Boneworks Lore and Story Summary

Overview

• Boneworks is the prequel to Bone Lab.
• The story involves Arthur Ford, the security director for Monogon Industries, dealing with virtual and metaphysical occurrences.

Important Characters

• Arthur Ford: Security director at Monogon Industries.
• Monogon Industries: Company developing MythOS.
• MythOS: A 3D operating system simulating infinite virtual spaces.
• Gammon: Competitor company, previously successful with the King Bit console and Duck Season game.

Key Concepts

• MythOS: Virtual metaverse for living, working, and playing.
• Voidway and Void Energy: Alternate dimension and energy that can exist in multiple places at once.
• Boneworks Engine: Framework using void energy to connect MythOS with the void, preventing direct access.

Story Progression

Beginning

• Ford puts a USB marked "Gammon" in a computer and uses a special headset with the same inscription.
• MythOS is in development, close to release.

Museum of Technical Demonstration

• Historical overview of Monogon Industries.
• Introduction to MythOS and its connection to void energy.
• Monogon reverse-engineered "Duck Season" to discover the void way.

Ford's Objectives

• Ford aims to achieve immortality by circumventing Boneworks' restrictions.
• He uses the USB to stop the system clock and lock out users, allowing void energy to enter.

City Streets and Runoff

• Ford encounters Null Bodies and Omni Projectors.
• Haze, a character, is unaware of Ford's actions and misunderstands the situation.
• Ford encounters multiple versions of himself, hinting at timeline anomalies.

Sewers and Warehouse

• Introduction of Melon Belly, a drink that corrupts Null Bodies.
• Laura, another character, contacts Ford, indicating common goals.

Central Station and Time Tower

• Ford confronts more enemies and reaches the system clock.
• Destroys the clock, leading to a potential connection to the void.

Fantasyland

• Ford enters a medieval-themed world, encountering many clones of himself.
• Defeats the King of Fantasyland and aims for the void.

The Void

• Ford enters the void, facing challenges along the way.
• In the void, Ford witnesses the potential death of his real body.

Theories and Speculations

• Messages left by Ford or entities warn against entering the void.
• Possible multiverse or timeline scenarios due to Ford's encounters.

Conclusion

• Arthur Ford's journey suggests attempts to transcend mortality through the void.
• More revelations expected in Bone Lab.

Additional Notes

• Easter eggs and lore connections to “Duck Season”.
• Mention of future games or plot elements hinted by doors labeled Dead FM and Machine King.