GMOD VR: Exploring gm_School [Void] (A Haunting Dream)

Awakening in the dark courtyard of an empty school, I can feel eyes on me from the hundreds of blackened windows surrounding me. I feel something drawing me inside.
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[@PurpleCblP]

Thanks for playing! It was nice to see you on my map.

[@Cocc0nuttt0]

aha I knew it's a soviet school from the thumbnail - one of my schools was built to this exact blueprint

[@ioverexcitedninja4281]

Oh my god the creator of the map commented

[@RoyalestFort]

@@ioverexcitedninja4281 and?

[@chester7687]

@@RoyalestFort it’s cool?

[@SavorySoySauce]

Love all the details and how you hid things and puzzles in obscure areas, rewarding exploration

[@TheStripeTailedFiend]

I love the classic Librarian trope of “imagine [an absolutely horrifying scenario that you never want to imagine]”

[@hecticscone]

y'know what's even better? "imagine [an absolutely horrifying scenario that is about to happen because the dev/map maker knows whats up]"

[@TheRogueWolf]

"...like this place has been abandoned for years." HE SAID IT! HE SAID THE THING!

[@theatomickitty6498]

That editing mistake was surreal, I need to find the video it was in again 😂

[@mixer0014]

"this place has been abandoned for decades"

[@zanitar]

@@theatomickitty6498 i think it was Runaway 911 when he dropped one of the most lines of all time

[@ExValeFor]

@@theatomickitty6498 I don't actually know if that was an editing mistake, each time he says it it sounds different, librarian may actually have been spacing out fiercely at that time

[@LevitheEldritchAbomination]

@@theatomickitty6498 In the pinned comment he made, he said it wasn't an editing mistake, and was actually him just spacing out and repeating the lines.

[@dirtyshinobii]

31:55 leave em in! it's like we're exploring with you

[@fomalhaut_the_great]

current mix style feels good i think

[@deadlyadder2330]

agree

[@Moonlit-Mayhem]

I agree with this, the mixed style this has, leaving in moments of little importance, it brings a vibe of the viewer being along for the ride, less a viewer and more like someone there, someone in the action and the lack thereof, but of course, for a performance standard, leaving in everything, all the time with nothing really happening, it would pad out the video too much and it wouldn't do so well in a normal audience... however, knowing this particular audience, I think a longer, less edited video every once in a while would fit their vibe.

[@TreWilder]

1:07:17 You should have kept this story to yourself. Now you *know* one of your fans are going to turn this into a haunted map full of distorted, demonic Suga Mama voice lines, and a chase scene/boss fight against her.

[@onion2.076]

Ik

[@basimaziz]

1:08:19 I both jumped and laughed so hard. That response from Librarian was so PERFECT! XD Just started BLASTING. Hahahaha!

[@SymphonyZach]

I’ve had several dreams of my old high school like this. Not usually abandoned, but always at night time. Like something was going on and that’s why I was there along with other students. Although once it was empty besides me. Not terrifying just unsettling

[@lamb5890]

yeah i also had a weird dream like this, untill i realized it wasn’t and i was there to steal the answers for a test the next day

[@Ashw1115]

Same. Those “night” school dreams are scary. Once I leave the school all the dream NPCs disappear and it’s just a big empty street infront of the school at night and I have to walk home.

[@arli8359]

@@MrBearMax I get those too, sometimes the corridors are a mile long or the parts of the school I'm in are just what I see while going from one dream area to the next, or it's like an amalgamation of buildings that mostly resembles the school.

[@SugarPopLauren]

I had this really vivid nightmare from way back then where I was in the courtyard of my old elementary school and my class was being taught at the tallest point of the play structure while it was completely dark out (Except for a few lights near the play structure) I tried getting there to be with my class again but before I could try something grabbed me by the leg and quickly dragged me into the darkness. I tried screaming for help until I got woke up. So weird and fascinating to hear about other people having dreams about being at their school during night.

[@joannirotten]

Unfortunately I have dreams like this frequently, a MC escher-esque maze of a school. It's always the first day and I have no idea what my schedule is or where my first class is held, and I spend the whole time wandering hallways and floors looking for the front office or a school counselor but never find them. It's almost always dark, sometimes I'm alone in the halls and there are people in class rooms, sometimes the halls are full. I've also had mall and theater dreams similar to this.

[@cathyrayTV]

i've had the exact same sort of scenario at least once before; there was all kinds of strange stuff going on in that dream but i most vividly remember the parts where i repeatedly walked through a particular hall in my old middle school that eventually turned into what looked like some kind of ancient temple with stone halls lit by torches and covered in moss, and towards the end of the dream i was in what was supposed to be my old high school wandering empty, dark halls that seemed to endlessly repeat with no exit, until i entered one room that was also empty, where i suddenly realized i was dreaming and then immediately woke up

[@garchamayne4254]

31:54 I quite like it the way it is honestly. I enjoy the silent sections between events to help absorb me into the atmosphere, but sometimes they can really start to drag. I feel like you already achieve quite a nice balance between the two

[@theuncalledfor]

37:21 >Librarian puts a soccer ball into a basketball hoop Hole in one!

[@KaiserMattTygore927]

You said something at the end that reminded me of a real fucked up SEVEN LAYER DEEP dream from like 15-16 years ago before waking up properly and for one the rare times in my life being genuinely scared of a nightmare.

[@FrankertMendoza]

Glad to see you finally cover this map, it's quickly become one of my favorite maps to just chill in.

[@bmkbbk123]

@Adolf Hitler nah i agree with him. you can just ignore the triggers, turn the lights on, and it’s just a chill empty school. i like that vibe. not all people are scared of an empty school. i often have dreams where i’m just going around my old schools. nothing scary, just kinda sentimental and nostalgic. ps. cant believe adolf is into gmod vr exploration maps!

[@YogurtGaming2]

That sounds quite scary to me, even in day light. wandering around an empty school seems very creepy.

[@bmkbbk123]

@@YogurtGaming2 why tho? it’s a map and you know no one there, it’s chill. if you know no one is around, it’s like you get to see a world that not many do. an empty school.

[@YogurtGaming2]

@@bmkbbk123 are you sure you're alone😬

[@bmkbbk123]

@@notyourdaThat sounds fun to me, and knowing teachers are there makes is less scary as they are teachers, if something bad were to happen you could always cry for some help. plus it adds an extra layer of fun trying to avoid them like some stealth game.

[@999hero]

That was an incredible map, I really don't do well with horror and for most of the video I kept far from my screen and my volume low, but nearing the end I was so invested I completely switched from that to being at the edge of my seat staring right at the screen with my volume all the way up... which did make me jump and yell at that beach part in the finale. Man, what a Gmod map that was.

[@LunaCoco]

I prefer silence rather than em being cut, as it lets us properly explore the places with you rather than seeing simply a highlight reel.

[@TechNinjaSigma]

I like that Safety Glock is making more appearances as of late. The final horror segment of Melonade with "Something Wicked" had me at the edge of my seat! edit: 1:08:22 Thank you, Safety Glock

[@wellociraptor5169]

You and Wendigoon are no joke the only KZbinrs, who I watch every video of and always have a comfy and scary fun. I listen to you while playing and in bus. Your voice is really comfy. Thanks for the fun Librarian!

[@ruanulisses6650]

Lantern: not being able to see in front of you, risk of bumping on someone or realizing they are there too late to turn and run Flashlight: not being able to see whats around you, risk of being followed by someone close range and not noticing them until its too late to react

[@fathe3217]

Its so funny how at some point Librarian said "Nah fuck this im pulling out the nine"

[@GodzillaJawz]

4:25 that light was really comforting

[@Immolator772]

Elliot left this school and everything went to hell Man, that Stalker jumpscare made me laugh so bad.

[@Techhunter_Talon]

28:25 Bit of this is lost in this version. In the normal version of the map, the lights are meant to go out suddenly after you get to a certain point in the school or on some timer. When they do, you're meant to locate a key to access a powerbox to restore power to the lights.

[@eg_manifest510]

on the subject of weird dreams: I once had a dream where a zombie horse tried to eat me, but I caught it's head in a door and it started singing about its backstory, so I kicked it in the face. Then Yosemite Sam teamed up with Miss Frizzle to warn everyone about the oncoming horde of several thousand other zombie horses, while I threw a handful of mud into a PVC pipe to summon a massive laboratory to fight them

[@gamering149]

damn that dream's been abandoned for years

[@dubioustheatreyt8096]

12:49 Funnier alternative; there's a monster there but you pummeled it to death with the crowbar before it even got a chance to spook ya lol

[@danielmurilooliveiraprado2871]

What happens if you open that door?

[@TreWilder]

Man, this mod makes me pine for more after-hours School-based horror games. Things like DreadOut, or White Day; Horror that takes place in a closed school can perfectly hit that feeling of "You're not supposed to be here." Long hallways, a nearly-endless amount of rooms, and some nameless horror or urban legend stalking the halls ready to add you to its Myth.

[@Evaisa]

"somewhere in the building a door just closed" (not thinking of the gate you just opened and literally closed itself in front of you earlier)

[@Evaisa]

I have arrived, always a good day when librarian posts another gmod exploration

[@rocketpack1749]

I was on a walking trail with a friend, it was pretty late at night but we wanted to go because it was kinda spooky. The trail eventually goes under two highway bridges, walking up to and under them and hearing the cars going over us and by, made me think I was in an old PS1 game, just how I could see the lights of the cars when they went by, and I heard them going when we walked under the bridge, but I couldn’t see any of them. Then we came to an office complex, nobody around, just a few trucks parked in places, and the side of the building with clean white lights over a small stretch of well cut grass, again I felt like I was inside a retro video game. Funny how different things are at night. I hope this is appealing for Librarian. :P

[@yoshiiscool4645]

I don't know why, but I feel like this dream was like- a cry for help by some entity. It's mainly the sewage ocean at the end there-? I picture this is either a warning or a call for help. Like, the burned bodies and all that, that's very clearly something wrong. Which gives me the idea of a glimpse into a twisted future.

[@Swaws_wastaken]

Watching this video at night was absolutely HORRIFYING and I don’t regret it..

[@BananaWisp]

I enjoy listening to your thoughts in the quiet moments between events. If it was just action cut to action, I feel like some of the maps atmosphere would be lost, yes? edit: i made an inhuman laughing sound at the end of the dreams being described, holy shit

[@end137]

I rely on your channel for interesting maps to explore.

[@Dasmus]

To answer the question of wether to cut silent parts or not, I personally prefer them being included, but I wonder if both could be possible? Cut versions left here and uncut versions left perhaps on a sibling channel?

[@Ruudes1483]

Or for patreon

[@25thVictor]

@Ruudes1483 No.

[@plaguewalker2248]

This...Somewhat reminds of the school mapped used by kitty0706 or I might be losing my mind.

[@candidate12]

I think it is, going by the layout and the combine posters

[@wisteria45]

For your question of preferring you cutting to events or leaving some space between, you leaving a mix of both is great

[@i_am_secretly_uncool]

just found out it’s actually de_school from those good animations

[@Official_Arion]

this feels like you're the last person on earth, trying to find a comfortable place to sleep, but the sounds of the school and an odd security system making you think there's something more to it, and the exploration leads to you thinking there's someone following you, in the shadows. Whether there is, or not, the bodies tell you that SOMETHING is out there.

[@Guardian-of-Light137]

It reminds me of 2 maps. Abyssal plains and void edge. The later of which was deleted at first but then someone did a reupload. Both of which are some of my favorite maps to come out for gmod. With the later feeling like. To semi quote someone. "The remains of a world/universe destroyed by some eldritch being." It has such a unique vibe to it. Explore it if you can. (Flying is a requirement as it's a series of floating islands with no way between them.)

[@vincentvin2530]

I know these garrys mod exploring maps dont get a lot of attention but I seriously love them so much... they genuinely make my day and I hope you do more! Garrys mod horror is such a random passion of mine

[@NerdStuffing]

Some stuff that i wanna talk ahout while watching this! My school did actually have an "explosives" room! It was mainly for bomb threats and stuff while the bomb disposal team came and got it. Whenever you talked about intermediate(i zoned out so i dunno the time stamp) reminded me of the fact my old interneediate got so bad that they tore the entire place down to rebuild it. 24:44 at my school that wouldve been for activities(Group projects, sculpting, doing whatever cause you did everything early.) 30:41 in my school we had a door like that for people with mental issues. It was a left over thing from a very long time ago and the only use it got was curious kids walking in. 35:22 thats the stairway to the 8th grade rooms.

[@ashton6707]

I've watched you so much, I have your intro dug into my memories and mind- absolutely love your librarian!!! I hope you take breaks when you need it, we wish the best of luck! Also, stay hydrated, eat, and be careful. Remember we care about your health librarian!

[@andreiantonesei40]

I always like how you anaylise every single thing, making it seem so cool and imaginative Keep it up!

[@anonymalek]

I loved Darwin from Source Elevator's appearance in this map

[@degenerateautismo9987]

School buildings manage to seem so nostalgic and architecturally dull/artificial at the same time

[@RELVOLAR24.87]

This map really does remind me of F.E.A.R. 2 in the school mission, idk if it’s just me but that’s what it reminded me of, also the map was really cool I wish I was able to play through it myself.

[@heyaple]

I want you to do gm_rugemerge. It's the most "creepy/comfy" map I've ever encountered. I love seeing it in vr.

[@vanharder]

Clicked on thi video way too fast, allways a better day when the librarian releases some VR exploration

[@swiftbanditt4016]

Yet another atmospheric and honestly unsettling video, I loved every second of it!

[@danielguy9370]

"didnt react to my friendship shots, so he obviously dosent speak american" dude I shot my drink out my nose hearing that XD

[@ASolzhenitsyn]

Oh, my man, your "he obviously doesn't speak American" joke. You damn near killed me. I haven't laughed that hard from a one off joke, from off the cuff, in a long time.

[@JoBot__]

I think you're one of my favorite KZbinrs. ^-^ You're very intelligent and logical, and it's so fun to see you work things out in a way that makes so much sense. I wish nothing but the best to you. ^-^

[@EatThatTTV]

This was so nostalgic feeling because if I'm correct this is the very map (minus the spooky) that Vanoss did his school video on!

[@Ryl-oth]

28:47 I'm assuming you said, "building or" because it sounds like something VERY different

[@-DoomSlayer]

Watching your videos on a rainy day while being sick is the best thing to do in the day, Love this channel and love your content. ❤️

[@Chyguy]

24:46 It is possible that large empty back part of the room is for project space, assuming it is a class where you would need floor space to do something like that

[@bedrylo3529]

i can almost see someone doing a cry of fear styled machinima or an animation in this school also the whole building strongly reminds me of the map called de_school2/1, in this map its layout inside is a bit diffrent but the outside is almost the same. its so cool to watch stuff like this i can almost feel like walking next to you and just listen and along side you exploring this building. thats the peak of gmod map showcase type content

[@Crocidile_3moji]

Not to be that guy, but its "doing".

[@bedrylo3529]

@@Crocidile_3moji shi. I know m8 just a regular misstype

[@tinysilverhammers]

i love how you narrate this its like a novel

[@ErzengelDesLichtes]

"I feel like there's hundreds of eyes on me" (looks at view count) Well, there's 65 thousand pairs of eyes on you.

[@noxmore]

I'm not sure how you do it, but you somehow manage to make essentially unedited long-form let's plays entertaining, love watching this stuff! Also, speaking of production, the low end is kinda low in your voice, if you can, maybe try boosting the low end with some EQ? I'm not an audio expert, but it might make it sound a bit more balanced

[@jackmeowmeowmeow2177]

I almost feel like when the librarian switched to the flashlight. He got more jumpy. I was super ok with just the lantern keeping me in the dark.

[@coolnaruto56]

hey man, just started watching your content and I have to say I love the length of these exploration videos, and a cut version would be fine if it didnt replace these longer ones.

[@SolarDolphin]

So when i was in school i was a teacher's kid well my mom always went to her classroom hours before school starts before even the faculty arrived she was always the first to arrive. Well i used to explore the middle school durring those early mornings and this entire video brought those memories back.

[@Tooooooom]

the librarian is my best friend in a weird parasocial kinda way

[@M_reapr]

Librarian you have got to try the "deppart" gameplay prototype Its very similar to that body cam sim that blew up the other day but is more horor oriented id love to see your reaactions!

[@candidate12]

Hey Librarian, I dont know if this is the most fitting video to put this comment in nor if you read these; but you a youtuber I legitimately always watch, your video's are very calming and have helped me in troubled times

[@PersonaKing32]

Nice video, that intro is iconic.

[@GoldSpangledBananaBoy]

0:48 well thats because you're wearing a VR headset, Librarian. please don't hit me

[@rondeelauralnaman5397]

This map is actually pretty chill yet eerie for me its just amazing

[@gamering149]

as an american i can confirm the schools have nitroglycerin rooms

[@emisorano]

librarian i really really like your videos thank you

[@zylaaeria2627]

Can relate with having dreams like this. I loved the atmosphere in this map. Man, I missed so much though. I made it to the keypads & then got sidetracked with screwing around lol.

[@mr_nothing.the_one_that_no9134]

I always keep in mind that the warning about junpscares and flashy lights are just 2 different things, there are going to be no flashy spooky pngs. Just a few flicking lights and him scaring himself from a mirror,

[@andrewslater9258]

There were military vehicles outside the school somewhere indicating a terrorist threat, at the end you wake up in a bedroom where the exit hallway looks like an insane asylum, So maybe this nightmare represents a traumatizing event in the characters past in which nobody believes them because they were the only survivor and found in a awkward moment at the school which caused them to be sent to an insane asylum, the monster that kills you at the end is probably representing the staff forcing them back into their cell and locking it again which explains why you can’t leave the cell again.

[@mycelium_moss]

31:55 I like less cuts, as another person said: it's like exploring with you, and that feels cool

[@szymonkonieczek2857]

This had my childhood rethinked of my school being the weirdest at night with only one friend and some few light's somehow being on in the school

[@iamjustKiko]

The comments about having another pair of footsteps every now and then always reminds me of a idea i had a while ago. So have a map like this right, but every now and then delay the players footsteps sounds by 3-5 seconds, so if they stop in place the footsteps continue and freak them out for a good scare

[@augmentedsupersoldier]

this is the best map youve done i think. i was at the edge of my seat start to finish. that ending scared the hell out of me 😭

[@KoriKitsune35]

28:46 WHAT DID YOU SAY?! 😳

[@JHenryEden]

i know for a fact you know this, librarian but i think the term you are looking for is "Kenopsia" a fear or feeling of anxiety when seeing places associated with humans to be seen empty. To some its a School, to others an empty Town Square, that abandoned Shopping Center? Some say the fear had evolutionary merit as it was supposed to shock you - maybe your tribe decided to move on, where are they? did something happen to them? if something happened to them, where are they? In short: it is a fear associated with being alone, this fear elevates itself in big open public spaces like shopping centers or squares because not only are you aware of how lonely you are but also you are open to a possible danger that made this place so empty that you just don't know of. it is the reason i am afraid to make loud noises in empty places.

[@krystoftheprotogen679]

Librarian's "glubglubglubglubglub" as he was going under the filthy water in that one classroom killed me lol

[@deltainfinium869]

At 1:07:05 the dream description you give was great! You should start a series of reading out your dreams from a book, perhaps by a campfire or something like a scary campfire story.

[@DylanPackard]

Aww damn it now I have to go listen to the proud family theme, such a bop!

[@playerchef]

I love you, big minecraft library❤

[@chimken135]

i have never seen someone ask me to imagine the most horrible thing possible in such a chipper tone

[@TheSandwhichman108]

The only sound being the wind really drives home the feeling of your in a world where everything else is dead and it seems like your the only living thing left…Or it would be but you quickly get the feeling your definitely not alone and that there’s…something else you really don’t wanna run into.

[@Cheerful__1]

46:55 Darwin! who is gonna take care of liberty justice Percy and the pillager!

[@nilaier1430]

The thumbnail kinda looks like Librarian's old Minecraft world's hospital

[@alexishernandezgarcia5503]

Just from the start, this looks like a nightmare id love to remember

[@goldend791]

It's so weird looking at a soviet era school because I frequently been to one with this exact floor plan since my works there

[@TheDBPhantom]

Ohohohoh let's gooo! You always upload these right as I'm getting an itch to explore a place I can't indulge. You're the best. Thank you for everything ^^

[@TheDBPhantom]

Regarding keeping quiet between notable events vs cutting them- I quite like seeing the exploration part of things, so I think watching you walk and look around is more interesting to me than if those bits were cut- even if it isn't particularly an 'interesting' moment, I think stuff like that adds atmosphere and tension.

[@johannmujik287]

io love this videos ... never stop play gmod vr =D

[@Sebastianmaz615]

I'd prefer you continue doing videos the same way as this one leaving out anything monotonous, repetitive or extraneous. I pretty much love your videos as you've been doing them. 😀

[@furiadanatureza6114]

new fear unlock, abandon school in the night with darkness😱, imagine you see dead ghost students watching you

[@thedukeofweasels6870]

"Confined space hazardous atmosphere" repeated so often that's your subconscious telling you that you're in bed dying of carbon monoxide poisoning and that's what's causing this dream

[@Jonquavious2780]

Love these videos, they are like personalized movies.

[@AidanShaw-rm1mh]

I had a dream exactly like this, a lucid dream.

[@sir_kronos]

this is great homework soundtrack XD. keeps my brain working!

[@3SZ]

finally (what I think is) a horror school exploration map, really wanted one of these after exploring my own old yet humongous school

[@Interloper783]

38:30 I love underwater Librarian

[@enbygaming5996]

I have seen a boat in a classroom once.

[@bournelucid]

14:57 the beginnings of a skull throne

[@AvalancheTRA]

i actually downloaded a lantern to explore this map with because i was getting too paranoid about the limited field of view provided by a flashlight