### About game in general ###

Q: Hey does anyone know when bone lab is supposed to release
A: not even I know :beesbro:  and its up to me to determine it

Q: Can i awpha test pwease 😢👉👈
A: this question is an instaban btw

Q: Is there a open beta for BONELAB?
A: no, and there never will be

Q: Will it work with rift s then?
A: Oculus, so yes

Q: So is it confirmed only on quest 2?
A: Quest 2, Oculus Home, Steam store

Q: Will BL support wmr in the future
A: that depends entirely on OpenXR

Q: since it has mods, will it support steam workshop?
A: depends on some things out of our control right now

Q: will it be cross buy?
A: Quest2/Home yes. SteamVR no

Q: What is the price going to be?
A: unknown

Q: Anyone know if it had a dedicated release date
A: nope

Q: Hey Alex, just want to ask if you knew an approximate time in 2022 that the release would be, I am planning to get a quest 2 soon
A: whenever its done

Q: will mods be available on the quest version of bonelabs?
A: yep

Q: this is probably a stupid question but for quest you can download mods without sideloading right?
A: should work
A: no custom code on launch, area of active exploration and research but no promises

Q: is bonelab a tech demo?
A: yes
Q: i cant tell if this is a joke or not 💀
A: There is no firm definition of what a tech-demo is. So everyone will just say its a tech demo, so it is

Q: im very confused. is this gonna be a dungeon + boneworks game? or a sandbox game?
A: both?

Q: Will bonelabs support fbt?
A: that depends entirely on OpenXR, answer right now is... mod it if you want it

Q: I was hoping for fbt quest announcement because its in the oculus quest sdk
A: but its not accessible in the sdk as far as I'm aware

Q: Btw, will the game be designed similarly to boneworks with seated play in mind or no?
A: I play seated mostly, but you can also stand

Q: will there be a story mode??
A: yes

Q: Will the slowmo button have an option to be toggleable?
A: UX tbd

Q: Are there any quest screenshots?
A: on the quest store

Q: How long is the base game campaign?
A: thats an abstract question

Q: will there be any multiplayer functionality?
A: if you mod it

Q: Will you guys be making a more detailed overview, similar to the older boneworks ones you did, soon?
A: if there's time

Q: How big do you estimate the levels will be? Are you going for more smaller levels, or less levels, but each one bigger?
A: hard to quantify this
A2 (yewnyx): the levels will be one million big :smileW:

Q: >customizable physical stats [...]
A: stats are determined by the avatar's proportions, you don't edit them


Q: So if you're really fat are you gonna be able to crush people
A: yeah kinda

Q: Being morbidly overweight is now the new combat meta 💀
A: you'll be slow and its hard to jump though

Q: So its possible to 3D scan myself and turn the protagonist into me?
A: yes, actually yes

Q: What will the 1 Marrow interaction engine be? A unity asset?
A: our internal mechanics

Q: Will 1marrow be available to license in the future?
A: unlikely but unknown

Q: Is there a physics object limit on the quest 2 version? Did you guys have to cut back a bit?
A: we're not going to protect you from yourself, if you guys spawn too much crap and it shutsdown, thats on you

Q: is bonelabs focus more on the included content or modding?
A: 50/50

Q: The game is just an sdk and we need to make the game off from what we’ve seen in the trailer.
A: yep

Q: ??? (deleted)
A: its 33% campaign, 33%mods, 33%sandbox... 1%?????

Q: When you say 33% story, does this mean the story mode will be seperate, or all of it intertwined?
A: its all intertwined

Q: are the mods part of the story?
A: yes

Q: so if i mod in super mario as a character he will be canon in mythos???
A: Canonical mods = we need to curate and approve them. All other mods are blackmarket/illegal

Q: the entirety of bonelab isnt real. its a mod. you have to install the game as a mod
A: actually you're not too wrong

Q: wait so all mods not approved by a member of SLZ are illeagal??
A: canonically illegal.

Q: would you approve mario as a character
A: we will most likely not approve IP that we do not own without legal permission, that would be ACTUALLY illegal

Q: is the inventory system going to be the same as boneworks?
A: yes


Q: will there be any humor in the story?
A: same as boneworks prettymuch


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### Is there ... in game? ###

Q: is slow mo still gonna be a thing
A: yes

Q: Will the slowmo button have an option to be toggleable?
A: UX tbd

Q: idk how boneworks mods work but surely they use the same format?
A: they do not

Q: Please make sure the radio from boneworks is their too
A: it is

Q: Is there a propper mag eject button?
A: yes

Q: Are the physics the same?
A: improved but similar

Q: overly important question, will noodledog make a comeback?
A: yes

Q: Will characters only have passive abilities like being slow but tanky?
A: these are based on physics

Q: will balloon gun and frying pan make a return
A: yes

Q: is there any more dev weapons
A: probably

Q: i saw a car above the bonelab logo, are there vehicles like actual cars?
A: yes

Q: go karts
A: there could... be a car... maybe

Q: are there crablets in random boxes still
A: crablets yes. Anything else you'll have to mod

Q: does the guns have detachable sights now?
A: no, future game

Q: Sniper Rifles?
A: if you mod it

Q: I hope they have fords in sandbox
A: we do, but if even if we didn't you could mod it :shrug:

Q: I’m really hoping that there are humanoid enemies that have weapons n guns, not just omnis :Clueless:
A: mod it

Q: Is Alex in the game
A: still debating if I put AKO in or not
A: I don't think so, people would mess her up

Q: Will all the boneworks enemies be returning, even if only in the sandbox mode?
A: ideally, some of the scuffed ones are questionable though

Q1: the sweet voice of ford i will miss the "wadup son"
Q2: this will be the first mod to be made by the community
A: I don't think you'll need to mod that

Q: will the dev weapons make a return?
A: yes
Q: this is amazing but more importantly will balloon gun and frying pan make a return
A: yes


Q: is pick it up gonna make a return
A: T H E S E Q U E L

Q: also no one talked about shotty
A: because it was never about a shotgun, people just wanted something they couldn't have, now that they can have it its pointless

Q: What if we mod SLZ office into bonelab?
A: don't think you'll need to
Q2: i mean we literally saw it in the teaser
A: bingo

Q: https://twitter.com/brettsk8/status/1516180045504528387 (ed: tweet mentioning Arthur Ford is not in the game) now i'm confused
A: yeah I think brett is confused too


Q: What is the current size of the levels seen in the trailer?
A: define "size"
A2: At least three meters square
A: travel distance are pretty comparable

Q: How close is it to being done?
A: not very quantifiable

Q: is the level size ceiling higher than that of boneworks
A: depends on the levels, I'd say we're looking at an average of around 40-60meters height in most chambers

Q: Another slightly hard to answer question: What are the loading times like? On boneworks, even with SSD, they were a little slow. Are they about the same?
A: faster, less memory usage from optimizations + streaming assets

Q: Why does the character roll the dice at the beginning
A: the die assigns you a random peasant body

Q: Can you reroll this die in case you want someone different?
A: sure
Q: In the same game?
A: yeah you can swap avatars on the fly

Q: wait So is character customization done within unity or bonelab itself?
A: unity only

Q: The the avatars effect gameplay?
A: yes 100%
Q: So a fat guy is slow?
A: yes
Q: But tanky or no?
A: tanky
Q: so if your fat will punching/strength be better but movement slow?
A: correct, more mass = more damage
Q: Wait then would custom avatars have their stats set by the creator of the avatar?
A: no, the stats are created by the calculation of the proportions

Q: how chunky/thin can a player be?
A: undetermined as yet

Q: Will the soundtrack make me cry because of the absolute stunning artistry of it
A: I will confidently answer that with a YES, @R!OT

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### Story / lore ###

Q: Will this game continue the boneworks story
A: sort of, yeah
Q: Prequel or sequel?
A: thats extremely difficult to answer. Too abstract

Q: is the player still gonna be ford?
A: no, unless you mod it

Q: slz spend all this time making a new character and people are just gonna mod it to play as ford
A: there is no new main character, its just mods

Q: Is the protagonist still arthur ford?
A: its anyone you want, mod it

Q: Do we get to see the zpods?
A: I will make sure of it

Q: Can we use the noose as a weapon?
A: probably not

Q: Is there a button that I can press on my controller that punches for me?
A: no. But you could probably make a weapon that is an arm that punches

Q: wait whats the boneworks box at the end supposed to be? The door says something about altering Boneworks memory? Will the game actually tie with the original Boneworks?
A: yes its tied into boneworks

Q: im thinking ford may be the bad guy in this game, he did hijack the place after all
Q: we could either be looking for him so he can help us, or, and this is a WILD guess, what if we received the death sentence because we were trying to bring ford back to life or something
A: ford is alive in the void, his biological body is meaningless (and dead)
Q: so what if monogon caught ford and the only way they could kill him was inside of mythos
A: you're technically not wrong actually

Q: Is the consciousness in Bonelab the same consciousness that controlled the ford meat skin?
A: intentionally not answering


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### Modding ###

Q: This may have been answered already but are you just going to give us the unity project files for the game and let us go crazy?
A: lmfao
A2: absolutely not

Q: Will you be able to test mods in the editor or will it use dummy scripts and stuff
A: tbd, you probably have to build them though

Q: How unethical can mods become, can mods become so realistic we cant tell virtual reality from real-life?
A: I have no idea, go nuts

Q: How nuts can I go? Can i mod nuts? (the food)
A: I'm not going to stop you

Q: can i have weapons built into an avatar?
A: not likely

Q: Will mod creation have an interface ingame or?
A: yes, its called Unity


Q: (deleted) (what cannot be currently modded)
A: code, for now
Q: so maps, characters, items and avatars are all available for people to make?
A: yes

Q: So how will moding work in bonelab
A: use unity

Q: which unity version?
A: 2021, but don't have a specific version yet


Q: Will there be like a sdk for modding
A: yea

Q: @Alex are you at liberty to say if there are going to be any assets included with the Bonelab SDK other than the prerequisite scripts?
A: I am working on a Pack

Q: other than the pack you are working on, will there be any sort of example scenes for custom maps and example prefabs for firearms and items? @Alex
A: unknown


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### Tech ###

Q: So does the game has rope physics now?
A: thats a jointchain

Q: ray tracing?????????
A: future games

Q: @Alex are those volumetric lights on quest as well? I know kevin is a VFX wizard
A: baked fog

Q: does anyone know if that's a null body reskin or a new enemy in the trailer
A: old nullman was 100% skinned transparencies, too much to render

Q: is there volumetric lighting? kinda looks like there is in the teaser
A: yes

Q: the real question is are you guys utilizing DOTs?
A: PhysX babyeeeeeeeeeeeee

Q: standard pipe or urp ?
A: URP

Q: How high poly is the skeleton model? That's a smooth skull
A: actually VERY optimized