Boneworks 1.4 - The [redacted] Chamber

[@mopolo]

This game needs a level editor and steam workshop compatibility

[@bekkayya]

If boneworks and HLAlyx had workshop support they would singlehandedly tide over the VR community until the next big AAA

[@Pfaeff]

They could sell the boneworks engine. That would be a really good starting point for many VR games.

[@mopolo]

I don't think that's a good idea Pfaeff, since this game spins around the physics

[@bemo_10]

@@Pfaeff That would open the doors for a lot of asset flips, not a great thing to associate with their brand.

[@Pfaeff]

@@bemo_10 They don't have to sell the engine to everybody. They can be selective about it.

[@5MadMovieMakers]

JK Rowling came up with Harry Potter on a train, Brendan came up with Boneworks at an airport. Looking forward for the next great idea to come from a space station

[@EvroCraft]

*Brandon, not Brendan lol

[@aaah9486]

That will mean it wont be good because its not random

[@ItsAllG00d]

I’m not trying to kiss ass, but everything you’ve done is brilliant and is still my favorite mechanics by a landslide. Please keep doing tweaking and r&d and physics interactions, because it’s so damn satisfying. Keep it up and I will def spread the love of boneworks.

[@calebporch2362]

ditto that

[@pitfall5124]

Copy that

[@armbusk]

i'm with OP i honestly like your game way more then Alyx, not to say i don't like it either, but your game feels so in depth and immersive because of your choice of mechanics that i feel it's unrivaled.

[@luke.boxall]

Couldn’t of said it better

[@Rexxie44]

This game has a very special place in my heart. The fact you're still building/readding things into it makes me happy because there's just so much extra potential you can play with this. I bought a lil too much into the meme Alyx is going to be super identical and I was saddened when I was confronted with no jumping/climbing mechanics beyond ladders. It was a good game nonetheless though. Nevertheless, I'm looking forward to the new maps and gun. I hope you guys plan to add more weapons in the future and ideally a map editor/with a workshop support. Workshop support for this game would bolster the hell out of the VR community in giving unlimited freedom with your game's potential to be deeply explored.

[@sqlevolicious]

Fyi, the biggest difference is due to HLA being a game that anyone can jump into and play, and even those sensitive to motion sickness will not have to worry. Hardly anyone can play Boneworks without motion sickness. Boneworks is only for very advanced VR players, and even then, we got incredibly motion sick from the bounce-y disconnected virtual horizon (I got acclimated in about 4 hours). Boneworks set out to prove that people want full freedom and can acclimate to motion sickness. The problem is that Valve is right and SLZ were wrong. Most people are going to enjoy HLA over Boneworks because of comfort. In regards to workshop support, Boneworks will never have it, the engine is locked down due to how fragile the engine is. HLA however is open for full modding here pretty soon once hammerhead and source 2 SDK drop very soon.

[@Woogoo336]

"A lot of the features in Boneworks become really natural when you get used to them and other games feel really strange when they lack those features" This was an issue for me going to HLA. I'm so used to the freedom of Boneworks and the quality weapons there and in Pavlov that HLA was no more than a good looking movie for me. I couldn't immerse myself because of the lack of arms or any form of body presence (even the vest outline in pavlov is enough for me there) and the gunplay felt very anemic and uninteresting. It just felt like a modern quality game on PC with a VR camera and some motion control features thrown in. I understand how this would be fun for someone taking up VR for the first time, but for me it just felt totally unfinished as a full VR game. I could honestly have enjoyed this game just as much with keyboard and mouse as in VR. It's got a good story and it looks good, but it doesn't feel as satisfying to play as games from other devs.

[@Crow_Guy]

more "arms" variations would be cool, like those short sleve and gloved ones shown in the node videos.

[@SneesToMeetYou]

That would be cool, but they're so backed up on bug fixes that I think they're more focused on things that add more substance to the game as opposed to something aesthetic like that

[@monkeyballs188]

all we have right now is texture changes so maybe use the asset bundle extractor to retexture the arms or even body

[@wtfimcrying]

@@monkeyballs188 yeah thats already a thing

[@azazelsvideos8298]

@@wtfimcrying b

[@wtfimcrying]

@@azazelsvideos8298 true

[@M0TYSHIZ]

I came back after playing HLA and BW still scratches an itch that HLA can't. Not only with 2-handed weapons, but with the more realistic 1911. The enemies are also more reactive, and it's nice to have melee options again.

[@MertBert]

I fully agree. BW has been able to develop both better weapon feel and easier backpack function than HLA, in my opinion.

[@weebsters7181]

BW is not better because it has 2 handed weapons, alyx wanted to make 1 handed gameplay accessable

[@M0TYSHIZ]

I understand the accessibility concern. I'm saying that BW still definitely has its place in a post HL:A world. I don't feel like I can explore as many combat scenarios with HL:A, also because it doesn't have an Arena mode.

[@CZProductions]

@@weebsters7181 That's just your opinion, dude. Many of us, me included, were disappointed with the lack of weapons and their anemic feel in Half-Life Alyx. If that doesn't bother you, cool, but don't say that it doesn't make Boneworks better objectively, because for many of us it does.

[@weebsters7181]

CZ Productions very few people feel the way you do

[@AzeemMustafa]

The passion coming off of Brandon has always been so inspiring. So happy to see Boneworks doing so well.

[@daphix]

brandon and his team should be blessed for what they've created

[@bekkayya]

3:33 brandon: "It just works" "It just bone-works" ;)

[@Woogoo336]

gets arms stuck in a wall: "Why is it called boneworks when they don't!"

[@EthanVillanueva]

Better said from him than Todd Howard

[@gyrus1902]

kind of like king crimson

[@philderkomischetyp4481]

1:55 Discord Brandon

[@philderkomischetyp4481]

@Lambert Yeah. The only time you hear him speak is when he makes a announcement.

[@NotAtAllLegit]

made me check my discord ffs

[@dr.maschwaschine2274]

Phil der komische typ hmmm bist ziemlich komisch Phil. :D

[@alaaelhayek2594]

@@NotAtAllLegit saaame

[@azrielsatan8693]

My biggest issue with boneworks when it came out was the lack of any challenge levels, its great to see were getting some! It would also be cool if there were some remixes of the main maps for more experienced players.

[@Jessay]

Like the Portal advanced chambers? That would be fun

[@garrettcall]

Personally, Boneworks was significantly better (mechanically) than Alyx. Imagine if Stress Level Zero and Valve worked together on the next title? Boneworks mechanics with Valve world building? Could be an earth shattering title for VR.

[@BTechno-hp4kd]

Alyx was designed to be the "perfect VR beginner title". Easy to play, easy to use etc. If you throw an index at someone`s head and say "Play Boneworks!" this Person would take a break after a couple of minutes or he/she starts to vomit after some more. Boneworks is a far more advanced physics title than HL:A, but that is also it`s curse. The only real difference between the two, in my opinion, are the physics based bodies of all Boneworks characters and their interaction. I assume (not only) because of that is the physics engine in Boneworks a lot more performance-hungry.

[@Cheapcouches]

I agree, with the exception of the grabbity gloves. The gloves are such a simple mechanic, yet feel so much more satisfying and (in my experience) reliable than the force powers you have in Boneworks. It'll be hard to go back.

[@arrowtongue]

@@BTechno-hp4kd I guess I'm a rare case, but upon getting my Index on March 14th, I jumped straight into Boneworks to hold me over for HLA, and dispite me being a gargantuan Half-Life fan since I was ~8 years old in 2012 when I started with the series, I still love Boneworks far more than HLA, in many ways

[@TheGoldenTNT]

SLZ and valve collaborating would be an intresting... experiment

[@tiengvanviet]

@@BTechno-hp4kd in my case it's opposite,half life alyx chew much more cpu and make the game barely playable while i can play boneworks quite fine

[@shadxw1567]

Brandon is like our James Halliday from the Oasis

[@RoraighPrice]

id say he's more of an ogdan morrow. / woz

[@AxxLAfriku]

I will now count to 3 and then I am still the unprettiest KZbinr of all time. 1...2...3. Btw I have two very hot girlfriends. Thank you for your attention, dear whadow

[@Balthazar2242]

Gabe Newell is Halliday

[@ziggyboogydude1]

reddit moment ! ! !

[@artuno1207]

Funny you say this, I was thinking exactly this but with Valve and Half Life Alyx, they're getting there.

[@JediPloys]

I've been saving up for a new computer rig and an Index to play Boneworks, and it's really nice to see that the titanic presence of Half-Life: Alyx hasn't hit SL0's moral or enthusiasm. It's super interesting listening to these development history stories, too. I'm really looking forward to more of 'em. By the way, you have a really nice home, Brandon!

[@CZProductions]

Ya it sounds like they knew HL:A was coming for a long time, so I'm sure they prepped for it to he a huge launch.

[@jorge2555]

I remember seeing the ad for boneworks on oculas [hope I spelled that right] so if you have a oculas quest that may work and be cheaper. [Though look it up, don't take my word for it I'm new to the vr scene]

[@seifelshenawi6211]

Jorge Castillo are you enjoying VR?

[@_ayohee]

I straight up bought the knuckles controllers for boneworks. Never regretted the decision

[@conorwainwright3793]

Great work Brandon. Loved every minute of Boneworks and I'm sure I'll love this update. Can't wait for more from you and the team!

[@littlefrank90]

Oh come on, it's great but you can't have enjoyed that part at the end with the 3 sliding suspended platforms. That was bloody horrible.

[@CZProductions]

@@littlefrank90 I did, because there's several ways to do it. Some people actually line them up and try to get across, i brought a plank and made a ramp from the bottom and just walked up and put the cube on the button. There's other ways to do it as well. Just gotta think outside the box and utilize the physics

[@KittyPuppy]

Brandon's enthusiasm in this video is just infectious. It actually brightened my day a little.

[@zille3000]

When his home is actually bigger than his office. Or he lives at his office?!

[@Andrew-uq6vh]

zille3000 his home is where he lives. he doesn’t need a massive office for a ~12 person team

[@feernaomil6337]

I just want to say this has been my fav vr game this is the single reason i got me a valve index just seeing them trailers got me hyped i played superhotvr to get my vr legs then i hoped into boneworks. boneworks has been the first game i pre ordered without seeing a review and the day i hoped in i was 100% immersed the great soundtrack to fight nullbody's with my hands and head just is one of the greatest games i have played and i still think is the best vr game on the market when it comes to gameplay. i would say you are the Valve of VR

[@demotroniczz6943]

Valve of VR for sure!

[@Chl0ris]

Absolutely love it Brandon! Missed hearing your buttery smooth voice and the passion you clearly have! Stay safe and keep making this awesome.

[@Korvorkian1]

I love that you guys are constantly making content and patching this. The love for what you do really shows guys thanks :)

[@visnoskymedia6845]

You, your team is making, and made, VR history. Thank you for all your hard. Truly a next level experience.

[@loudibird]

Love you Brandon your the best, please make a podcast in the near future love hearing you talk and you had what sounds like a pretty interesting life. Miss you man

[@Zach_Wiberg]

He's appeared in a few Corridor Cast episodes. Talked about VR stuff and general life stuff too.

[@andyoftherew]

please keep it up, been following you guys for at least a decade and I’m super happy with where your at now and loving the games!!

[@bernhard8540]

I loved how you had to go through the door multiple times and it changed things thats really interesting and made it basically replayable in a sense cant wait to see what the team does next keep the videos coming

[@bekkayya]

awesomesauce. Im so glad you've pushed the boundaries so much

[@Scarrnix]

I've been getting back into VR since quarantine started. In fact you guys were the ones that convinced me to get a vive in the first place with duck season. I was about to fire up boneworks for the first time today, but I'm gonna wait till this patch just so I get those even crisper physics.

[@ConcreteJungleGames]

Thanks for the update, looks awesome. I've got 1 more year of a Degree in Games and Interactive Design and following this project has been motivating and inspirational.

[@Harshhaze]

Great work! Miss you on Node and Corridor very much

[@TylerDenges]

I watched this on Steam but had to come straight to KZbin to let you know how hilarious and amazing it was that you threw in a shot of you inserting in a VHS when you said you sent Valve a video. Love it

[@zackpalmer3704]

I really enjoy these kind of updates on how the game is going and how it's come to be, definitely much appreciated. It's a great way to get players to keep engaged with the game as well.

[@rattango9819]

Finally, a video straight from this channel

[@WouldYouRather365]

Well miss you on Node Brandon but Stress Level Zero is doing so well. I cant wait to see all the other projects you guys do

[@EdwardTHead1776]

Been playing back through Boneworks recently and letting my little brother try it out since we are all stuck inside. I've been trying to get my dad to play it but he still has to work long days and doesn't have much time for games when he is home. Boneworks is by far my favorite VR game and I am so happy that I have the ability to play it. Followed it forever and bought it at launch, love all of you guys.

[@forthrightjaguar3271]

Damn I am really excited for this update! Brandon has so much passion for this project.

[@firepower01]

Love that you guys are still pushing out content. I think Boneworks is a fantastic game with a great base for you guys to build off of, and maybe even make future titles that are a further expansion of Boneworks' core features.

[@canceroushit5933]

I love how the search the unlock everything feels like a mini campaign and I love that because I would really love to experience boneworks for the first time again

[@VRGamingTherapy]

You guys did an EXTRAORDINARY job with this game. Thank you so much, I love this title!!

[@MrBastrider]

It's really nice to have new content on this game ! It's also cool to see you Brandon, since Node have become boring

[@CommandPromptGaming]

It's so crazy that this small team did aspects of VR better than Valve itself. Thank you guys so much for making this incredible experience❤️.

[@steel5897]

Valve could have gone full physics too, they just chose not to because a lot of this stuff ends up becoming clunky and unfriendly to people new to VR.

[@CommandPromptGaming]

@@steel5897 For sure. It's a really "unsafe" option to do something that relies heavily on physics when you're trying to move hardware. But that's what play testing and refinement is for. Hopefully they'll figure something out when the next one comes around.

[@patbocchicchio]

Brandon is elite. Lucky to have him in VR

[@andrewpugs1967]

Great work Brandon. I look forward to seeing the patch next week and I am especially excited about the overhauled physics! Keep up the hard work!

[@riggedyouupvr9616]

Good stuff Brandon! Really liked the history stuff. Keep it up!

[@johntheslider5802]

Can't wait! I'm excited to see what else you guys bring to VR. Boneworks is my favorite VR game and one of my favorite games in general.

[@CruxisFire]

Can't wait! Thanks for all the great work and continuing to support the game!

[@TheStingling]

I dont even own VR but i love everything brandon does. Good job man

[@DmonkeyzZ]

Literally finished it today. Have to say it is easily my favourite VR game. Well done. Can't wait for more.

[@dennisrichards2540]

Its just great to see you on video again. I (and probably everyone else subscribed) would love to see more regular videos on your channel about generally what your upto and what you're doing. Nice to see you're still working on Boneworks and the new content is always welcome. peace!

[@Cdv8500]

This is such an inspiring video, love hearing about the process behind the game!

[@iczyg]

I really, REALLY love how passionate everyone is about this game, both the devs and community alike. So much more stuff being added to the game, I love it.

[@floeghost7252]

I love this game so much and now it has even more reason to bring me back everytime. Keep up the good work.

[@grayster1237]

Brandon I’m a big fan of what all of you guys do especially with how little they’re are of you but just know your doing a great job and changing not only VR but the gaming community too.i would love to try this game but I can only afford the oculas quest.Also I heard people saying that there would be a another game or something like that that would be going on the quest but I didn’t know if that was true.

[@vcuteverything]

Looking forward to seeing D play it on his channel.

[@Xenibalt]

fuck yes!

[@Madblaster6]

Brandon, you are a legend. You have paved the way that games will be played in VR.

Thank you, for making future of games even better :) I've super-ultra enjoyed Boneworks on my Index!

[@jomirife]

Great work Brandon. I'm doing research with tangible objects to interact with the VR space using computer vision 😃

[@Caynug]

I freaking love how you guys handle boneworks, I can't wait for more chambers and content - this is such an sandbox feeling game which only benefits from every inch of content you cram into it. I gladly pay for each chamber as dlc that you release, no second thoughts.

[@realname2490]

Hell no don't try and encourage that dlc garbage in our VR games go back to pancake games if you wanna be nickel and dimed for tiny add ons and levels that add no real content this is just sandbox add-ons and would be horrible to charge for wtf blind groveling like you are doing is why dlc is already so bad now cause fans just eat it up no matter if it's anti consumer or not just take my money what a joke

[@mercury3387]

the song at the end of this video is soooo good!!!! I wish it showed up more in the game

[@asclepius29k]

Yay! Thank you, Stress Level Zero!

[@2rad4rio]

3:50 Over the next decade, and you still will look the same as you did 10 years ago. Come to think of it, he really hasn't changed at all. And if Ford is using the Void to make himself live forever, what if....no....it can't be...

[@GabeOfca]

You and your team is doing great work Brandon. I can't wait to play the new update. I'm getting my index controllers soon and I know it's going to make the game even better.

[@kahvikone]

I really like seeing you peeps adding new chambers to the game. Speedrunners are gonna have fun with that pistol course. Any chances of getting more arena content in the future? The challenges were fun to do but over very quickly.

[@matty9460]

Node will never be the same 😔

[@neshivale]

Right after finishing HLA I replayed boneworks. It's such a good game. I'm happy to have an other reason to go back in soon

[@glennhooker2762]

Ya homie don't even have the game but enjoys Brandon giving updates. I can't wait to see what's next.

[@gregb712]

I really love all you guys have been doing these past few years. I own all your games and watch all your dev vlogs : ) Can we get more vlogs in general on this channel? I really enjoyed watching the creation of your office and all the updates to games in development. I don't watch Node very often so I usually miss your cameos and such.

[@Miles_3298]

2:15 - I'm more amused than I should be at the idea of Boneworks video being sent to Valve on a VHS tape. What I'm most looking forward to is the climbing physics puzzle. That's my favorite aspect of this game - what kinds of stuff you can do with the movement system.

[@BigBeerus]

After seeing this, I absolutely cant wait till whatever you guys are doing for the quest comes out

[@Albake21z]

Hell yes! I'm very excited to check this update out, especially the new pistol and pistol course.

[@Orbital_Smack]

This is what all game development should follow. Like movies with a behind the scenes section. It's rare now to get a passionate and creative display.

[@SevenTHthunDEr90]

It's good to see you Brandon. Can't wait to play.

[@SourceoftheMist]

Brandon, you're a huge inspiration to me. Thank you for your videos!

[@bl0rgus]

love these videos

[@savory-sentiment]

Boneworks kicks ass, and I'm so excited that you're continuing to support it. My only dream for the future is that it receives Steam Workshop support!!

[@wtfx20004]

Just wanted to say thanks! Incredible work.

[@GiffysChannel]

I haven't played boneworks for a while but just hearing the music play in the background gave me goosebumps. It brought me right back to the experiences I had while playing it and reminded me how powerful they were. I would have to admit they were more impactful than HLA. Don't get me wrong, HLA was great but Boneworks changed so much for me and showed me there were things in VR still left to explore. I can't wait to see more. Keep up the great work.

[@johnnyrico8899]

So happy to see another video! Love your content!

[@riggle6627]

Literally the best dev that makes the best game. It doesn’t get better.

[@yearsdog]

man i love you guys, thank you for everything

[@jirkav]

I'll be receiving my Index on Tuesday. Can wait to play Boneworks finally! This is just awesome.

[@lokikennedy]

You rock dude! Thank you so much for all your hard work!

[@ndb6ndk99]

Brandon my guy, good to see your face again. Keep on keeping on

[@l0gi550]

This looks like a great demo to show friends tbh, all the mechanics in small level.

[@TheJmanUniverse]

Keep coming back cause Brandons home is goals

[@GamesforCykits]

Awesome work mate, keep the updates coming, prove your as good as any triple-A game but also where is the duck hunt shotgun? Jesus this song 2:40 just makes my soul cry every time I hear it, it's just so good man, can't get over these sogs there so good.

[@cheezkid2689]

boneworks needs a level creator and mod capabilities, then it would be absolutely future-proof

[@BlueJay56]

I really hope we get a sort of BO staff in a future update. The ultimate in defense and blunt offense. I've tried using the Spear but it just doesnt quite work well, especially the spear head, not puncturing properly. Thanks for such a great game, and a wholesome update video!

[@johnchristopher5201]

Thanks for the best gaming experience I've ever had!

[@p90botgaming13]

this is what makes a game worth its money is that the game will get updates that add new things to it always making it feel like you just bought the game over and over again and that's what makes every player feel good that they bought a game that has given them more.

[@Tyrielwood]

nice product shots at 1:10 !! 🤔🤔🤔 they look familiar... wait a minute! that's my channel! 🙄

[@No-xr7vx]

LMAO Tuscany Demo. I can still remember trying out my Razer Hydras there in Spring 2013, and then the Hydras with my Oculus Rift DK1 just a little while later. Now there's a fun reference for those of us who have been around the VR resurgence since the beginning. I can't tell if we're dwindling in numbers or if the hordes of new people are drowning them out but I can never seem to find anyone anymore who remembers what it was like using a DK1 in the Tuscany Demo for the first time. It was mind blowing back then.

[@fbmowner]

BW is still one of the best VR games you can play, Massive kudos and I absolutely tell everyone I know who plays VR to get there hands on BW. Also it must have been insane knowing Valve was working on a HL VR title while most of us were battling in our heads whether it was actually a thing or not, Thanks for not spilling the beans ;)

[@thecodeson99]

Man you make one really good developer well done!

[@sleonhart]

HLA is a great game, very enjoyable and very polished, it's probably my favorite VR experience so far. With that said, there were quite a few times where I found myself thinking about how cool it would be if I had the freedom you have in boneworks. If it seems like you should be able to do something (e.g. climb something, push something, hit an enemy in some unexpected way, etc.), chances are you can in boneworks. HLA is a much more handheld, controlled experience. I totally understand why valve went with that direction but I hope they are more ambitious for their next game because at this point the player creativity in boneworks is unmatched. Good to see you guys supporting this game with updates, looking forward to it!

[@gamertherapyconsoleyoursel5804]

Ha, I recognize that Tuscany level from the VR gloves video!

[@StasPersiyanenko]

Would be cool if you will make some video or series about internal technical things! Like why Unity was chosen, how VR made - SteamVr plugin or thirdparty, how interactions was programmed, how you test tone of levels after changing some physics mechanics etc.

[@ryanmalin]

I know what I'm gonna be doing this Friday night after work. Boneworks

[@iiwiiGaming]

Cant wait for this thanks for all the hard work!

[@wordalert]

Gods damn, I am looking forward to being able to buy this game and the VR stuff needed. It looks so much fun!

[@ska8terdude2]

I’m excited. I’ve played through almost 3 times and am looking for more reasons to jump in.

[@chickenbob562]

boneworks still the king when it comes to physics i just wish there would be mod support and that you could chop arms off like in blade and sorcery