In the end jimmy told us he wanted developers not more players, and well that’s exactly what we gave him, even with the silence of SLZ i am beyond proud of the community we’ve created together and how it has brought us together all this time, I thank you to all the modders for making this experience great and a special thanks to many of the people I somehow get to call my friends I speak to almost every day, if it wasn’t for them I wouldn’t have another outsource of happiness, you as the content creators and us as the modders in the community and slz too, are the glue that puts this whole scenario together, here’s to the rest of BONELAB, and trust me, we as modders won’t be stopping anytime soon.

I appreciate this video. It encapsulates a lot of the feelings really well. It was a really weird experience being in the sort of center of the Bonelab hype. It's a place I did not expect to be, at the time it didn't feel like I was leading a hype train, it felt like I was *in* the hype train. I was just as excited as everyone. To me Boneworks is one of THE games that made me so passionate about VR. It's the kind of game I would have dreams about. I was also so excited that so many people would get to experience the bone universe with lab coming to Quest. Personally (also as I outlined in my videos) I wasn't really that excited or hyped about the campaign; it was all about mods and the endless possibilities using the framework of BW being available to everyone in VR. In the end the whole situation turned into a weird lesson that I think about every single time I make a video. It's kind of a painful wound that haunts me every time I sit down to make a video. Even the personal backlash was overwhelming. Every time I made a BW/ BL video it was out of passion for the game world. It's also a weird feeling because I understand people's anger and disappointment. Everyone wants and expects something different from a game they're passionate about and BL didn't hit much of what was expected. It ended up being the kind of lesson that you can only learn from experience (for SLZ, the community and myself). Expectations, communication and I think most importantly, being careful about projecting what I want a game to be over the reality of where its at. I still really love BL and BW and I am so happy to see more coming from SLZ. There's a LOT of juice in BL and I don't think we've seen the end of its impact. After being excited about the insanity of BL mods and getting blindsided by limited mod support; I'm excited to get back in and see the game become the thing I imagined. (also tbf, probably the biggest thing Bonelab changed about VR is studios stopped being nearly as afraid of intense VR games. The number of Bone-likes on the Quest store that have released after its launch is pretty insane) But either way, great video and awesome channel. much love lavagang

The writing and editing of this video is genuinely insane, absolutely incredible job on this project. Also I did NOT KNOW about origins in Bonez, that's insanely hype.

BONELAB makes me both sad and happy. The game is great, but we were promised a better SDK, and due to the complexity of the extended SDK, it has been exceedingly difficult to make mods. However, I have had a blast none the less, I enjoyed making alot of map.

One year. Oh man, time really does fly when you're having fun. I remember playing for the first time. "What's this? Who's that? Where's this?" I was filled with confusion but eventually got the hang of it. And then I started using mods, boosting my experience and having the best time of my life. And here we are, one year later, still having fun with the community, and watching Bam's videos. P.S. Thank you Natalie.

it was my honor to read through the script and give advice - i was even nervous for you, making something out your usual style !! but you nailed it. interesting, riveting and entertaining don't even begin to describe this video. a genuine masterpiece - i can feel the love and appreciation you have for this game even through the 'complaints'.

I think the progress update they posted covers and ameliorates a lot of points in here, but I completely understand it was made before, and the fact still stands. This was incredibly well made bam. The way it was edited and formatted, written. Absolutely brilliant, keep up the incredible work man!

I’m so grateful for you posting this video. This was the day that I thought I completed basically everything I wanted to do on the game. But now seeing this, I think I might spend a little more time, exploring the unknown. Thank you so much❤ ❤❤❤❤

I remember getting bonelab just as it came out, and I also watched your shorts as well. Can't believe it's already been a year, I've definitely got my money's worth, and much more. And I don't plan on stopping playing it anytime soon

this is one of the most well thought out beautifully edited and stylized mini video essays i've seen in my life

Crazy to think that me buying the game was over a year ago… I remember I bought it and it said “832” sold , time flies bro…

It’s great I loved how quickly you switched through the different sections I don’t feel like I have to wait forever to watch the video it feels long yet quick and I love it it’s great

Honestly loved this game from the beginning. Had some trouble moddding but it’s honestly the end result is really satisfying. Making content for it was the best year of my life. You and many others inspired me to make content for and about bonelab. Can’t ever see myself permanently leaving this game Thank you bam And thanks to all the bonelab modders who helped me build WakkoVR’s playground

Amazing video man, it goes over everything while still keeping that feeling of wonder about what’s next and still being entertaining in the process and the editing just fits everything together in a neat little bow. And finally one last thing hopefully you have a good day 👍

This was an amazing video and I didn’t really know much about bone lab before watching this and I seen your shorts. I watch them I was interested in them and after watching this video, I know a lot more and I am more interested in potentially buying the game for myself. Thank you so much for the video and keep chugging on!

This was an amazing video! Seeing so many great creators make videos on this game is an incredible experience I don't think I've seen with any other game ever. And at the end of the day, we finally got an update.

Hey this is a great vid! Would love to see more work in this format!

Bam I ❤️ your new content started out with streams long form shorts and now this ngl the first time I saw one of your shorts I thought that you at least would have 1 million or over ❤❤🎉🎉

10/10 video. Ive been away from vr as a whole for about half a year, and to watch a video thats THIS good, posted only an HOUR ago, about progress on a game i played. Amazin' fe-nom-e-nal

bonelab modding scene is great. i helped kickstart the whole thing. im going throught every limitation as currently today. aside the lack of sdk updates, i dont even need a sdk update. maybe the true endgame of bonelab is modding.

i still remember the feeling when i beat the campaign. I was like, "that's it? I paid $40... for this?" Yeah sure, I then got into modding the game and playing the extra content. I maybe played a bit more than 10 hours with that spread across several weeks. It was fun, but not for long. I didn't return to it often because of the finicky modding process and generally how limited the mods I got were. After all of that, I felt like I didn't need to play any more of that game, because it offered me so little that I could easily get more enjoyment from a mindless roblox simulator that I didn't need a crappy VR headset for. genuinely one of the most underwhelming games I've ever played

SLZ mirrors the fictional Monogon that they created

4:12 Thanks Natalie for keeping one of the most entertaining vr players here! Edit: Thanks for 100 likes this is the most liked comment I've ever had lmao

This yeah has been insane for you, congrats!

omg insane video i shared it to 50 friends

Good video, loved the editing. I now feel inspired to try boneworks again

Amazing video all around good job. The length was good, the commentary was great, the way you showed multiple others thoughts about this was amazing. GREAT job 👏 (glad i found your channel, best bonelab channel I've seen🤠)

Marrow is basically a VR-exclusive source engine, it's even got it's funky little quirks

You definitely did this right. I really enjoy this slower paced, in-depth content. Well done.

thank you for creating vr content if it wasn’t for you i probably wouldn’t even have bought a vr i love your vids !

It's definitely different from your usual videos but you handled it very well, good job!

The techy Myth Os style that you were talking about is what I hoped Bonelab would become and revolve around. Boneworks and Bonelab are still some my favorite VR because of its aesthetic. Also loved the style of the video, really well done!

Creating content around Bonelab gave my channel growth that I could have never expected. Even with all the games faults, I loved being apart of the community. It was a very exciting time and I'll never forget it. Amazing video as always, it was fun looking back on everything!

videos like this would be great to see on your channel tbh still loving your work after first discovering you cuz of bonelab

I just got the game like two days ago. I appreciate you finally being the KZfaqr to tell me how to progress the story cause I couldn’t figure it out.

This video was actually really great! So much was packed into 15 minutes but it the information digested really well despite that. I felt some of the excitement from the launch if bonelab just from this video and it was honestly nice. Also, was that a giant robot? I'm gonna climb it once it comes out.

W vid and super crisp editing. And you should totally make more videos like this. EDIT: Thank you Natalie btw

This video was amazing, and it held my exact feelings for this title and its potential future. Also, your visuals are absolutely excellent and really fun to look at, alongside the good taste in music 🎉

Your video was amazing, I loved the editing style. I definitely hope you make more videos like these

I can't believe it's already been a year...

This video was incredible. I rarely comment on videos and when I do it is typically because of a memey request or some shit. But I enjoyed this video from start to finish. Every detail is fantastically made: The pacing is good, the editing is superb and the entire tone fits the game so well. You have done a justice to this commuinity. I have been in this community since day 1 and have partaken in speedruns and modding and honestly I just miss the hype this game brought. I feel that this game suffers a lot from the hype built around it (kinda like bo4 since I see you are an avid zombies fan ;;)) and it got a worse rap than it deserves. That being said the radio silence was really rough to bear. But this video reinvigorated me with the hope that SLZ is truly only doing what they can to make every VR experience better for everyone. Again, great video and thank you for reigniting the desire for a good VR game and content inside of me. Best of luck to you and your channel!

Well played Bam, this was a great watch and I urge you to make more like it, genuinely such a good video

Very well made video, thank you! I recently got back to VR after 2 years and saw your content. You are one of the reasons why VR catches me again like back then and i hope there will be more Content for Bonelab in the future

the boneworks gameplay and museum ost at 01 just gave me so many memories and goosebumps i love you man

glad to see someone openly love the game, but also give good and valid criticism.

I feel like a multiplayer experience in bone lab would really revive the game 10 fold

Just got into VR. Never played either of these games. But I watched and enjoyed the whole video, so you did good!

I really appreciate the explanations for the coding terms when you’re talking with the modders! As someone not familiar with a lot of coding language, that helped a lot.

You really have to wonder what happened to SLZ after launch. Clearly they ran into some major development issues that would have delayed the game 1 year. Great video, liked the mod creator portion!

I don’t care if they’re still silent forever, obviously I don’t want them to be but even if they completely drop VR, I’m still going to play BONELAB because no matter what anyone else says, it’s an amazing game with an amazing and welcoming community. Also the video was 11/10

I love you so much Bam, you are my favorite KZfaqr.I want you all the time and whenever you post a video I go look at it and then I go look at your shorts and I go look at your live everything.Thank you for everything❤

This is a Beautifully edited video, While different from your usual style i actually love this.

Oh, give me land, lots of land under starry skies above Don't fence me in Let me ride through the wide open country that I love Don't fence me in Let me be by myself in the evenin' breeze And listen to the murmur of the cottonwood trees Send me off forever but I ask you please Don't fence me in Just turn me loose, let me straddle my old saddle Underneath the western skies On my Cayuse, let me wander over yonder Till I see the mountains rise I want to ride to the ridge where the west commences And gaze at the moon till I lose my senses And I can't look at hovels and I can't stand fences Don't fence me in Oh, give me land, lots of land under starry skies Don't fence me in Let me ride through the wide open country that I love Don't fence me in Let me be by myself in the evenin' breeze And listen to the murmur of the cottonwood trees Send me off forever but I ask you please Don't fence me in Just turn me loose, let me straddle my old saddle Underneath the western skies On my Cayuse, let me wander over yonder Till I see the mountains rise Ba boo ba ba boo I want to ride to the ridge where the west commences And gaze at the moon till I lose my senses And I can't look at hobbles and I can't stand fences Don't fence me in No Poppa, don't you fence me in.

If they didn’t say “two years of updates” in their product description i’d be a different story. As of now, they have effectively swindled customers out of one of those years and have nothing but another short, vague text post update to justify themselves with. I still personally appreciate Bonelabs, but I have lost most respect I had for SLZ.

This was a very well made video Stayed till the end because I was just very impressed with the dynamic and general flow of the content u covered. Very cool you should do more of these 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

Really enjoyed this video. I'd love if you did more bonelab full videos and not just shorts

Thank you Natalie!

Great video! I loved that you stepped out of your comfort zone. However, my opinion on the matter is... I had been playing Boneworks and VR for years before Bonelabs. I preferred Boneworks heavy to any VR game, I played it 8 times over and probably more in the future. The vibe that Boneworks gave off was genuinely unmatched, and I don't think Bonelab could ever get close to that same vibe. I want to feel lost, but not in a bad way. I want to feel the mystery, not have lore directly explained. Bonelabs is beautiful with it's modding scene, however I don't think it could match the vibe Boneworks came off with. Off the bat in Bonelabs, I was shown NPCs, mechanics, weapons, all the like. I was shown the underground and shown people transporting trash and digging around. On the other side, Boneworks started you off strolling along, all alone. The museum was the best experience in campaign gaming I have ever felt, it makes you feel like everything is sanitary... Until it's not. What's that hole in the wall? what's with this weird glitch? Hmm... let me explore more, let me climb this wall. It had less direction in a fantastic way, I felt immersed and excited to see what was next... even now. In the end, mods do not save your game from the start, devs do. That's my thoughts on it, and again, great vid man!

I love this content so much. I couldn’t find anyone other than you to make me happy

A very well put-together video. Well constructed, informative, no unnecessary fluff, and very well spoken. Despite you claiming this is out of your usual type of video, I wouldn't have been able to tell. Good job.

Keep it up bam! Sick video 💪🏻🔥🔥

Natalie is the MVP we all need in a stream at these points.

This video was amazing, the writing was amazing. Thank you for making it! Btw... you are amazing!

Wow you already have 300k subs i remember scrolling through shorts and seeing you when you had around 200 subs Im actually proud of you i hope you continue this content also this long form content i love the edits are well done

I like the talky video

I don’t care how long it takes for them to update, I’ll wait, even if it takes as long as GTA 6. The next update will be massive. We’ll just wait until it comes. Bonelab is amazing. SLZ is amazing. The community is amazing.

OMG just stumbled upon this. I know this is 1 year ago already but thank you for playing my silly heist maps when the game came out lmao. Bonelab was the game that first got me into VR modding and it was really fun. It was really funny to see your guys reactions to those joke / semi-serious maps. Also yes, a lot of things in those maps were extremely dumb on purpose - my friends and i laughed our asses off watching your reactions. Thank you for that, lol. I really hope we get more vr games in the future with modding capabilities. Bonelab to me was like the first sign of a VR version of Garry's Mod - but it could be so much more than it currently is. As much as i loved bonelab modding, the official SDK (developement tools) were very lacking sadly. Very happy to see they are updating the SDK for Bonelab though! Would be very interested to get back into it, if they now allow easier implementation of certain things.

I think the video was great, I always love the content you make and look forward to more videos

thank you natalie :)

Loved the video essay style!! I think that bonelab is kinda like a NES of VR gaming, something that is definitely cool on the surface, but open things up to a world of untapped potential

This is a awesome general overview of what’s happened!

IM HAPPY IM NOT THE ONLY ONE WHO WONT LET SLZ GO. I absolutely cant wait for the future of these games that SLZ Develops and Updates. Its gonna be so worth it. Stay Positive everyone! Amazing Video with Amazing Visuals and scripting btw. ❤❤

I personally love BONELAB. even tho it’s shorter and maybe not as in-depth as BONEWORKS, It’s has its pros like more game modes, guns, sandbox, etc. overall I feel like it’s more a Spin-off in the BONEWORKS Universe and not a sequel. I would think Project 5 will be much better. And the silence from SLZ Is mainly because of how much effort they’re putting into the Marrow SDK. I still believe in SLZ and BONELAB, I know the wait will be worth it :)

Great vid. I actually only found out about you due to shorts wars but I do genuinely like your content.

Thanks for uploading this, as someone who is out of the loop with BoneLab its a very useful video to watch!

Is anyone hoping for improvements to enemy/NPC AI so they can actually run at us without falling over? Or is everyone merely happy enough with this game existing? I bought Bone Lab the moment I heard there'd be custom player avatars but now I feel kinda cheated; I've been hoping for multiplayer and capable enemy AI but I guess I bought the wrong game, huh?

What sucks even more, Quest 2 players.. haven't had the same experience (at least with standalone devices like majority), I do have a PC but not a cord, and honestly bonelabs was so.. idk. I loved boneworks but this didn't do it for me, and the disappointment i felt knowing i couldn't use or download mods until i got a cord for my headset sorta sucked.

Good job bam! You did a really good job and I’m very excited to see what happens with this game and this channel, keep doing a good job!

I absolutely love these types of videos and wish there was more on games like Bonelab and lots of others. At least to me you have done it amazingly, with the 3D spaces in editing and the effects, just everything works. Bonelab has come a long way from its release to now. From the visuals, to mods, to just the base game. It has always been amazing in my heart, so far it is inspiring me to make my own things. Bonelab is a canvas for us to paint. Let's enjoy it for the time we have it.

The avatar changing mechanic was severely under-baked. Most of the avatars "strengths" or special abilities were done better by other avatars. The modding, at launch, was less extensive than Boneworks. The game was lacklustre in terms of content on the basis that it was a modding platform. But the modding capabilities were crap. I was so hyped for this at launch. And so disapointed 2 days later when I'd beat it.

Pretty sure I subbed to you in the first few weeks after Bonelab came out, crazy to see how big youve gotten from it!

This video gave me hope for vr. Please do more like this. Love ya

No way it’s been a whole year AND YES WE GET IT AND WE DONT CARE THAT YOUR FIRST

Hi

I bought the game, I played it through, almost cried, watched your video, almost cried, and I subscribed. Bonelab, in my opinion, has a big potential, and I'll stay patient. Also, the 'talky video' was really great!!

thanks for making a vid like this because i was really going to give up on bonelab

So do you not take issue at all with the fact that this game was more or less abandoned after two patches? And the fact that the game's only relevance this past year was because of consumers creating content for it rather than the Developers? I'm not really one to give developers the get-out-of-jail-free card. The idea that not a single Twitter post or steam post could have been made within the past year is laughable at best and disingenuous at worst There are dozens of indie game companies that make monthly or even more posts online to let players know how things are going. Just because this developers doing VR is no different. If they want their consumers to trust them, they should talk to them at the very least

Nope never mind

Damn I only just started watching but it's already amazing editing.

loved this video, i love everything to do with bonelab and boneworks coming from someone who watched brandon on node and waited for boneworkks to comeout, enjoying a slz related video without the creator screaming constantly is pretty rare.

it is 2024 and still just TWO fucking updates. the game is a scam

Blade and sorcery > bonelab any day

Even though I'm pretty cold to lots of things, this invigorated me and you were very feely. The structure of the video was closest to perfection that I have ever seen, and you sound healthy. Take care of yourself and the entire community, have a great day😂

Amazing video bam , in depth yet easy to digest . Thank you .

i liked my own comment

another absolute banger from bam, loving the editing

Bro that was one of the best Bonelab or talk videos i have ever seen! Had me thrilled the whole time, just amazing!!!❤

I love your videos and they make my day so I hope you’re doing well today :D

I remember playing bonelab like, a week ago, and i gotta say, it changed the way i saw vr games.

This is the first video I’ve seen by you but WOW! this is great