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

[@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.

[@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]"

[@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

[@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.

[@basimaziz]

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

[@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

[@EzraBradford]

This is a neat map! It leaves me wishing Garry's Mod had a standard, freely available, generically modern asset pack, so that maps like this wouldn't have to use such Half-Life-specific posters and graffiti.

[@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!

[@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

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@GodzillaJawz]

4:25 that light was really comforting

[@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

[@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

[@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!

[@Immolator772]

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

[@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)

[@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

[@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.

[@gamering149]

as an american i can confirm the schools have nitroglycerin rooms

[@Evaisa]

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

[@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..

[@fathe3217]

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

[@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

[@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.)

[@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?

[@i_am_secretly_uncool]

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

[@degenerateautismo9987]

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

[@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

[@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.

[@wisteria45]

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

[@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!

[@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.

[@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.

[@vanharder]

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

[@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.

[@Tooooooom]

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

[@danielguy9370]

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

[@SoapySC]

11:26 had me dead laughing 😂 😂😂

[@andreiantonesei40]

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

[@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

[@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.

[@enbygaming5996]

I have seen a boat in a classroom once.

[@Interloper783]

38:30 I love underwater Librarian

[@swiftbanditt4016]

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

[@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,

[@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.

[@znicoshi]

i love how you narrate this its like a novel

[@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.

[@sir_kronos]

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

[@PersonaKing32]

Nice video, that intro is iconic.

[@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

[@furiadanatureza6114]

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

[@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

[@-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. ❤️

[@Project_LStar]

18:14 "the other edge of that c o u r t y a r d"

[@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

[@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. ^-^

[@AidanShaw-rm1mh]

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

[@emisorano]

librarian i really really like your videos thank you

[@KoriKitsune35]

28:46 WHAT DID YOU SAY?! 😳

[@-EndlessHorizon]

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!

[@bournelucid]

14:57 the beginnings of a skull throne

[@fgm-148javelin3]

37:52 the entity in the bathroom Window vibes

[@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!

[@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

[@EJAllison-p8n]

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

[@bedrylo3529]

@@EJAllison-p8n shi. I know m8 just a regular misstype

[@playerchef]

I love you, big minecraft library❤

[@rondeelauralnaman5397]

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

[@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

[@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 😭

[@LiquidGirlfriendFreeBoy]

You know it's gonna be a good creepy video when he pulls out the lantern

[@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.

[@vilet4287]

How did everyone in the comments forgot about the metal door and those 5 keypads that open it

[@pj8892]

I was legit looking for this comment, no one talking about how he missed that door.

[@3SZ]

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

[@sammy_wills]

30:25 Ah yes. Boat class. My favorite class.

[@anonymalek]

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

[@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.

[@nilaier1430]

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

[@krystoftheprotogen679]

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

[@alexishernandezgarcia5503]

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

[@DylanPackard]

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

[@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

[@chimken135]

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

[@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

[@GoldSpangledBananaBoy]

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

[@denisearmstrong8600]

Ah yes, another good vid.

[@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.

[@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. 😀

[@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.

[@kajamaja7148]

School void? That sounds like what school years left in my soul. Edit: one time i thought i was awake in a dream. Like REALLY thought. I tend to wake up at random hours trought the night. Sometimes because my phone has charged and the screen lights the room, other times because of a noise from outside. So i'am used to waking up and i don't think much of it. So i was "falling asleep" again until i heard steps from the stairs. Not my parents, i know what their steps sound like. So i turned my light on and i was really scared, because the steps still were going up the stairs. Closer. So i was just panicking right. Thinking it's real. The reason i'am writing is is you mentioned the things that "let you know" that you are still in a dream. For me it were doors open to my room. I NEVER leave the doors open for the night. And "searching"for such a clue is so weird to me, because most of the time i wake up knowingly. When things become too dangerous or weird i wake up by instinct. Just close my eyes and wake up. This experience was a new one.

[@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

[@Jonquavious2780]

Love these videos, they are like personalized movies.

[@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