs and connect with the rails as like an extra mechanic. But this game still goes hard

[@Axeeco]

It wouldnt be as good if that actually happened though, cause he would just hunt you in a straight line

[@djfebrezee]

To be completely fair, this game is made by one person and I imagine implementing that would have been a very long an arduous process.

[@angela.luntian]

@@djfebrezee 2 star actually have a vid about it, how he couldnt really get it to work without breaking. I forgot what the video was titled but it wasnt just about charles riding the tracks

[@djfebrezee]

@@angela.luntian The fact that he gave it a shot is actually really cool! I didn't know that.

[@exist4046]

@@angela.luntian damn! I'm excited to see what more he works on though! Even just the No Snake Hotel game had phenomenal animations, especially for the huge boa. Snakes are notoriously nightmares to rig and animate in a way that appears natural, so the fact that he's managed to do both a good snake rig and anim AND a really good spider rig and anim makes me insanely excited to see what other creatures he may animate in the future. Not enough people willing to make beasts that aren't just walking on two legs imo

[@thatnicyolo]

I can already see it now, "Can you beat Cho-Cho Charles without upgrading your train"

[@xinsinnn]

cant wait fr

[@CookieTwoStep]

Someone did “can you beat choo choo Charles without uses the train “

[@xinsinnn]

@@CookieTwoStep FR? can ik who?

[@CookieTwoStep]

@@xinsinnn also mars

[@xinsinnn]

@@CookieTwoStep ty

[@octoburst]

28:02 Spiff accidentally performs ancient spider train mating calls.

[@The_Penguin.]

it was unfortunately mating season for demon spiders and that's why there were so many eggs at the end

[@Pufftarot]

This game is the pinnacle of the open world genre. Running npcs. What more could you want?

[@Vivigreeny25]

Creepy as fuck spider train, who emerges suddenly from trees at terrifying speeds. Which we got so.

[@MrPianoMan7695]

It’s annoying me that he decided to go backwards the whole time… but I’m also impressed the game isn’t broken when he does it. It’s rewarding for allowing him to do it but also punishing because it’s not the intended answer and therefore isn’t balanced for

[@NEEDbacon]

It's really odd him coming from Security breach where it's all jank, all the time. To a game done by one dude that at least for a first time is able to deal with your bullshit.

[@obeeked1385]

@@NEEDbacon its weird how a company failed what a one dude could

[@anonymousapproximation8549]

@@obeeked1385 Are talking about Scott, or the dude that made this game? Because both did better jobs in one aspect or other.

[@Axeeco]

@@anonymousapproximation8549 let me rephrase it "Its weird how the entire Steel Wool team failed to do what Choo Choo Charles' dev did by himself. Make their game work"

[@anonymousapproximation8549]

@@Axeeco I know, I was making a joke how Scott knew where his skills lied when making games as well. He knew he needed to start things small. Unlike Steel Wool...

[@crimsondragon2711]

"Charles's coming music" caught me so off guard i spit out my hot cocoa🤣🤣

[@maiselph7456]

It is really refreshing to see a game with fall damage, fire damage, barbed wire damage and so on. Every time Spiff took a hit from these I was very excited, it just shows how much effort the developer put into the game.

[@ultmateragnarok8376]

I gotta say, this game is great. I love the idea that it's this spider creature that essentially took a train as its shell and become something more than just two things smashed together, and the design overall is quite well done - particularly, I love the train horn that plays around Charles. It's a rather haunting sound with what it signifies even if it's really an unchanged sound overall. There certainly seems to be some deeper lore here but I don't think we're getting all of it yet.

[@cosmixstar]

The way this game had so many convenient features and satisfying things is something that can only ever really come out of an indie game

[@anthonyortiz350]

Can please tell me all the ones you found?

[@cosmixstar]

@@anthonyortiz350 all the ones in the video

[@NightRaid777]

I love how when IGP played it, he was so sad about that guy dying. Meanwhile u immediately say *LETS RUN HIM OVERRR*

[@vantaban2112]

After stream ended, spiff raided another streamer playing Charles and had us direct them towards Crab (successfully). After THAT stream ended, we went on to direct ANOTHER streamer towards crab. All will worship crab 🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀 Also hi I'm the original person to call Charles a milf sorry bout that

[@RileyLastname]

all hail the crab 🦀🦀🦀

[@AlexohiREAL]

WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE

[@placeholderdoe]

🦀🦀🦀🦀

[@vantaban2112]

@@AlexohiREAL OH HELLO THERE this is usually how I get my spiff content lmao this why I'm not usually in the twitch chat

[@Vivigreeny25]

No no, don’t apologize

[@dylanwarmington3044]

The fact that a game made by one dude is more well made than SB is insane!

[@softestshade7813]

The power of having One Simple Idea instead of spiraling into 50 million things, getting one 3rd of them into the game by the deadline and not having thought properly how to implement them so they’re all broken

[@exist4046]

@@softestshade7813 and also not having one of the main designers of the game drop out of the project a year through the actual development process probably helps. God that game went through some dev hell

[@janefritzpea]

I guess you could say that two heads are not always better than one

[@ddthegr8]

sb?

[@janefritzpea]

@@ddthegr8 shirt for security breach

[@Predator20357]

Astral Spiffs strategy: “If at first you don’t succeed, try, try and try again.” Oh and Charles: “Fuck around and find out”

[@mannydani9180]

YYYEEEEEEEEEESSSS I've been following the devlogs for this game for the last several months, was very excited to play it, have enjoyed the hour I've played so far, and am glad it's being covered by a big KZbinr to help it gain traction, it's certainly earned it if you asked me Haven't watched the video yet because I want my first playthrough to be blind but I look forward to it

[@ReaperGames7752]

Please do a follow up comment about how your playthrough was

[@deusexmachina3047]

"Traction" heh heh

[@SeaFR]

SuperHorrorBro played it too. Gained a lot of attention, this game.

[@jessicaferring8790]

@@deusexmachina3047 I was just thinking that XD

[@tbhandrew5857]

Surprised that nobody mentioned 8bitryan

[@stom2410]

27:28 when he buys maximum speed, and he then turns around, that cut is so clean

[@spoookley]

i love that you keep treating it like security breach, which causes you to immediately die, since this game actually works properly lol

[@Seanderson3]

"He erected someone's towers alright" *_Y'know, I'm not sure if I love or hate chat_*

[@lucdecafmeyer2771]

Unironically, this is the most scared ANY horror game has ever left me feeling in YEARS

[@nuhuh___]

YESSSSSS! It’s terrifying when you hear Charles’ battle cry thingy while you see Charles FLYING at you. It’s so tense it feels like an action movie

[@f0restfrenzy]

"oh shit balls" is such an iconic line

[@doe9000]

ugh, it's so good. The spider train is both goofy and scary and that makes it so much better

[@josh448]

27:28 i rewatched that transition like 7 times that was clean af

[@tdrcoldheart6410]

35:28 he's not invisible, he just has barry good camouflage

[@CJs_Will]

27:29 that was a crazy transition. If that was accidental, I’ll eat my hat

[@ZakariaTheStreamer]

Hey Spiff, I just wanted to let you know that you have been helping me sleep at night, especially when I physically can't. I'm currently sick rn and your videos are so comforting! Just recently subscribed after realizing that I wasn't. Thank you so much Spiff :)

[@mxveewz]

as someone else who is currently sick, I completely agree side note painkiller is the best invention mankind has ever made

[@nicole6009]

Good god man I was watching this stream live YESTERDAY. You work fast.

[@AstralSpiff]

Was up a lil late

[@killerzer0x74]

The first thing I thought when I beat it on release day was “spiff HAS to beat this without upgrades”

[@killerzer0x74]

No hit as hilarious as it’d be feels very impossible

[@gabionsquared7858]

spigg is absolutley one of my favourite long-form content channels keep up the good work my man

[@emmamiller8351]

“I’m communicating with Charles” What Charles heard: “Free food here”

[@victor_e_dafeet8218]

I love how he totally went to all the later quests and areas because he just went in reverse in the beginning. Missed out on the lock picks early on and the other guns and paints, but definitely made for a different experience and tougher Charles

[@deerlyqueery]

This game is WAY bigger than I expected!

[@okalex_]

"I can just run into the train", we already know he's doing jumpless smh

[@CelticGuardian7]

I've never even heard of this game, but it stands out as a unique and passionate project. I'm glad to know it exists and that it's being advertised by a great KZbinr/streamer. =)

[@ScrambledAndBenedict]

I like this game. Dev knew exactly what he wanted it to be lmfao

[@The_SCP_Foundation]

As someone who was watching the development process, this is so exciting to see it released

[@captaincookie72]

Based off the ending I feel like the sequel could be in a full world just running from 100s of choo choo Charles

[@DUSKvsDAWN]

"I found the source of the ticking, it's a pipe bomb!" ah, good old memories XD

[@GumshoeClassic]

Really impressive for the work of a single person! I will say though, I'm kinda getting tired of the combination of "Long teeth, blood, big smile". But to be fair, making a game takes along time, not really their fault that it's getting old by now.

[@maninhu9837]

Not really HIS fault that its getting old, it was just one guy

[@DaDonroy101]

in the devs defence he got (or made idr) the model like over a year ago where that was basically a trend at the time (and even then I don't think this game is actually trying 100% to be scary)

[@Vivigreeny25]

I thought this game pulled it off well though, especially with the spider legs and the way it actually ACTS in game. (Like fr the super speed scampering towards you at Mach 10 out of Fucking Nowhere is terrifying as shit.)

[@janNowa]

​@@maninhu9837 i think they were using they in the gender-unspecified singular sense which has been in use in the English language for centuries.

[@maninhu9837]

@@janNowa oh no, i'm just highlighting His because it really isnt his fault, it's oversaturation by bad devs

[@sukiya6621]

You're videos are awesome and feels like a warm fireplace you can sit next to and chill , i always keep a video on my other monitor and just hear the video or peak on my left sometimes , keep up your work mah dude

[@fandommess3591]

Dax Piaints here, was there for the first about 3 hours of this stream (and 2 hours late to today's stream) but it was fun to experience this with you and worth the scare you gave us during chair stream

[@Lodestone8]

Man this isn’t a horror game, this is just a really cool weird action game but you have a train and the map is exquisite

[@thatcloveplant]

one of the best games ive seen, and it was made by a single guy, huge props to him

[@Sammy_The_Umbreon]

Choo Choo Charles is so good. I'm normally not a fan of scary games, but i was plesantly surprised after watching the gtlive stream and it left me wanting to see more people play it. Charles himself isnt really scary, but the game _delivers_ on atmosphere and story.

[@-Three-]

Damn spiff on the consistent uploads, keep it up homie!

[@gentryfields553]

I had seen other playthroughs of this game and Charles never really scared me but this was the first time Charles brought me genuine fear

[@VenomQuill]

This was a 3 AM Spigg video. Blessed. I fell asleep in the middle of VOD, so I'm glad I could catch back up on what happened this quickly! You working overtime, mate!

[@AVerySmartAndRespectfulPerson]

another day another spiff upload to make my day ❤ love your content spiff ❤keep up the great work :D

[@infitezombie]

Bro i just have to say I've just been binge streak and randomly watching stuff and its always so funny. Good job man

[@notoriousvex1632]

I've been praying for times like these

[@enderfoxgameryeet3182]

Can’t wait to see spiff doing cool challenges on this game soon I hope

[@gabethegamer7336]

this is the most refined unrefined game i have ever seen

[@christopheryoel7368]

38:50 oh look, it's the train behind the slaughter!

[@username5450]

"HE'S NOT TAKING ENOUGH DAMAGE, GET SOME HEADSHOTS!"

[@eatbagels2034]

The movement in this game is so... it's like the dev saw into my brain and discovered the perfect, most satisfying, most fluid movement ever.

[@HighFireGuys]

"Charles's coming music" I will cherish forever.

[@alexhollinghurst3945]

That "terrible job, supershit" is going to haunt me

[@MOEFUN1]

28:00 Spiff: We’re communicating with Charles. *Proceeds to pull the whistle as if he’s really talking to him* Charles: So you have summoned me. Spiff: *Immediately regrets his life choices.* I love that interaction so much.

[@sammy5645]

huge congrats to the dev who made this game, its phenomenal; better other horror games, like a lot

[@gueyremi7429]

i have been following this game for almost a year, and i love seeing my favorite youtubers play games i'm excited to play!

[@astroblade8798]

Been waiting for someone to play this!

[@idkshrug]

Oh sick, I've been waiting for this to come out

[@bubblebobbler]

The game is very impressive for being one developer, but the never ending aggro for enemies, the insanely short distance you can go before you take fall damage, and the fact that charles just clips through everything makes this game seem very frustrating after some time

[@xanthousizalith5641]

I do like this concept and honestly I love the lore. I do kind of hope we get a future installment (Hopefully with multiplayer and some way to defend ourselves off the train) since this game already seems super fun.

[@gooseygoose46673]

Oh my god that was good. I genuinely can’t wait for the second one.

[@dallasduberg7614]

I cant wait to see more of this!

[@eeriefeels]

22:57 had me laughing hysterically, and this is on a re-watch. I love these videos, Spiff. Amazing AND amusing!

[@ByrdTheWyrd.]

Proof that sometimes working solo is where ideas will flourish

[@hazaromic_iii9495]

This stream was so good man

[@DazlMusic]

Would love to see another video of you 100%ing the game! There's guides online for finding all the colors and such. A good guide that I used was Insym's video where he got nearly everything

[@Fuzzy1528]

Spiff: walks into fire also spiff: AAH IT BURNS

[@TrackLab]

Ive witnessed the development of this game long before any public release or trailer, because the dude was on the Unity subreddit a bunch to ask for tips, help, suggestions.

[@AroAce-Popgoes-plush]

The dev log…

[@kiervip1594]

The scary game turned into comedy gold -ITS NOT TAKING ENOUGH DAMAGE, GET SONE HEADSHOTS -train kiss -The funny bell sound when died

[@gamingamory]

They might have expected you to, i don't know, go forwards at the very beginning ... my favorite part of any spiff video so far LOL

[@hana-vg9vd]

oh wow, this was an unexpectedly interesting and tense game

[@dapperdab4530]

Spiff I was just looking at this game on steam considering getting it but now seeing you play it that's a definite yes

[@frg0doesgaming]

Congrats on 400k!!!!!!

[@ryobakura92]

I passed out while watching the stream 😂 good to know the only think I missed was you progressing backwards through the game 😂

[@Cknoodle11]

I’ve been watching the game for a long time and I’m so excited it’s finally out.

[@strikepg3d140]

Best NPC that ever existed props to the single dev for making this amazing game and this amazing NPC that is absolutely a GIGACHAD!

[@its_lauren3090]

YEESSSSS I’ve been waiting for spiffs video on this game to watch anyone play it, he’s been hyping it up so much on streams it felt wrong to watch anyone else play it first lmao

[@theautisticartist9370]

IT’S FINALLY OUT WHAT this is amazing

[@Zappr]

Spiff getting taken by surprise that a single-developer indie game is more functional than most games made by large companies is still hilarious.

[@CapnCinnamonBunVideogamemaster]

I remember seeing stuff for this game when it was first announced and it looked really interesting. Really wanna play it myself now

[@riverluvv9179]

i wasnt expecting the video to come out so quick omg

[@kirby1uvr]

i was quite excited for this game to be released

[@RikThePixel]

I kinda hope that Choo-Choo Charles 2 will be something like the movies Alien and Aliens. The first is horror and scary, the second one is high action. Like what is he switches up the genre to make it fresh

[@jellycain5696]

I just thought of a Great meme for choo-choo Charles You’re so freaking precious when you smile

[@m1ves]

Honestly the game looks pretty good! And the fact only one dev did it is amazing.

[@j-rus5345]

I literally started rewatching an astralspiff video and he uploads a video let’s go

[@uniquewineteer9822]

The amount that Spiff laughs at people getting killed unnerves me so much

[@snamorta]

I followed this game for a good long while, so excited that it's finally released!

[@Dannnnnnnn1]

My favorite part is when he says "It's spiggin' time"