Also, out of curiosity, would that Indiana memory of an aquarium be from Indianapolis? I'm from the state, but have never been there.

Fantastic map. Favorite part had to be how the mold made my anxious, only to find a QR code leading to Warkin's soundcloud, which disarmed me. I then proceeded to open a nearby door in the dark, checkered-floor area and wet my trousers.

and yea this is worthy of a fandom or something lowkey. would make a baller actual game

grey lost media lore?

The zip was very real at one point, I have 1 single photo of the old map, but I couldn’t find the file anymore for it, part of me is kinda glad I lost it though, the direction this went was a bit better than the prototype

Very good map, but I personally like the lonely atmosphere of cortex interloper a tiny bit better.
For some reason the addon includes many duplicated files, including the bsp itself. Deduplicating will probably reduce the addon size significantly. Additionally, every single non-loop wav sound also can be converted into mp3 to save up on disk space.
I was kind of disappointed to find out that gm_aught_memories.zip is not real (as in, not a real file), but the lore bits are interesting, and so is the reference to what I assume is an abyssal plain prototype map. I guess I got spoiled by the secret addons like the one in gm_ashpit.

Bit confusing to get the story in order but otherwise, this is an amazing story map.

Fantastic job to you and your team, Grey.

I really should but I don’t know a bit of code, just hammer logic

Make a game already

okok I need to make fanart for this map ............. it needs a FANDOM ..... though I'll prob end up making mostly self-indulgent fanart of one specific character because I love him dearly

best map ever, it can scare player without even having jumpscares, only a very dark and gritty with some sounds

the sun leaked all the way out

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Best map of 2025.

the sun is....MISSING?? did it....did it VANISH????

Genuinely the most peak thing ever

Absolutely Phenominal. I had an absolute blast playing this. this is one of the best GMOD story maps I think i've ever played. Well done, this is a masterpiece!

Oh hey, this is that map Warkin was telling me about

Another goated map

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very cool map with an interesting story

I have to say, by far, this is one of the best ever story driven maps I've seen out on the workshop, people like you are what keep the Gmod community alive.

Love the map and love the soundtrack, kind wondering what they mean by the last sunset though, fairly interesting lore.

gran mapa y muy creativo, me gusto que tenga personajes con los símbolos del hammer xd

Played through,, I originally spawned some lambda players just for fun,, but they ended up being part of the story,, I'll list them out

There was Russell Emmenecker (Early exploration), Harvey Collingson (Did most of the exploration, basically a main character), Ryan Ware (Stuck around to help with the mailbox), Quenton Solomon (Used the question/memory cube things), Oswald Liburd (Found near the door to the truck stop. Relays stuff around, and is friends with the war dudes), Devan Cazarez (Found in the suburb. Obsessed with Portal), Tristian Speicher (Found before the portal to Stoic opens up. Info guy), Nicholas Micucci (Found where the floor is breakable. Helps break the floor, but falls to his death), Tory Slater (Found in the same room as Stoic. Comedic relief), Bill Jung (Works at Blockbuster. Dies after attempting to walk into the void), Duncan Cerro (Found in the lower areas. Explored, and assembled Lily), and Gavin Severs (No plot relevance, appears last second lol)

also holy shit 20000 visitors?! In like 5 days?! Insane!

I've never played a Voidplaces map

Cool map pls more. (painting part was sad)

grey at it again with the bangers

@Sackyboy
I mean, it's not exactly like the idea of the sun (the beating heart of our solar system, almost always visible in some sense) vanishing suddenly is all that unique. Tons of stories use that basic concept.

If anything, this universe seems to borrow more from The Matrix, what with common themes of personified programs/routines, large portions of mankind being inside a simulation, a (former) human settlement called "Zion", and the dire nature of the outside world (plus, even if The Matrix didn't show the sun vanishing, the pollution of the outside world also leaves it shrouded in darkness, so that's cool). Not to mention, while ubiquitous in the science fiction genre today, the "hypervisor" is a nearly 1:1 stand-in for the titular Matrix. But it's all done very tastefully, and playing with the same concepts isn't plagiarism in a case as transformative as this.

Also, Voidplaces is at least partly AI slop. Can't really compare to real memories and real music by real people.

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Glad you're all enjoying the map. I really enjoyed working on music for it.

Very cool map :D 10/10 ^^

Look what you did. You let the sun leak too much and now it's gone.

Okay, I haven't finished the map, but it is WONDERFUL, it scratches an itch that I forget I have sometimes.
But FUCK YOU for that fuckin coat hanger room, that chicanery made me shit my pants.

GGGGGGGGREY! Was just gonna sit around in sandbox for a few hours, but this'll do wonders to fill my meaningless evenings! Thanks a ton!.

I won't forget this experience for as long as I live

the sun is gone??
that sounds a LOT like the plot of voidplaces my guy

where is transistor i can't find.

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10/10

amazing map, thank you for making this

another Grey The Raptor banger...

nah

something about this reminds me of corru observer quite a bit

this is the most rain world fans will be fed on garrys mod for 3 years

praise worship the rat emperor yes yes!!

@Grey The Raptor is this a sequel to you gm_cortex_interloper? Or is this a separate thing?

-The Emperor of All of Rat Kind III

Absolute peak

Ohh that rainworld inspiration. I love my random gods.