now its time to send to lucia to create a haunted version of this and send back to librarian to check out. The feeling of knowing a location but not what's inside would be a nice thing to play with.

I don't know if anyone has mentioned something like this yet, but you should totally make a Halloween edit absolutely filled with cheesy horror tropes. 👍

Something that I like is that the number of possible entry points for this map's main building can vary depending on the addons you have. Stuff like addons that alter your player model's attributes (height, width, jump height, movement speed, etc.) and even parkour mods.

You really made it look like it's been abandoned for years

50:17 that mannequin looks like it’s gonna tell you about how it’s always hated chocolate.

Concerning the picnic bench in the elevator. I imagine things like that happen in stages over a long time, by multiple people. Imagine this scenario: The hospital has just closed but there is still a lot of stuff inside it. Perhaps a liquidation crew is in charge of moving out items that could be sold or otherwise reused somewhere else. With a building of this size this would be a big project so the crew would have a designated "collection point" somewhere, most likely near an entrance. Moving a picnic table inside to serve as a place for the crew to eat lunch without being rained on makes sense. Or they could be using the table to store their equipment. Years pass, the table remains. It gets moved around a bit by explorers. Maybe some explorers get caught by security and security uses it to barricade the entrance. Explorers get in anyways and make sure the table can not be used as a barricade by shoving it into the elevator shaft. So security ramps up the barricade efforts by using a massive chunk of immovable concrete. This is making a lot of assumptions, of course.

I love how passionate sounding he is about this map, not that he's isn't like that in other maps, but this one just feels different. It's like a more grown-out version of going over to a friend's house as a child and listening to them as they take you through a tour of their lego collection. Some of it is taken from other things, clearly, hard to remove the stickers from every little piece, but at some point the sets were partially stripped apart and combined into something wholly their own for them to ramble about. Not totally sure where I was going with that metaphor, but the map is absolutely wonderful!

2:18 I'd like to argue that why most urban exploration/abandoned building maps usually have the front door unlocked or is very open, is because they allow the player to write their own stories. The player can just add a setting to how they'll play the map because garry's mod is a sandbox game that has no rules in what you do, usually maps that are more restricted are story oriented maps with cut scenes and all. Players can lock or block some doors, but if the door is already blocked in the base map, it can lead to less freedom. But in the end, the map maker has the final say on how the map will end out.

The bank reminded me of something absolutely ridiculus I found once. Was exploring an old house here in my home city of Mönchengladbach in Germany, three stories tall and one awesome old attick that was halfway caved in and open to the air. (that sadly, like a ton of other stuff has been torn down in the last few years to make space for new construction) And while rifling through the stuff there I came across a 40 kilogram (like 88 pounds) manhole cover. But the best part is the following. Some citys here in Germany like to do eloborate branding, and that specific manholecover was one of the fancy ones you can find in Colonge´s inner city. So someone, at some point, had stolen a Manhole cover in Colonge, transported it 40 miles to here, and then it ended up on the attic of a three story building that had been abandoned for like 25 years. It´s just amazing, and to this day I am puzzled over what chain of events lead to it ending up there.

The "weird green room" was most likely a barbershop or salon. Barbecide was used to disinfect razors and scissors between guests.

So psyched to see this in it's released form!!

*YES, FINALLY!!!*

Glad to see it's 'finished' (no project is truly finished there's always something that can be tweaked or added) so that's pretty cool! Congrats! I've always wanted to build my own map but never felt like the tools were friendly enough, plus I'm too lazy so it's nice to see someone push through and finish it!

I finished Infra recently and now everytime I see an abandoned inspired map in Gmod my instincts tells me to get my camera to photograph the damage (That "photograph taken" sound effect is still in my head).

It's funny how your narrations seems like the kind you do when exploring a map you don't know, but it's the map you yourself made. I really like how you still keep the wonder and the explaining your thoughts even when it's something you made. I like the passion you have for this. I hope it stays that way for a very long time!

Librarian, I will be going through this map in VR on my channel soon. Don't want to spoil it, so I'm skipping this one. Congrats on finishing it though!

to be honest, this whole showcase of the map was like an real urbex for me! very good video and map.

49:55 you can't convince me that wasn't supposed to look like the chocolate lady from spongebob (i really like this world you did a very good job)

I'm halfway through the video and I just wanted to say I really wish I lived where you do and knew other people who enjoy Urbex. Where I am there aren't that many abandoned places nearby. When I did manage to get a few people to go with me they chickened out on the first floor of an old hospital. The only times I really got to explore was with my dad and brothers in Vallejo. It's a city a good distance away that has a huge abandoned docks area used during I think WWII. There are abandoned worker barracks, docks, warehouses, bunkers, the works. Most of what you showed here is very accurate to what we saw. Exposed pipes where people (primarily drug addicts as the city has a problem with that, so if you decide to explore there do it in the day and not alone) stripped the buildings of copper. There was this small building that we used to drive by to our usual exploration place. After one 4th of July, we passed by its burnt out shell. Homelessness is also a big problem for the state in general, so we would come across an old camp once in a while. I haven't been back there to explore in years, ever since we stopped going to the Six Flags that is there. It was fun while it lasted. These explore videos and your Urbex videos are what give me my fix nowadays.

Congrats on recreating the feeling of urbex “360 scouting/find a way in/puzzle”, as that’s a rarely explored aspect of urbex that I’m not even sure if I’m describing it correctly, but yh it’s very a important part of urbex and I’m glad it’s being expressed via art

I played the map before watching the video, I used entrance one and got the cough scare and carried horror baby throughout a big chunk of the map before leaving him on one of the mattresses before going into the basement. I also found the cozy area in the tunnels because I was curious after I did the rest of the map and was doing a noclip run. This map taught me something about myself; i am oblivious as hell. I went into that renovated room and thought "that's a nice lamp" and left without realising it looks pristine compared to the rest of the place until I watched the video. Also such a tiny minor story thing I thought to myself: those two chairs on the roof area, I looked at those and thought "these were clearly two broke people trying to have a romantic date with what little money they could pull together to buy a few bottles of alcohol as they chatted and watched the sunset". It's a really cute thing in my opinion. I'm tempted to maybe draw a scene similar. I had a great experience with this map and I enjoyed it very much. Thank you librarian!

It's crazy that this map, and its night version too I believe, are already on the front page of the workshop. Amazing work Librarian! I love watching your GMOD VR videos and the fact that you made your own map catered to not only your own tastes, but also mods that could effect entry points and what not is just awesome! I love the easter eggs too.

Keep it up and one day you'll be making Asheville-level maps!

10:49-am I the only one who got a Jurassic Park feel to this outbuilding in a forested area away from the main area? 😅 Nah but in all honesty, this map looks really cool, I love how Librarian implemented real life architecture and history to this map to make it like an actual location somewhere in the world, the attention to detail of the map in its entirety is impressive. Also I really like that he decided to give the chance for a horror elements to this as well as well as the eatser eggs, can't wait to see this map being used by others either as horror playthroughs or in general GMod videos. Well done Librarian and thanks you, you are amazing👍 (Edit-typo)

I always find your speculation and now insight so relaxing. if I try to explore maps like this, I usually stick to where I can see without a flashlight. weird part, I'm ok with the dark in minecraft, but in source, it's different. not because it's realistic. I can't really describe it, it's just the 'source game creepy' thing.

Ok, so, hear me out. This map, with LIDAR.

When i enetered through the tunnels, i was on edge abit as this was my first time exploring this map, i heard a voice saying " do you have my hand?" And i jumped in my seat. And i went into the building conpletley blind not knowing the story behind it. 10/10 every corner i turned made me feel full of unease and the fear of something popping out, i also opened a stall with a scary face graffiti and that also put me on edge, when i found the pentagram i felt like i shouldnd be there, i explored all floors and also found evidence that homeless people lived there, i found a room that was in pristine condition and that just gave the place a whole different vibe.

I'm really glad you made a recreation of a real abandoned place (Macey State Psych Center). As, I'm a real sucker for abandoned places being explored. Plus, I also really like the concept of 'what was' and 'now is'. Also, I really like exploring abandoned type maps on Garry's Mod, and it's a shame that the workshop has plenty of abandoned maps that never get to see the light of day. So, what I'm basically been explaining in this whole comment is that I cannot wait to see what is inside this map!

5:47 Toilets even! Abandoned bathrooms are the best part of urbex and I will die on that hill.

It's nice to see this kind of thing depicted by someone who has real experience with it. Everything seems logical and sensible. Also, it's amazing how well the piano mannequin plays with two right hands!

Research, care, attention to detail. Nice work, man.

This is beyond amazing. The more I see of this map, the more convinced I am you need to see Session 9 (the film that inspired Silent Hill 3's aesthetic)

this map reminds me of a scary building in a trevor henderson scary game from my childhood, true memories arise.

There's and old abandoned military train tunnel under my school. The armored doors on the front with 11 inches of steel were somehow breached by 1 guy, It might be a rumor but I heard he was high on meth and used a pickaxe to make a whole in it. 😂Theres also a shabby homemade ladder that they use to access a hatch 3-5 meters up in the door because they have raves in there sometimes.

Something I would like to see you play is Little Nightmares, it’s actually a very scary and beautiful looking game

Time to grab some popcorn and a blanket!

So happy to see that your map is 'finished'. You've been talking about it for quite some time and I got excited to see what you would do. It looks extremely good and I can't wait to explore it. You made an amazing job

My man, first of all congrats on the release, I love your dedication. I would like to give some advice if you don't mind. Please work a bit more on texturing, because the tiling on some things like stairs and walls looks too repetitive. I would shift the texture ever slightly or reverse it completely to achieve variety effect. Secondly, you've got tons of highly expensive photo and video equipment, so you could make use of that by doing photogrammetry. Some scans from the location would be a great addition to spice up the place and some scans might be used for draft modelling and getting everything as close to reality as possible. I'm on your discord group so you can ask anything about photogrammetry and modelling if you need help. Thank you for sharing.

I would love to see what's the weirdest and creepiest (maybe something supernatural?) thing you've seen while exploring abandoned places!

I'd love to make a Gmod map of an abandoned hoarder's house, where looking at all the stuff tells a story. Technology, clothing, & toys that can be dated to a specific decade, photographs, souvenirs, notes from school, mail from relatives, paraphernalia from work, canned foods from discontinued brands, calendars with notes, a horrendously overgrown garden & greenhouse that you can tell used to be really nice, VHS & cassette tapes, books, medicine, hobby stuff, mail, bills, receipts. etc. But it would be a ridiculous amount of work.

One thing I think maps like this should sometimes have is distant playing of some small instrument. A piano is fairly ghostly, but imagine walking through this place and suddenly you hear a ukulele and some guy badly singing bad moon rising.

And if it is wide open, it's because there's literally nothing of interest or value inside to explore. Even if they aren't worried about looting or vandalism, a property owner is worried about liability for someone injuring themselves on their property, trespassing or not.

I really hope the librarian will play the Stanley parable. I’m so interested in his take on it!

With the inclusion of that Easter egg room at the end of the tunnel (the one with the skeleton), you’ve captured the feeling of a dream I had as a child that has stuck with me ever since. I had this dream of a giant elongated building. I didn’t know what the purpose of the building was, but the best description I can give is that it was akin to a massive multistory car park. Though, by any reasonable calculation, it was easy to tell that, by its massive proportions, housing cars was not what it was used for. I began exploring the building. Floor after floor, room after room, it was dilapidated. It was clear that years of exposure had taken its toll. Then, suddenly, I stumble across this one room that was organized, and well kemt, with obvious signs that life had recently been there, as if it were set up for me to find. It was surreal. Ever since then, I’ve been fascinated with the idea of exploring dilapidated buildings, with the appearance of total abandonment, and then suddenly stumbling across an organized room, untouched by the decay of the surrounding building, with signs that someone was living there. This is map is probably the closest I’ve come to actually experiencing one of my dreams.

ngl we accually need more maps of that kind Imagine exploring a abandoned factory that woud be an intresting experience too

Been following the development of this on discord for a while. It showed me just how unstable and seemingly random glitches and errors in map making are. It seemed like an uphill battle half the time, but I'm glad you did it.

Hey man, just wanted to tell you that this map is a fantastic representation of what its like at these places. As soon as I played the map for the first time, I knew EXACTLY what hospital it was inspired by (I've been there many times, I will never get over seeing 93 appear on the horizon). Keep up the great work my friend.

I played this wonderful map before watching the video as intended, and I gotta say that the restored room was the scariest thing that you could've put in this map. I came across it as one of the last things, and it was genuinely terrifying. No jumpscare or graffiti or enemy would be anywhere near as chilling as a perfectly pristine room in a completely wrecked building... Also, the free candy was successfully unnerving, since I actually turned right when I first entered. I was surprised by there actually being candy, and then when I turned to leave I saw the mannequin watching me, knowing that if it was a real threat I would've been screwed. Disturbing! Amazing work on this map, Librarian. :)

HELL YEAH we eatin good tonight

These exploration maps are cool especially for us scared folk because let me tell you, I went into an abandoned church I found in the woods and swear I been haunted ever since 😂😢

Love how much thought you put into this based on what you say you've seen in your videos! My computer is worth about as much as an average gamer's video card, so VRmod gives me a headache right behind my ears. Although I have found a performance mod "FPS Fog" that keeps things looking atmospheric in VRmod, and increases fps!

Yessss, so glad to see this updated! I will watch this video after exploring it for myself

Exploring this map with a day/night cycle addon + a weather addon will be creepy. with my only 2 sources of light being night vision(from an addon), and a flashlight.

I imagine this place being sold on Craigslist like: “laundry shoot too small for body, grenades ok.”

39:33 I took a damn near identical shot of this room 6 years ago, I respect the KP inspiration

You are a great map maker. I enjoy the bike at the gate. Things like that- things that can help build lore, are my favorites! Whether it's GMod maps, shooter game multiplayer maps, or anything else.

Just tested the map myself in vr. Really good, reminds me for some reason of the old Thief games with the different ways to enter and the overall non-linear map design. There are a few texture glitches here and there and the performance could be better (dense vegetation is not a strength of the old source engine), but overall this is the exact kind of map i'd love to see more in Gmod (or other games).

This was actually really informative. Gmod maps like these have the potential to be a really great teaching tool for esoteric topics like urban exploration. I wonder if someone can make a Valve-style developer commentary using the audio from this walk-through.

The only disappointing part about this is that I wish someone else had made the map so you could explore it without knowing where everything is. Great job though, Librarian!

The way Librarian explains the map design process feels to me like the sort of thing an English teacher would be asking their students: "What is the implications of the payphone behind the locked door?" Edit: Librarian, on the off chance this gets to you, I'd like to point out that there aren't any light fixtures in the building, electric or otherwise, which would make it pretty dark at night for the patients

Awesome! Happy to see it finished!

Alright, this is the first time I believe where I’m going to have to explore the map first before watching the video

Well done on finishing the map!

I really want to see him play OMORI. I think he’d love it.

Good to see you clipped your own stairs.

Thank you for making this i loved it!

This looks great! If this is officially the first map that you have ever made. You should also play it at night and in Flatscreen Mode.

I have been waiting for this, I'm very happy it's finished!

Man I love to see a map that... Very detailed, especially from an experienced urban-explorer like you

Good job on the map! I liked seeing the reference images from your urbex videos

This looks so amazing!

Thank you so much for making this map, I had so much fun exploring it... I was also pretty scared.

Really incredible map, love your stuff man.

god i love this style of explaining your thought process.

I love this man, your maps are so well done!

i've been waiting for this to come out! the first video you showed about it looked really good and really interesting so i can't wait to try it out for myself!

the attention to detail is so good beautiful map man

What an amazing map. So happy to see it finished, the details in the visual storytelling are truly immaculate. Fantastic work!

Dude, frickin nice map, you did a great job and thank you for your great, consistent content.

I enjoyed this so much. I am taken aback by how much love and care you put in to this map, and I'm also just not surprised that you made something this cool. 10/10

NICEEEE, i'm going to play it the watch the vídeo, good stuff librarían, good stuff

This is a fantastic map! It looks and feels amazing. You put so much thought into every single detail. Congrats to finishing this amazing project! 🙌🏻

Someone just made a navmesh for this map. Time to test out the nextbots with my parkour addon, hehe.

This is such a wonderful map, Librarian! I love the job you've done. I hope you take the creativity you applied here and make another urbex map, that would be a dream!

Very cool to see a map from you. Heck yeah.

Reall cool to see this evolve from the last time you've shown this

I was so hyped when I heard about this in a previous video!

I love it when maps have this much attention put into the details, a map doesn't have to have Ultrarealistic graphics to be realistic. Keep up the good work librarian.

love your videos man, keep being you!

Amazing map, something I really liked that I don't think you discussed was the half open doors everywhere. It seems most source maps don't take advantage of that but that really helped sell it for me. Great work!! love your content :)

Congrats on finishing your map, Librarian. You've most definitely got the knack! Also as someone who has done a lot of urbex in the UK, I can certainly identify with the way you describe your experiences. Especially the challenge of finding a way into a place.

Just finished exploring this map this very morning and i had zero clue that you made this map. it was an absolute masterpiece with great layouts and a very spooky feeling of you feeling watched. "She's up there" spooked the bell out of me. Also, the long, low ceiling tunnel did too. great stuff as always

absolutely adored this! i'm so glad i actually stopped to explore the map myself before finishing the video- i did manage to find the attic easter egg on my own! i'd made note of the arm earlier and was so excited to run back underground and grab it as soon as i saw the piano setup. i got the event in the third floor graffiti room also, and even knowing there weren't any proper jumpscares in the map it still made me freeze up for a bit :"P

Holy shit this map was so well made!! I played it with my s.o. just last night and I found so many of the references and Easter eggs that made me smile- Excellent work, truly!!

I just got done exploring your map, the majority of it that is. I know there are a few small areas that I missed. Very very well done and well designed seeing as how it was just u making the map. I will admit I was caught off guard a couple of times by those hidden mannequins. Its funny I play on an ultrawide monitor and the majority of the time I had I small circle in the middle of my screen that my flashlight lit up and the rest was black. I thoroughly enjoyed this map.

Greetings Librarian! I have been watching your videos, and have seen many of them. I like how you explore the maps in your videos, and how you take your time and show everything. Congratulations on the maps you have made, keep up the good work and take care.

“It’s not wide enough for a person, but I’ve tried and you can drop grenades down there.” You mean in Garry’s Mod, right? “Yes…in Garry’s Mod…” 🤨

This is incredible!

Can't wait to see the next map!

ayyy, your own map! Awesome!