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AstralSpiff's Frickbear's return makes remembering Nedd Bear the challenge

His only upload of the week tackles a FNAF fangame, with a Normal-difficulty boss and Nightmare mode on the agenda.

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PLAYING FRICKBEARS UPDATE DAY 2

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0:00AstralSpiff sets his goals: beat the Boss on Normal difficulty and try Nightmare.
0:56He buys the Cupcake Clicker cartridge during the shop phase.
3:06Token grinding and office-door monitoring compete for his attention in the opening round.
4:44Carne's Chase++ gives him another minigame to work out.
12:10Nedd Bear's audio-lure mechanic becomes important during Round 2.
18:07Chica's Magic Rainbow and Spring-Bonnie add dodging and plastic-ball throwing to the workload.

Nedd Bear is manageable, provided AstralSpiff remembers he's there. In "PLAYING FRICKBEARS UPDATE DAY 2," an audio lure can keep the animatronic occupied from the start of the night. Remembering to set it amid everything else is another matter.

The week's only upload follows AstralSpiff into Frickbear's Mega Custom Night, a Five Nights at Freddy's fangame that mixes office defense with shops, upgrades and token-earning minigames. He opens with a plan to beat the Boss on Normal difficulty and try Nightmare, then gets busy buying a Cupcake Clicker cartridge and choosing animatronics. Even earning money means splitting his attention between a minigame and the office doors.

The stream has reached about 233,000 views. In the comments, viewers pick apart Nedd Bear's easily forgotten mechanic, notice the changing facial expressions as more animatronics join, and discuss why the game's alternating stretches of activity suit a long stream. One viewer describes being drawn into playing by this very combination of FNAF and roguelike elements.

Across the channel, views rose by roughly 2.2 million over the week, while the subscriber count held steady. Daily viewing is currently below its usual level. Nearby variety-gaming channels have had different rhythms: bizlychannel is drawing substantially more daily views than usual, while Stimpee is having a slower spell.

AstralSpiff's strongest daily momentum belongs to "I beat EVERY Steampunk level in TABS with HALFLINGS," using the Hidden Units campaign mod. The multiplayer "Beating Nights 1-7 (AND SECRET DEV NIGHT 8) In FNAF ONLINE," featuring cjya and Fir, follows it. The new Frickbear's stream sits just behind those two, keeping office survival firmly in the week's mix.

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What viewers say

honestly "the difficulty is in remembering this one exists" is like a perfect mechanic for nedd bear. idk how they came up with that but its genius
@paperfishstudios3144See it on YouTube
I don’t know why, but as someone who doesn’t usually like watching full vods, this game is perfect vod-watching material. Maybe because of the peaks and valleys of the gameplay
@XraypodSee it on YouTube
I like how the character's facial expressions change the more animatronics there are
@Alistair-1954See it on YouTube

4 more comments

My favorite part was when he got to the boss and then proceeded to look away from his cool entrance. Classic Spiff.
@prof.laytonfan764See it on YouTube
I started playing because of spiff and oh my god this game is so good its unreal, I never knew I wanted a fnaf roguelike
@xxitjixxSee it on YouTube
Funtime Foxy ate so many beartraps
@Dr.Bananas89See it on YouTube
Remember when chat just started talking about spiff having eye lasers?
@RockNRodentSee it on YouTube