@@ketomine. I have a worse idea but idk how it would work What if Instead of the current map, you go to a previous map like the ending of this one and... "Jimmy is here" is now on a wall (It would probably be a different map but eck- that would be sooooo creepy)
After looking extensively throughout this map's files with hammer, there Jimmy IS here, not just writing, hes actually here somewhere, and he doesnt have any eyes, aparently hes right next to his own writing too, just staring at a door
DON'T GIVE @PnkBl4ck AND "THUNDER GHOST" ANY IDEAS PLEASE!!! I know *for sure* they will probably consider that, and implement it later on, knowing how these developers are like. (Although it would be funny though to see Chris' AKA [The Librarian's] reaction to it; because it does seem like they're beginning to play with him on a personal level with these...)
Did a lil research, the map release order for these is as follows: Oldspaces Voidspaces Voidplaces Voidmall pinkplace whitecomplex That might make looking for the rest of these videos easier!
Thanks! Although sorry to be honest; but I don't think both Oldspaces and Voidspaces are related to this series of VP maps at all (although there ARE references to them in this map; but I don't think it's related to the originals.)
I always like to imagine that all the kicked down doors are because a creature was absolutely fed up with all the locked doors and just started kicking them down.
Was again a pleasure to write the music for P'nk in this map!! :) Hope ya'll liked it! EDIT: My version of Inno's song isn't done yet, but you can hear the songs: "Your New Sun" in the beginning, and "Can You Swim" after meeting a certain someone. ;) I had fun making these!
I really like how you reproduced the sound of overly boomy overdriven subwoofers in an open space. Those are the details that make electronic music production very intimidating haha.
There is also a few additions to Voidmall and Voidplaces Voidplaces - New intro - New geometry - Redone Pinkplaces entrance Voidmall - New Inno art - New songs - Reworked map layout, though its not much different just more verticality in some areas - Redone introduction encounter Pinkplace hasn't been thoroughly changed, keys have been replaced with keycards, exit door has been updated, new signs and WHITECOMPLEX logos added, and I believe a lore document was also added Interestingly enough? There appears to be an implied alternate ending? I haven't discovered how to trigger it however but there's an alternate door next to the exit
You're telling us there's "now" an entrance to _Pinkplace_ from the first map? Man these maps ARE really connected some way! Almost like an open-world exploration kinda deal, where you can go back and revisit these places you were?! I wonder how they're going to pull this off in _GMOD._ That will be a pretty impressive feat to pull-off in an originally 20+ year-old "Half-Life 2"-mod. Let alone, ANYTHING with _Source._ (At least anything I'm aware of with the engine...)
Inno is just one of those characters that you really cant get out of your head once it goes through your head for single moment, right? We don't even know fully her intentions or who she exactly is, yet everytime theres a clue or a little reference about her presence, it's impossible to get her out of your train of thought, she is one of the few little things in these maps that manages to get to us and change our goals, she might not be an allay, but she is familiar enough to make us search for her presence, and i think thats interesting... We can see how the Librarian slowly but surely gets more and more tired the more he explores and the more he revisits already explored territory, but the moment the intercom is on and we hear music and singing instead of the strange voice of the supposedly owner of the complex, his immediate goal was to reach and search for it, and i think its beacause, even though Inno's existence is familiar, it isnt recurrent, thats why she is so appealing, and maybe she is aware of it, maybe thats the way she lures people inside the mall for whatever reason she has. Anyway, this was exciting, i enjoyed this video a lot, its always great watching The Librarian™ fall into insanity and dispair while exploring this map collection and others!!! Can't wait wait to see the next part!!!!
I don't need to know her intentions, she's cute and sad, that makes me love her and want to protect her. if the food court stays fully stocked and the internet works on the various computers then that's enough for me to stay in that mall instead of endlessly searching for a way out. I'm sure there's a bed or couch somewhere in there I could sleep on.
I really hope that she isn't an enemy of sorts, because I've grown tired of the "cutesy, soft outside / horrific, manipulating evil inside" trope. I just want another Cortana in a sense.
@@minedude33 I never finished halo 3 because master chief collection is a pile of garbage that breaks constantly, but didn't Cortana turn evil at some point too? a better comparison would be Midna, she's cute and acts evil but you realize she's a sweetheart when you get to know her.
1:33:11 The absolute worse part of playing "The Stall Game"? When you first start playing, you anticipate an almost-inevitable and assured jumpscare. When it doesn't come, the anticipation grows for the next time you play it.. Until it happens so infrequently that you don't expect a jumpscare at all, and comfortably open each stall. It's going to bite him in the Dipper Hat eventually.
@@Aeduo Oh god... Imagine they add a Skibidi Toilet jumpscare Easter egg on one of these maps. It would make sense (and funny) because those were ALSO created using Soucre assets, etc.
I wouldn't be surprised. Maybe depending on WHO plays these maps it ends up personalizing it for them, almost like it's unique for anyone who plays it.
It's interestig how P'nkBlack accounts for people entering the map from the pevious one vs just loading it up. Having two entirely unique starting areas. Not multiple endings but multiple beginnings
10:22 Oh that is beautiful knowing what the creator behind the Melonade and Liminal Gallery series of maps did for their latest map in reference to this series of maps. Only this is far more overt compared then what the Liminal Gallery series did. God I love when these creators do stuff like this.
It's hopeless because you know that this is a place that should not feel comfy. This is not were you belong. This place is not safe. The fact that you are getting used to being here is a threat.
What i love is that because all the triggers are not obvious, each players can see different things is these maps. I have not seen that spider creature in the courtyard, however i saw Philip Jeffreys in a different room before moving to the small house.
This is quickly becoming my favorite take on the backrooms-complex style of horror. It has its own twist, it's visually unique, varied and most importantly it's purely interactive. Whatever story you experience is sewn in to it in complete diegesis with the landscape itself. It's an evolution of what made the original concept of the backrooms so amazing without losing it in extended videogamey things like detailed monsters, floors and ways to "win".
Yeah I agree. THIS is what "the Backrooms" was *SUPPOSE TO* BE LIKE Fuck those monsters and levels/areas/whatever! Although I still prefer the ORIGINAL Backrooms legend, and nothing more.
you KNOW something is unique when you know exactly what series it is from the colouration and style of the thumbnail alone 26:17 id also like to add, you reffer to this as like an AI trying to interperet what a thing is without knowing how and where the things fit in with eachother. it reinterpereting its own shapes is interesting as it could reffer to the fact that ai is starting to be fed its own data and thats going to start messing it up and making it basically fall in on itself. maybe the creator is going somewhere with that
Who knows! Maybe this whole thing takes place all in a simulation similar to _the Matrix,_ ran by some rough AI; but yet doesn't quite understand how things are actually made and ran in reality, and there's other forces (probably human) trying intervene with it. Now that is what would probably make more sense! After all... The (what I would like to call) "Voidplaces" theme-song, sang by Inno-also happens to be made or generated by AI. However... That's just a theory. A "GAME THEORY!!!"
This place makes me think of the song Hotel California by the Eagles. She lit up her candle, and she showed me the way, there were voices down the corridor, I thought I heard them say "Welcome to the Hotel California. Such a lovely place, such a lovely place. We have plenty of room at the Hotel California..." Mirrors on the ceiling and pink champagne on ice, she said "We are all just prisoners here of our own device." Last thing I remember I was running for the door. I had to find the passage back to the place I was before. "Relax" said the night-man, "we are programmed to receive. You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave."
I was pleased to hear I wasn't the only one that felt this map in particular had a much more oppressive atmosphere compared to the previous ones. I have to commend the map maker for only pushing the bar higher.
Yeah it did kinda felt that way. However... I could argue Pinkplace, in my opinion, had a 'more-oppressive atmosphere' than White Complex had. Mainly probably because that's were you first come across this "Jimmy" fellow in-person. I have feeling Jimmy might make more appearances later on in this thing.
Good points the real horror of back rooms is like the megalophobia aspect of trying to conceptualize Infinity of the environment like being lost in deep space or the ocean just endless expanse in every direction and nothing to anchor you coming to the conclusion that this is your new normal this is your forever there is no escape that is truly more horrifying then a monster because at least a monster you can run away or fight it but you can't fight time it's part of why death scares us because of its permanence knowing whatever you experience it's never gonna stop
Hell, it goes even more conceptual that just the running and fighting. A monster is something you can understand. Even if it´s actual motives may be not, it´s "concept" is rather simple, a hostile being focused in a thing you can quantify. That´s why a monster is scary. It may be overcome or avoided, even if it is extreamly dangerous. The Backrooms themselves? Those are horryfing, not scary. Being scared is a physical reaction caused by fear. A discomfort but a neccesary reaction. Being scared of something dangrous keeps us alive. Any animal that has some degree of sentience can be scared. Horror on the other hand? Thats uniquely human. Horror requires sapience, an understanding of self and complex concepts. It´s not something that gets your blood pumping and makes you want to run or fight. It slowly creeps in, this sinking feeling in you stomache and sudden realisation of it. A feeling of bleakness that crushes out any hope caused by understanding the concept of the situation exactly. A good example to make it easier to get is Alien. The Xenomorph is horrendously disgusting and scary. But the situatrion? The concept of being trapped in a small ship in the endless emptiness of space, with nowhere to run and no way to reasonably fight the monster without also destroying that deadly prison which is at the same time keeping you alive? That is horror. And the Backrooms are a great example of horror. They are not scary at all. Just a nonsensical jumble of unsettling "just barely not quite build by and for humans" architecture. Not the most comfortable place to be in, but by far not the worst or depending of what shape they take, even most hostile. But the further one would go, the more one would search for anything really, the more horrifying they would become. Because they never end, one sameish nonsensical hallway or room onto the next. No sun, no outside, no end. All alone. Just endless hallways going on forever. And that, is absolutely horifying, and crushing in a way that is hard to describe. A dreadful and hopeless place, seperated from everyone and anything that dwarfs your existence by a degree that cannot be understood existing for no understandable reason.
50:35 I just love the visual of the Librarian crouching on top of a sink while poring over cryptic documents and pointing at anything of interest with his gun, mumbling something about hotels and vending machines while Jimmy and Philip Jeffries just watch from the doorway confused
So, if I’m remembering correctly, it looks like the area at 1:11:13 (and maybe even the prior area with that backrooms hallway) is a recreation of an area from gm_voidspaces. It was the area where the doors were opening and closing to guide you through the hallways, the paintings fell off the walls, and (although it wasn’t in the video) Jimmy could appear in the doorway if you took the right path.
city creek center in salt lake, utah is an indoor mall with a creek running all throughout the bottom floor, on the second floor there are bridges over it- it also has skylights that open during the summer. it's a wonderfully-designed space and extremely cosy. once while i was in the city late at night for a concert i got to walk through it while it was mostly empty. there was this moody ambient lighting and the artificial streams had been emptied- i assume it drained back into some central tank in a basement or something, where they could take care of the koi they stocked in it. but it appeared as though the creek suddenly dried up and the fish disappeared into thin air. i thought of your gmod exploration videos as i made my way back to my car. as i watch more, i get the sense that this complex was made by a being who likes humans, who wants to help them and protect them, but doesn't really understand what they need to be safe and cared for... they've seen human structures and have a vague sense of their purpose and meaning, but only vague, and thus when they try to recreate it in their "haven" for humanity (perhaps, to help protect them against the sun that's _not the sun_ ), where they want it to feel comfortable and comforting, it only feels eerie and uncanny. the same with the intercom system giving announcements- this entity may have trouble understanding the meanings of words and rhythmic patterns of human speech (in english, anyway) so even trying to declare things like "you are safe here and we welcome you" sounds threatening and alarming.
56:04 My guess is that it's specifically pulling from music videos of the era and the way they're lit, etc. Never Gonna Give You Up is the obvious one, but look at almost any pop music video from the mid-80s and you'll likely see similar aesthetics.
I love the aesthetic of this map, it just suffered the same problem that the one before it (the mall one I believe and I think pink place) had, which is that you sort of just run in circles after a certain point until you find the next door to unlock like 3 doors.
The rubber balls you're finding may be important, as they're one of the few interaction pieces in these maps aside from doors. This map series is using vanilla Source level transitions in singleplayer. It's not just loading a map, it's loading it like HL2 singleplayer does. One thing this means is that objects (and NPCs!) can travel between maps if they're in the transition zone when you change levels. Those balls you were finding can in fact be carried to other maps if you go through the transition (I tested), assuming you don't need to restart the map due to VR bugs. They are also flagged to generate entity output on +using them. They may eventually be important. EDIT: Apparently they're actually references to a scrapped ball pit feature on one of the maps. But, they can still be taken between levels so there's always the chance they will be useful!
This one feels differnt from the Voidmall, which is unsettling but surprisingly alive for an abandoned mall from beyond time and space. Pink Place that was just surreal and creepy. And Voidplaces that was very oppressive. This one just feels bleak and hostile. In a very apathic and non agressive way. It´s not the hostility of a dangerous place but a quite specific discomfort of tresspassing. It really feels more like a tomb. Where the others felt abandoned and left behind, this one feels like no one went by choice, or actually really left and went somewhere at all. It feels pretty damn haunted. And nice to see Phillip Jeffreys visit. Still love the odd but also very mundane name for some avatar of an eldritch entety. And I really love these maps in general. They have something a lot of others lack. A certain feeling that is hard to nail down. And I will always love the visual of the "not a sun". What actually is it? We don´t know, but it *isn`t the sun.* That is some lovecraft stuff right there.
you should make a playlist for this series of gmod maps, This is the first gmod video I've watched in a while but it seems like I'm missing out on some context from the earlier maps in the series
Ohhhhh. The "Now Here" keycard leads to the mall. It was always meant to say Now-here instead of No-where, the entities just got the space between wrong
10:17 - Okay now I KNOW the creator and developer of these maps are messing with you on a personal level! We kinda already saw that in the previous one with that "fan-art" graffiti in that one section.
Also I can CLEARLY TELL you're going slowly insane in this video! Trust me... If I were in the same situation, or scenario as you were while playing this map; I'd go mad too!
Is it just me or is there a small lingering anticipation that the Maps might change drastically in the future if you spend too much time on them, like just out of the blue, A map begins to become far less subtle because you're slow
The map will literally crash my PC if I play it again so I guess it's back to watching the librarian (pinkblack if ur reading this pls remove the glass shaders)
One of my solution to the "i got lost" is a very silly take of Gmod. I summon a can and put it on the floor. That way I know I was in the area once. Also, it was just my feeling but I thought the booms are like cannons, as if outside someone is shelling the area. It made me feel like any moment now, the Combine troops will trigger the alarms on the way... but it was just my feeling.
I just went to Voidplaces and it's soooo different now! It has a cool intro now too. Edit: So far I've seen only a single slightly recognizable place, it's basically a whole new map from the little I've seen. Edit 2: Okay that was an exaggeration, but there's cool new stuff.
Spoilers for the end of the video I've been thinking, about how you keep getting told to "retrace your steps"... Do you need to go backwards through the entire series now? You did mention the older maps had been getting updates. If we assume that's true, that means the true end would presumably be at the very beginning of all this. That would be really fucking cool, I hope I'm not building this up in my head higher than it could realistically go.
The first map, voidspaces, has a new intro where the pink sun is seen actually appearing, confirming that you were once in a normal apartment before it got changed. I'm not sure if pinkplaces changed, but the representations of Inno on voidmall also got a new design. Ah, and there seem to be multiple exits to each map potentially? I don't know if the exit to Voidmall still exists on voidspaces, but the main exit that closed originally now goes to Pinkplaces, which then goes to White Complex, which then goes to the mall.
Ya know, after the last map I think forming a mental map is just imposible for these, cant wait to see how librarian handles it on this map after going damn near insane last time
I wanted so bad to play this myself but linux garry's mod hates some larger maps and will work at first but after you move around a bit it'll just hang forever.
This map seems to have some genuine performance issues as over half of the map unloads and reloads when passing certain points. one small spot causes it constantly and drops your fps to like, 5. Some type of bug with the brushes that determine how the map is drawn. It's the spot where Librarian hears scraping from beyond a door, opens it, and then the painting falls. It's really obvious with GMiniMap. Also the tree mural in the center-ish of the map might have too many lighting effects or something? I'm not sure what its deal is, but it causes a heavy fps drop just by looking at it.
@@fusrosandvich3738 ah. Yeah maybe this is just an initial release and it'll get optimized. I dunno what the issue is with Linux gmod though. Some huge and complex maps are totally fine, some just hang up like that.
I finally played this and while I liked the first 3... if the librarian was getting frustrated about not knowing what to activate or what door to go through I definitely would've given up and not enjoyed myself. I kinda felt the same with the first installment voidplacea and the second voidmall but voidmall I got through. pinkplace is probably the one i enjoyed the most though there was a similar bit of time where I was just not knowing where to go and just kinda running around through doors and hallways like a Scooby Doo bit but i did get through that.
Thanks to The Librarian, I have been listening into the lyrics of the songs off the speakers in the VP maps closely and I think I’m figuring out what Inno is basically saying through the lyrics. I’ll leave the time stamps in the edit section when I make one. Edit: 1:47:16 and lastly 1:49:10 and yes, anyone curious might wanna tap on these enough times until you understand what most of, if not every word basically is saying. I take no credit from The Liberian, even though his videos got me interested in the lore of these maps made by Pn’k Black. All I done was put in time stamps into the edit of my comment out of being interested in the lore of these maps, places made by the respective creator.
The Respected* creator of these maps of his, Pn’k Black himself is what I was trying to say in my edit in my own comment. However, I’ve been encountering a glitch or a bug that whenever I try to edit in my original comment, it kinda forces me to rewrite my own edit, so I’ll just leave this “Correction” of mine here.
@@fusrosandvich3738 If I recall, it was likely because he was using its rapid fire function. Which will layer on a bunch of decals all at once even if you just tap it.
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one of these maps is gonna replace "Jimmy Was Here" with "Jimmy Is Here" and it's gonna be the scariest thing in the universe
it'd be even creepier if it appeared in an area that was already explored
@@ketomine. I have a worse idea but idk how it would work
What if Instead of the current map, you go to a previous map like the ending of this one and... "Jimmy is here" is now on a wall
(It would probably be a different map but eck- that would be sooooo creepy)
After looking extensively throughout this map's files with hammer, there Jimmy IS here, not just writing, hes actually here somewhere, and he doesnt have any eyes, aparently hes right next to his own writing too, just staring at a door
@@CappaEnterprisesin the previous map in the series you can see the actual jimmy twice, not just his drawings, go watch the librarians video on it :D
DON'T GIVE @PnkBl4ck AND "THUNDER GHOST" ANY IDEAS PLEASE!!! I know *for sure* they will probably consider that, and implement it later on, knowing how these developers are like. (Although it would be funny though to see Chris' AKA [The Librarian's] reaction to it; because it does seem like they're beginning to play with him on a personal level with these...)
Did a lil research, the map release order for these is as follows:
Oldspaces
Voidspaces
Voidplaces
Voidmall
pinkplace
whitecomplex
That might make looking for the rest of these videos easier!
thank you!!
Thanks!
Although sorry to be honest; but I don't think both Oldspaces and Voidspaces are related to this series of VP maps at all (although there ARE references to them in this map; but I don't think it's related to the originals.)
Whitecomplex? I find it actually rather simple
You telling me a shrimp fried this rice
What's up stairs
IT CANT TALK 🤨
Based?
Based on what?
You are telling me... THAT A GINGER, BREAD THIS MAN??
@@agoodmeme4823 WhiteComplex? Looks pretty red
I always like to imagine that all the kicked down doors are because a creature was absolutely fed up with all the locked doors and just started kicking them down.
Hey I heard you like.... DOORS
Monster: NOOOOOOO *breaks down doors*
Was again a pleasure to write the music for P'nk in this map!! :) Hope ya'll liked it!
EDIT: My version of Inno's song isn't done yet, but you can hear the songs: "Your New Sun" in the beginning, and "Can You Swim" after meeting a certain someone. ;) I had fun making these!
I absolutely loved your music. It fits the map so well and it was an amazing experience overall. Great job man❤
@@The_OG_Man1 That means a lot! Thanks! :D
Yessssusic is a big pArt of everything just like every image in our life
I really like how you reproduced the sound of overly boomy overdriven subwoofers in an open space. Those are the details that make electronic music production very intimidating haha.
@@JustAnAverageGuy5731 What's wrong with that? Her voice won't be vocoded, if that's what you're asking. It'll be an actual vocalist.
There is also a few additions to Voidmall and Voidplaces
Voidplaces
- New intro
- New geometry
- Redone Pinkplaces entrance
Voidmall
- New Inno art
- New songs
- Reworked map layout, though its not much different just more verticality in some areas
- Redone introduction encounter
Pinkplace hasn't been thoroughly changed, keys have been replaced with keycards, exit door has been updated, new signs and WHITECOMPLEX logos added, and I believe a lore document was also added
Interestingly enough? There appears to be an implied alternate ending? I haven't discovered how to trigger it however but there's an alternate door next to the exit
You're telling us there's "now" an entrance to _Pinkplace_ from the first map? Man these maps ARE really connected some way! Almost like an open-world exploration kinda deal, where you can go back and revisit these places you were?!
I wonder how they're going to pull this off in _GMOD._ That will be a pretty impressive feat to pull-off in an originally 20+ year-old "Half-Life 2"-mod. Let alone, ANYTHING with _Source._ (At least anything I'm aware of with the engine...)
Inno is just one of those characters that you really cant get out of your head once it goes through your head for single moment, right? We don't even know fully her intentions or who she exactly is, yet everytime theres a clue or a little reference about her presence, it's impossible to get her out of your train of thought, she is one of the few little things in these maps that manages to get to us and change our goals, she might not be an allay, but she is familiar enough to make us search for her presence, and i think thats interesting...
We can see how the Librarian slowly but surely gets more and more tired the more he explores and the more he revisits already explored territory, but the moment the intercom is on and we hear music and singing instead of the strange voice of the supposedly owner of the complex, his immediate goal was to reach and search for it, and i think its beacause, even though Inno's existence is familiar, it isnt recurrent, thats why she is so appealing, and maybe she is aware of it, maybe thats the way she lures people inside the mall for whatever reason she has.
Anyway, this was exciting, i enjoyed this video a lot, its always great watching The Librarian™ fall into insanity and dispair while exploring this map collection and others!!! Can't wait wait to see the next part!!!!
I don't need to know her intentions, she's cute and sad, that makes me love her and want to protect her. if the food court stays fully stocked and the internet works on the various computers then that's enough for me to stay in that mall instead of endlessly searching for a way out. I'm sure there's a bed or couch somewhere in there I could sleep on.
I really hope that she isn't an enemy of sorts, because I've grown tired of the "cutesy, soft outside / horrific, manipulating evil inside" trope. I just want another Cortana in a sense.
@@minedude33 I never finished halo 3 because master chief collection is a pile of garbage that breaks constantly, but didn't Cortana turn evil at some point too?
a better comparison would be Midna, she's cute and acts evil but you realize she's a sweetheart when you get to know her.
@@Sparrow_Bloodhunter Midna definitely, but I meant like good Cortana, when she was just a companion in your head that sometimes told jokes
1:33:11 The absolute worse part of playing "The Stall Game"? When you first start playing, you anticipate an almost-inevitable and assured jumpscare. When it doesn't come, the anticipation grows for the next time you play it.. Until it happens so infrequently that you don't expect a jumpscare at all, and comfortably open each stall. It's going to bite him in the Dipper Hat eventually.
gonna get a surprise skibidi
@@Aeduo Oh god... Imagine they add a Skibidi Toilet jumpscare Easter egg on one of these maps.
It would make sense (and funny) because those were ALSO created using Soucre assets, etc.
All these map makers and game makers are watching The Librarian and colluding to troll him epicly
I wouldn't be surprised. Maybe depending on WHO plays these maps it ends up personalizing it for them, almost like it's unique for anyone who plays it.
It's interestig how P'nkBlack accounts for people entering the map from the pevious one vs just loading it up. Having two entirely unique starting areas. Not multiple endings but multiple beginnings
10:22 Oh that is beautiful knowing what the creator behind the Melonade and Liminal Gallery series of maps did for their latest map in reference to this series of maps.
Only this is far more overt compared then what the Liminal Gallery series did.
God I love when these creators do stuff like this.
It's hopeless because you know that this is a place that should not feel comfy. This is not were you belong. This place is not safe. The fact that you are getting used to being here is a threat.
The next "pink" map is gonna be 8 times bigger.
The creator made amazing use of luxel density when making this, the shadows look so nice and sharp compared to other gmod maps!
What i love is that because all the triggers are not obvious, each players can see different things is these maps. I have not seen that spider creature in the courtyard, however i saw Philip Jeffreys in a different room before moving to the small house.
This is quickly becoming my favorite take on the backrooms-complex style of horror. It has its own twist, it's visually unique, varied and most importantly it's purely interactive. Whatever story you experience is sewn in to it in complete diegesis with the landscape itself. It's an evolution of what made the original concept of the backrooms so amazing without losing it in extended videogamey things like detailed monsters, floors and ways to "win".
Yeah I agree. THIS is what "the Backrooms" was *SUPPOSE TO* BE LIKE Fuck those monsters and levels/areas/whatever! Although I still prefer the ORIGINAL Backrooms legend, and nothing more.
you KNOW something is unique when you know exactly what series it is from the colouration and style of the thumbnail alone
26:17 id also like to add, you reffer to this as like an AI trying to interperet what a thing is without knowing how and where the things fit in with eachother. it reinterpereting its own shapes is interesting as it could reffer to the fact that ai is starting to be fed its own data and thats going to start messing it up and making it basically fall in on itself. maybe the creator is going somewhere with that
When I saw it in the workshop I knew immediately. :p
Who knows! Maybe this whole thing takes place all in a simulation similar to _the Matrix,_ ran by some rough AI; but yet doesn't quite understand how things are actually made and ran in reality, and there's other forces (probably human) trying intervene with it. Now that is what would probably make more sense! After all... The (what I would like to call) "Voidplaces" theme-song, sang by Inno-also happens to be made or generated by AI.
However... That's just a theory. A "GAME THEORY!!!"
exactly what i was thinking! Which, in light of recent ai slop, is a good concept for a story
This place makes me think of the song Hotel California by the Eagles.
She lit up her candle, and she showed me the way, there were voices down the corridor, I thought I heard them say "Welcome to the Hotel California. Such a lovely place, such a lovely place. We have plenty of room at the Hotel California..."
Mirrors on the ceiling and pink champagne on ice, she said "We are all just prisoners here of our own device."
Last thing I remember I was running for the door. I had to find the passage back to the place I was before. "Relax" said the night-man, "we are programmed to receive. You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave."
I was pleased to hear I wasn't the only one that felt this map in particular had a much more oppressive atmosphere compared to the previous ones. I have to commend the map maker for only pushing the bar higher.
Yeah it did kinda felt that way. However... I could argue Pinkplace, in my opinion, had a 'more-oppressive atmosphere' than White Complex had. Mainly probably because that's were you first come across this "Jimmy" fellow in-person. I have feeling Jimmy might make more appearances later on in this thing.
I love it, rhx Lib, amazing Vid ❤
You again did a freaking phenomal job here. :) Hopefully I can get mine done soon. XD Happy again to make stuff for you! Always down to make more!
"the maps are leaking" the void molds all to one eventually
10:20 reminds me you can find Phillip in some Forza Horizon 5 custom maps.
“ That’s a car…” (Perfectly timed music)
The mall near the end has such pretty 3D texture and geometry work. Nice job whoever made that stuff.
That's a whole other map you can also play, vp_voidmall
Good points the real horror of back rooms is like the megalophobia aspect of trying to conceptualize Infinity of the environment like being lost in deep space or the ocean just endless expanse in every direction and nothing to anchor you coming to the conclusion that this is your new normal this is your forever there is no escape that is truly more horrifying then a monster because at least a monster you can run away or fight it but you can't fight time it's part of why death scares us because of its permanence knowing whatever you experience it's never gonna stop
Hell, it goes even more conceptual that just the running and fighting. A monster is something you can understand. Even if it´s actual motives may be not, it´s "concept" is rather simple, a hostile being focused in a thing you can quantify.
That´s why a monster is scary. It may be overcome or avoided, even if it is extreamly dangerous. The Backrooms themselves? Those are horryfing, not scary. Being scared is a physical reaction caused by fear. A discomfort but a neccesary reaction. Being scared of something dangrous keeps us alive. Any animal that has some degree of sentience can be scared. Horror on the other hand? Thats uniquely human. Horror requires sapience, an understanding of self and complex concepts. It´s not something that gets your blood pumping and makes you want to run or fight. It slowly creeps in, this sinking feeling in you stomache and sudden realisation of it. A feeling of bleakness that crushes out any hope caused by understanding the concept of the situation exactly. A good example to make it easier to get is Alien. The Xenomorph is horrendously disgusting and scary. But the situatrion? The concept of being trapped in a small ship in the endless emptiness of space, with nowhere to run and no way to reasonably fight the monster without also destroying that deadly prison which is at the same time keeping you alive? That is horror.
And the Backrooms are a great example of horror. They are not scary at all. Just a nonsensical jumble of unsettling "just barely not quite build by and for humans" architecture. Not the most comfortable place to be in, but by far not the worst or depending of what shape they take, even most hostile. But the further one would go, the more one would search for anything really, the more horrifying they would become. Because they never end, one sameish nonsensical hallway or room onto the next. No sun, no outside, no end. All alone. Just endless hallways going on forever. And that, is absolutely horifying, and crushing in a way that is hard to describe. A dreadful and hopeless place, seperated from everyone and anything that dwarfs your existence by a degree that cannot be understood existing for no understandable reason.
you don't understand how much this cheered me up from how i was feelin lol
homestuck spotted!! deploying tactical missiles 🚀🚀🚀
@@deadlyadder2330 OH GOD
50:35 I just love the visual of the Librarian crouching on top of a sink while poring over cryptic documents and pointing at anything of interest with his gun, mumbling something about hotels and vending machines while Jimmy and Philip Jeffries just watch from the doorway confused
The eldritch horrors are confused about why the human isn't coping very well with their best attempt at building an enclosure
So, if I’m remembering correctly, it looks like the area at 1:11:13 (and maybe even the prior area with that backrooms hallway) is a recreation of an area from gm_voidspaces. It was the area where the doors were opening and closing to guide you through the hallways, the paintings fell off the walls, and (although it wasn’t in the video) Jimmy could appear in the doorway if you took the right path.
Also I DID NOT know Jimmy also made a cameo in this map!
That Pink Girl is just super dang cute
One of the best map makers in Gmod for *SURE*
2 hours of Garry's Mod exploration? I'm sleeping good tonight.
city creek center in salt lake, utah is an indoor mall with a creek running all throughout the bottom floor, on the second floor there are bridges over it- it also has skylights that open during the summer. it's a wonderfully-designed space and extremely cosy.
once while i was in the city late at night for a concert i got to walk through it while it was mostly empty. there was this moody ambient lighting and the artificial streams had been emptied- i assume it drained back into some central tank in a basement or something, where they could take care of the koi they stocked in it. but it appeared as though the creek suddenly dried up and the fish disappeared into thin air. i thought of your gmod exploration videos as i made my way back to my car.
as i watch more, i get the sense that this complex was made by a being who likes humans, who wants to help them and protect them, but doesn't really understand what they need to be safe and cared for... they've seen human structures and have a vague sense of their purpose and meaning, but only vague, and thus when they try to recreate it in their "haven" for humanity (perhaps, to help protect them against the sun that's _not the sun_ ), where they want it to feel comfortable and comforting, it only feels eerie and uncanny. the same with the intercom system giving announcements- this entity may have trouble understanding the meanings of words and rhythmic patterns of human speech (in english, anyway) so even trying to declare things like "you are safe here and we welcome you" sounds threatening and alarming.
Fellow Utahn! :D
@@TheThunderGhost oh dang, cool 👋
56:04 My guess is that it's specifically pulling from music videos of the era and the way they're lit, etc. Never Gonna Give You Up is the obvious one, but look at almost any pop music video from the mid-80s and you'll likely see similar aesthetics.
32:59 Oh, hey... it's a pair of Observer Spies...
12:50 Absolutely PEAK sound design in this segment. They hit it out of the park.
THE Best one series of gmod exploring videos. It has so deep and crazy stuff in all that maps, that drive me nuts! Love it.
The use of Music and the way it is the Voice of the White Complex is insane.
I can't belive how exited I was to read that title considering it's a garry's mod map.
the librarian is the canonical protag of every story map
I love the aesthetic of this map, it just suffered the same problem that the one before it (the mall one I believe and I think pink place) had, which is that you sort of just run in circles after a certain point until you find the next door to unlock like 3 doors.
I find the "we will watch you forever" as oddly endearing, maybe too oddly.
The rubber balls you're finding may be important, as they're one of the few interaction pieces in these maps aside from doors.
This map series is using vanilla Source level transitions in singleplayer. It's not just loading a map, it's loading it like HL2 singleplayer does. One thing this means is that objects (and NPCs!) can travel between maps if they're in the transition zone when you change levels. Those balls you were finding can in fact be carried to other maps if you go through the transition (I tested), assuming you don't need to restart the map due to VR bugs. They are also flagged to generate entity output on +using them. They may eventually be important.
EDIT: Apparently they're actually references to a scrapped ball pit feature on one of the maps. But, they can still be taken between levels so there's always the chance they will be useful!
I saw this map on the workshop and said "i hope the librarian plays this"
I've been playing these vp_ maps while toasty, and needless to say its great
This one feels differnt from the Voidmall, which is unsettling but surprisingly alive for an abandoned mall from beyond time and space. Pink Place that was just surreal and creepy. And Voidplaces that was very oppressive.
This one just feels bleak and hostile. In a very apathic and non agressive way. It´s not the hostility of a dangerous place but a quite specific discomfort of tresspassing. It really feels more like a tomb. Where the others felt abandoned and left behind, this one feels like no one went by choice, or actually really left and went somewhere at all. It feels pretty damn haunted.
And nice to see Phillip Jeffreys visit. Still love the odd but also very mundane name for some avatar of an eldritch entety. And I really love these maps in general. They have something a lot of others lack. A certain feeling that is hard to nail down. And I will always love the visual of the "not a sun". What actually is it? We don´t know, but it *isn`t the sun.* That is some lovecraft stuff right there.
Ive never been so hyped at a Gmod map vid, I just love these maps
GRAAA I’ve just binge watched the last 3 Vp_ maps and saw this gem pop up
you should make a playlist for this series of gmod maps, This is the first gmod video I've watched in a while but it seems like I'm missing out on some context from the earlier maps in the series
This was a fun one! can you PLEASE continue with the Pajama Sam series, i thoroughly enjoyed the first playthrough 😫
I'm definitely down for the cult of Inno, tbh
Because of how well u detail the place u should play all gmods n backroom games cause we always experience new when u play frfr❤❤❤
Ohhhhh. The "Now Here" keycard leads
to the mall. It was always meant to say Now-here instead of No-where, the entities just got the space between wrong
Wooo yeah baby
That's what I've been waitin for
These maps and your increasing distress and madness over time is very magnus archives spiral coded
10:14 oh hey it's the demon rock fellow from the other map
Funny candle guy Is back!
For some reason, this reminds me of the world we wake up into in Portal 2. Like, before we enter the laboratory. Maybe it's just Source.
10:17 - Okay now I KNOW the creator and developer of these maps are messing with you on a personal level! We kinda already saw that in the previous one with that "fan-art" graffiti in that one section.
Also I can CLEARLY TELL you're going slowly insane in this video! Trust me... If I were in the same situation, or scenario as you were while playing this map; I'd go mad too!
Once u say Garry's mod I get SOOOOO excited ❤❤❤❤❤❤
Philip Jeffrey's just following you across the universe, that was a bit of a jump scare.
These series of maps strangely gives me Boneworks vibe. Try that out too, the liminal spaces are absolutely gorgeous in it.
a place for humans, a labrinth to stay
Phillip Jeffery reminds me of the obelisk from 2001 Space Odyssey.
10:18 NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
I didnt know this was a series! i need a playlist so bad!
Is it just me or is there a small lingering anticipation that the Maps might change drastically in the future if you spend too much time on them, like just out of the blue, A map begins to become far less subtle because you're slow
Another great video on another great map
Wow you have an intro toon now that's dope man
The map will literally crash my PC if I play it again so I guess it's back to watching the librarian (pinkblack if ur reading this pls remove the glass shaders)
One of my solution to the "i got lost" is a very silly take of Gmod. I summon a can and put it on the floor. That way I know I was in the area once.
Also, it was just my feeling but I thought the booms are like cannons, as if outside someone is shelling the area. It made me feel like any moment now, the Combine troops will trigger the alarms on the way... but it was just my feeling.
when that map released the others got an update aswell ! a revisit of the older maps would be awesome me thinks
when you said "What a saga" i genuinely thought you said "What the sigma"
phillip jefferies is a parody of the recognizer.
you should group these in a separate exploration playlist so its easier to navigate then searching for the chronological order of the videos.
i was waiting for this to eat my food :D
was waiting for this one!
This series is great
Hey, you should play the previous maps again and see the changes because they look amazing. Love your videos❤
Long time no see...YT hadn't recommended me your videos in a while...so I'll probably revise upon the lost knowledge that UA-cam hadn'tshowed me😂❤
Two hours of Gmod, count me in
1:49:00 There it is! [dancing uncontrollably]
Do you know the name of the song ?
@@eljamaicano1 Yes! “Leave me alone” from Voidmall.
complex white
great thing to come back from work to
I thought this was gonna take several months to come out lmao.
i wonder if Inno is looking for a wife / girlfriend / pet ...
Impressive vertical map design
I just went to Voidplaces and it's soooo different now! It has a cool intro now too.
Edit: So far I've seen only a single slightly recognizable place, it's basically a whole new map from the little I've seen.
Edit 2: Okay that was an exaggeration, but there's cool new stuff.
I love the intro
this reminds me so much of Abiotic Factor
Spoilers for the end of the video
I've been thinking, about how you keep getting told to "retrace your steps"...
Do you need to go backwards through the entire series now? You did mention the older maps had been getting updates.
If we assume that's true, that means the true end would presumably be at the very beginning of all this.
That would be really fucking cool, I hope I'm not building this up in my head higher than it could realistically go.
The first map, voidspaces, has a new intro where the pink sun is seen actually appearing, confirming that you were once in a normal apartment before it got changed. I'm not sure if pinkplaces changed, but the representations of Inno on voidmall also got a new design.
Ah, and there seem to be multiple exits to each map potentially?
I don't know if the exit to Voidmall still exists on voidspaces, but the main exit that closed originally now goes to Pinkplaces, which then goes to White Complex, which then goes to the mall.
The paper mentions the WC people. Im pretty sure that means white complex which at one point was a research area
Whitecomplex? what about the other colors
I feel as though I have a bit of a bluecomplex myself
Ya know, after the last map I think forming a mental map is just imposible for these, cant wait to see how librarian handles it on this map after going damn near insane last time
I wanted so bad to play this myself but linux garry's mod hates some larger maps and will work at first but after you move around a bit it'll just hang forever.
This map seems to have some genuine performance issues as over half of the map unloads and reloads when passing certain points. one small spot causes it constantly and drops your fps to like, 5. Some type of bug with the brushes that determine how the map is drawn. It's the spot where Librarian hears scraping from beyond a door, opens it, and then the painting falls. It's really obvious with GMiniMap.
Also the tree mural in the center-ish of the map might have too many lighting effects or something? I'm not sure what its deal is, but it causes a heavy fps drop just by looking at it.
@@fusrosandvich3738 ah. Yeah maybe this is just an initial release and it'll get optimized. I dunno what the issue is with Linux gmod though. Some huge and complex maps are totally fine, some just hang up like that.
I finally played this and while I liked the first 3... if the librarian was getting frustrated about not knowing what to activate or what door to go through I definitely would've given up and not enjoyed myself. I kinda felt the same with the first installment voidplacea and the second voidmall but voidmall I got through. pinkplace is probably the one i enjoyed the most though there was a similar bit of time where I was just not knowing where to go and just kinda running around through doors and hallways like a Scooby Doo bit but i did get through that.
did you just ask if anything in the eighties or nineties had a neon look?? I think I just heard all the "sims" death sounds at once inside of me :,D
Also pink black has a youtube channel, you can find the malls full song there
Thanks to The Librarian, I have been listening into the lyrics of the songs off the speakers in the VP maps closely and I think I’m figuring out what Inno is basically saying through the lyrics. I’ll leave the time stamps in the edit section when I make one.
Edit: 1:47:16 and lastly 1:49:10 and yes, anyone curious might wanna tap on these enough times until you understand what most of, if not every word basically is saying. I take no credit from The Liberian, even though his videos got me interested in the lore of these maps made by Pn’k Black. All I done was put in time stamps into the edit of my comment out of being interested in the lore of these maps, places made by the respective creator.
The Respected* creator of these maps of his, Pn’k Black himself is what I was trying to say in my edit in my own comment. However, I’ve been encountering a glitch or a bug that whenever I try to edit in my original comment, it kinda forces me to rewrite my own edit, so I’ll just leave this “Correction” of mine here.
5:48
Are you sure it's just a low wind?
Yes more gmod!!!
youd think there would be a mod for like chalk without it being counted as a decal
The paint tool can emulate that. There's even X and O decals you can use to mark things out.
@@Techhunter_Talon It has a very low limit, sadly, so that wouldnt work. on pinkplaces it started deleting the marks he left behind.
@@fusrosandvich3738 If I recall, it was likely because he was using its rapid fire function. Which will layer on a bunch of decals all at once even if you just tap it.
Why are the textures so simplistic in this one?