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101-551: Wong was born and raised in Seattle, Washington . He graduated from Lakeside School in 2004 and later from the University of Southern California 's School of Cinematic Arts . Wong owns and manages Overcrank Media, a Los Angeles–based media production company specializing in feature film and online video content, having produced an independent film titled Bear . Wong met his future collaborator Brandon Laatsch in college. Wong launched

202-739: A YouTube channel in 2006, initially uploading gameplay footage to wide success, and competed in the World Series of Video Games in Dallas in July 2007. He won first prize in the Guitar Hero 2 competition, playing the song "Less Talk More Rokk" by Freezepop . It was around this time that he began uploading videos to YouTube and finding popularity with his comedic or video game-related content. During MTV's "Gamer's Week" celebration in November 2007, Freddie appeared as

303-513: A VR engine and game Boneworks . In 2017, Wong announced that RocketJump would be pivoting away from regular shorts, in favor of other projects. RocketJump stopped uploading videos altogether in 2018, after the second season of Anime Crimes Division . From April 2017 to October 2021, Wong co-hosted the podcast Story Break on the Maximum Fun network. As described on the RocketJump website,

404-401: A broken leg inhibiting their walking. Heavier objects, and objects with more momentum, deal more damage but require more effort to move. Level design is non-linear, with "very little to no actual game logic", allowing players to reach the end of the level through whatever means possible. Players are encouraged to progress through or replay the game as creatively as possible, taking advantage of

505-461: A collaborator on a Dungeons & Dragons actual play podcast called Dungeons & Daddies , along with Will Campos, Anthony Burch, Matt Arnold, and Beth May. The podcast is about four dads from Earth that are transported to the Forgotten Realms (one of the official settings for Dungeons and Dragons Fifth Edition) and go on a quest to search for their lost sons. Wong edits the show and

606-541: A commercial for McDonald's , and assisted Wong Fu Productions in actions scenes of Agents of Secret Stuff . In 2011 Wong produced, co-directed, and acted in a TV commercial for Battlefield 3 at the request of Electronic Arts . In 2011, along with his partners Matt Arnold and Desmond "Dez" Dolly, Wong formed the production company RocketJump. They began work on the web series Video Game High School , which began releasing episodes on May 11, 2012, achieved over 100 million views across various online platforms. The series

707-661: A great frenzy among the technology companies in Seattle but the bubble ended in early 2001. In 1999, the World Trade Organization held its conference in Seattle, which was met with protest activity . The protests and police reactions to them largely overshadowed the conference itself. In 2001, the city was impacted by the Mardi Gras Riots and then by the Nisqually earthquake the following day. Another boom began as

808-535: A guest on Total Request Live . Participating in the program with his newly formed band Hellanor Brozevelt, Wong was part of a country-wide search to find the best Rock Band ensemble. After receiving tutelage from well-known rockers Good Charlotte , Brozevelt performed at the Hard Rock Cafe in New York against Chicago-based Carrie Me Home. In 2010, Wong helped Joe Penna , known as MysteryGuitarMan on YouTube, shoot

909-446: A more simple game designed to introduce players to fully physics-based VR locomotion, which became Boneworks. A major challenge was designing a long game in VR, since motion sickness and fatigue is common in VR players. "We had to figure out what a longer form VR gameplay session looks like. Eventually playing just gets way too tiring for long sessions." In the end, they resolved to split

1010-636: A new gamemode (known as Arena) was added, with a new map specifically for the gamemode. 1.4 introduced three new sandbox maps, two of which were previously revealed. These were the RedactedChamber, which was one of the first levels developed for Boneworks, and Tuscany, which was previously an Oculus exclusive map. In addition, the Handgun Range was released, which features the Tactical Trial game mode. Updates were also made to general physics, as well as

1111-403: A new pistol. 1.4 was released on April 9, 2020. The 1.5 update, titled Zombie Warehouse, was headed by Cameron Bowen. It added a second Arena map, the titular Zombie Warehouse. Players use the unique Boardgun to fight zombies and create structures. The enemy AI was updated and modified for this update, allowing enemies to climb walls and slide down railings. Gamemodes include survival, waves, and

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1212-463: A number of VR-specific issues." Physics manipulation in Boneworks has been described as entering the " uncanny valley ". The game has been criticized for its bugs, where the player's limbs can become stuck in game objects, as well as the content not being paced well and a lack of a coherent plot. It has been described as a "VR physics playground", and as being "conceived as a combat showcase first and

1313-441: A number of technology companies, including Amazon , F5 Networks , RealNetworks , Nintendo of America , and T-Mobile . This success brought an influx of new residents with a population increase within city limits of almost 50,000 between 1990 and 2000, and saw Seattle's real estate become some of the most expensive in the country. Seattle in this period attracted attention as home to the companies opened operations in or around

1414-478: A number of theaters in the city exhibiting vaudeville acts and silent movies. He went on to become one of America's greatest theater and movie tycoons. Scottish-born architect B. Marcus Priteca designed several theaters for Pantages in Seattle, which were later demolished or converted to other uses. Seattle's surviving Paramount Theatre , on which he collaborated, was not a Pantages theater. War work again brought local prosperity during World War II , centered on

1515-451: A physics-based virtual body. By 2018, Stress Level Zero was actively developing the title in Unity . The content outline was not finished until a full year of development had passed, during which time the physics and mechanics were fleshed out. According to developer Alex Knoll , the core premise of Boneworks remained strong while the setting, story and progression was fluctuating. Originally,

1616-494: A romantic gun action scene, Ray William Johnson in a troll infestation video, Eliza Dushku appearing in an action scene, Jon Favreau featuring in his video based on Cowboys & Aliens , the glam metal band Steel Panther appearing in his video based on the Crossfire board game , and Smosh appearing in his video "Huge Guns (with Smosh)". In late 2013, Wong's channel, freddiew was renamed to " Rocketjump ", and freddiew2

1717-401: A source of inspiration due to its physics-based interaction. Laatsch felt that since then, input had barely changed, with almost all games either using a game controller or keyboard and mouse . SLZ decided that virtual reality was the most promising choice to further game innovation, due to its immersive nature. The concept for Boneworks began in 2017, with Laatsch working on the concept of

1818-657: A story-driven epic second – the Narbacular Drop to Valve's Portal . ". On the day of release, Boneworks reached the top best-sellers ranking and player count lists across Steam . It currently has over 28,000 positive user reviews on Steam and a 78% five-star rating on the Oculus Store. On April 20, 2022, Stress Level Zero revealed a trailer for Bonelab at the Meta Quest Gaming Showcase livestream. Previously known by its codename Project 4, Bonelab

1919-595: A total area of 142.5 square miles (369 km ), 84 square miles (220 km ) of which is land and 58.1 square miles (150 km ) is water (41% of the total area). According to the Köppen climate classification system, Seattle has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate ( Csb ), while under the Trewartha system, it is labeled an oceanic climate ( Dobk ). It has cool, wet winters and mild, relatively dry summers, covering characteristics of both climate types. The climate

2020-499: A traditional computer workflow". The plot was described as "a meta commentary on the VR industry" by Alex Knoll. Boneworks was shown in a tech demo in 2018, and the game reached a playable, completable state in October 2019, and was released on Steam on December 10, 2019. During development, the YouTube channels BrandonJLA and Node released several devlogs describing and displaying

2121-489: A variety of experimental physics-based weaponry. Boneworks uses physics on almost every aspect of the game. All objects in the world can be interacted with by the player, taking into account the object's size, weight and material. Small objects like cups or hammers can be easily picked up one-handed while larger objects like crates or barrels take more effort to be moved. Stationary objects, like railings or mesh fences can be climbed instead of picked up. In most VR titles,

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2222-492: Is a 2019 first-person shooter game developed and published by Stress Level Zero . The game is designed to be entirely physics-based , with the player controlling a full virtual body that responds not just to the player's real-world input but also to obstructions in the game world. In Boneworks , players take on the role of Arthur Ford, a rogue cybersecurity director who escapes into an unfinished simulated universe, battling through surreal architecture and mysterious scenes with

2323-572: Is a city on the West Coast of the United States . It is the seat of King County , Washington . With a 2023 population of 755,078 it is the most populous city in both the state of Washington and the Pacific Northwest region of North America , and the 18th-most populous city in the United States. The Seattle metropolitan area 's population is 4.02 million, making it the 15th-largest in

2424-506: Is hilly in some places. Like Rome, the city is said to lie on seven hills ; the lists vary but typically include Capitol Hill , First Hill , West Seattle , Beacon Hill , Queen Anne , Magnolia, and the former Denny Hill . The Wallingford , Delridge , Mount Baker , Seward Park , Washington Park , Broadmoor , Madrona , Phinney Ridge , Sunset Hill , Blue Ridge , Broadview , Laurelhurst , Hawthorne Hills , Maple Leaf , and Crown Hill neighborhoods are all located on hills. Many of

2525-639: Is made with the 1Marrow Interaction Engine, an in-house set of tools that handle interactions such as picking up objects. It is "built on its predecessor, pairing a brand new story with two years of innovation and interaction engine progress." A major difference in Bonelab is official mod support. The main marketed feature of Bonelab is a feature called the BodyLog, giving the player the ability to morph into any avatar they want, with physical differences between larger, heavier avatars and smaller, quicker ones. Mods allow

2626-722: Is one of the four players, with Burch as the Dungeon Master . On October 21, 2021, RocketJump revealed on Facebook that they were beginning work on their first feature film. Shooting took place in late 2021 in Southern California and Utah. The film, We're All Gonna Die , premiered at South by Southwest in March 2024. Wong co-wrote and co-directed the film with his Dungeons & Daddies co-star Matt Arnold. In 2023, Wong appeared in Dimension 20 's sidequest Mentopolis , where he played

2727-491: Is sometimes characterized as a "modified Mediterranean" climate because it is cooler and wetter than a "true" Mediterranean climate, but shares the characteristic dry summer (which has a strong influence on the region's vegetation). Temperature extremes are moderated by the adjacent Puget Sound , greater Pacific Ocean , and Lake Washington . Thus extreme heat waves are rare in the Seattle area, as are very cold temperatures (below about 15 °F; −9 °C). The Seattle area

2828-557: Is the cloudiest region of the Continental United States , due in part to frequent storms and lows moving in from the adjacent Pacific Ocean. Seattle is cloudy 201 days out of the year and partly cloudy 93 days. With many more "rain days" than other major American cities, Seattle has a well-earned reputation for frequent rain: In an average year, there are 150 days in which at least 0.01 inches (0.25 mm) of precipitation falls, more days than in nearly all U.S. cities east of

2929-515: The 1962 World's Fair , for which the Space Needle was built. Another major local economic downturn was in the late 1960s and early 1970s, at a time when Boeing was heavily affected by the oil crises , loss of government contracts, and costs and delays associated with the Boeing 747 . Many people left the area to look for work elsewhere, and two local real estate agents put up a billboard reading "Will

3030-608: The Alaska–Yukon–Pacific Exposition of 1909, which is largely responsible for the layout of today's University of Washington campus. A shipbuilding boom in the early part of the 20th century became massive during World War I , making Seattle somewhat of a company town. The subsequent retrenchment led to the Seattle General Strike of 1919 , an early general strike in the country. A 1912 city development plan by Virgil Bogue went largely unused. Seattle

3131-641: The Lake Washington Ship Canal (consisting of two man-made canals, Lake Union , and the Hiram M. Chittenden Locks at Salmon Bay , ending in Shilshole Bay on Puget Sound). The sea, rivers, forests, lakes, and fields surrounding Seattle were once rich enough to support one of the world's few sedentary hunter-gatherer societies. In modern times the surrounding area lends itself well to sailing, skiing, bicycling, camping, and hiking year-round. The city

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3232-768: The Pacific Ring of Fire , Seattle is in a major earthquake zone . On February 28, 2001, the magnitude 6.8 Nisqually earthquake did significant architectural damage, especially in the Pioneer Square area (built on reclaimed land , as are the Industrial District and part of the city center), and caused one fatality. Other strong earthquakes occurred on January 26, 1700 (estimated at 9 magnitude), December 14, 1872 (7.3 or 7.4), April 13, 1949 (7.1), and April 29, 1965 (6.5). The 1965 quake caused three deaths in Seattle directly and one more by heart failure. Although

3333-658: The Port of Seattle is the fourth-largest port in North America in terms of container handling as of 2021 . The Seattle area has been inhabited by Native Americans (such as the Duwamish , who had at least 17 villages around Elliot Bay) for at least 4,000 years before the first permanent European settlers. Arthur A. Denny and his group of travelers, subsequently known as the Denny Party , arrived from Illinois via Portland, Oregon , on

3434-752: The Rocky Mountains . However, because it often has merely a light drizzle falling from the sky for many days, Seattle actually receives significantly less rainfall (or other precipitation) overall than many other major U.S. cities like New York City , Miami , or Houston . According to the 2012–2016 American Community Survey (ACS), the racial makeup of the city was 65.7% White Non-Hispanic , 16.9% Asian , 6.8% Black or African American , 6.6% Hispanic or Latino of any race, 0.4% Native American , 0.9% Pacific Islander , 0.2% other races, and 5.6% two or more races . Seattle's population historically has been predominantly white. The 2010 census showed that Seattle

3535-513: The Seattle Fault passes just south of the city center, neither it nor the Cascadia subduction zone has caused an earthquake since the city's founding. The Cascadia subduction zone poses the threat of an earthquake of magnitude 9.0 or greater, capable of seriously damaging the city and collapsing many buildings, especially in zones built on fill. According to the U.S. Census Bureau , the city has

3636-460: The University of Washington negatively. As schools across Washington lost funding and attendance, the university actually prospered during the time period as they focused on growing their student enrollment. While Seattle public schools were influenced by Washington's superintendent Worth McClure, they still struggled to pay teachers and maintain attendance. Seattle was the home base of impresario Alexander Pantages who, starting in 1902, opened

3737-592: The anti-Chinese riots of 1885–1886 . This violence originated with unemployed whites who were determined to drive the Chinese from Seattle; anti-Chinese riots also occurred in Tacoma . Seattle had achieved sufficient economic success when the Great Seattle Fire of 1889 destroyed the central business district. However, a far grander city center rapidly emerged in its place. Finance company Washington Mutual , for example,

3838-428: The schooner Exact at Alki Point on November 13, 1851. The settlement was moved to the eastern shore of Elliott Bay in 1852 and named "Seattle" in honor of Chief Seattle , a prominent 19th-century leader of the local Duwamish and Suquamish tribes. Seattle currently has high populations of Native Americans alongside Americans with strong Asian, African, European, and Scandinavian ancestry, and, as of 2015, hosts

3939-478: The 1980s, the Seattle area developed into a technology center ; Microsoft established its headquarters in the region. In 1994, Internet retailer Amazon was founded in Seattle, and Alaska Airlines is based in SeaTac, Washington , serving Seattle–Tacoma International Airport , Seattle's international airport. The stream of new software, biotechnology , and Internet companies led to an economic revival, which increased

4040-604: The 1990s, the global conglomerate Gammon discovers a strange dimension known as the Voidway, which exists outside of space and time. This dimension contains a strange quantum particle (known as void particles) which can exist in multiple places at once. Using void particles, Gammon’s rival: Monogon Industries, is able to create the BONEWORKS engine , which uses artificial intelligence and void particles to create infinite instances of virtual space, accessible via VR headsets. Monogon uses

4141-451: The BONEWORKS engine to begin work on MythOS City, an infinite cityscape simulation designed as an endless source of virtual living space. By 1997, it is nearing completion. The player takes the role of Arthur Ford, the cybersecurity director for the MythOS project. Ford theorizes that the BONEWORKS engine could function as an entry point to the Voidway, which would allow for immortality by severing

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4242-477: The Clock and who were also pulled into FantasyLand, where they have remained trapped. These Fords have adopted FantasyLand as their home, and have constructed a massive castle out of various assets left behind by the developers. Here, Ford encounters King Ford, who challenges him for the throne. Our Ford is victorious and becomes the new King. With the help of all Fords, our Ford is able to escape FantasyLand and breach into

4343-450: The Cure (retrieving batteries to power a cure-all device.) The Boardgun is a developer weapon that can spawn a board between two points. Designed by Kevin, a programmer, over the course of a weekend just before the launch of the base game, it was coupled with Cameron's concept of zombie survival. Laatsch required technical advancement to make the update, so the updated enemy AI was created. 1.6

4444-614: The Denny Party. Members of the Denny Party claimed land on Alki Point on September 28, 1851. The rest of the Denny Party set sail on the schooner Exact from Portland , Oregon, stopping in Astoria , and landed at Alki Point during a rainstorm on November 13, 1851. After a difficult winter, most of the Denny Party relocated across Elliott Bay and claimed land a second time at the site of present-day Pioneer Square , naming this new settlement Duwamps . Charles Terry and John Low remained at

4545-558: The Legislature of Territorial Washington incorporated the Town of Seattle with a board of trustees managing the city. The Town of Seattle was disincorporated on January 18, 1867, and remained a mere precinct of King County until late 1869, when a new petition was filed and the city was re-incorporated December 2, 1869, with a mayor–council government . The corporate seal of the City of Seattle carries

4646-715: The Pacific Ocean) to the west and Lake Washington to the east. The city's chief harbor, Elliott Bay , is part of Puget Sound, making the city an oceanic port. To the west, beyond Puget Sound, are the Kitsap Peninsula and Olympic Mountains on the Olympic Peninsula ; to the east, beyond Lake Washington and the Eastside suburbs, are Lake Sammamish and the Cascade Range . Lake Washington's waters flow to Puget Sound through

4747-661: The Seattle area and has been open to all residents of Washington since 2002. On March 20, 1970, twenty-eight people were killed when the Ozark Hotel was burned by an unknown arsonist. The Wah Mee massacre in 1983 resulted in the killing of 13 people in an illegal gambling club in the Seattle Chinatown-International District . Prosperity began to return in the 1980s beginning with Microsoft 's 1979 move from Albuquerque, New Mexico , to nearby Bellevue, Washington . Seattle and its suburbs became home to

4848-630: The Seattle area during his 1791–1795 expedition for the Royal Navy , which sought to chart the Pacific Northwest for the British. In 1851, a large party of American pioneers led by Luther Collins made a location on land at the mouth of the Duwamish River ; they formally claimed it on September 14, 1851. Thirteen days later, members of the Collins Party on the way to their claim passed three scouts of

4949-472: The System Clock. However, Ford is able to fight them off. He is later contacted by a BONEWORKS developer, Alora, who has realized his true goal of entering the Voidway. She commends him on his initiative, admitting to plotting something similar herself, and requests that he leave the gateway open for others to enter as well. Ford manages to leave the sewers and takes a train system to the heart of MythOS City –

5050-465: The Time Tower, a massive building which hosts the System Clock. Fighting off the full strength of Monogon's virtual forces, as well as his alternate zombie selves, Ford makes it to the System Clock, where he discovers a cult of sentient nullbodies who worship the System Clock. Killing them, Ford is able to destroy the Clock and enters the Voidway as MythOS dissipates into white light. Ford finds himself in

5151-548: The United States. According to the ACS 1-year estimates, in 2018, the median income of a city household was $ 93,481, and the median income for a family was $ 130,656. 11.0% of the population and 6.6% of families were below the poverty line. Of people living in poverty, 11.4% were under the age of 18 and 10.9% were 65 or older. According to a 2024 study by Henley & Partners , the city of Seattle has an estimated 54,200 millionaires and 11 billionaires. Boneworks Boneworks

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5252-512: The United States. Its growth rate of 21.1% between 2010 and 2020 made it one of the country's fastest-growing large cities. Seattle is situated on an isthmus between Puget Sound , an inlet of the Pacific Ocean , and Lake Washington . It is the northernmost major city in the United States, located about 100 miles (160 km) south of the Canadian border . A gateway for trade with East Asia ,

5353-432: The Voidway once again, after being warned by Hayes that Monogon has located Ford's body in the real world. In the Voidway, Ford travels a vast distance to a massive building labelled 'Chamber 02'. Upon entering it, he finds himself in the cutscene room where all previous game cutscenes have taken place. Here, he is treated to one last real-world cutscene. Ford's panic room is broken into by Monogon security agents, who secure

5454-414: The Voidway, where a strange Void entity watches him and beckons him through a white door from Duck Season . Upon opening the door, Ford is suddenly pulled out of the Voidway and into a different BONEWORKS simulation. He awakens in an unfinished, medieval-themed simulation called FantasyLand, where he meets many non-zombified variants of himself from alternate timelines, who were also successful in resetting

5555-617: The bigger West Coast city. Seattle had building contracts that rivaled New York City and Chicago , but also lost to Los Angeles. Seattle's eastern farm land faded due to Oregon 's and the Midwest 's, forcing people into town. Hooverville arose during the Depression, leading to Seattle's growing homeless population. Stationed outside Seattle, the Hooverville housed thousands of men but very few children and no women. With work projects close to

5656-464: The character Dan Fucks. Wong is the older brother of actor and YouTuber Jimmy Wong , who co-starred in Video Game High School . His father is Chinese , from Canton, and his mother is of Chinese and Mongol ancestry. His uncle is Corey Yuen , a film director and stunt choreographer. Seattle, Washington Seattle ( / s i ˈ æ t əl / see- AT -əl )

5757-486: The city emerged from the Great Recession , commencing when Amazon moved its headquarters from North Beacon Hill to South Lake Union . The move initiated a historic construction boom which resulted in the completion of almost 10,000 apartments in Seattle in 2017, more than any previous year and nearly twice as many as were built in 2016. From 2010 to 2015, Seattle gained an average of 14,511 residents per year, with

5858-488: The city's population by almost 50,000 in the decade between 1990 and 2000. The culture of Seattle is heavily defined by its significant musical history . Between 1918 and 1951, nearly 24 jazz nightclubs existed along Jackson Street, from the current Chinatown/International District to the Central District . The jazz scene nurtured the early careers of Ernestine Anderson , Ray Charles , Quincy Jones , and others. In

5959-616: The city, Hooverville grew and the WPA settled into the city. A movement of women arose from Seattle during the Great Depression , fueled in part by Eleanor Roosevelt 's 1933 book It's Up to the Women ; women pushed for recognition, not just as housewives, but as the backbone to family. Using newspapers and journals Working Woman and The Woman Today , women pushed to be seen as equal and receive some recognition. The Great Depression did not impact

6060-535: The city. In 1990, the Goodwill Games were held in the city. Three years later, in 1993, the APEC leaders was hosted in Seattle. The 1990s also witnessed a growing popularity in grunge music, a sound that was largely developed in Seattle's independent music scene. In 1993, the movie Sleepless in Seattle brought the city further national attention, as did the television sitcom Frasier . The dot-com boom caused

6161-401: The classic floating hands design. After the release of Duck Season, Brandon Laatsch (lead developer and co-founder) wanted to create a 'more mainstream' game with the goal of pushing the medium of virtual reality forward, while also appealing to mainstream gamers. They decided on a first-person shooter due to its mainstream appeal. Half-Life 2 , a FPS created by Valve in 2004, was

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6262-405: The connection between mind and body, leaving him to exist outside of space and time forever. The game begins with a real-world cutscene showing an armed Arthur Ford retreating into a panic room and entering MythOS City with a virtual reality headset. In MythOS, Arthur Ford releases a virus which causes the leakage of void particles into MythOS City. This initiates a lockdown, booting everyone from

6363-511: The date "1869" and a likeness of Chief Seattle in left profile. That same year, Seattle acquired the epithet of the "Queen City", a designation officially changed in 1982 to the "Emerald City". Seattle has a history of boom-and-bust cycles, like many other cities near areas of extensive natural and mineral resources. Seattle has risen several times economically, then gone into precipitous decline, but it has typically used those periods to rebuild solid infrastructure. The first such boom, covering

6464-579: The early part of the 20th century, and funded many new Seattle companies and products. In 1907, 19-year-old James E. Casey borrowed $ 100 from a friend and founded the American Messenger Company (later UPS ). Other Seattle companies founded during this period include Nordstrom and Eddie Bauer . Seattle brought in the Olmsted Brothers landscape architecture firm to design a system of parks and boulevards. The Gold Rush era culminated in

6565-486: The early years of the city, rode on the lumber industry. During this period the road now known as Yesler Way won the nickname "Skid Road", supposedly after the timber skidding down the hill to Henry Yesler 's sawmill. The later dereliction of the area may be a possible origin for the term which later entered the wider American lexicon as Skid Row . Like much of the U.S. West , Seattle experienced conflicts between labor and management and ethnic tensions that culminated in

6666-404: The fifth-largest LGBT community in the U.S. Logging was Seattle's first major industry, but by the late 19th century the city had become a commercial and shipbuilding center as a gateway to Alaska during the Klondike Gold Rush . The city grew after World War II , partly due to the local company Boeing , which established Seattle as a center for its manufacturing of aircraft. Beginning in

6767-405: The final season having a crowd funded budget of over $ 2.4 million. The final episode of the series was released November 17, 2014, on the RocketJump website and YouTube. Wong's videos would sometimes feature celebrity cameos, with Jimmy Kimmel in a bathroom tie battle, Andy Whitfield appearing in a Time Crisis tribute video, Kevin Pollak appearing in a Hypnotism stunt, Shenae Grimes in

6868-417: The founders of Duwamps, was the primary advocate to name the settlement Seattle after Chief Seattle ( Lushootseed : siʔaɫ , anglicized as "Seattle"), chief of the Duwamish and Suquamish tribes. The name "Seattle" appears on official Washington Territory papers dated May 23, 1853, when the first plats for the village were filed. In 1855, nominal land settlements were established. On January 14, 1865,

6969-520: The game into chapters, each of which can be completed in an average play session (around an hour). Due to a lack of game design and research around virtual reality, Stress Level Zero drew from other fields. Knoll stated that sports science, anatomy, physical therapy and classical mechanics were sources for design and mechanics. The soundtrack, titled Bonetones, was created by Michael Wyckoff , who used physical synthesizers to produce "audible physicality with crunch and growl, difficult to replicate through

7070-403: The game was a gritty shooter set in an automated mining facility in the throes of robot revolution, titled Hall of the Machine King. This was eventually deemed too large a concept, and the company decided to start off with a smaller game to build up to Machine King. This title, known as DeadFM, was worked on for a few years until it too was too large. Stress Level Zero decided to adapt it into

7171-411: The growth strongly skewed toward the center of the city, and unemployment dropped from roughly 9 percent to 3.6 percent. The city has found itself "bursting at the seams", with over 45,000 households spending more than half their income on housing and at least 2,800 people homeless , and with the country's sixth-worst rush-hour traffic. Seattle is located between the saltwater Puget Sound (an arm of

7272-401: The hilliest areas are near the city center, with Capitol Hill, First Hill, and Beacon Hill collectively constituting something of a ridge along an isthmus between Elliott Bay and Lake Washington. The break in the ridge between First Hill and Beacon Hill is man-made, a result of two of the many regrading projects that reshaped the topography of the city center. The topography of the city center

7373-418: The last person leaving Seattle – Turn out the lights." Seattle remained the corporate headquarters of Boeing until 2001, when the company separated its headquarters from its major production facilities; the headquarters were moved to Chicago. The Seattle area is still home to Boeing's Renton narrow-body plant and Everett wide-body plant . The company's credit union for employees, BECU , remains based in

7474-425: The late 19th and early 20th centuries were almost entirely from Guangdong Province . The Seattle area is also home to a large Vietnamese population of more than 55,000 residents, as well as over 30,000 Somali immigrants. The Seattle-Tacoma area is also home to one of the largest Cambodian communities in the United States, numbering about 19,000 Cambodian Americans, and one of the largest Samoan communities in

7575-456: The late 20th and early 21st century, the city also was the origin of several rock bands, including Foo Fighters , Heart , and Jimi Hendrix , and the subgenre of grunge and its pioneering bands, including Alice in Chains , Nirvana , Pearl Jam , Soundgarden , and others. Archaeological excavations suggest that Native Americans have inhabited the Seattle area for at least 4,000 years. By

7676-605: The main campaign, two gamemodes allow for post-story content. The Sandbox game-mode allows the player to experiment with any item or entity in the game that they have unlocked (done by collecting their respective tokens in the campaign). Meanwhile, the Arena mode offers extra challenges to players, such as timed battles, weapon swaps and survival. Boneworks is set in Stress Level Zero's shared alternate universe , which incorporates other titles like Duck Season and Bonelab . In

7777-483: The mainland U.S., with over 15,000 people having Samoan ancestry. Additionally, the Seattle area had the highest percentage of self-identified mixed-race people of any large metropolitan area in the United States, according to the 2000 United States Census Bureau. According to a 2012 HistoryLink study, Seattle's 98118 ZIP code (in the Columbia City neighborhood) was one of the most diverse ZIP Code Tabulation Areas in

7878-478: The mechanics. Following the release of Boneworks, Stress Level Zero put out an announcement on Steam. Thanking players for their support, the studio promised to commit to long-term updates for the game. Post-Launch was made in 12 days, and was primarily designed according to player feedback, removing dozens of bugs and glitches. Laatsch added that sandboxes, weapons, physics tools, collectibles, and vehicles were all coming in future updates. The untitled 1.3 update

7979-606: The miners in Alaska and the Yukon . Few of those working men found lasting wealth. However, it was Seattle's business of clothing the miners and feeding them salmon that panned out in the long run. Along with Seattle, other cities like Everett , Tacoma , Port Townsend , Bremerton , and Olympia , all in the Puget Sound region, became competitors for exchange, rather than mother lodes for extraction, of precious metals. The boom lasted into

8080-437: The motion controllers moves the player similar to a non-VR game, with sprinting, jumping and crouching all performed either on controllers or in real life. In combat, the player is free to use any method to fight back. This includes fists, guns, or any object which can be moved, like bricks or chairs. Enemies are also be damaged realistically; for example, they can be punched, tripped, headbutted, and have complex injuries such as

8181-503: The null bodies, non-sentient AI workers, have become sentient and violent, and attack him on sight. To combat the sentient null bodies, MythOS releases antivirus agents known as the Cleanup Crew, which automatically target Ford as well as the rogue null bodies. After fleeing the City, Ford ends up in the runoff sewers, where he discovers zombified versions of himself. These undead Fords are hostile and attempt to stop him from progressing to

8282-469: The original landing location, reestablished their old land claim and called it "New York", but renamed "New York Alki" in April 1853, from a Chinook word meaning, roughly, "by and by" or "someday". For the next few years, New York Alki and Duwamps competed for dominance, but in time Alki was abandoned and its residents moved across the bay to join the rest of the settlers. David Swinson "Doc" Maynard , one of

8383-604: The physical nature in any way they see fit. Examples include stacking boxes to climb over a wall instead of finding the key to the door. The game encourages creative ways of completing puzzles, including "cheating" or solving them in an unintended way, similar to how such a puzzle might be solved in a real-life scenario. A variety of hidden easter eggs and rewards are found all throughout the main campaign, including 'modules' that unlock additional content. These rewards are hidden in 'Boneboxes', which often require extensive exploration or difficult platforming to reach. In addition to

8484-414: The player moves through the world via teleportation, and is represented by two non-corporeal hands which respond to the motion controllers. Boneworks instead uses a fully simulated body, which uses inverse kinematics based on the location of the player's head and hands. This virtual body can be affected by the world around it, and may often be obstructed by objects in the virtual world. Analog sticks on

8585-519: The player to download any character they can find, and use them during the campaign. Bonelab also features a body remapping system, allowing players to shape their virtual body to match their real one in all proportions. Custom items and maps are also available, able to be created with a Unity SDK. Bonelab was released in September 2022, available on PCVR and the Meta Quest 2. In late December 2023 on

8686-411: The population, Spanish was spoken by 4.5% of the population, speakers of other Indo-European languages made up 3.9%, and speakers of other languages made up 2.5%. Seattle's foreign-born population grew 40% between the 1990 and 2000 censuses. The Chinese population in the Seattle area has origins in mainland China , Hong Kong, Southeast Asia, and Taiwan . The earliest Chinese-Americans that came in

8787-567: The production of Boeing aircraft. The war dispersed the city's numerous Japanese-American businessmen due to the Japanese American internment . After the World War II, however, the local economy dipped. It rose again with Boeing's growing dominance in the commercial airliner market. Seattle celebrated its restored prosperity and made a bid for world recognition with the Century 21 Exposition ,

8888-477: The show features "[co-hosts] Will Campos, Matt Arnold, and Freddie Wong sit[ting] down in the RocketJump writer's room and attempt[ing] to 'break' a story for a ridiculous concept, property, or idea that [they] in NO way have any rights to." The podcast concluded in 2021, both due to the hosts feeling creatively satisfied with the show and to allow them more time to work on upcoming projects. Since January 2019, Wong has been

8989-442: The simulation and freezing the System Clock. Ford remains in the simulation and is shortly contacted by a fellow employee, Hayes, who requests that he reboot the System Clock to fix the leak, unaware that Ford is the cause of the problem. Ford takes a shortcut through the unfinished Museum of Technical Demonstration, which serves as a tutorial for the game. He then passes through the grey-boxed streets of MythOS City. He discovers that

9090-518: The space and remove Ford's headset. A business executive (whose face is obscured by static) arrives and pulls out a gun, executing Ford while he is still unconscious. However, since Ford still exists in the Voidway, his goal was successful, having disconnected his mind and body. Ford watches the credits as various void entities approach and watch him. Stress Level Zero , the developers behind Boneworks, had previously created two virtual reality titles – Hover Junkers and Duck Season, both of which used

9191-465: The time the first European settlers arrived, the Duwamish people occupied at least 17 villages in the areas around Elliott Bay . The name for the modern city of Seattle in Lushootseed , dᶻidᶻəlal̓ič , meaning "little crossing-over place", comes from one of these villages, which was located at the present-day King Street Station . In May 1792, George Vancouver was the first European to visit

9292-508: Was a crossover event with Stress Level Zero's first game, Hover Junkers. It adds a massive sandbox level designed to fly the hovercraft prominently featured in Hover Junkers, as well as several new items from the game. Stress Level Zero stated that the merging of properties was a design exercise for the studio, aiming to add different game styles, both aesthetically and mechanically, to identify whether Boneworks' physics-based sandbox style

9393-410: Was a response to player feedback. Laatsch stated in a video update that the goal of 1.3 was to address those who were unhappy or unable to play Boneworks, while not ignoring those who had a positive experience. To address the former, the team added stations to save progress – previously, leaving the game partway through a level would force the player to restart from the level's beginning. For the latter,

9494-731: Was also changed by the construction of a seawall and the artificial Harbor Island (completed 1909) at the mouth of the city's industrial Duwamish Waterway , the terminus of the Green River . The highest point within city limits is at High Point in West Seattle, which is located near 35th Ave SW and SW Myrtle St. North of the city center, the Lake Washington Ship Canal connects Puget Sound to Lake Washington. It incorporates four natural bodies of water: Lake Union , Salmon Bay , Portage Bay , and Union Bay . Due to its location in

9595-441: Was based on a concept by Will Campos and Chris Pappavaselio. The team was able to raise funding for the series through Kickstarter , where they set a funding goal for $ 75,000 to be raised in a 30-day period. That amount was quickly pledged in less than 24 hours and continued to climb from there. On October 22, 2011, pledging came to a close, with $ 273,725 raised for the project from 5,661 backers. The series ran for three seasons, with

9696-534: Was founded in the immediate wake of the fire. The Panic of 1893 hit Seattle hard. The second and most dramatic boom resulted from the Klondike Gold Rush , which ended the depression that had begun with the Panic of 1893 . In a short time, Seattle became a major transportation center. On July 14, 1897, the S.S. Portland docked with its famed "ton of gold", and Seattle became the main transport and supply point for

9797-705: Was mildly prosperous in the 1920s but was particularly hard hit in the Great Depression, experiencing some of the country's harshest labor strife in that era. Violence during the Maritime Strike of 1934 cost Seattle much of its maritime traffic, which was rerouted to the Port of Los Angeles . The Great Depression in Seattle affected many minority groups, one being the Asian Pacific Americans; they were subject to racism, loss of property, and failed claims of unemployment due to citizenship status. Seattle

9898-485: Was one of the major cities that benefited from programs such as the Works Progress Administration , CCC , Public Works Administration , and others. The workers, mostly men, built roads, parks, dams, schools, railroads, bridges, docks, and even historical and archival record sites and buildings. Seattle faced significant unemployment, loss of lumber and construction industries as Los Angeles prevailed as

9999-448: Was one of the whitest big cities in the country, although its proportion of white residents has been gradually declining. In 1960, whites constituted 91.6% of the city's population, while in 2010 they constituted 69.5%. According to the 2006–2008 American Community Survey , approximately 78.9% of residents over the age of five spoke only English at home. Those who spoke Asian languages other than Indo-European languages made up 10.2% of

10100-438: Was renamed to " BrandonJLa ". Brandon Laatsch also announced that he and Wong would no longer work together on projects, and any short videos or "shorts" would be posted on either NODE (a gaming channel run by Laatsch and Corridor Digital 's Niko Pueringer and Sam Gorski) or BrandonJLa. This was done because they wanted to work on separate projects, as Wong was busy with Video Game High School, and Brandon started working on

10201-416: Was viable across different genres. Boneworks has been compared to Half-Life in its aesthetics and puzzles. The game was praised for having created an "incredible engine for a captivating VR adventure", and has been called "one of the best VR gun-adventure games on the market". Rock Paper Shotgun described it as "an innovative adventure that pushes VR in all sorts of directions, but still suffers from

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