BEDROCK.ZIP: The Dark Secret of a Living Minecraft World

[@Zeemyth]

We can be better than it

[@Sculk3d_]

What does he mean by that? Anyways, you are the most unique content creator and i'm really excited to see the future of this ARG

[@Enigmatic-v83]

good

[@TwjordyjSnak]

flies

[@nyawul]

Im so confused

[@gaelgarcia6933]

Nice ARG one small isue this may not continue. What will you do?

[@Z3tuna]

It’s quite funny how, just like a flytrap, struggling just makes it’s grip tighter on you. The more you search for answers the more doomed you are

[@helloimnice1234]

What's also funny is that some bugs can eat through the fly trap and escape hopefully they can do the same

[@dudewheresmycar4203]

@@helloimnice1234 "Eat the path" - Greg Kirkpatrick, Marathon Infinity

[@tonypeppermint5329]

D:

[@skylarjay3513]

My favorite thing about this is that Sticks is an unreliable narrator, weather because he doesn't know everything or just doesn't care about the details. He says offhandedly that Ordisi could be Aqer's alt, completely missing the fact that Veil also got Bedrock.zip from *Ordisi.* Whoever this is, they're unrelated to any of the other characters we've met. There's also the way he analyzed the clip of someone walking through the red arch. From what I see, it looks like that clip was actually just the end of Veil's video with Zeemyth's audio over it. I think perhaps Zeemyth never actually made it to the red arch. At least not the same one Veil found. I also just like how the difference in personality helps distinguish our two characters apart despite them having the same voice. Zeemyth was precise and methodical, while Sticks would prefer to brute force his way though.

[@Zeemyth]

Makes me so happy you noticed the details like this 😩

[@Ayden_da_g0at]

@@Zeemyth CONFIRMED CANON???? btw zeemyth make more vids on the fly trap ;o;

[@dogman4422]

I can imagine bedrock.zip speedruns being ruined by bad wall rng. 'Everything was going well until the walls didn't give the most efficient pattern and i was stuck going through another hallway for another # seconds which robbed me of my world record."

[@hiro12712]

NAHHHHH

[@Swish_kabob2]

Lol it has the file in the comment

[@SnowGlobe-computer]

its broken for me (the zip file )

[@yeeterparker3271]

They thinking the bedrock.zip in ur comment is a link LOL

[@Swish_kabob2]

@@yeeterparker3271 I never checked it so i assumed that was the case

[@KingOfInanis]

bro I was texting my friends and I randomly said "I am cold" when I was at around the 21:28 mark AND THE TEXT AT THE BOTTOM BEING "I feel colder too" SCARED THE FUCK OUT OF ME

[@ILikePizza950]

Dont worry mate, your sub-consciousnes catched onto the text. Your conscious just has not

[@mramongs2231]

@@ILikePizza950damn that actually makes sense

[@PandazGT]

@@mramongs2231yeah fr

[@TheOutlaw2.0]

May not be relevant but... 666th like

[@KingOfInanis]

@@ILikePizza950 no no, I was texting on discord (should've clarified that I didn't say the thing out loud but rather texted it) and I had the video paused before the text was typed in the video. I would like to think that it was just very odd coincidence XD

[@Oblivitana]

I like that this video is basically people struggling to figure out your arg so much you created a third person analysis of it

[@Zeemyth]

I swear it was always the plan 😩

[@Oblivitana]

@@Zeemyth 🙏😭

[@user-gf9vb7wj4v]

​@@ZeemythBro is Aizen of Minecraft ARGs

[@DefNotHacks]

@@Zeemyth i still don't understand it lmao

[@Ayden_da_g0at]

@@Zeemyth BRO DOES STICKS HAVE A CHANNEL, I LOVE HIS KINDA VIDEOS PLEASEE EITHER INCLUDE HIM MORE OR SMTH😭🙏

[@lendraym5829]

You know what disturbs me the most? They're alone. Except for the headlights and a creeper or whatever, they are absolutely alone. Also the half doors section is so house of leaves I love it so much

[@Ahnock]

i love how much he made the half doors his own thing too, with the half doors being tie-ins to the veil smp, and how it conveniently allows a block above to be filled to remove an easy exit

[@Lars_T.D.]

I noticed that when Sticks reached the roof Zeemyth typed „/say this is“ and Sticks says „this is different“ as if Zeemyth was controlling Sticks.

[@riverliverquiver]

i noticed it too, sticks also has a brief pause after saying this is, like its him giving into zeemyth's control, or regaining control of himself

[@value1lol]

i mnean youre not wrong

[@antoniogaudino8903]

Yeah it kind of freaked me out

[@exmachina7687]

For those interested, the illustration at 50:24 is one of Gustave Dore's woodcut illustrations for Dante's Divine Comedy. It depicts the very beginning of the Inferno, where Dante is attempting to ascend a mountain but is turned back by a Leopard (then a lion, then a wolf, not depicted) and is at that point forced to 'detour' through hell, which sets up the whole poem. Makes sense to be there, seeing as Sticks had just made the portal to the nether.

[@G-Cole-01]

and also the guy named sticks (styx) uses boats for everything, so yeah, 14th century bible fanfiction references abound.

[@Ahnock]

@@G-Cole-01 good catch, i didnt even think of that. aqer is another reference to underworld rivers, acheron being the entrance to the underworld, or charon being the one who ferries souls to the land of the dead. considering aqer has enabled both zeemyth and sticks to enter the world file, the parallels are pretty on the nose.

[@thatman8562]

Ok so, we have: Sticks, which is a homonym for Styx, a River in hades, who uses boats and water to get into the nether (basically hell) References to Sisyphus. Aqer (Acheron), another river in hades. References to Dante’s Inferno. And chthonic, cyclopean architecture made entirely of the deepest stone in the game. I thinks it’s clear that we’re in hell, or at least some sorta underworld.

[@aaroncruz9181]

Stick Inferno.

[@StealthViper212]

I’m glad people can make something of this. Makes it even more interesting

[@devy_max]

At 59:06, he gets a Steam notification that someone named "good question" is playing Turing Complete. Turing complete is a currently unfinished puzzle game about building computers, and the name "good question" makes me wonder if that connects to 'Not asking the right questions". May just be looking into nothing, I don't know

[@DominickDoggo]

You might be on to something

[@uppercought]

I believe us hmmm faces are onto something hmmm...

[@Llominous3495]

I TURNED OFF AIRPLANE MODE IN MY FLIGHT TO WATCH THIS 🔥🔥🔥🔥 WE'RE CURRENTLY HURTLING TOWARDS A FUCKING LAKE RN 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@marcusangelomunoz756]

gRINDset

[@bellAa_akaPlusheen]

dawg is not surviving 😭😭😭

[@BreadWithPlant]

bro I was on that same plane, happy I used f5 to see a whole new perspective, giving me the advantage of when it falls, and the safety I need.

[@MateiFun4Matei]

@@BreadWithPlant bro is in a simulation

[@smushini]

​@@MateiFun4Matei frfr-

[@MaxEditsSpore]

Its a nice detail that sticks starts with really high confidense but then he starts to lose it he becomes desperate for answers

[@naglislinkevicius9143]

kinda like a fly? desparete to escape a fly trap

[@G-Cole-01]

styx goes insane over having to use boats for everything

[@ZaChemas]

@@naglislinkevicius9143 and that's exactly when the flytrap begins closing around him, after all, when their prey panic, they close completely

[@FireyToaster]

Those arches he found in the flooded place looked like a venus flytrap's teeth...

[@attyboy151]

I like how Zeemyth is basically solving his own arg and playing it off as solving another youtuber's riddle. Really cool touch to the video

[@Ostr0]

Lmao bro went so deep into the lore he started to view himself as a different person 🌚

[@parafuegosarchive]

bro is gatekeeping the mistery solving youtubers by being it's own mistery solver

[@mo_xe]

he solved it? I didn't even know what was going on I was just immersed watching it

[@MrMeow-dk2tx]

House of leaves insanity reached. Three levels of investigation and curiosity. This sticks guy? He's our Johnny Truant. Albeit, much nicer than Mr Truant....

[@donotbreadthecats2261]

@@MrMeow-dk2txwould that make Zeemyth Zampano?

[@the__wolf5087]

"KZbin horror reviewer talking about horror ARG" being part of a horror ARG is one of the best meta twists I've ever seen omg

[@EGGDOG2005]

Agreed, it was done so well.

[@Kitsuneagi]

This is why I shouldn’t be scrolling through comments while watching a youtube video 😭 (i accidentally spoiled the immersion for myself with your comment 💔)

[@Kronalord80jihjhl]

Something I’ve thought about in the past though not specifically Minecraft and also not necessarily just a single arg either they’d review several nonexistent ones that come together to form a greater whole or several existing ones but have them diverge from their real counterparts to achieve the same

[@cozmispace1148]

Reminds me of petscape

[@I.needed_a.handle_name]

@@Kitsuneagiyeah lol 😅 It already felt like they were part of it tho so I take it as confirmation

[@Cyclingturnip29]

Let me tell you something: I just got house of leaves for my birthday, and seeing that the FIRST GODDAMN WORDS are “this is not for you” hit me with such whiplash I can’t even describe it.

[@rainy_days_4220]

the idea of a piece of architecture using people's curiosity to lure them in, acting as a kind of venus fly trap is so cool. i just finished watching for the first time and haven't done any sort of real analysis yet, so take this with a grain of salt, but i feel like there's no big secret actually hidden under the red arch. all of the clues, all of the things drawing people in are like the sweet scent of sugar coating strips of paper. they go through, and then they disappear, and leave behind a mystery that some poor soul just can't help but want to solve. adore your videos, man. so many cool ideas here, and great execution. there's so much clear effort and thought put into this series, as well as love for the genre. big shoutout to fucked up minecraft locations.

[@machtalaterrouge]

This reminds me one theory about the House of Leaves (one of the inspirations of Bedrock.Zip). This theory says the House doesn't doesn't have anything of special, except the Unknown. And, since there is nothing inside the house, it uses actually imagination and curiosity of anyone who entered through a certain hall to build rooms and events, with the goal of keeping its victims inside its walls for a very long moment. And since the place is nonsensical (with the non-euclidean geometry, the ambient darkness, etc...) and since the Unknown is beyond any knowledge, it makes its victims wondering more about what actually it hides (and like this, the House generates more rooms again and again because, there is currently nothing).

[@poisonsumac2944]

Seeing the parkour tower appear was fucking nuts. I also really liked that section underground with all the huge pillars, reminds me of the foundation from CONTROL!

[@lulaklaw4101]

FAVORITE COMMENT!!! AND WE ARE BEING LURED IN BY THE MYSTERY OF THIS VIDEO!!!!

[@QuantumWaltz]

@@machtalaterrouge Is that a theory? Seems more like text than subtext to me. I'm currently reading House of Leaves and so far like three separate characters have railed about how the House's labyrinth is a Nothing-place, a void that devours not for a purpose but because it can, rambling off in random directions with increasingly bizarre shapes because, for some forsaken reason, we think it SHOULD. Heck, the first couple of pages are filled with various warnings against curiosity for curiosity's sake, against digging too deeply and scratching the surface too hard. The first encounters with [REDACTED FOR FUTURE READERS] heavily suggest that it's being actively created by fear of the unknown. In short: the House doesn't exist. By existing in it, we force it to become. Once it has begun, once it has tasted of existence, it cannot abide nonexistence any longer. It craves existence no matter how much it hurts and will do whatever it takes to retain it. You. Now If you're actually referring to the part in the book where Old Man Zampano describes the Navidson Record and analyzes the House as containing Nothing but the Unknown... I apologize. You're absolutely right that that's the running in-universe theory.

[@croc_moat2327]

holy fuck dude. thanks for leaving this comment. this explains everything. I finally get it now after reading this and piecing it all together

[@randomrhino4371]

I like how he just completely doesn't address the glowy eyes hunting him until the third time he sees them

[@ukulelepichu4484]

what even are those things

[@Ilovebuzzsaws]

maybe it represents digestion in some way ​@@ukulelepichu4484

[@lasercraft32]

@@ukulelepichu4484 that is the question, yes.

[@randomrhino4371]

@@lasercraft32 but is it one of the *_right_* questions?

[@sebastianturner2458]

@@ukulelepichu4484 eyes? no. lights. we see them from both sides - flashlights. who is holding them?

[@coyotedoesthings]

ending on deftones was such a good move, especially with the echo and filter. this is insane. halfway through the video i got interested and looked at the description and saw it at the end of the music list. so glad i never skipped ahead.

[@Zeemyth]

HA this needle drop took days, it turned me into a deftones fan

[@dwayneisgod]

thank god ur a normal person. I FR thought you were demented 😂 ​@@Zeemyth

[@elementallobsterx]

Beautiful. Commands betraying you, bedrock everywhere, random damage, exploits/glitches about bedrock (which already felt wrong), hopeless parkour jumps, skyblock imagery... Minecraft in ANY depiction has never felt more hostile.

[@ROGUEthreeoneninezero]

this youtuber has been underrated for far too long, i'm glad to see his cinema and short films/short movies are improving. i didnt even know how he did his first works, and he's improving rapidly. glad to see he's getting the subs and views he deserves.

[@Zeemyth]

Yeah sticks has so much potential

[@an0maly404]

There is a very strong "House of Leaves" feeling in this serie, places changing, multiple points of view, it's incredibly well done !

[@gaminganimators7000]

The description says that was an inspiration

[@RealStatis]

lots of "House of Leaves" inspired stuff lately, this, the "MyHouse.Wad" DOOM arg thing (Idk if ARG is the right word for that one in particular but whatever lol)

[@sleepingpillswithcoffee1277]

The doors the doors the doors

[@jettdominick3878]

One of the chapters is titled "Ash Tree Dim," like the house 's ash tree lane

[@subject7325]

This is such a cool arg The whole file, Bedrock.Zip, reminds me of "Blame!", like if you asked an AI to build a house with only bedrock and gave it only the most basic idea of a house with no restrictions. And the lamp eye face thing? That's creepy. I already got PTSD from the projector head from BATIM, this is that jacked to the max. If it's even possible, I'm begging you to make this a world for people to play and try their own crack at. I wanna play this!

[@Zeemyth]

Actually so cool that it feels that way 🥲

[@cfuendev]

Dude, I also got the Blame! vibes from this lol. The megastructures and the wandering that can feel endless when you lose direction.. I almost felt like it was a direct inspiration other than House of Leaves which everyone keeps bringing up.

[@stephenfontanilla]

i like to think that the white door breaks down the people that tries to find it then rebuild them to how it sees fit, i also like how sticks commisioned for a flashlight instead of using full bright

[@chatwithcat4105]

we've asked "what happens when a hhouse gets sick" but now I want to know, what happens when a world gets sick?

[@GE-0530RN]

it rots

[@Ostr0]

Wood and Sticks Rot... But Bedrock... Bedrock is eternal...

[@synsastral2753]

When a world is ill, its wardens listen: with a glow eternal, and heart beat arrythmic. You can hear this worlds pulse, its shuddering breath. Wardens turned hostile, the immune system reflects. The player, the invader, the system assaulting in every measure, it listens and adapts, outside tools providing clues, a flashlight from physics creates moving parts, all of this performed with a single, dying, heart.

[@G-Cole-01]

big

[@chatwithcat4105]

@@synsastral2753 yo that actually bangs, nice job

[@JackColaris]

Two things that I haven't noticed anybody mention yet, although I'm not sure if they're intentional or just conincidences. As Sticks approaches the pyramid and walks into the flytrap room (7:48) Zeemyth starts to punch the air, almost as if he's trying to warn Sticks not to go in. When the light appears down the hallway during the Minostaur section (11:50), Sticks appears to log onto the server, even though he's already online.

[@TheGoldenGamerTGG]

He wasn't logging into the server, he opened chat and that was the only msg that could have popped up

[@JackColaris]

​@@TheGoldenGamerTGG ah you're right, my bad.

[@its.ioakeim]

i didnt understand anything 👍

[@foxyjetstream3207]

Same🎉

[@Fluff_ycow]

Same🎉

[@Super_magi_c]

Same🎉

[@ThatGuy-c5g]

Same🎉

[@Orphan.snatcher]

Same🎉

[@AUTISMO_THE_GREAT]

At about 28:26, in the bottom left, zeemyth's whole chatlog becomes visible. he then starts spamming "and water". Later, he says, /give sticks dirt.

[@AUTISMO_THE_GREAT]

He also says lots of other things at different times, even predicting what was about to happen seconds before it does

[@AUTISMO_THE_GREAT]

Zeemyth continues to use /give, causing sticks to be flung. Somehow, they are interacting. My theory? Zeemyth might never have left.

[@nas1373]

@@AUTISMO_THE_GREAT bro sticks was typing in the commands you goober

[@jajoothecoolman]

Can you give the timestamp for the other one?

[@bweebi]

zeemyth isn’t the one using the ‘/give’ command, it’s on stick’s screen

[@Olivia-ot6up]

this is entirely unimportant to a fun video series from three months ago but when you started quoting "The Waste Land" ("If there were water and no rock") i genuinely stopped the video and leaped with excitement. i fucking LOVE that poem dude

[@Zeemyth]

Omg it’s got such a permanent place in my head, what the water said is clearly my favorite part but when rats alley comes up I was so sold

[@Olivia-ot6up]

@@Zeemyth it's genuinely just so incredible. i am constantly thinking about it. the way it casts this surreal almost apocalyptic landscape scarred by the trauma of war is just... GOD... What the Thunder Said (and I *did* catch you briefly referencing it in that journal at the end) is definitely one of my favorite parts, but huge agree on "I think we are in rat's alley / where dead men lost their bones" i'm so jealous lmao. i've wanted a good excuse to incorporate Waste Land imagery in my writing for so long. one day.

[@samuelleon4822]

But what Sticks doesn't Realize is that he was in the Flytrap's Maw the whole time.

[@sboy2044]

He says he is but ignores it

[@mothinoir_was_here]

Is it me or does the roof looks like a Venus fly traps head???

[@ZaChemas]

He didn't realize that the moment he began going angry for clues, the flytrap began closing on him, holy mother of god, i love this

[@apertureAI-jw1iz]

Sticks has INSANE "fuck it, we ball" energy

[@Strawberry_Cubes]

-Hears about this zeemyth guy and how the narrator doesn’t seem to believe how cheesy his stuff is -check the channel of this video -zeemyth is talking about himself

[@Zeemyth]

😎

[@Pryafam23866]

Yea he is

[@nonyabusiness.]

At first I thought the large curved bedrock lines were ribs. I realise now they were trigger hairs, because he was entering the flytrap.

[@Lavietavy]

I don't know if anyone else has noticed, but if you read the chat in flytrap while Stick is exploring, it seems like Zeemyth can sense that something is going on and will react to it, or influence it, like at 17:41. That is some amazing detailing, awesome job.

[@Sawdust_]

15:16 zeemyth typing out "/give water_bucket" 15:38 "/effect zeemyth" at 26:05 an entire chat log is visible, stuff about "taking my ears and burning them", "where is the bottom", etc

[@ZGamer911_]

15:16 is hidden lol

[@monikaddlc6474]

At 22:29 you can also see the chat log or the messages in the corner, which are basically all the stuff zeemyth said before but also"local game hosted on port 52084".. it might be just a usless detail tho lmao

[@tomby_]

Perfect. Most digital horrors that use youtube as its canonical device that try and show those who try and investigate it are obvious to be a part of the world. This, thankfully, immerses you to a point where you forget this analysis is a part of the creator's channel, and you get surprised by such a reveal. And the music. The music is not just the suger on the cream, its a whole new layer on the cake. Amazing work, one of the most underrated channels ive seen.

[@username5155]

Thank you totally real and non-Zeemyth person Sticks for making and uploading this video for your own channel about this amazing ARG not made by you at all. You can tell you’re not Zeemyth because right after you get the map DM at 11:53 a second you joins, which makes it twice as much made by you.

[@Zeemyth]

Hey what the heck someone uploaded on my channel 😡

[@shogako]

just noticed as well around 59:00, a steam friend named "good question" begins to play a puzzle-based programming game. the details are CRAZY

[@TanukiLoaf]

22:37 ironic how sticks talks about the answer being in your peripheral vision while you can literally see zeemyth’s(?) perspective in the corners of the screen…

[@Legoguy9875]

Love how you took the inconsistencies and plotholes from the previous video (intentional or not, idk) and used them as plot points for this one. I was invested the whole way through!

[@Zeemyth]

Some of them were which was such a pain to hide but there were def some genuine fumbles

[@Flyingfrypan3]

At Veill SMP 111, you can see his tool bar and item in his hand have a sort of “ghost” effect, other items like a trapdoor are overlapping. His health bar is also taking damage, and in the chat box there is a conversation going on, Zemeth says that “everything keeps freezing”, “Noises get louder”, “----- burning in the river”

[@goldennightfunking2bv749]

i wonder if Veill SMP 111 is an actual map tha you can enter lol

[@jarielwilliams9856]

Burning in the river? Interesting. I wonder if it's either Greek or Dante's divine comedy folklore.

[@dopesickdog]

​@@jarielwilliams9856 he's called Sticks after all ;)

[@rewer257]

Omg it's the flytrap in the background it's over lapping with very low opacity 😭😭😭

[@amnt5502]

the last part is actually "take my ears and burn them in the river"

[@kice1102]

i wish the ending song lasted longer so i can sit there and process what just happened

[@Zeemyth]

I was so close to doing that tbh, you should check out the acoustic version (deftones - change)

[@maxohara6684]

Something interesting about aqer's base is, despite the base obviously being recently occupied, by aqer, the ladders are in a pre release or early release formation due to a bug, which i might be overthinking, but that might mean something, i also have an additional theory in which i think maybe the cones of light that periodically show up are simply alternate versions of sticks himself.

[@hatbrox]

17:35 Zeemyth in flytrap types “/say this is”, right after that the KZbinr says “this is”. I’m gonna check if there are other instances like this. 18:52 Sticks theorizes that, based on Zeemyth’s video, there’s a fair/unfair challenge of sorts. Zeemyth types “lol”, seemingly in response.

[@wordman9371]

15:51

[@ghoust592]

I just wanted to point out that the 3rd last section is named Ashtree Dim and it's just so similar to AshTree Lane from The House of Leaves. EDIT: Yeah that's another The House of Leaves video game adaptiation

[@mkgaca8721]

if i had a nickle ect ect

[@ghoust592]

@@mkgaca8721 at this speed i will have more money than amazon because i find exponentially more of these

[@SillySillyYT]

I just love the fact that sticks was so aware of distractions just to fall straight into one into a point where he could no longer return falling into the same trap as the world adapted it eventualy found that sticks was looking for witch was answers and that is what it used against him eventualy trapping him and only at the end he had knew he was caught with all he can focus on is his past or is the trap his memories trapping him it maybe we will never know

[@beeb.w.6389]

The second I saw that second vod in the background I was immediately like “this mf is gonna do something with that” AND OF COURSE HE STARTS SENDING MESSAGES AS I WAS KEEPING AN EYE ON IT. Also that Steam notification to someone playing a game throws me off, but also intrigued me. Why keep it it? Why wasn’t it cut out? Was the notifications on for a certain reason? My brain is melting

[@Zeemyth]

😋

[@banano-bread9864]

@devy_max : At 59:06, he gets a Steam notification that someone named "good question" is playing Turing Complete. Turing complete is a currently unfinished puzzle game about building computers, and the name "good question" makes me wonder if that connects to 'Not asking the right questions". May just be looking into nothing, I don't know

[@jakeplaysgameree1]

This actually made me shed a few tears at the end, all i have to say is that your cinematography for a funny block game is truly astonishing, even though i may have missed alot (and probably will have to rewatch this); i am impressed and seriously want to see more of this amazing content

[@The-Pained-Protagonist]

Thank you for releasing this video man, ive been waiting for a while because this Minecraft arg got me curious and interested into the story.. So thank you for the 1 hour vid man

[@CorMikeYT]

LORE! During the moth section, his hotbar showed he was on the crafting table of his hotbar, not a boat. but a boat was in his hand.

[@Zeemyth]

:D Hopefully the whole thing is worth it

[@TheDøctorØfDread]

​@@CorMikeYTHe was on the boat in the first slot, it's just that zeemyth had his trapdoor selected which is underneath sticks crafting table

[@CorMikeYT]

@@Zeemyth no way Zeemyth!! I'm actually working on a vid about bedrock.zip rn, I'm gonna try and join the server to hopefully find a clue. I have a 'fake' bedrock.zip world set up in case I can't find the original.

[@CorMikeYT]

@@TheDøctorØfDread also, ur right. it just looked like he was selecting the table.

[@Gowly]

That skyblock clip near the end and the music played through that whole scene (and other tracks too) were just incredible touches and fantastic choices for the immersion tbh. Amazing work with this entire video!

[@NamingIsHard828]

I didn't really get it

[@Damian125id]

Came for the mystery, stayed for the sick bucket and boat saves. Like, honestly i'm more impressed by the way sticks get out of the bedrock trap than the whole spoopy stuff going on.

[@DreerKarler]

"their biggest mistake, was letting sticks in on the game" 4:52

[@the_ceo_of_skull]

Shit went so hard. *_-the ceo of 💀_*

[@zaibetsu4231]

i am never gonna be able to listen to change (in the house of flies) the same way again. the way you told it, the perspective of story telling, narration while also in context like you're experiencing the sight for the first time. the way your movement gets more frantic, more anxious the longer it goes on makes it feel, real. you sir, are amazing. you have made an absolute masterpiece.

[@TheAssemblyline09033]

This might be, no joke, my favorite minecraft video on the platform. The first bedrock.zip was already pretty good, and it kept me glued to my screen the entire time. What I really liked about that video was the exploration aspect, really felt like discovering some strange and alien location alongside you. This video doubles down on the exploration angle even more than the first one it feels, which I enjoy greatly. This type of video, the "house of leaves feels" kind, are pretty rarely well done, and horror in minecraft is especially fickle when it comes to quality. They'll usually go very well and then faceplant in the middle, but this video avoids the pitfall (mainly by not having random obnoxious jumpscares). It's a bit hard to describe in detail what I like specifically about the video, the words do not come to me, but that's also something I enjoy about it, it's a very specific feeling that has been conveyed perfectly.

[@Ahnock]

im a huge fan of how "curated" bz1 is compared to bz2, bz2 is almost messy at times, and especially with how sticks breaks walls with boats it feels like you've clipped out of where you're meant to be even more

[@yarik1024]

"and water and water and water and water and water"

[@feefred5638]

Give this man some water

[@T_Traft]

/give yarik1024 water_bucket

[@leftPiston]

1:06:26 “Haha this sounds like deftones” “HOLY SHIT DEFTONES LETS GOOO”

[@Ahnock]

ohhhh im loving the flytrap footage in the background, the "/say this is" at 17:30, im getting big johnny truant vibes from sticks.

[@Zeemyth]

hehehhe true [the good parts at least hooowee]

[@Ahnock]

​@@Zeemythyou wouldnt be implying our lovely protagonist sticks25 would go on a november binge would you

[@shadow06hunter78]

i love at 49:08 sticks is right where zeemyth broke bedrock and entered the fly trap and he just ignores it

[@KATASTEROPHE]

my favorite detail

[@demongirlfriend]

im so fucking happy that this finally came out i cant wait to watch the whole thing. you truly are a masterclass in horror content development, far higher quality, storytelling, and acting than i've seen on almost any other minecraft unfiction channel

[@BendyB75YT]

An arg analysis video that adds to the arg, unique! And anyone else realise the signs around midway are a code? Thats all im saying, zeemyth you did great work! (And so did you sticks)

[@Zeemyth]

Thank you yes sticks really knocked that one out of the park 😭

[@EmptyAnthologyAlt]

w sticks25 best youtuber frfr

[@Ezkanohra]

We need a new Voyager Golden Record cause this whole 'creation' is humanity's magnum opus

[@value1lol]

real

[@lumiklaud]

Can't believe our boy Sticks25 really made it to the door..? I'm not even gonna pretend I understand any of whats going on here but I can appreciate the visuals, the sound, the story - didn't even feel like an hour. The editing really popped off in this one, I mean this is miles more immersive and captivating than the first. Awesome work man

[@DreerKarler]

i dont think he made it to the door.

[@offbrandbiscuit]

​​@@DreerKarler I don't think there even IS a door in Sticks' copy of the world. It's established Bedrock is alive, probably sentient and ever-changing. The door flooding with golden light was simply its 'lure' to draw Sticks further in, because he became so single-mindedly obsessed with finding it that what it meant didn't even matter anymore. The 44-minute 'the flytrap' level where you fall endlessly to me is the culmination of Bedrock's abilities, and you only find it once it has fully ensnared and crushed you of all hope of solving the 'mystery' that never existed to begin with

[@DreerKarler]

@@offbrandbiscuit i think the "door" is permenant because if you look at the spirals listen for your name still.

[@sedarium5307]

There was no door to begin with i think, that's just a mechanism of the Bedrock to lure the prey, just like how Veils dissappeared after going through the door, or when Zee got trapped in the flytrap. That scene probably represents that Sticks gives up and accepts his fate.

[@grahhh279]

nah nah what? no door?? then what was i waiting for??? this is making me depressed

[@BrohmMolich]

What a surreal and amazing experience. I quite honestly hope this isn't the end of the Bedrock.zip story (and especially hope this isn't the last we see of Sticks)

[@Zeemyth]

💙 3 part story (it’ll be a while though)

[@Flonchosis]

​lets gooooo @Peemyth

[@StahnAmogus29]

​@@Flonchosis"peemyth" is cursed

[@think_of_a_storyboard3635]

I never liked the color green, anyway.

[@Zeemyth]

HAHAHA

[@HappyV0520]

Tne reason the lights chased you is because you didn’t play by the rules. Since the very beginning. You didn’t go into the stronghold. You didn’t solve the puzzles. You broke through them, thats why the lights came after you. Thats why the world wasn’t “meant for you”. And thats why it hurt you.*

[@GuillaumeLeclerc]

10:23 The exact moment Sticks establishes that Absolute Badass will definitely be written on his tombstone

[@StankeyWang]

This series is the closest I think we'll ever get to a HoL adaptation! After finishing I feel like i need to rewatch both again (when i finished the book i immediately started a second reread too) you created a masterpiece and I love it. Great work!

[@Myggins]

This and MyHouse. there's a really cool video covering MyHouse.WAD that sort of adds to the story. forgor what its called. "breaking down the secrets of MyHouse"? idk but this series reminds me of it.

[@GamerGod353]

I ain't gonna lie the build of these is insane. Like I can't even fathom the amount of work these people do with the bedrock. And the editing is incredible too. You earned my sub

[@H4Shatter]

i love this dudes style, in this video he shows to be different than other creators when trying to get answers. he doesnt wait for them, he goes up front and takes it. when the world was playing by its own rules, he did the same. just subscribed, i cant wait to see more movies like this one!

[@Silver_Unknown]

Around 17:32 we see Zeemyth type "/say this is" and RIGHT AFTER HE COMPLETES IT, STICKS SAYS "this is"!!!! I LOVE THAT KIND OF DETAIL!!!!!!

[@Flonchosis]

Deadass thought this was a documentary in the 1st video, and now im hooked. This is amazing bro. Props to you Sticks and not Zeemyth for being brave enough to venture down this very scary arg made by Zeemyth who is a different person than sticks

[@red_reyne]

Hey mate, just discovered your channel today and I have to say, you are one of the most talented storyteller/writer/editor I've seen on this entire site. This channel is criminally underrated, but you earned my sub! Good luck on your future projects, I'm looking forward to whatever you do next!

[@Zeemyth]

🥲Thank you so much, really means a ton. I’m gonna be trying to hone in and heighten my style over the next while or yknow that’s the goal ofc

[@red_reyne]

@@Zeemyth If you're already this good, I can't even imagine how much you'll improve over time. You got this man!

[@nokzgd]

@@Zeemythbedrock.zip III when

[@generalmississippi5204]

You never miss on your endings Zeemyth, they always go so fire and genuinely leave an impact on me, especially on your Bedrock.zip series. I still remember the first video, and I kept thinking about how good the ending was. Absolutely 10/10 content man, a gem of a channel. Seriously dude, keep up the great work. You deserve more views. One of my favourite KZbinrs in general now. On a side note, those bedrock pillars moving up and down reminded me of the campfire video, pretty neat. I'm gonna have to analyze this video in more depth later to actually better understand what's going on, because right now I'm running on two braincells. Also I didn't even realise the chat in the background video was a distraction until after I read a few comments pointing that and Stick's monologue of distractions out, very clever 💀

[@radicuol]

Literally thought this was a video essay of your original vid, you nearly caught me

[@Zeemyth]

😋

[@redrabbitplayz]

This was gas, I've never had a youtube video ever capture my interest like this before, one of the best ARGs I have ever had the pleasure of watching imo

[@wormie_smilez]

6:42 “Mama needs her beauty sleep” in the deep voice made me sneeze up my water I was drinking 💀

[@da_bp]

what is the thumbnail designer on💀

[@Zeemyth]

LOL it was me, these macabre art styles for thumbs really make an impression on people and I really like splicing stock images to get some strange horror art

[@da_bp]

@@Zeemyth yeah its high quality looks really scary

[@derpkipper]

Its cool that you have all your inspirations for these videos in your tags. I definitely can see the Disrupt and Nexpo inspiration in how you present the story. Man I really need to read House of Leaves. I love how abstract this all is

[@Ahnock]

@@derpkipper if you havent read HoL by now, absolutely go do so. id been sitting on it because of myhouse.wad but this pushed me to read it and it's 100% worth it. incredible book.

[@keithpaton704]

This was the greatest screen writing i have seen in a long time. Id say up there with interstellar. How i was grasped by it the whole time. Unbelievably good

[@Zeemyth]

Mannn thank you 😩 I don’t think it’s up there for a few reasons but that’s probably my biggest inspiration for high level emotional writing and just spectacle so it means a lot

[@twitchyeyess]

15:36 Looks like Zeemyth started getting bored

[@ae7262]

I honestly clicked on this thinking "another spooky minecraft video wow 🙄" which i took back instantly because you have by far the most captivating storytelling i've seen in a long time that had me just staring at the screen quietly for almost the whole runtime of the video

[@Ahnock]

i love the wasteland references in this. im still putting together a comment with all my findings but there is so much shit here to put together it's absurd haha. love this stuff, im hoping im not wasting my time translating the bedrockzip picture file text by hand hahaaa

[@DreerKarler]

community tab.

[@Ahnock]

@@DreerKarler what about it? im assuming you're talking about zee mentioning the wasteland as an inspiration for bz2?

[@DreerKarler]

@@Ahnock ebyae?

[@Ahnock]

@@DreerKarler what's ebyae? tried looking it up and only found stuff on "the bumblebee project" from the smithsonian?

[@DreerKarler]

@@Ahnock how do you not know?

[@lordfrostdraken]

This showed up in my recommended. I have no idea what is going on or what the background of it is. But it is giving me ideas for the cosmic horror stories I write.

[@Retrovoider]

One of the absolute smallest but most appreciated details is during the flashback(?) to skyblock, right before it ends the water freezes. Masterpiece.

[@Brocolliav]

Hey don’t know if you’ll see this but this shit is sick asf. Please keep making more because this really taunts my mind and I can only assume it does the same for others. The music and cinematography is excellent, as well as the idea. The idea of a giant, dystopian, brutalist world that adapts is something that is genius. Keep up the good work!

[@sevilzook9199]

54:00 my man could have turned off his shaders and would have seen just fine. minecraft's darkness is never truly black. he commissioned a mod to fix a problem his other mod made.

[@varietybacon]

sometimes, to tell a story, you have to blur out everything around you and focus on it

[@cryptex8398]

Leaving a comment for the algorithm, holy shit this is so well made. The pacing, camera shots, theming, all of the surreal and cosmic horror elements sprinkled throughout, the inspirations, all wrapped up in that lovely Zeemyth insanity. What an incredible movie. Also I didn't see anyone else mention this, but the lights look like Stick's flashlight, maybe implying they're some remnant of Sticks after all this, other players, or maybe even another timeloop? Pretty wacky to think about, but awesome.

[@beyonddd]

with how long this video is compared to your other videos, it's already obvious that this is going to be a BANGER.

[@GiantsPeak]

I absolutely loved this short movie, The twist was great but the theme of this story, or the moral, was the thing that caught me. I paused the ending part just to read what he had to say. Keep up the good work Zeemyth!

[@mrhyde1740]

51:25 My man playing the Minecraft of Leaves over here. The Dark Place looking world over here, "Spirals within spirals" and all... Very entertaining video overall, with a unique atmosphere I haven't seen here on youtube!

[@hytiacat5762]

Whoever said sequels can't be better than the original never met you, absolutely amazing job tying the story together. You honestly convinced me to get House of Leaves and read it, and I'm excited to see if I understand anything more about this after reading it, such a masterful job at telling a cohesive and well thought out story that genuinely feels fully connected and masterfully directed. As someone who is very disturbed by horror, there were genuine times when I had to click off this video (the hunt of sticks by the lighted figure) but every single time I was pulled back in by your masterful storytelling and detail akin to that of a visual novel but in documentary form. Genuinely one of the most immersive horror experiences I have ever seen, amazing job zee- I mean sticks25!!! LOL

[@Zeemyth]

😭this actually means the world to me, even though I was and am worried about the story being much more vague and non-progressal focused, it’s just such good news to see that you and others love it so much 🫡

[@JackalDoe]

@@Zeemyth honestly man, i think the fact that its non-progressal works great, not every story needs a perfect ending (especially in horror), and the implication that this is something you really cant do anything about works well for what you are going for, imo

[@ThisIsAnAccount]

After seeing your style of horror and ARGs, nothing else cuts it anymore. It has everything, unique screenplay + ideas, literary ties (to some of the best works mind you), philosophical statements, bleeding edge stylisation, composition and technical feats for the genre... I could go on. Every one of your vids is a nuclear blast of everything above and more. The slightly avant-garde nature of it just tops it off. God tier. I no longer need to spend an eternity searching the Library of Babel for the perfect works, instead I can come here. To Zeemyth.

[@Manfacepro492]

the most wise man..sticks may have not survived this journey but he might have solved it..he has gotten the furthest if just not have solved it...he is the man that gave the most clues to this..he was smart enough to use glitches and rules to his advantage. We don't know if he's alive but he is a legend.. Edit:ty for 1 like apreceate it plus its my highest one yet

[@aerothallji6514]

Notepad opening at 13:03, named "Directions" with Entry "LLRLLFRLLFRFLFFFRLLFRLRRLRRFRRLFFRLFLLRLLFLRRLLRLLLRRRRLLLFFRLLRRRFLLLRRFFFLRFLLRRFLFFL" written within.

[@Rative_N]

24:08 "take my ears and burn them in the river" that got chills down my spine it just sounds very spooky

[@Dni..]

Barely 15 minutes in and this might be the best minecraft video i've ever seen. I am loving this sequel

[@shoggyandscabby]

no one talking about this /effect zeemyth is doing? 15:45 or all the other stuff he types in chat

[@IlovecheeseIwantcheese]

That's another tab,most like the video tab.

[@Fasoozle]

17:35 “/say this is ; this is very different” the timing is crazy

[@borretniw7603]

Just the effort needed to build the map for this is immense. Well done dude, this is great. Incredible that new styles of stories, nor just stories in general, are being told in minecraft. Truely is a medium not a game. Great work transposing the ~house~ of leaves motifs into minecraft. Beyond impressive. Southern Reach Trilogy next?

[@Zeemyth]

HA I’ve always wanted to do a Zone style story like that, and it’s always a little sad to not see the lighthouse really make it to the screen in annihilation, I think at some point when I can really pull of some sort of ecosystem story

[@Try-onASmile]

Wow, I Tip my hat to you Zeemyth. This whole series of Bedrock.zip is absolutely phenomenal. I've never seen Minecraft pushd into this medium of intimate storytelling. I'm not Joking. This has more depth and richness that could never compare to any Minecraft roleplay I've seen, or any story narrative anyone has used Minecraft for. Your grasp on limital space is well crafted and tightly knit, dare I say your take on what liminal space is, is better than the Backrooms itself. It may be because the Backrooms have been milked to death and I never really felt anything watching those types of videos or playing those games. But this series? I haven't been this intrigued, confused, scared and in awe all at once in a very, very, long time. The level of immersion is unreal, I cared about your protagonist trying to find an end to this infinite bedrock labyrinth, crawling through the belly of this massive beast that you can't comprehend. All you can do is explore it's maze infinitely. It's a great sense of helplessness and being in a foreign alien land. In a way it made me think that this is The End is supposed to be. There's no enemies crowding the place, no enderman or nothing. But you're in a place that's not supposed to exist, but it knows that you're there, it is both indifferent and knowing of your presence; exploring welcomes you put the environment is incredibly harsh with the large amount of nothing. You are at the mercy to the infinitum of the hungry Bedrock. A World Not For You. Absolutely beautiful and poetic. Delicious Madness.