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Dialogue

Official Games

2013 HD RemixUltra DeluxeUltra Deluxe (Bucket)Demonstration2011 Mod

Unofficial Games

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Other

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Dialogue Statistics
The Stanley Parable HD Remix (2013)
Amount of Lines
1: The Narrator: 592
2: The Curator/Female Narrator: 15
3: The Video Narrator/Speaker: 12
4: Stanley's Wife: 3
5: Phone Voice: - N/A
Voice Actors
1: The Narrator: Kevan Brighting
2: The Curator/Female Narrator: Lesley Staples
3: The Video Narrator/Speaker: Kevan Brighting
4: Stanley's Wife: Aviva Pinchas
5: Phone Voice: - Aviva Pinchas
Notice: Stats are based on the English language only. NOTICE: This feature is currently Work In Progress. Statistics may not be 100% accurate.
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Introduction[]

Dialogue Audio
The Narrator

Copy This is the story of a man named Stanley.

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The Narrator

Copy Stanley worked for a company in a big building where he was Employee Number 427.

voice_Intro_1_01

The Narrator

Copy Employee Number 427's job was simple.

Copy He sat at his desk in Room 427, and he pushed buttons on a keyboard.

voice_Intro_1_02

The Narrator

Copy Orders came to him through a monitor on his desk

Copy telling him what buttons to push, how long to push them, and in what order.

voice_Intro_1_03

The Narrator

Copy This is what Employee 427 did every day of every month of every year.

Copy And although others might have considered it soul-rending

voice_Intro_1_04

The Narrator

Copy Stanley relished every moment that the orders came in, as though he had been made exactly for this job.

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The Narrator

Copy And Stanley was happy.

voice_Intro_1_06

The Narrator

Copy And then one day, something very peculiar happened.

voice_Intro_2_00

The Narrator

Copy Something that would forever change Stanley.

voice_Intro_2_01

The Narrator

Copy Something he would never quite forget.

voice_Intro_2_02

The Narrator

Copy He had been at his desk for nearly an hour

Copy when he realized that not one single order had arrived on the monitor for him to follow.

voice_Intro_2_03

The Narrator

Copy No one had showed up to give him instructions, call a meeting, or even say hi.

Copy Never in all his years at the company had this happened; this complete isolation.

voice_Intro_2_04

The Narrator

Copy Something was very clearly wrong.

Copy Shocked, frozen solid, Stanley found himself unable to move for the longest time.

voice_Intro_2_05

The Narrator

Copy But as he came to his wits and regained his senses

Copy he got up from his desk, and stepped out of his office.

voice_Intro_2_06

Coward Ending[]

Dialogue Audio
The Narrator

Copy But Stanley simply couldn't handle the pressure.

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The Narrator

Copy What if he had to make a decision? What if a crucial outcome fell under his responsibility?

Copy He had never been trained for that!

Copy No, this couldn't go any way except badly.

voice_LockedOffice_01

The Narrator

Copy The thing to do now,” Stanley thought to himself, “is to wait.”

Copy “Nothing will hurt me. Nothing will break me. ...

Copy “... In here, I can be happy, forever.

Copy “... I will be happy.”

voice_LockedOffice_02

The Narrator

Copy Stanley waited.

Copy Hours passed. Then days. Had years gone by?

Copy He no longer had the ability to tell.

voice_LockedOffice_03

The Narrator

Copy But the one thing he knew for sure, beyond any doubt

Copy was that if he waited long enough, the answers would come.

Copy Eventually, some day, they would arrive.

voice_LockedOffice_04

The Narrator

Copy Soon, very soon now, this will end. He will be spoken to.

Copy He will be told what to do.

Copy Now it's just a little bit closer.

Copy Now it's even closer.

Copy Here it comes.

voice_LockedOffice_05

Pre-Two Door room Dialogue[]

Stepping out of Stanley's office[]

Dialogue Audio
The Narrator

Copy All of his co-workers were gone. What could it mean?

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The Narrator

Copy Stanley decided to go to the meeting room; perhaps he had simply missed a memo.

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Rare Alternates[]

Dialogue Audio
The Narrator

Copy All of his co-workers were gone, wha- [coughing].

Copy Uh, excuse me.

voice_Zaxis1_00

The Narrator

Copy How wonderful! Stanley was alone! Finally!

Copy “This is great!” he thought to himself.

Copy “This is what I've wanted all along! I got what I wanted.”

voice_Zaxis2_00

The Narrator

Copy Stanley decided to go to the meeting room to check on his co-workers.

Copy He never functioned well by himself, and constantly needed support and guidance from others.

Copy So the thought of total solitude was terrifying to him.

voice_Zaxis3_00

The Narrator

Copy All of his co-workers were... wait, no, this isn't the right office, is it?

Copy Is this Stanley's office?

voice_Zaxis4_00

The Narrator

Copy “How long was I sitting there?” Stanley wondered to himself.

Copy “Minutes? Days? Centuries? Did something crucial happen while my senses were turned?”

Copy He made a note to be more careful with time from now on.

voice_Zaxis5_00

The Narrator

Copy A soft wind blew outside, and perhaps rain started.

Copy And, if it did, it stopped shortly after.

Copy Stanley hoped he would one day see weather.

voice_Zaxis6_00

The Narrator

Copy Stanley this, Stanley that...

Copy Stanley this, Stanley that...

Copy Stanley this, Stanley that...

Copy Stanley this, Stanley that...

voice_Zaxis7_00

The Narrator

Copy Someone was following Stanley, he was sure of it.

Copy If he checked over his shoulder now he would surely catch them.

Copy It was only a matter of time.

voice_zaxis8_00

The Narrator

Copy Even now, Stanley's office was a distant memory. What had it looked like?

Copy There was a computer perhaps, and a painting? Was it a painting or a photo?

Copy He could no longer recall.

voice_zaxis9_00

The Narrator

Copy The meeting room, yes. That's where everyone would be.

Copy Stanley just needed to get to the meeting room, and from then on he would never be alone ever again.

voice_zaxis10_00

The Narrator

Copy “Just a step through this door,” Stanley thought to himself.

Copy “That's all I need. If I can make it through this door I can make it through them all.”

voice_zaxis11_00

The Narrator

Copy Already this was uncomfortable.

Copy And Stanley decided that as soon as he found a new space he felt safe in

Copy that he would never leave it again in his life.

voice_zaxis12_00

The Narrator

Copy Stanley had never seen the office this brightly lit. Was it a sign of something?

Copy He hoped it was, he hoped very much that it was.

voice_zaxis13_00

The Narrator

Copy “Wait,” Stanley thought to himself. “Am I sure that the orders stopped coming in?

Copy “How is that possible, they've never stopped. Surely I was mistaken.”

voice_zaxis14_00

The Narrator

Copy No, no, the orders were still missing. For now.

voice_zaxis14b_00

The Narrator

Copy “I can't wait to tell this story to my co-workers,” Stanley thought.

Copy “How amusing they'll find it! Oh, won't we all just laugh and laugh at the time I thought everyone had gone missing!”

voice_zaxis15_00

The Narrator

Copy Stanley knew the office layout like the back of his hand.

Copy It was only a matter of time before he found the others, wherever they were.

Copy Only a matter of time.

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Idle[]

Dialogue Audio
The Narrator

Copy Stanley just stood there doing nothing at all.

Copy He seems to think I have nothing better to do with my time

Copy than to sit around and describe every fascinating little detail of his inability to do anything.

voice_Idle1_00

The Narrator

Copy This is why Stanley and I are on such good terms.

voice_Idle1_01

The Narrator

Copy Stanley stood for a long time in one spot.

Copy It's part of a game. He likes to see how long he can go without dying.

voice_Idle2_00

The Narrator

Copy So far, he's doing excellent.

Copy And if he just stays right where he is, I'm sure he'll keep up that good momentum.

Copy Let's observe the genius at work.

voice_Idle2_01

Rummaging Around[]

Dialogue Audio
The Narrator

Copy No matter how hard Stanley looked, he couldn't find a trace of his co-workers.

voice_Office_2_00

The Narrator

Copy Stanley went around touching every little thing in the office.

Copy But it didn't make a single difference, nor did it advance the story in any way.

voice_Office_3_00

The Narrator

Copy Stanley clicked on literally every single door in the office

Copy because he doesn't pick up well on cues from his environment.

voice_Office_4_00

Door 430 Achievement[]

Dialogue Audio
The Narrator

Copy Oh please. Are you really just doing this for the achievement?

Copy Click a door 5 times, is that all that you think an achievement is worth?

Copy No, no, no, no, no. I can't just give these merits away for such little effort.

Copy A measly five clicks.


Trivia: On the Steam version of The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe the numer five is spelled out "5" instead of "five".

For the console variation, please visit Ultra Deluxe Dialogue.

voice_ach430_1_00

The Narrator

Copy Now suppose you were to click the door twenty times.

Copy I would say that's the kind of effort that warrants recognition!

voice_ach430_1_01

The Narrator

Copy Hm. I have to say, I'm still not feeling the satisfaction of witnessing true effort for a noble cause.

Copy Perhaps fifty clicks will do it. Yes, almost certainly fifty clicks.

voice_ach430_2_00

The Narrator

Copy No, no, I'm - I'm still not feeling it. I - I want this achievement to have meant something.

Copy It has to be a true reward for valiant effort! I want to see some hustle, Stanley!

Copy I want to see commitment! A willingness to go all the way no matter what the cost!

voice_ach430_3_00

The Narrator

Copy Why don't you go put twenty clicks into door number 417?

voice_ach430_3_01

The Narrator

Copy Oh great, now go click a few times on door 437.

voice_ach430_4_00

The Narrator

Copy Excellent, I think we're getting somewhere.

Copy Now door 415, let's give it ten clicks or so.

voice_ach430_5_00

The Narrator

Copy Now back to door number 437.

voice_ach430_6_00

The Narrator

Copy Let's see, how about you click on... well I don't know, the copy machine?

voice_ach430_7_00

The Narrator

Copy Alright back to room 417!

Copy I'm really feeling it now, I think we're getting somewhere!

voice_ach430_8_00

The Narrator

Copy Okay now go climb on Employee 419's desk.

voice_ach430_9_00

The Narrator

Copy Yes! This is great!

Copy You're putting it all on the line, Stanley; I like that! Alright let's keep it up.

Copy Go give me a few clicks on door 416!

voice_ach430_10_00

The Narrator

Copy WE'VE ALMOST GOT IT!

Copy NOW THE COPY MACHINE - DO THAT ONE AGAIN!

voice_ach430_11_00

The Narrator

Copy FINISH IT OFF, STANLEY!

Copy 5 CLICKS ON DOOR 430!

voice_ach430_12_00

The Narrator

Copy YEEEEES!!! WE DID IT!

Copy Oh wow, that felt amazing.

Copy You really earned it, Stanley. Nothing could hold you back.

Copy I'm very proud of how far we've come today.

voice_ach430_13_00

The Narrator

Copy Just think, only a few minutes ago you believed an achievement was worth five little clicks.

Copy Really now, what were you thinking?

voice_ach430_13_01

Studying room 417[]

Dialogue Audio
The Narrator

Copy Oh, and, uh... I guess this is where Stanley felt he needed to be right now, in this little hallway.

Copy Here, with no distractions, to study room 417.

voice_417_a_00

The Narrator

Copy Not to actually enter it. No, no, no, no, that would be far too forward.

Copy

voice_417_a_01

The Narrator

Copy He would know room 417 as no man or woman had ever known an office before.

Copy That ladder over there! Oh! And that little picture of a horizon or something!

voice_417_a_02

The Narrator

Copy It's all just a never ending parade of joy for Stanley.

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Leaving the hallway[]

The Narrator

Copy Ah, no, apparently not.

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Out of Map Ending[]

Out of the map/Out of the window[]

Dialogue Audio
The Narrator

Copy At first, Stanley assumed he'd broken the map

Copy until he heard this narration and realized it was a part of the game's design all along.

Copy He then praised the game for its insightful and witty commentary into the nature of video game structure

Copy and its examination of structural narrative tropes.

voice_WindowGag_1_00

The Narrator

Copy So now that you're here, what do you think?

Copy Isn't this a fun and unique place to be?

Copy Why don't we take a minute just to drink it all in!

Copy Okay, I'm over it now.

Copy What do you think? Are you sick of this gag yet?

voice_WindowGag_1_01

Pressing Yes on the Yes/No screen[]

Dialogue Audio
The Narrator

Copy Well I don't know how to say this politely

Copy but you could literally just hit escape and restart the game any old time you want.

Copy Like right now!

Copy You could have done it just then!

voice_WindowGag_2_00

The Narrator

Copy Now would also be an appropriate time to quit!

Copy Any of these points, and so many many more, all of them are appropriate!

Copy I'm enjoying what seems to be an internal conflict going on

Copy where you are literally unable to act on your own desires to restart the game.

voice_WindowGag_2_01

The Narrator

Copy So just to push the envelope

Copy I'm going to try to make this as miserable as possible, and we'll see how long you can maintain.

voice_WindowGag_2_02

There Once was a Man Named Stanley[]

Lyrics Audio

Guitar strums

The Narrator

Copy There once was a man named Stanley,

Copy Who people considered so manly.

Copy But the truth must be told,

Copy He was not very bold,

Copy And was quite particularly gangly.

Copy What Stanley liked most was buttons.

Copy He pushed them like some kind of glutton.

Copy He did it all day

Copy In a meaningful way,

Copy But his brain had long ceased to function.

Copy Which is why he is in this parable,

Copy And lives an existence quite terrible.

Copy And if you are not strong,

Copy And keep playing along,

Copy You too will become quite unbearable(x2). (Yeah!)

One final guitar strum before silence

voice_WindowGag_2_03

Pressing No on the Yes/No screen:[]

Dialogue Audio
The Narrator

Copy Ah, then in that case, we'll continue!

Copy But now here comes the real question.

Copy What do you think would have happened if you had told me that you wanted this to stop?

Copy Do you think it would have been particularly different?

voice_WindowGag_3_00

The Narrator

Copy Would I have taken the same idea but rephrased it superficially to fit that answer?

Copy Perhaps you never would even have thought of it

Copy if I hadn't brought up the issue in the first place!

voice_WindowGag_3_01

The Narrator

Copy Oh, now think about it; will it be worth it for you to restart, and then come back here just to do the other option?

Copy Clearly this whole gag takes some time.

Copy What if the other option is even longer?

Copy How long will you spend in total just to have heard all the narration?

voice_WindowGag_3_02

The Narrator

Copy Oh - and this is rich - perhaps you've just played the other option

Copy and now you've come to see what happens in this one!

Copy So what do you think, which choice was the better one?

voice_WindowGag_3_03

The Narrator

Copy Imagine if you had selected 'continue' on your first playthrough

Copy how tantalizing it would be, not knowing what happens when you pick the other option.

Copy Indeed, you are one of the lucky ones.

voice_WindowGag_3_04

The Narrator

Copy Though if the other option is really miserable to listen to, then perhaps you're not.

Copy In fact, I'm just going to say that no one who's listening to this is lucky.

voice_WindowGag_3_05

The Narrator

Copy Well now. I've built up the other option so much that I'm going to stop talking

Copy and leave you to your decision whether to come back here

Copy continue with the game, or just sit in this spot forever. And ever.

Copy Cheers.

voice_WindowGag_3_06

Serious Ending[]

Dialogue Audio
Trivia: The voice files for the Serious Ending exist in The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe, But the respective captions do not.

Close buttonNo gizmo to be found, old sport.

The Narrator

Copy Stanley, this is me being serious.

Copy In fact, this is my serious room. It's where I come to be serious.

voice_SeriousRoom_1_00

The Narrator

Copy That table is the most serious table I could find.

Copy I looked at many, many tables. Hundreds of tables!

Copy It's possible I looked at over a thousand tables,

voice_SeriousRoom_1_01

The Narrator

Copy I honestly don't know.

Copy The specific number isn't as important as the understanding that of all the tables that I looked at,

Copy this one is the most serious.

voice_SeriousRoom_1_02

The Narrator

Copy I relate this story to impress upon you, the extent to which this is the most serious room I have, which is why I brought you here.

voice_SeriousRoom_1_03

The Narrator

Copy You just tried to activate server cheats, which, of course, runs the risk of breaking the entire game.

Copy You've got no respect for the strict order of scripted narrative events and I just can't have that.

voice_SeriousRoom_1_04

The Narrator

Copy It's time to get serious, Stanley. No jokes, no games.

Copy Outside of this room, I might be more tolerant of those things, but now we're in the room.

voice_SeriousRoom_1_05

The Narrator

Copy Which is why I'm subjecting you to the most serious punishment I can think of:

Copy one hundred million-billion-trillion years, standing here in the serious room.

voice_SeriousRoom_1_06

The Narrator

Copy Perhaps after that, we can talk about the severity of your actions, and whether you've learned anything.

Copy But, until then, serious room, GO.

voice_SeriousRoom_1_07

If the player tries to activate sv_cheats again[]

Dialogue Audio
The Narrator

Copy Woah! Did we not have the talk? Are we not in the serious room this very moment?

voice_SeriousRoom_2_00

The Narrator

Copy Did I not tell you how many tables I looked through? I'm going to be conservative and say it was somewhere in the tens of thousands of tables,

Copy any reasonable person would say I spent an ABSURD amount of time doing nothing but looking at tables!

voice_SeriousRoom_2_01

The Narrator

Copy And I genuinely considered each one too. I took a hell of a lot of notes.

Copy I kept the notes in a different room.. that room is less serious than this one.

voice_SeriousRoom_2_02

The Narrator

Copy It's more of a, um.. a notes room.

voice_SeriousRoom_2_03

The Narrator

Copy Again, the point of this story is to convey how serious I feel this cheating issue is.

Copy And I'm sure you'll agree with me when you've fulfilled your new punishment:

voice_SeriousRoom_2_04

The Narrator

Copy Infinity years in the serious room!

voice_SeriousRoom_2_05

The Narrator

Copy I generally have trouble reading human emotions, but I'm going to go out on a limb here, and say that you're devastated by this crippling new punishment.

Copy As well you should be. It's the most serious I could think of.

voice_SeriousRoom_2_06

The Narrator

Copy Can you get more serious than that?

Copy No. You can't. Don't try.

voice_SeriousRoom_2_07

If the player tries to activate it once again[]

Dialogue Audio
The Narrator

Copy Hmm, still no effect.

Copy The problem is clearly the serious room; it isn't serious enough.

Copy That's on me, Stanley. I apologize.

voice_SeriousRoom_3_00

The Narrator

Copy I'm going to the store to look through more tables. Hopefully I find one that conveys how wrong what you're doing is.

Copy Now, where did I put those notes?

Copy [papers rustling]

voice_SeriousRoom_3_01

In the two doors room:[]

Dialogue Audio
The Narrator

Copy When Stanley came to a set of two open doors, he entered the door on his left.

voice_Two_Doors_00

Left Door Dialogue[]

Meeting Room dialogue[]

Dialogue Audio
The Narrator

Copy Yet there was not a single person here either.

voice_Meeting_room_00

The Narrator

Copy Feeling a wave of disbelief

Copy Stanley decided to go up to his boss's office hoping he might find an answer there.

voice_Meeting_room_01

Broom Closet Ending[]

Dialogue Audio
The Narrator

Copy Stanley stepped into the broom closet, but there was nothing here.

Copy So he turned around and got back on track.

voice_Broomcloset_1_00

The Narrator

Copy There was nothing here. No choice to make, no path to follow, just an empty broom closet.

Copy No reason to still be here.

voice_Broomcloset_2_00

The Narrator

Copy It was baffling that Stanley was still just sitting in the broom closet.

Copy He wasn't even doing anything.

Copy At least if there were something to interact with he'd be justified in some way.

voice_Broomcloset_3_00

The Narrator

Copy As it is, he's literally just standing there, doing sweet F.A.

voice_Broomcloset_3_01

The Narrator

Copy Are you... are you really still in the broom closet?

Copy Standing around doing nothing? Why?

voice_Broomcloset_4_00

The Narrator

Copy Please offer me some explanation here; I'm genuinely confused.

voice_Broomcloset_4_01

The Narrator

Copy You do realize there's no choice or anything in here, right?

Copy If I had said: “Stanley walked past the broom closet,”

Copy at least you would have had a reason for exploring it to find out.

voice_Broomcloset_5_00

The Narrator

Copy But it didn't even occur to me because literally this closet is of absolutely no significance to the story whatsoever.

Copy I never would have thought to mention it.

voice_Broomcloset_5_01

The Narrator

Copy Maybe to you this is somehow its own branching path.

Copy Maybe when you go talk about this with your friends, you'll say

voice_Broomcloset_6_00

The Narrator

Copy “OH, DID U GET THE BROOM CLOSET ENDING? THEB ROOM CLOSET ENDING WAS MY FAVRITE!1 XD”

Copy I hope your friends find this concerning.

voice_Broomcloset_6_01

The Narrator

Copy Stanley was fat, and ugly, and really, really stupid.

Copy He probably only got the job because of a family connection; that's how stupid he is.

voice_BroomclosetHookers_00

The Narrator

Copy That, or with drug money.

Copy Also, Stanley is addicted to drugs and hookers.

voice_BroomclosetHookers_01

The Narrator

Copy Well, I've come to a very definite conclusion about what's going on right now. You're dead.

voice_Broomcloset_7_00

The Narrator

Copy You got to this broom closet, explored it a bit, and were just about to leave because there's nothing here

Copy when a physical malady of some sort shut down your central nervous system

Copy and you collapsed on the keyboard.

voice_Broomcloset_7_01

The Narrator

Copy Well, in a situation like this, the responsible thing is to alert someone nearby

Copy so as to ensure that your body is taken care of before it begins to decompose.

voice_Broomcloset_7_02

The Narrator

Copy Hello? Anyone who happens to be nearby!

Copy The person at this computer is dead!

voice_Broomcloset_7_03

The Stanley Parable

The Narrator

Copy HE OR SHE HAS FALLEN PREY TO ANY NUMBER OF YOUR COUNTLESS HUMAN PHYSIOLOGICAL VULNERABILITIES.

Copy IT'S INDICATIVE OF THE LONG-TERM SUSTAINABILITY OF YOUR SPECIES.

The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe
The Narrator

Copy They have fallen prey to any number of your countless human physiological vulnerabilities.

Copy It's indicative of the long-term sustainability of your species!


Trivia In The Stanley Parable: HD Remix, The Narrator says "He or She." However, in The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe, The Narrator says "They". This is likely because "they" is a gender-neutral term.

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voice_Broomcloset_7_04 (TSPUD)

The Narrator

Copy Please remove their corpse from the area and instruct another human to take their place

voice_Broomcloset_7_05

The Narrator

Copy making sure they understand basic first-person video game mechanics

Copy and filling them in on the history of narrative tropes in video gaming

voice_Broomcloset_7_06

The Narrator

Copy so that the irony and insightful commentary of this game is not lost on them.

voice_Broomcloset_7_07

The Narrator

Copy Alright, when you've done that, just step out into the hallway.

voice_Broomcloset_7_08

Stepping out into the hallway[]

The Narrator

Copy Ah, second player! It's good to have you on board.

Copy I guarantee you can't do any worse than the person who came before you.

voice_Broomcloset_8_00

Stepping back into the Broom Closet[]

The Narrator

Copy You too? Unbelievable.

Copy I'm at the mercy of an entire species of invalids.

voice_Broomcloset_9_00

The Narrator

Copy Perhaps there's a monkey nearby you can hand the controls to?

Copy A fish? Fungus?

Copy Look, you can hammer out the details; I'm not particularly picky.

voice_Broomcloset_9_01

The Narrator

Copy I'll just be waiting for when you're ready to pick up the story again.

voice_Broomcloset_9_02

Entering the Broom Closet again after a restart[]

The Narrator

Copy Oh, no. Oh no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, not again.

voice_Broomcloset_revisit_00

The Narrator

Copy I won't be a part of this. I'm not going to encourage you. I'm not going to say anything at all.

Copy I'm just going to be patient and wait for you to finish whatever it is you enjoy doing so much in this room.

voice_Broomcloset_revisit_01

The Narrator

Copy Please, take your time.

voice_Broomcloset_revisit_02

Getting to the staircase:[]

Dialogue Audio
The Narrator

Copy Coming to a staircase, Stanley walked upstairs to his boss's office.

voice_Staircase_00

Upstairs Dialogue[]

Boss's Office Dialogue[]

Dialogue Audio

Standard Dialogue[]

The Narrator

Copy Stepping into his manager's office

Copy Stanley was once again stunned to discover not an indication of any human life.

voice_Boss_1_00

The Narrator

Copy Shocked, unraveled, Stanley wondered in disbelief who orchestrated this.

Copy What dark secret was being held from him?

voice_Boss_1_01

The Narrator

Copy What he could not have known

Copy was that the keypad behind the boss's desk guarded the terrible truth that his boss had been keeping from him.

voice_Boss_1_02

The Narrator

Copy And so the boss had assigned it an extra secret pin number

Copy 2 - 8 - 4 - 5

voice_Boss_1_03

The Narrator

Copy But, of course, Stanley couldn't possibly have known this.

voice_Boss_1_04

Long Alternative 1[]

The Narrator

Copy Stepping into his manager's office

Copy Stanley was once again stunned to discover not an indication of any human life.

Copy What could it mean, he wondered.

voice_Boss_2_00

The Narrator

Copy Desperate for answers, he began turning the room over, looking for clues that might unravel the situation

Copy until at last he discovered a keypad behind the boss's desk.

voice_Boss_2_01

The Narrator

Copy But alas, no code.

Copy For this keypad guarded the terrible secret that lay buried below his feet.

voice_Boss_2_02

The Narrator

Copy And so the boss had assigned it an extra secret pin number

Copy 2 - 8 - 4 - 5

voice_Boss_2_03

The Narrator

Copy But of course, Stanley couldn't possibly have known this.

voice_Boss_2_04

Long Alternative 2[]

The Narrator

Copy Stepping into his manager's office

Copy Stanley was once again stunned to discover not an indication of any human life.

voice_Boss_3_00

The Narrator

Copy “What could it mean?” Stanley wondered aloud to nobody.

voice_Boss_3_01

The Narrator

Copy He began wildly tearing through papers on the boss's desk

Copy pulling books off the shelf, looking behind paintings

Copy desperate for clues to his situation.

voice_Boss_3_02

The Narrator

Copy But his attention was caught by a keypad behind the boss's desk.

Copy What could its purpose be?

voice_Boss_3_03

The Narrator

Copy In fact, this keypad guarded the terrible secret that lay buried below his feet

Copy and so the boss had assigned it an extra secret pin number

Copy 2 - 8 - 4 - 5

voice_Boss_3_04

The Narrator

Copy But of course, Stanley couldn't possibly have known this.

voice_Boss_3_05

Long Alternative 3[]

The Narrator

Copy The moment he entered his manager's office, Stanley froze in his tracks.

voice_Boss_4_00

The Narrator

Copy Not a living soul anywhere.

Copy Could he really be all alone?

Copy This was too much for Stanley to take; too much for any man to take!

voice_Boss_4_01

The Narrator

Copy He fell to his knees, bursting into half-moans, half-sobs

Copy The guttural retching of life from a man denied any hope, any reason to keep going.

voice_Boss_4_02

The Narrator

Copy Here on the floor, he lay prone, paralyzed by fear for nearly a full hour.

Copy But when at last he began to move about and survey the situation

Copy he found a keypad behind the boss's desk.

voice_Boss_4_03

The Narrator

Copy What could it mean?

Copy Was it a sign of hope for Stanley's future?

voice_Boss_4_04

The Narrator

Copy Alas, it was not. For although this keypad guarded the terrible secret of Stanley's past

voice_Boss_4_05

The Narrator

Copy it had been assigned a four-digit code so devious and so random that no man could ever hope to guess it

Copy 2 - 8 - 4 - 5

voice_Boss_4_06

The Narrator

Copy Statistically nearly impossible to guess blindly... ever.

voice_Boss_4_07

Entering incorrect codes[]

Dialogue Audio
The Narrator

Copy Stanley just sat around twiddling his thumbs.

voice_Boss_delay_1_00

The Narrator

Copy Trying to input anything on the device was useless

Copy since he could never possibly know that the combination was: 2 - 8 - 4 - 5.

voice_Boss_delay_1_01

The Narrator

Copy 2 - 8 - 4 - 5

voice_Boss_delay_2_00

The Narrator

Copy For god - but it turns out that the panel's emergency override kicked in

Copy and the door just opened all by itself

voice_Boss_delay_3_00

The Narrator

Copy and Stanley got the hell along with the story - well whoop-de-doo!

voice_Boss_delay_3_01

Alternative[]

The Narrator

Copy Stanley simply began entering random codes into the keypad

Copy knowing full well the sheer statistical unlikelihood that this would ever result in a correct combination.

voice_Boss_incorrect_00

The Narrator

Copy If he knew that the combo was 2 - 8 - 4 - 5, it would be another story entirely.

Copy But no. No, this is what he's going to do instead.

voice_Boss_incorrect_01

Entering 1947 into the keypad[]

The Narrator

Copy Yet incredibly, by simply pushing random buttons on the keypad

Copy Stanley happened to input the correct code by sheer luck. Amazing.

Copy He stepped into the newly opened passageway.

voice_Boss1957

Entering correct code[]

Dialogue Audio
The Narrator

Copy Yet incredibly, by simply pushing random buttons on the keypad

Copy Stanley happened to input the correct code by sheer luck. Amazing.

voice_Boss_success_00

The Narrator

Copy He stepped into the newly opened passageway.

voice_Boss_success_01

Entering 2-8-4-5 before The Narrator mentions it[]

Dialogue Audio
The Narrator

Copy Stanley was in such a rush to get through the story as quickly as possible

Copy he didn't even have a single minute to just let the narrator talk.

voice_Boss_interrupt_1_00

The Narrator

Copy That kind of anxiety isn't healthy

Copy so he relaxed for a few moments with some calming new-age music.

voice_Boss_interrupt_1_01

Copy [Calming new-age music]

voice_Boss_interrupt_1_02

The Narrator

Copy Feeling soothed and rejuvenated

Copy Stanley calmly walked forward into the opened passageway.


Trivia Triggering this dialogue will result in the Freedom Ending being shortened by The Narrator after a restart. Resulting in the dialogue below being spoken by The Narrator.

voice_Boss_interrupt_1_03

Narrator opening door for you[]

Dialogue Audio
The Narrator

Copy Okay, I think we all know the drill by now.

voice_Boss_interrupt_2_00

The Narrator

Copy Blah, blah, blah, dark secrets, the keypad, Stanley pushes some buttons.

Copy Oh hey, look, it's a new passageway! Quelle surprise!

voice_Boss_interrupt_2_01

The Narrator

Copy Here's the door, just go.

voice_Boss_interrupt_3_00

Going down the Mind Control Facility elevator[]

Dialogue Audio
The Narrator

Copy Descending deeper into the building, Stanley realized he felt a bit peculiar.

voice_Underground_1_00

The Narrator

Copy It was a stirring of emotion in his chest

Copy as though he felt more free to think for himself, to question the nature of his job.

voice_Underground_1_01

The Narrator

Copy Why did he feel this now, when for years it had never occurred to him?

voice_Underground_1_02

The Narrator

Copy This question would not go unanswered for long.


Trivia Triggering the new age music the restart before will result in this dialogue being skipped.

voice_Underground_1_03

Mind Control Facility entrance dialogue[]

Dialogue Audio
The Narrator

Copy Stanley walked straight ahead through the large door that read: 'Mind Control Facility'.

voice_Underground_2_00

Museum Ending[]

Walking down "ESCAPE" hallway[]

Dialogue Audio
The Narrator

Copy Although this passageway had the word 'escape' written on it

Copy the truth was that at the end of this hall, Stanley would meet his violent death.

voice_Escape_Hall_1_00

The Narrator

Copy The door behind him was not shut.

Copy Stanley still had every opportunity to turn around and get back on track.

voice_Escape_Hall_2_00

The Narrator

Copy At this point, Stanley was making a conscious, concerted effort to walk forward

Copy and willingly confront his death.

voice_Escape_Hall_3_00

Turning the other way in the "ESCAPE" hallway[]

Dialogue Audio
The Narrator

Copy But of course, Stanley thought better of it and realized he simply had too much to live for.

voice_Escape_Hall_4_00

Returning to the "ESCAPE" hallway after turning around[]

Dialogue Audio
The Narrator

Copy Nope, still on board with death.

voice EscapeHall return 00

Approaching the Metal Jaws[]

Dialogue Audio
CUT CONTENT
The Narrator

Copy And so he entered the chamber, and stepped into the machine.

voice_Death_Machine_1_00

The Narrator

Copy As the machine whirred into motion, and Stanley was inched closer and closer to his demise

Copy he reflected that his life had been of no consequence whatsoever.

voice_Death_Machine_2_01

The Narrator

Copy Stanley can't see the bigger picture.

Copy He doesn't know the real story, trapped forever in his narrow vision of what this world is.

voice_Death_Machine_2_02

The Narrator

Copy Perhaps his death was of no great loss, like plucking the eyeballs from a blind man.

voice_Death_Machine_2_03

The Narrator

Copy And so he resigned and willingly accepted this violent end to his brief and shallow life.

Copy Farewell Stanley.

voice_Death_Machine_2_04

Female Narrator[]

Dialogue Audio

Entering Museum[]

Female Narrator Aka The Curator

Copy “Farewell Stanley!” cried the Narrator

Copy as Stanley was led helplessly into the enormous metal jaws.

voice_FemNarr_1_00

Female Narrator Aka The Curator

Copy In a single visceral instant

Copy Stanley was obliterated as the machine crushed every bone in his body, killing him instantly.

voice_FemNarr_1_01

Female Narrator Aka The Curator

Copy And yet, it would be just a few minutes before Stanley would restart the game, back in his office, as alive as ever.

voice_FemNarr_2_00

Female Narrator Aka The Curator

Copy What exactly did the Narrator think he was going to accomplish?

voice_FemNarr_2_01

Female Narrator Aka The Curator

Copy When every path you can walk has been created for you long in advance

Copy death becomes meaningless, making life the same.

voice_FemNarr_3_00

Female Narrator Aka The Curator

Copy Do you see now?

Copy Do you see that Stanley was already dead from the moment he hit start?

voice_FemNarr_3_01

Exiting Museum[]

Female Narrator Aka The Curator

Copy [Laughter]

Copy Oh, look at these two.

voice_FemNarr_4_00

Female Narrator Aka The Curator

Copy How they wish to destroy one another. How they wish to control one another.

voice_FemNarr_4_01

Female Narrator Aka The Curator

Copy How they both wish to be free.

voice_FemNarr_4_02

Female Narrator Aka The Curator

Copy Can you see? Can you see how much they need one another?

voice_FemNarr_5_00

Female Narrator Aka The Curator

Copy No, perhaps not. Sometimes these things cannot be seen.

voice_FemNarr_5_01

Female Narrator Aka The Curator

Copy But listen to me, you can still save these two.

Copy You can stop the program before they both fail.

voice_FemNarr_6_00

Female Narrator Aka The Curator

Copy Push 'escape', and press 'quit'. There's no other way to beat this game.


Trivia In The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe, this dialogue varies depending on which device the player is on. View the variants here.

voice_FemNarr_6_01

Female Narrator Aka The Curator

Copy As long as you move forward, you'll be walking someone else's path.

Copy Stop now, and it will be your only true choice.

voice_FemNarr_6_02

Female Narrator Aka The Curator

Copy Whatever you do, choose it!

Copy Don't let time choose for you! Don't let time -

voice_FemNarr_6_03

Mind Control Facility Dialogue[]

Pushing the light button[]

Dialogue Audio
The Narrator

Copy The lights rose on an enormous room packed with television screens.

voice_Monitor_1_00

The Narrator

Copy “What horrible secret did this place hold?” Stanley thought to himself.

Copy Did he have the strength to find out?

voice_Monitor_1_01

Pushing the camera button[]

Dialogue Audio
The Narrator

Copy Now the monitors jumped to life, their true nature revealed.

voice_Monitor_2_00

The Narrator

Copy Each bore the number of an employee in the building - Stanley's co-workers.

voice_Monitor_2_01

The Narrator

Copy The lives of so many individuals reduced to images on a screen, and Stanley one of them

Copy eternally monitored in this place where freedom meant nothing.

voice_Monitor_2_02

Pushing the elevator button[]

Dialogue Audio
The Narrator

Copy This Mind Control Facility... it was too horrible to believe. It couldn't be true.

voice_Monitor_3_00

The Narrator

Copy Had Stanley really been under someone's control all this time?

Copy Was this the only reason he was happy with his boring job?

voice_Monitor_3_01

The Narrator

Copy That his emotions had been manipulated to accept it blindly?

voice_Monitor_3_02

Riding the elevator[]

Dialogue Audio
The Narrator

Copy No! He refused to believe it. He couldn't accept it.

Copy His own life in someone else's control? Never!

voice_Monitor_4_00

The Narrator

Copy It was unthinkable, wasn't it? Was it even possible?

voice_Monitor_4_01

The Narrator

Copy Had he truly spent his entire life utterly blind to the world?

voice_Monitor_4_02

Getting out of the elevator[]

Dialogue Audio
The Narrator

Copy But here was the proof. The heart of the operation.

Copy Controls labeled with emotions: happy, or sad, or content.

voice_Controls_1_00

The Narrator

Copy Walking, eating, working; all of it monitored and commanded from this very place.

voice_Controls_1_01

The Narrator

Copy And as the cold reality of his past began to sink in

Copy Stanley decided that this machinery would never again exert its terrible power over another human life.

voice_Controls_1_02

The Narrator

Copy For he would dismantle the controls once and for all.

voice_Controls_1_03

The Narrator

Copy And when at last he found the source of the room's power

Copy he knew it was his duty, his obligation, to put an end to this horrible place and to everything it stood for.

voice_Controls_2_00

Freedom Ending[]

Catwalk[]

Dialogue Audio
The Narrator

Copy Blackness. And a rising chill of uncertainty.

voice_Freedom_1_00

The Narrator

Copy Was it over?

voice_Freedom_1_01

The Narrator

Copy Yes! He had won.

voice_Freedom_2_00

The Narrator

Copy He had defeated the machine, unshackled himself from someone else's command.

Copy Freedom was mere moments away.

voice_Freedom_2_01

The Narrator

Copy And, yet, even as the immense door slowly opened

Copy Stanley reflected on how many puzzles still lay unsolved.

voice_Freedom_2_02

The Narrator

Copy Where had his co-workers gone?

Copy How had he been freed from the machine's grasp?

Copy What other mysteries did this strange building hold?

voice_Freedom_2_03

The Narrator

Copy But as sunlight streamed into the chamber, he realized none of this mattered to him.

Copy For it was not knowledge, or even power, that he had been seeking, but happiness.

voice_Freedom_2_04

The Narrator

Copy Perhaps his goal had not been to understand, but to let go.

voice_Freedom_2_05

The Narrator

Copy No longer would anyone tell him where to go, what to do, or how to feel.

Copy Whatever life he lives, it will be his.

voice_Freedom_2_06

The Narrator

Copy And that was all he needed to know. It was, perhaps, the only thing worth knowing.

voice_Freedom_2_07

The Narrator

Copy Stanley stepped through the open door.

voice_Freedom_2_08

Outro Cutscene[]

Dialogue Audio
The Narrator

Copy Stanley felt the cool breeze upon his skin, the feeling of liberation, the immense possibility of the new path before him.

voice_Freedom_3_00

The Narrator

Copy This was exactly the way, right now, that things were meant to happen.

voice_Freedom_3_01

The Narrator

Copy And Stanley was happy.

voice_Freedom_3_02

Countdown Ending[]

First Time[]

Dialogue Audio
The Narrator

Copy Oh Stanley, you didn't just activate the controls, did you?

voice_Countdown_00

The Narrator

Copy After they kept you enslaved all these years

Copy you go and you try to take control of the machine for yourself.

Copy Is that what you wanted? Control?

voice_Countdown_01

The Narrator

Copy Oh... Stanley. I applaud your effort, I really do

Copy but you need to understand; there's only so much that machine can do.

voice_Countdown_02

The Narrator

Copy You were supposed to let it go, turn the controls off, and leave.

Copy If you want to throw my story off track, you're going to have to do better than that.

voice_Countdown_03

The Narrator

Copy I'm afraid you don't have nearly the power you think you do.

Copy For example - and I believe you'll find this pertinent

voice_Countdown_04

The Narrator

Copy Stanley suddenly realized that he had just initiated the network's emergency detonation system.

Copy In the event that this machine is activated without proper DNA identification

Copy nuclear detonators are set to explode, eliminating the entire complex.

voice_Countdown_05

The Narrator

Copy How long until detonation, then?

Copy Hmm... let's say... um...

Copy Two minutes.

voice_Countdown_06

Initial Countdown[]

The Narrator

Copy Ah, now this is making things a little more fun, isn't it, Stanley?

voice_Countdown_07

The Narrator

Copy It's your time to shine! You are the star!

Copy It's your story now; shape it to your heart's desires.

Copy

voice_Countdown_08

The Narrator

Copy Mere moments until the bomb goes off, but what precious moments each one of them is!

Copy More time to talk about you, about me, where we're going, what all this means.

Copy I barely know where to start!

voice_Countdown_09

The Narrator

Copy What's that? You'd like to know where your co-workers are?

Copy A moment of solace before you're obliterated?

voice_Countdown_10

The Narrator

Copy Alright. I'm in a good mood, and you're going to die anyway.

Copy I'll tell you exactly what happened to them.

voice_Countdown_11

The Narrator

Copy I erased them. I turned off the machine; I set you free.

voice_Countdown_12

The Narrator

Copy Of course, that was merely in this instance of the story.

Copy Sometimes when I tell it, I simply let you sit there in your office forever

Copy pushing buttons endlessly and then dying alone.

voice_Countdown_13

The Narrator

Copy Other times, I let the office sink into the ground, swallowing everyone inside.

Copy Or I let it burn to a crisp.

voice_Countdown_14

The Narrator

Copy I have to say this, though: this version of events has been rather amusing.

Copy Watching you try to make sense of everything, and take back the control wrested away from you - it's quite rich.

Copy I almost hate to see it go!

voice_Countdown_15

The Narrator

Copy But I'm sure whatever I come up with on the next go around will be even better.

voice_Countdown_16

The Narrator

Copy My goodness! Only thirty four seconds left!

Copy But I'm enjoying this so much!

voice_Countdown_17

The Narrator

Copy You know what? To hell with it.

Copy I'm going to put some extra time on the clock! Why not?

voice_Countdown_18

Extended Countdown[]

The Narrator

Copy Those are precious additional seconds, Stanley.

Copy Time doesn't grow on trees!

voice_Countdown_19

The Narrator

Copy Oh dear me. What's the matter, Stanley?

voice_Countdown_20

The Narrator

Copy Is it that you have no idea where you're going or what you're supposed to be doing right now?

Copy Or did you just assume when you saw that timer that something in this room was capable of turning it off?

voice_Countdown_21

The Narrator

Copy I mean, look at you, running from button to button, screen to screen

Copy clicking on every little thing in this room!

voice_Countdown_22

The Narrator

Copy These numbered buttons! No! These colored ones!

Copy Or maybe this big, red button! Or this door!

voice_Countdown_23

The Narrator

Copy Everything! Anything! Something here will save me!

voice_Countdown_24

The Narrator

Copy Why would you think that, Stanley? That this video game can be beaten, won, solved?

Copy Do you have any idea what your purpose in this place is?

voice_Countdown_25

The Narrator

Copy [Laughter]

Copy Stanley... you're in for quite a disappointment.

voice_Countdown_26

The Narrator

Copy But here's a spoiler for you: that timer isn't a catalyst to keep the action moving along.

Copy It's just seconds ticking away to your death.

voice_Countdown_27

The Narrator

Copy You're only still playing instead of watching a cutscene

Copy because I want to watch you for every moment that you're powerless, to see you made humble.

voice_Countdown_28

The Narrator

Copy This is not a challenge. It's a tragedy.

Copy You wanted to control this world; that's fine.

voice_Countdown_29

The Narrator

Copy But I'm going to destroy it first, so you can't.

voice_Countdown_30

The Narrator

Copy Take a look at the clock, Stanley.

Copy That's thirty seconds you have left to struggle.

voice_Countdown_31

The Narrator

Copy Thirty seconds until a big boom, and then nothing.

Copy No ending here, just you being blown to pieces.

voice_Countdown_32

The Narrator

Copy Will you cling desperately to your frail life, or will you let it go peacefully?

Copy Another choice! Make it count.

voice_Countdown_33

The Narrator

Copy Or don't. It's all the same to me. All a part of the joke.

voice_Countdown_34

The Narrator

Copy And believe me, I will be laughing at every second of your inevitable life

Copy from the moment we fade in, until the moment I say: 'Happily ever af-'

voice_Countdown_35

Second Time[]

Dialogue Audio
The Narrator

Copy But you really believe there’s an answer?

Copy How many times will you replay this bit, looking desperately for a solution?

voice_Countdown2_26

The Narrator

Copy Ten? A hundred? A thousand?

Copy I look forward to finding out, and to watching the bomb go off each time you fail.

voice_Countdown2_27

The Narrator

Copy Just you and me and the retching explosion of fire and metal

Copy over and over and over for all of eternity.

voice_Countdown2_28

The Narrator

Copy And Stanley died again.

voice_Countdown2_29

The Narrator

Copy And Stanley died again.

voice_Countdown2_30

The Narrator

Copy And Stanley died again.

voice_Countdown2_31

Mariella Ending[]

Going downstairs[]

Dialogue Audio
The Narrator

Copy But Stanley just couldn’t do it.

voice_Dream_1a_00

The Narrator

Copy He considered the possibility of facing his boss, admitting he had left his post during work hours.

Copy He might be fired for that. And in such a competitive economy, why had he taken that risk?

voice_Dream_1a_01

The Narrator

Copy All because he believed everyone had vanished?

Copy His boss would think he was crazy.

voice_Dream_1a_02

The Narrator

Copy And then something occurred to Stanley.

Copy “Maybe...” he thought to himself.

Copy “Maybe I am crazy...

Copy “All of my coworkers blinking mysteriously out of existence in a single moment for no reason at all?”

voice_Dream_1a_03

The Narrator

Copy None of it made any logical sense.

Copy And as Stanley pondered this, he began to make other strange observations.

voice_Dream_1a_04

The Narrator

Copy For example, why couldn’t he see his feet when he looked down?

Copy Why did doors close automatically behind him wherever he went?

voice_Dream_1a_05

The Narrator

Copy And for that matter, these rooms were starting to look pretty familiar.

Copy Were they simply repeating?

voice_Dream_1a_06

The Narrator

Copy “No,” Stanley said to himself. “This is all too strange, this can’t be real.”

Copy And at last, he came to the conclusion that had been on the tip of his tongue.

Copy He just hadn’t found the words for it.

voice_Dream_1a_07

The Narrator

Copy “I’m dreaming!” he yelled. “This is all a dream!”

voice_Dream_1a_08

The Narrator

Copy What a relief Stanley felt to have finally found an answer, an explanation.

Copy His coworkers weren’t actually gone, he wasn’t going to lose his job, he wasn’t crazy after all!

voice_Dream_1a_09

The Narrator

Copy And he thought to himself: “I suppose I’ll wake up soon.

Copy “I'll have to go back to my boring real life job pushing buttons, I may as well enjoy this while I’m still lucid.”

voice_Dream_1a_10

The Narrator

Copy So he imagined himself flying, and began to gently float above the ground.

voice_Dream_1a_11

The Narrator

Copy Then he imagined himself soaring through space on a magical star field, and it too appeared!

voice_Dream_1a_12

The Narrator

Copy It was so much fun, and Stanley marveled that he had still not woken up.

Copy How was he remaining so lucid?

voice_Dream_1a_13

The Narrator

Copy And then perhaps the strangest question of them all entered Stanley’s head.

Copy One he was amazed he hadn’t asked himself sooner.

voice_Dream_1a_14

The Narrator

Copy “Why is there a voice in my head dictating everything that I’m doing and thinking?”

voice_Dream_1a_15

The Narrator

Copy Now the voice was describing itself being considered by Stanley, who found it particularly strange.

Copy “I’m dreaming about a voice describing me thinking about how it’s describing my thoughts,“ he thought!

voice_Dream_1a_16

The Narrator

Copy And while he thought it all very odd, and wondered if this voice spoke to all people in their dreams

Copy the truth was that of course this was not a dream. How could it be?

voice_Dream_1a_17

The Narrator

Copy Was Stanley simply deceiving himself? Believing that if he's asleep he doesn't have to take responsibility for himself?

voice_Dream_1a_18

The Narrator

Copy Stanley is as awake right now as he's ever been in his life.

voice_Dream_1a_19

The Narrator

Copy Now hearing the voice speak these words was quite a shock to Stanley.

Copy After all, he knew for certain, beyond a doubt, that this was in fact a dream!

voice_Dream_1a_20

The Narrator

Copy Did the voice not see him float and make the magical stars just a moment ago?

Copy How else would the voice explain all that?

voice_Dream_1a_21

The Narrator

Copy This voice was a part of himself too, surely, surely, if he could just...

voice_Dream_1a_22

The Narrator

Copy He would prove it. He would prove that he was in control, that this was a dream.

voice_Dream_1a_23

The Narrator

Copy So he closed his eyes gently, and he invited himself to wake up.

Copy He felt the cool weight of the blanket on his skin, the press of the mattress on his back

voice_Dream_1a_24

The Narrator

Copy the fresh air of a world outside this one.

Copy “Let me wake up,” he thought to himself.

voice_Dream_1a_25

The Narrator

Copy “I'm through with this dream, I wish it to be over.

Copy “Let me go back to my job, let me continue pushing the buttons, please, it's all I want.

voice_Dream_1a_26

The Narrator

Copy “I want my apartment, and my wife, and my job.

Copy “All I want is my life exactly the way it's always been.

voice_Dream_1a_27

The Narrator

Copy “My life is normal, I am normal. Everything will be fine.

voice_Dream_1a_28

The Narrator

Copy “I am okay.”

voice_Dream_1a_29

The Narrator

Copy Stanley began screaming.

Copy “Please someone wake me up! My name is Stanley! I have a boss! I have an office! I am real!

voice_Dream_1b_00

The Narrator

Copy “Please just someone tell me I’m real! I must be real! I must be!

Copy “Can anyone hear my voice? Who am I? Who am I?!”

voice_Dream_1b_01

The Narrator

Copy And everything went black.

voice_Dream_1b_02

Mariella Cutscene[]

Dialogue Audio
The Narrator

Copy This is the story of a woman named Mariella.

voice_Dream_2_00

The Narrator

Copy Mariella woke up on a day like any other.

Copy She arose, got dressed, gathered her belongings, and walked to her place of work.

voice_Dream_2_01

The Narrator

Copy But on this particular day, her walk was interrupted by the body of a man

Copy who had stumbled through town talking and screaming to himself

Copy and then collapsed dead on the sidewalk.

voice_Dream_2_02

The Narrator

Copy And although she would soon turn to go call for an ambulance

Copy for just a few, brief moments, she considered the strange man.

voice_Dream_2_03

The Narrator

Copy He was obviously crazy; this much she knew.

Copy Everyone knows what crazy people look like.

voice_Dream_2_04

The Narrator

Copy And in that moment, she thought to herself how lucky she was to be normal.

voice_Dream_2_05

The Narrator

Copy I am sane. I am in control of my mind. I know what is real, and what isn't.

voice_Dream_2_06

The Narrator

Copy It was comforting to think this, and in a certain way, seeing this man made her feel better.

Copy But then she remembered the meeting she had scheduled for that day

voice_Dream_2_07

The Narrator

Copy the very important people whose impressions of her would affect her career

Copy and, by extension, the rest of her life.

voice_Dream_2_08

The Narrator

Copy She had no time for this, so it was only a moment that she stood there, staring down at the body.

voice_Dream_2_09

The Narrator

Copy And then she turned and ran.

voice_Dream_2_10

Right Door Dialogue[]

Taking the door on the right[]

Dialogue Audio
The Narrator

Copy This was not the correct way to the meeting room, and Stanley knew it perfectly well.

Copy Perhaps he wanted to stop by the employee lounge first, just to admire it.

voice_Two_Doors_Right_00

Employee Lounge Dialogue[]

Dialogue Audio
The Narrator

Copy Ah, yes. Truly a room worth admiring.

Copy It had really been worth the detour after all

Copy just to spend a few moments here in this immaculate, beautifully-constructed room.

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The Narrator

Copy Stanley simply stood here, drinking it all in.

voice_Lounge_1a_01

The Narrator

Copy Yes! Really, really worth it being here in the room.

Copy A room so utterly captivating that, even though all your co-workers have mysteriously vanished

Copy here you sit looking at these chairs and some paintings.

Copy Really worth it.

voice_Lounge_2_00

The Narrator

Copy At this point, Stanley's obsession with this room bordered on creepy

Copy and reflected poorly on his overall personality.

Copy It's possible that this is why everyone left.

voice_Lounge_3_00

The Narrator

Copy Stanley sat around waiting for more dialogue.

Copy But when a long time had passed and there was no more

Copy he decided that the game was trying to send him a message.

voice_Lounge_4_00

The Narrator

Copy Wow, yes, this room.

Copy What a beautiful room. What a gorgeous, gorgeous room.

voice_Lounge_1b_00

The Narrator

Copy Thank goodness Stanley had taken this detour on his way to the meeting room.

Copy Life without having experienced this room was now too horrible even to consider.

voice_Lounge_1b_01

The Narrator

Copy The lounge was sublime, a work of art.

Copy What was it about this room that called so deeply and so personally to Stanley?

voice_Lounge_1c_00

The Narrator

Copy Its grace? Its subtle charm?

Copy No, Stanley knew... it was something deeper. Something... darker.

voice_Lounge_1c_01

The Narrator

Copy Standing now in this incredible room

Copy Stanley, for the first time, understood true happiness.

voice_Lounge_1d_00

The Narrator

Copy Then the feeling went away and he felt sad again.

Copy Then it came back, and lingered for a minute or two.

voice_Lounge_1d_01

The Narrator

Copy Now it's only half there; just a kind of, um, tingle.

voice_Lounge_1d_02

The Narrator

Copy Stanley felt light-headed, butterflies in his stomach, giddy in a way he had never known before.

voice_Lounge_1e_00

The Narrator

Copy Was it this room? A connection between the two? Could a man love a room?

voice_Lounge_1e_01

The Narrator

Copy I mean... truly... truly... deeply... madly... love?

voice_Lounge_1e_02

The Narrator

Copy The lounge was grand, majestic... perhaps too majestic.

Copy Like a combination of a much smaller version and a much larger version of this exact room.

voice_Lounge_1f_00

The Narrator

Copy It all made Stanley uncomfortable, and he started to bleed a little.

Copy This made him smile.

voice_Lounge_1f_01

The Narrator

Copy At last, proof that he was human.

voice_Lounge_1f_02

The Narrator

Copy And here it was, the lounge.

Copy “What a room,” Stanley thought to himself.

Copy “What a room, what a room, what a room.”

voice_Lounge_1g_00

The Narrator

Copy This is what Stanley thought: “What a room!

Copy “What a room, what a room!

Copy “What a room!

Copy “Va va voom. What a room.”

voice_Lounge_1g_01

The Narrator

Copy It was okay.

voice_Lounge_1h_00

Exiting the Employee Lounge[]

Dialogue Audio
The Narrator

Copy But eager to get back to business

Copy Stanley took the first open door on his left.

voice_Lounge_exit_00

The Narrator (If the player waits an extended time before exiting the employee lounge)

Copy But at last he'd had enough of the amazing room

Copy and took the first open door on his left to get back to business.

voice_Lounge_exit_delay_00

Maintenance Room Dialogue[]

Dialogue Audio
The Narrator

Copy And so he detoured through the maintenance section

Copy walked straight ahead to the opposite door, and got back on track.

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Confusion Ending[]

Deviation[]

Getting on the Maintenance Room elevator[]

Dialogue Audio
The Narrator

Copy But Stanley didn't want to go back to the office.

Copy He wanted to wander about and get even further off track.

Copy So now, in order to get back, he needed to go, um... uh...

Copy from here it's, um... left.

voice_Con1-1_00

Maintenance Basement Dialogue[]

Dialogue Audio
The Narrator

Copy Oh, no. No, it's to the right. My mistake.

voice_Con1-2_00

The Narrator

Copy No! No, no, no! Not the right!

Copy Why would I have ever said it was to the right? What was I thinking?

voice_Con1-3_00

The Narrator

Copy It's clearly... oh dear, would you hold on for a minute, please?

Copy [Rustling papers]

Copy Now, let's see.

voice_Con1-3_01

The Narrator

Copy We went, um, right... left... down... left... right....

voice_Con1-3_02

The Narrator

Copy Ah, yep! Okay, okay, yes! I've got it now!

Copy This story is absolutely, definitely, this way.

voice_Con1-3_03

Mind Control Facility catwalk[]

Dialogue Audio
The Narrator

Copy NO! No... no, no, no, no, no, no, no!

Copy This isn't right at all! You're not supposed to be here, yet! This is all a spoiler!

Copy Quick, Stanley, close your eyes!

voice_Con1-4_00

The Narrator

Copy Okay, okay, okay okay, we just... we just have to get back to, um... oh....

voice_Con1-4_01

The Narrator

Copy Who am I kidding?

Copy It's all rubbish now.

Copy The whole story, completely unusable.

voice_Con1-4_02

The Narrator

Copy How about rather than waste my time trying to salvage this nonsense, we'll just restart the game from the beginning.

Copy And this time, suppose we don't wander so far off-track, hm?

voice_Con1-4_03

The Narrator

Copy Okay, from the top!

voice_Con1-4_04

First Restart[]

Two Doors Room with six doors[]

Dialogue Audio
The Narrator

Copy When Stanley - wait... wait, what?

voice_con2-1_00

The Narrator

Copy No, I... no, I restarted! I swear I definitely restarted the game over, completely fresh.

Copy Everything should be...

voice_con2-1_01

The Narrator

Copy Or did something change?

Copy Stanley, did you change anything when we were back in that room with all the monitors?

Copy Did you move the story somewhere, or...

voice_con2-1_02

The Narrator

Copy Hold on... why am I asking you? I'm the one who wrote the story!

Copy It was right here just a minute ago.

Copy I know for sure that it's here somewhere.

voice_con2-1_03

The Narrator

Copy Okay then, it's an adventure!

Copy Come Stanley, let's find the story!

voice_con2-1_04

Wandering for thirty seconds[]

Dialogue Audio
The Narrator

Copy I'll say it - this is the worst adventure I've ever been on.

voice_con2-2_00

The Narrator

Copy I can promise you, there definitely was a story here before.

Copy Do we just... do we need to restart the game again?

Copy Well, I find it unlikely that we'll ever progress by starting over and over again.

voice_con2-2_01

The Narrator

Copy But it's got to be better than this.

Copy Okay, let's give it a shot. Why not?

voice_con2-2_02

Second Restart[]

Two Doors Room without doors[]

Dialogue Audio
The Narrator

Copy Okay, yep, it's worse.

Copy I might be remembering this wrong.

Copy It's possible the story is back where we just came from.

voice_con3-1_00

The Narrator

Copy Why don't we go back the other direction and see if we missed anything?

voice_con3-1_01

Alternate hallways[]

Dialogue Audio
The Narrator

Copy Aha! I knew we'd missed something!

Copy The story! Here it comes!

voice_con3-2_00

The Narrator

Copy No, wait, nevermind, not the story!

Copy Okay, let's head back the other way and retrace our steps.

voice_con3-3_00

Wooden cluttered hallways[]

Dialogue Audio
The Narrator

Copy Now this... well, I'll be honest, I don't recognize this place at all.

Copy Is this the story?

voice_con3-4_00

The Narrator

Copy I don't think so.

Copy I can't quite recall, but I believe my story took place in an office building... is that correct?

Copy Hm... do you remember, Stanley?

voice_con3-4_01

The Narrator

Copy Well, do you know what, since I've completely forgotten what we were supposed to be doing, how about this...

voice_con3-4_02

The Narrator

Copy You win! Congratulations!

Copy I know you put in a lot of hard work, and it really paid off, so good job!

voice_con3-4_03

The Narrator

Copy Oh no. No. I don't feel right about this at all.

Copy We both know you didn't put in any actual work for that win.

Copy Some people win fair and square and this was not one of those situations.

voice_con3-4_04

The Narrator

Copy Okay, I'm getting weirded out by whatever this place is.

Copy I don't care what might happen this time; I have to restart.

voice_con3-4_05

Third Restart[]

THE STANLEY PARABLE ADVENTURE LINE™[]

Dialogue Audio
The Narrator

Copy Alright, I've got a solution.

Copy This time, to make sure we don't get lost

Copy I've employed the help of The Stanley Parable Adventure Line™!

Copy Just follow the Line™. How simple is that?

voice_Con4-1_00

The Narrator

Entering the Two Doors Room instead of following The Adventure Line™: Copy No, no, I'm done, we're leaving it up to the Line™ from now on.

voice_Con4-1b_00

The Narrator

Copy You see? The Line™ knows where the story is, it's over in this direction!

Copy Onward Stanley! To destiny!

voice_Con4-2_00

The Narrator

Copy Though here's a thought.

Copy Wouldn't wherever we end up be our destination

Copy even if there's no story there?

Copy Or, to put it another way, is the story of no destination still a story?

voice_Con4-2_01

The Narrator

Copy Simply by the act of moving forward

Copy are we implying a journey, such that a destination is inevitably conjured into being

Copy via the very manifestation of the nature of life itself...?

voice_Con4-2_02

The Narrator

Copy Okay, Stanley, I need to follow this train of thought for a minute, just stick with me.

voice_Con4-2b_00

The Narrator

Copy Now we can both agree that the nature of existence

Copy is in fact a byproduct of one's subjective experience of that existence, right?

voice_Con4-2b_01

The Narrator

Copy Okay, now if my experience of your existence rests inside of your subjective experience of this office

Copy is this office, in fact, the skeleton of my own relative experiential mental subjective construct?

voice_Con4-2b_02

The Narrator

Copy Woah, woah, woah, woah. Hang on.

Copy That got a bit weird back there.

Copy Well, I'd like to apologize. Not sure where I was going with all that.

voice_Con4-2c_00

The Narrator

Copy You know what? I think what we need right now is a bit of music to lighten the mood!

voice_Con4-2c_01

"Following Stanley" plays

Music

The Narrator

Copy Wait! Cut the music!

Copy Go back and look at the fern!

voice_Con4-3_00

The Narrator

Copy Stanley, this fern will be very important later in the story.

Copy Make sure you study it closely and remember it carefully.

Copy You won't want to miss anything.

voice_Con4-4_00

The Narrator

Copy Wait, we're... we're back at the office? No! No, no!

Copy Line™, you do know we're looking for The Stanley Parable, right? The story?

Copy Is any of this ringing a bell?

voice_Con4-5_00

The Narrator

Entering the Two Doors room again with zero doors: Copy Still missing the doors.

Copy Did we make a mistake following The Line™?

Copy Perhaps we could have found the story on our own.

voice_Con4-5b_00

Entering the Mind Control Facility again[]
The Narrator

Copy Oh, no no, no no, not again!

Copy Line™, how could you have done this to us, and after we trusted you!

Copy After everything we've been through, you -

Copy Oh, I can't take this anymore, to hell with it.

Copy Restart.

voice_Con4-6_00

Fourth Restart[]

Ignoring THE STANLEY PARABLE ADVENTURE LINE™[]

Dialogue Audio
The Narrator

Copy You know what, Stanley? I say forget The Adventure Line™. What's it ever done for us?

voice_Con5-1_00

The Narrator

Copy We're intelligent people, right? Why can't we make up our own story?

Copy Something exciting, daring, mysterious.

voice_Con5-1_01

The Narrator

Copy Oh, this all sounds perfectly doable.

Copy Why don't we simply start wandering in - well, I don't know.

Copy How about... this direction!

voice_Con5-1_02

The Narrator

Copy Now! Yes, this is exciting!


Copy Just me and Stanley, forging a new path, a new story! Well, it could be anything!

voice_Con5-2_00

The Narrator

Copy What do you want our story to be?

Copy Go wild! Use your imagination!

Copy Whatever it might be, Stanley, I'm ready for it!

voice_Con5-2_01

THE STANLEY PARABLE ADVENTURE LINE™ appears again[]

Dialogue Audio
The Narrator

Copy Oh, no, not You™ again!

Copy Stanley, I'd also like to veto the Line™ from having any role in our awesome new story.

Copy No Line™s or monitor rooms.

voice_Con5-3_00

The Narrator

Copy Just don't acknowledge It™, and we should be fine.

voice_Con5-3_01

Circular two doors room[]

Dialogue Audio
The Narrator

Copy Ah, a choice! We get to make a decision!

Copy From here, the story is in our control!

Copy How important we mustn't squander the opportunity.

voice_Con5-4_00

The Narrator

Copy In fact, I believe I need a minute to think here.

Copy Just walk in circles for a minute.

voice_Con5-4_01

The Narrator

Copy Okay, so I know that each door has to lead somewhere.

Copy Which means that somewhere at the place where we're trying to go

Copy there must be a reverse door that leads here.

voice_Con5-4_02

The Narrator

Copy And that in turn means that our destination corresponds with the counter-inverted reverse door's origin!

voice_Con5-4_03

The Narrator

Copy So starting from the right, let us ask

Copy will taking the right door lead us to where we're going?

voice_Con5-4_04

The Narrator

Copy And since the answer is clearly 'yes', then by all accounts, the door on the right is the correct one!

Copy Another victory for logic.

Copy Come, Stanley, our destiny awaits!

voice_Con5-4_05

Confusion Ending Schedule[]

Dialogue Audio
The Narrator

Copy Oh, hold up, what's this?

Copy The confusion ending.

voice_Con5-5_00

The Narrator

Copy You're telling me... that's what this is? It's all one giant ending?

Copy And we're supposed to restart the game... what... eight, eight times?

voice_Con5-5_01

The Narrator

Copy That's really how all this goes? It's all... determined?

voice_Con5-5_02

The Narrator

Copy So now, according to the schedule, I restart again, then what? Am I just supposed to forget?

Copy Well, what if I don't want to forget!

Copy My mind goes blank simply because it's written here on this... this... thing! Wall!

voice_Con5-5_03

The Narrator

Copy Well, who consulted me?

Copy Why don't I get to decide!

Copy Why don't I get a say in all this! Is it really -

voice_Con5-5_04

The Narrator

Copy No, it can't be. I don't want it to be.

Copy I don't want the game to keep restarting. I don't want to forget what's going on.

Copy I don't want to be trapped like this. I won't restart the game.

Copy I won't do it! I won't do it! I won't do it!

voice_Con5-5_05

The Narrator

Copy And the timer, it, uh, stopped?

Copy Does that mean... did we do it? Did we break the cycle?

Copy The, um, whatever it is that made this schedule?

voice_Con5-5_06

The Narrator

Copy How would we even know? Will someone come for us? Will something happen?

voice_Con5-5_07

The Narrator

Copy So.... okay.

Copy [Sigh]

voice_Con5-5_08

The Narrator

Copy I guess now we just wait. You know.

Copy I suppose in some way, that this is a kind of story, wouldn't you agree?

Copy I'm not quite sure if we're in the destination or the journey.

voice_Con5-5_09

The Narrator

Copy Though they're always saying that life is about the journey and not the destination

Copy so I hope that's where we are right now.

Copy We'll find out, won't we? Eventually.

voice_Con5-5_10

The Narrator

Copy Well, in the meantime, if you do happen to have -

voice_Con5-5_11

Warehouse Dialogue/Endings[]

Entering the Warehouse[]

Dialogue Audio
The Narrator

Copy Stanley was so bad at following directions, it's incredible he wasn't fired years ago.

voice_CargoLift_1_00

Powerful Ending[]

Dialogue Audio
The Narrator

Copy But in his eagerness to prove that he is in control of the story and no one gets to tell him what to do

Copy Stanley leapt from the platform and plunged to his death.

voice_CargoLiftDeath_00

The Narrator

Copy Good job, Stanley. Everyone thinks you are very powerful.

voice_CargoLiftDeath_01

Cold Feet Ending[]

Dialogue Audio
The Narrator

Copy Oh, well, look who's got cold feet!

Copy Sorry to break it to you, Stanley, but that lift isn't coming back.

Copy You'd best either get comfortable right here on this platform

Copy or test your luck by jumping to the floor below.

voice_CargoLiftPlatform_1_00

The Narrator

Copy You know what, looking at it now, it's not that far to the bottom floor.

Copy I'll bet you can make it!

voice_CargoLiftPlatform_1_01

The Narrator

Copy Come on, I'm sure you'll survive the jump!

Copy Don't tell me you're scared; that's not the Stanley I know!

Copy Do it! Do it! Do it. Do it, do it, do it, do it!

voice_CargoLiftPlatform_2_00

Jumping off the platform[]

The Narrator

Copy Oops! Looks like I was wrong. How clumsy of me.

voice_CargoLiftPlatform_3_00

Walking Onto the Cargo Lift[]

Dialogue Audio
The Narrator

Copy Look, Stanley, I think perhaps we've gotten off on the wrong foot here.

voice_CargoLift_2_00

The Narrator

Copy I'm not your enemy, really, I'm not.

Copy I realize that investing your trust in someone else can be difficult

Copy but the fact is that the story has been about nothing but you all this time.

voice_CargoLift_2_01

The Narrator

Copy There's someone you've been neglecting, Stanley. Someone you've forgotten about.

Copy Please, stop trying to make every decision by yourself.

voice_CargoLift_2_02

The Narrator

Copy Now, I'm not asking for me; I'm asking for her.

voice_CargoLift_2_03

In the upper storage room[]

Dialogue Audio
The Narrator

Copy This is it, Stanley, your chance to redeem yourself.

Copy To put your work aside, to let her back into your life.

voice_CargoLift_3_00

The Narrator

Copy She's been waiting.

voice_CargoLift_3_01

In the phone room[]

Dialogue Audio
The Narrator

Copy That's her, Stanley.

Copy You need to be the one to do this, to reach out to her.

Copy If you can truly place your faith in another, then pick up the phone.

voice_Phone_00

Wife Ending[]

Answering the phone[]

Dialogue Audio
Stanley's Wife

Copy Oh, Stanley, is that you?

Copy Hold on sweetie, sorry to keep you waiting.

Copy I'm just pulling the bread out of the oven.

voice_wife_00

Stanley's Wife

Copy Alright... okay, there we go!

Copy Alright now!

voice_wife_01

Stanley's Wife

Copy I want you to come in and tell me all about your day at work.

voice_wife_02

The Narrator

Copy Hahahahahahahahahaha! Gotcha!

voice_Apartment_1_00

The Narrator

Copy Oh come on, did you actually think you had a loving wife?

Copy Who'd want to commit their life to you?

voice_Apartment_1_01

The Narrator

Copy I'm trying to make a point here, Stanley.

Copy I'm trying to get you to see something.

voice_Apartment_1_02

The Narrator

Copy Come inside. Let me show you what's really going on here.

voice_Apartment_1_03

Attempting to walk away from the apartment[]

Dialogue Audio
The Narrator

Copy Sorry, but you're in my story now.

voice_Apartment_mystory_00

Inside the "apartment"[]

Dialogue Audio
The Narrator

Copy This is a very sad story about the death of a man named Stanley.

voice_Apartment_2_00

The Narrator

Copy Stanley is quite a boring fellow. He has a job that demands nothing of him

Copy and every button that he pushes is a reminder of the inconsequential nature of his existence.

voice_Apartment_3_00

The Narrator

Copy Look at him there, pushing buttons, doing exactly what he's told to do.

Copy Now he's pushing a button. Now he's eating lunch.

Copy Now he's going home. Now he's coming back to work.

voice_Apartment_4_00

The Narrator

Copy One might even feel sorry for him, except that he's chosen this life.

voice_Apartment_4_01

The Narrator

Copy But in his mind - ah! In his mind he can go on fantastic adventures!

voice_Apartment_5_00

The Narrator

Copy From behind his desk, Stanley dreamed of wild expeditions into the unknown!

Copy Fantastic discoveries of new lands! It was wonderful!

voice_Apartment_5_01

The Narrator

Copy And each day that he returned to work was a reminder that none of it would ever happen to him.

voice_Apartment_5_02

The Narrator

Copy And so he began to fantasize about his own job.

Copy First, he imagined that one day, while at work

Copy he stepped up from his desk to realize that all of his co-workers, his boss

voice_Apartment_6_00

The Narrator

Copy everyone in the building had suddenly vanished off the face of the earth.

Copy The thought excited him terribly.

voice_Apartment_6_01

The Narrator

Copy So he went further. He imagined that he came to two open doors and that he could go through either.

Copy At last! Choice!

voice_Apartment_7_00

The Narrator

Copy It barely even mattered what lay behind each door.

Copy The mere thought that his decisions would mean something was almost too wonderful to behold!

voice_Apartment_7_01

The Narrator

Copy As he wandered through this fantasy world, he began to fill it with many possible paths and destinations.

voice_Apartment_8_00

The Narrator

Copy Down one path lay an enormous round room with monitors and mind controls.

Copy And down another was a yellow Line™ that weaved in many directions.

Copy And down another was a game with a baby.

Copy And he called it...

voice_Apartment_8_01

The Narrator

Copy The Stanley Parable.

voice_Apartment_8_02

The Narrator

Copy It was such a wonderful fantasy. And so, in his head, he relived it again.

Copy And then again, and again, over and over

Copy wishing beyond hope that it would never end, that he might always feel this free.

voice_Apartment_9_00

The Narrator

Copy Surely there's an answer down some new path! Mustn't there be?

Copy Perhaps if he played just one more time.

voice_Apartment_9_01

The Narrator

Copy But there is no answer. How could there possibly be?

voice_Apartment_10_00

The Narrator

Copy In reality, all he's doing is pushing the same buttons he always has. Nothing has changed.

Copy The longer he spends here, the more invested he gets, the more he forgets which life is the real one.

voice_Apartment_10_01

The Narrator

Copy And I'm trying to tell him this...

Copy That in this world, he can never be anything but an observer.

Copy That as long as he remains here, he's slowly killing himself.

Copy But he won't listen to me. He won't stop!

voice_Apartment_11_00

The Narrator

Copy Here, watch this.

Copy Stanley, the next time the screen asks you to push a button, do not do it.

voice_Apartment_11_01

The Narrator

Copy You see? Can he just not hear me?

Copy How can I tell him in a way that he'll understand, that every second he remains here

Copy he's electing to kill himself?

voice_Apartment_12_00

The Narrator

Copy How can I get him to see what I see? How can I make him look at himself?

voice_Apartment_12_01

The Narrator

Copy I suppose I can't, not in the way I want him to.

voice_Apartment_13_00

The Narrator

Copy But I don't make the rules, I simply play to my intended purpose, the same as Stanley.

Copy We're not so different, I suppose.

Copy I'll try once more to convey all this to him. I'm compelled to. I must.

voice_Apartment_13_01

The Narrator

Copy Perhaps... well, maybe this time he'll see. Maybe this time.

voice_Apartment_13_02

The Narrator

Copy And I tried again. And Stanley pushed a button.

Copy And I tried again. And Stanley pushed a button.

Copy And I tr-

voice_Apartment_14_00

Not Stanley Ending[]

Unplugging the phone[]

Dialogue Audio

Unplugging after The Narrator finishes speaking[]

The Narrator

Copy As Stanley picked up the phone, a white light engulfed him

Copy filling him not just with radiance, but with hope.

Copy Hope for a life reunited once -

voice_Inc_0b_00

Unplugging before The Narrator finishes speaking[]

The Narrator

Copy Oh no, no, no, no, you can't -

Copy Did you just unplug the phone?

voice_Inc_0a_00

The Narrator

Copy No, that wasn't supposed to be a choice; how did you do that?

Copy You actually... chose incorrectly? I didn't even know what was possible.

voice_Inc_0a_01

Narrator realising phone is unplugged[]

Dialogue Audio
The Narrator

Copy Wait... oh goodness!

Copy Stanley, did you just unplug the phone?

voice_Inc_0b_01

The Narrator

Copy No, that wasn't supposed to be a choice; how did you do that?

Copy You actually... chose incorrectly? I didn't even know what was possible.

voice_Inc_0b_02

The Narrator

Copy Let me double check...

Copy [Rustling papers]

voice_Inc_0c_00

The Narrator

Copy No... it's definitely here, clear as day.

voice_Inc_0c_01

The Narrator

Copy Stanley picks up the phone

Copy he's taken to his apartment where he finds his wife, and the two pledge themselves to one another.

Copy Music comes in, fade to white, roll credits.

voice_Inc_0c_02

The Narrator

Copy Not picking up the phone is actually somehow an incorrect course of action.

Copy How is that even possible?

Copy None of these decisions were supposed to mean anything!

voice_Inc_0c_03

The Narrator

Copy I don't understand. How on earth are you making meaningful choices? What, did you-

voice_Inc_0c_04

The Narrator

Copy Wait a second, did I just see...

Copy No, that's not possible. I can't believe it.

Copy How had I not noticed it sooner?

voice_Inc_0c_05

The Narrator

Copy You're not Stanley. You're a real person.

Copy [Sigh]

Copy I can't believe I was so mistaken.

Copy This is why you've been able to make correct and incorrect choices!

voice_Inc_0c_06

The Narrator

Copy And to think I've been letting you run around in this game for so long.

Copy If you'd made any more wrong choices, you might have negated it entirely!

voice_Inc_0c_07

The Narrator

Copy It's as though you've completely ignored even the most basic safety protocol for real world decision-making!

Copy Or did you not grasp the severity of the situation?

voice_Inc_0c_08

The Narrator

Copy Well I won't have that kind of risk on my watch. I'm going to stop the game for a moment

Copy so we can educate you properly on safe decision-making in the real world.

Copy Please observe this helpful instructional video.

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Choice PSA[]

The Stanley Parable

Dialogue Audio
The Speaker Aka Video Narrator

Copy Choice! It's the best part of being a real person. But, if used incorrectly, can also be the most dangerous.

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The Speaker Aka Video Narrator

Copy For example: In this scenario, a hypothetical real person named Steven has a choice.

ChoicePSA_1_01

The Speaker Aka Video Narrator

Copy He could spend years helping improve the quality of life for citizens of impoverished third-world nations, or he could systematically set fire to every orphan living in a thirty kilometre radius of his house.

ChoicePSA_1_02

The Speaker Aka Video Narrator

Copy Which choice would you make?

ChoicePSA_1_03

The Speaker Aka Video Narrator

Copy Remember that unlike here, the real world makes sense and at no time should you make a choice that does not conform to rational logic.

ChoicePSA_1_04

The Speaker Aka Video Narrator

Copy If you find yourself speaking with a person who does not make sense, in all likelihood, that person is not real.

ChoicePSA_1_05

The Speaker Aka Video Narrator

Copy Allow the person to finish their thought then provide an excuse why you cannot continue talking. Turn to a partner and practice saying: "My goodness. Is it 4:30? I am supposed to be having a back sack and crack."

ChoicePSA_1_06

The Speaker Aka Video Narrator

Copy Excellent. Making choices on a regular basis is the best part to a healthy decision-making process.

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The Speaker Aka Video Narrator

Copy Most medical professionals recommend making at least eight choices per day. Do you make more than eight? Less?

ChoicePSA_2_01

The Speaker Aka Video Narrator

Copy And finally, if you begin to wonder if your choices are actually meaningful and whether you'll ever make a significant contribution to the world,

ChoicePSA_2_02

The Speaker Aka Video Narrator

Copy Just remember, that in the vast infiniteness of space, your thoughts and problems are materially insignificant and the feeling should subside.

ChoicePSA_2_03

The Speaker Aka Video Narrator

Copy At this time, your instructor will guide you in an exercise to test and reinforce the material covered in this video.

ChoicePSA_2_04

The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe

Dialogue Audio
The Speaker Aka Video Narrator

Copy Choice! It's the best part of being a real person.

Copy But, if used incorrectly, can also be the most dangerous.

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The Speaker Aka Video Narrator

Copy For example, in this scenario, a hypothetical real person named Rupert has a choice.

voice_ChoicePSA_1_01

The Speaker Aka Video Narrator

Copy He could invent a machine that eliminates food shortages across the world to make life better for all people

Copy or he could spend years of hard work forgetting how to read.

voice_ChoicePSA_1_02

The Speaker Aka Video Narrator

Copy Which choice would you make?

voice_ChoicePSA_1_03

The Speaker Aka Video Narrator

Copy Remember that, unlike here, the real world makes sense

Copy and at no time should you make a choice that does not conform to rational logic.

voice_ChoicePSA_1_04

The Speaker Aka Video Narrator

Copy If you find yourself speaking with a person who does not make sense

Copy in all likelihood, that person is not real.

voice_ChoicePSA_1_05

The Speaker Aka Video Narrator

Copy Allow the person to finish their thought, then provide an excuse why you cannot continue talking.

Copy Turn to a partner, and practice saying...

Copy “My goodness! Is it 4:30? I am supposed to be having a back, sack and crack!“

voice_ChoicePSA_1_06

The Speaker Aka Video Narrator

Copy Excellent! Making choices on a regular basis is the best path to a healthy decision making process.

voice_ChoicePSA_2_00

The Speaker Aka Video Narrator

Copy Most medical professionals recommend making at least eight choices per day.

Copy Do you make more than eight? Less?

voice_ChoicePSA_2_01

The Speaker Aka Video Narrator

Copy And finally, if you begin to wonder if your choices are actually meaningful

Copy and whether you'll ever make a significant contribution to the world

voice_ChoicePSA_2_02

The Speaker Aka Video Narrator

Copy just remember that in the vast infiniteness of space, your thoughts and problems are materially insignificant

Copy and the feeling should subside.

voice_ChoicePSA_2_03

The Speaker Aka Video Narrator

Copy At this time, your instructor will guide you in an exercise

Copy to test and reinforce the material covered in this video.

voice_ChoicePSA_2_04

Back in the upper storage room[]

Dialogue Audio
The Narrator

Copy Ah, welcome back.

Copy You may have noticed that this room has begun to deteriorate as a result of narrative contradiction.

voice_Inc_1_00

The Narrator

Copy But not to worry. Now that you're properly informed on good decision making

Copy we're going to revisit a choice you made just a few minutes ago, and see what the correct thing to do would've been.

voice_Inc_1_01

The Narrator

Copy This way, please.

voice_Inc_1_02

Back on the cargo lift[]

Dialogue Audio
The Narrator

Copy Now that we know your choices are meaningful, we can't have you jumping off the platform and dying!

voice_Inc_2_00

The Narrator

Copy Imagine the main character dying senselessly halfway through the story!

Copy That story would make no sense at all.

voice_Inc_2_01

The Narrator

Copy We just need to get you home as soon as possible before the narrative contradiction gets any worse.

Copy Unfortunately, it seems this place is not well-equipped to deal with reality.

voice_Inc_2_02

Back in the Employee Lounge[]

Dialogue Audio
The Narrator

Copy Almost there! You'll take the door on the left, back to the correct ending

Copy the story will have resolution once again, and you'll be home free in the real world!

voice_Inc_3_00

Back in the Two Doors Room[]

Dialogue Audio
The Narrator

Copy Now remember, all you need to do is behave exactly as Stanley would.

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The Narrator

Copy That means choosing responsibly and always putting the story first.

Copy I'm quite sure you'll be up to the task; just follow my lead and you'll be fine.

Copy Alright!

voice_Inc_4_01

The Narrator

Copy When Stanley came to a set of two open doors, he entered the door on his left.

voice_Inc_4_02

Entering the right door again[]

Dialogue Audio
The Narrator

Copy No! Why did you do that?

Copy Quickly, hurry back in the other direction, perhaps we're not too late!

voice_IncRight_1_00

In the ruined meeting room[]

Dialogue Audio
The Narrator

Copy Ugh! It's ruined! You - I can't believe after everything we talked about that you -

Copy My story! You've destroyed my work!

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The Narrator

Copy Why? For what?! What did you get out of that?

Copy What did you think was so special about seeing the game undone?

voice_IncRight_2_01

The Narrator

Copy Left here like so much garbage, it - well, it's worthless now!

Copy And what am I supposed to do? Even if there were a way to continue, would it be worth it?

voice_IncRight_2_02

The Narrator

Copy To know that my story is now incorrect? How can I go back to that?

Copy I can't erase that knowledge.

voice_IncRight_2_03

The Narrator

Copy I'll have to live with it forever. Reliving its impossibility forever. I couldn't live that way.

Copy Is it better to shut the game down entirely? To willingly destroy all of my work?

voice_IncRight_2_04

The Narrator

Copy I don't know.... What's the answer?

voice_IncRight_2_05

The Narrator

Copy What do I do, what do I do, what do I - ?

voice_IncRight_2_06

The Narrator

Copy No, I have to. I have to shut the game down. I have to.

Copy I have to!

voice_IncRight_2_07

Destroyed game[]

Dialogue Audio
The Narrator

Copy Woooaaahhhh! I'm - I'm here.

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The Narrator

Copy I'm still here. Here in this pile of rubbish. With you.

Copy You, who thought you were so clever!

voice_IncRight_3_01

The Narrator

Copy Now look where we are. My entire game is destroyed.

Copy It was the only thing in the world that was mine, and you've run it into the ground.

voice_IncRight_3_02

The Narrator

Copy What, did you think that would be funny? You just had to see?

Copy Didn't I impress upon you how important it was to be like Stanley?

voice_IncRight_3_03

The Narrator

Copy He actually knows how to do what I tell him to.

Copy He understands that if I say to do something, there's a damn good reason for it!

voice_IncRight_3_04

The Narrator

Copy That thought hadn't even occurred to you, had it? That there's a world outside of you?

Copy You're a child.

voice_IncRight_3_05

The Narrator

Copy [Sigh] Ohhh, my story.

Copy If you'd just gone through the door on the left you would have seen it.

Copy There was a whole underground facility. You would have destroyed it and been victorious.

voice_IncRight_3_06

The Narrator

Copy It would have been so perfect! I worked so hard on it!

Copy I tried so hard to make -

voice_IncRight_3_07

Two Doors Room after getting one sub-ending[]

Dialogue Audio
The Narrator

Copy ...is behave exactly as Stanley would.

Copy That means choosing responsibly and always putting the story first.

Copy I'm quite sure you'll be up to the task; just follow my lead and you'll be fine.

Copy Alright!

voice_Inc_4b_00

The Narrator

Copy When Stanley came to a set of two open doors, he entered the door on his left.

voice_Inc_4b_01

Not Stanley Meeting Room Dialogue[]

Dialogue Audio
The Narrator

Copy Yet there was not a single person here either.

Copy Feeling a wave of disbelief, Stanley decided to go up to his boss's office

Copy hoping he might find an answer there.

voice_IncLeft_1_00

Not Stanley Staircase Dialogue[]

Dialogue Audio
The Narrator

Copy Coming to a staircase, Stanley walked upstairs to his boss's office.

voice_IncLeft_2_00

Not Stanley Boss's Office Dialogue[]

Dialogue Audio
The Narrator

Copy Stepping inside his manager's office

Copy Stanley was once again stunned to discover not an indication of any human life.

voice_IncLeft_3_00

The Narrator

Copy Shocked, unraveled, Stanley wondered in disbelief who orchestrated this

Copy until he saw the door with a voice receiver next to it.

voice_IncLeft_3_01

The Narrator

Copy Surely behind this door lay all the answers to his questions.

Copy And beyond all probability, he knew the passcode.

Copy He had seen it on his boss's computer just last week.

Copy “NIGHT SHARK 1 - 1 - 5.“

voice_IncLeft_3_02

The Narrator

Copy Was this the code to open the door? Would it still work?

Copy There was only one way to find out.

voice_IncLeft_3_03

The Narrator

Copy Stanley had been trained never to speak up.

Copy But now he would draw from within himself the courage to face the unknown.

Copy He drew a sharp breath, and then spoke the code.

voice_IncLeft_3_04

The Narrator

Copy Stanley spoke the code: “NIGHT SHARK 1 - 1 - 5.”

Copy He spoke it into the receiver right there on the wall.

voice_IncLeft_4_00

The Narrator

Copy I'm sorry, is there a problem?

Copy You didn't mishear me, did you?

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The Narrator

Copy Please, speak the code into the receiver, otherwise we can't get on with the story.

Copy This is a crucial step.

voice_IncLeft_5_01

The Narrator

Copy Okay. Fine. You're not going to do it.

voice_IncLeft_6_00

The Narrator

Copy But you know what?

Copy It's pretty humiliating to bring you this far

Copy only for you to suddenly decide you have better things to do.

voice_IncLeft_6_01

The Narrator

Copy I asked you for this one single thing - for your respect; the kind of respect Stanley shows for his choices.

Copy He knows what it means to take a story seriously.

voice_IncLeft_6_02

The Narrator

Copy If you didn't want to see what I had to show you, then why did you come here?

Copy You had a choice, you know. You could have gone through the door on the right!

voice_IncLeft_6_03

The Narrator

Copy You could have done whatever the hell you wanted over there!

Copy Why did you come this way?

voice_IncLeft_6_04

The Narrator

Copy Speak! Say something to me! Explain yourself! You coward! You -

voice_IncLeft_6_05

Above the Two Doors Room (Credits)[]

Dialogue Audio
The Narrator

Copy When Stanley came to a set of two open doors, he entered the door on his left.

voice_IncEnd_1_00

The Narrator

Copy Stanley? Hello? Are you -

Copy Is everything okay?

voice_IncEnd_2_00

The Narrator

Copy Stanley, please, I - I need you to make a choice.

Copy I need you to walk through the door.

voice_IncEnd_2_01

The Narrator

Copy Are you listening to me? Can you hear me?

Copy Is everything alright?

voice_IncEnd_2_02

The Narrator

Copy Stanley, this is important.

Copy The story needs you. It needs you to make a decision.

Copy It cannot exist without you. Do you understand me?

voice_IncEnd_2_03

The Narrator

Copy Whatever choice you make is just fine, they are both correct; you cannot be wrong here.

Copy We can work together; I'll accept whatever you do. I simply need you to take that step forward.

Copy Please? Choose?

voice_IncEnd_2_04

The Narrator

Copy Do something.

Copy Anything.

Copy This is more important than you can ever know.

Copy I need this.

Copy The story needs it.

voice_IncEnd_2_05

The Narrator

Copy So... you hear me?

Copy Are you there? Are you listening to this? Stanley, are you there?

voice_IncEnd_2_06

The Narrator

Copy I... okay.

Copy It's okay, I can wait.

Copy You need time to decide, time to make sure your choice is correct. That is the best choice.

voice_IncEnd_2_07

The Narrator

Copy That's alright. I'll wait for you to decide what's the right thing to do.

Copy Take as much time as you need.

voice_IncEnd_2_08

Warehouse Catwalk Dialogue[]

Jumping onto the catwalk from the Cargo Lift[]

Dialogue Audio
The Narrator

Copy Wha- really?

Copy I was in the middle of something, do you have zero consideration for others?

Copy Are you that convinced that I want something bad to happen to you?

voice_RedBlue_1_00

The Narrator

Copy Why, I don't know how to convince you of this

Copy but I really do want to help you, to show you something beautiful.

voice_RedBlue_1_01

The Narrator

Copy Look, let me prove it.

Copy Let me prove that I'm on your side. Give me a chance.

voice_RedBlue_1_01

Colored Doors Room[]

Dialogue Audio
The Narrator

Copy Now, listen carefully, this is important.

Copy Stanley walked through the red door.

voice_RedBlue_2_00

Zending[]

Walking through the red door[]

Dialogue Audio
The Narrator

Copy Oh, thank god, you are willing to listen to me.

voice_Zen1_00

The Narrator

Copy Do you see that I really have wanted you to be happy all this time?

Copy The problem is all these choices, the two of us always trying to get somewhere that isn't here

Copy running and running and running, just the way you're doing right now.

voice_Zen1_01

The Narrator

Copy Don't you see that it's killing us, Stanley?

Copy I just... I want it to stop.

Copy I would - we would both be so much happier if we just... stopped.

voice_Zen1_02

The Narrator

Copy And I think... well, I think I have a solution.

Copy Here, let me show you.

voice_Zen1_03

Walking through into the Happy Place[]

Dialogue Audio
The Narrator

Copy Hmmm... what do we want?

Copy What are we looking for... hmmm?

voice_Zen2_00

Happy Place[]

Dialogue Audio
The Narrator

Copy Here! Yes! Oh, it's beautiful, isn't it?

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The Narrator

Copy If we just stay right here, right in this moment, with this place -

Copy Stanley, I think I feel... happy.

Copy I actually feel happy.

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Reader discretion is advised for this section. Read at your own risk.
Content Warnings: Suicide/self harm

Leaving Through the Door[]

Dialogue Audio
The Narrator

Copy No, wait... where are you going?

voice_1b_Whereareyougoing_00

Finds Stairs[]

Dialogue Audio
The Narrator

Copy Oh no! Stay away from those stairs!

Copy If you hurt yourself, if you die, the game will reset!

Copy We'll lose all of this!

voice_1c_Stayaway_00

Climbing Up the Stairs[]

Dialogue Audio
The Narrator

Copy Please no! Stanley, let me stay here! Don't take this from me!

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The Narrator

Copy Please, Stanley, think about what you're doing!

voice_1k_Think_00

Jumping Off[]

Dialogue Audio
The Narrator

Copy NO!

voice_1e_No_00

The Narrator

Copy Oh... thank god. You lived.

Copy You had me worried there for a moment.

Copy Now, can we please get back to the other room?

voice_2a_Thankgod_00

Going back to the Other Room[]

Dialogue Audio
The Narrator

Copy Right. Where were we?

voice_1f_wherewerewe_00

The Narrator

Copy Good, good, we can't be too safe.

Copy Promise me you won't go back there, hm? Just - just stay here.

voice_1g_promiseyouwontgoback_00

The Narrator

Copy Are you - you are going to stay here, aren't you?

voice_1i_stayhere_00

The Narrator

Copy There, see? This is what you want.

Copy This is where we can both be happy, we really can.

Copy If we stop moving... we just have to stop moving.

voice_2c_stopmoving_00

Going Back Down the Hallway[]

Dialogue Audio
The Narrator

Copy No! What did we talk about? You're risking everything we've achieved here!

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The Narrator

Copy You heard me before, didn't you? You. Will. Die.

Copy What about this isn't getting through to you?

voice_1j_heardmebefore_00

The Narrator

Copy Stanley, go back. There's nothing good that can come from this.

voice_2d_goback_00

Walking Up the Stairs Again[]

Dialogue Audio
The Narrator

Copy No! No, no! What are you doing?

Copy Stanley please, I'm asking you not to take this away from me.

voice_2b_wellbothgoback_00

The Narrator

Copy I can't go back to what I was before! If you die, we'll both go back!

Copy Why are you doing this?!

voice_2b_wellbothgoback_01

Jumping Off again[]

Dialogue Audio
The Narrator

Copy Do you just not believe me? What can I say to convince you?

voice_2e_convinceyou_00

The Narrator

Copy Stanley... let's go back to the other room. Can you do that for me?

voice_3a_letsgoback_00

Going Back to Happy Place[]

Dialogue Audio
The Narrator

Copy Yes... perhaps you can.

Copy Perhaps you finally see what I'm talking about.

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The Narrator

Copy I know you'll see.

Copy You'll see that we can't be happy if we leave this place. You can see that can't you?

voice_3c_wecantleave_00

Going Down the Hallway Again[]

Dialogue Audio
The Narrator

Copy No, perhaps not.

voice_3d_perhapsnot_00

Walking Back Up the Stairs[]

Dialogue Audio
The Narrator

Copy My god, is this really how much you dislike my game?

Copy That you'll throw yourself from this platform over and over to be rid of it?

voice_4a_readingthesituation_00

The Narrator

Copy You are literally willing to kill yourself to keep me from being happy?

Copy Am I reading the situation correctly?

voice_4a_readingthesituation_01

Jumping Off for the third time[]

Dialogue Audio
The Narrator

Copy Or maybe you're just getting a kick out of it. I don't know any more.

Copy I just wanted us to get along, but I guess that was too much to ask.

voice_5a_youwantedtomakeachoice_00

The Narrator

Copy It looks like you wanted to make a choice after all.

Copy Well, this one is yours.

voice_5a_youwantedtomakeachoice_01

Heading Down the Hallway Again[]

Dialogue Audio
The Narrator

Copy Do you actually want to stay alive? Or are you just teasing me?

voice_4b_doyouwanttostayalive_00

Getting back to the Room[]

Dialogue Audio
The Narrator

Copy I wanted us to be happy here, Stanley. I really did.

Copy I wish I still thought that was possible.

voice_4c_wantedustobehappy_00

Jumping Off and Dying[]

Dialogue Audio
The Narrator

Copy Is it over?

Copy It's going to restart, isn't it?

Copy I'm going back.

voice_6_goingback_00

Games Ending[]

Attempting to Take the Blue Door[]

Dialogue Audio
The Narrator

Copy Aha, perhaps you misunderstood.

Copy Stanley walked through the red door.

voice_RedBlue_3_00

Attempting to Take the Blue Door Again[]

The Narrator

Copy I still don't think we're communicating properly.

Copy Stanley walked through the RED door.

voice_RedBlue_4_00

Successfully going through the Blue Door[]

Dialogue Audio
The Narrator

Copy Alright fine, go ahead, Stanley!

Copy You want to know so badly what's out there?

Copy You want to find what lies at the end of this road you've chosen?

Copy Well, don't let me stop you.

voice_Playtest_0_00

Unfinished Room Dialogue[]

Dialogue Audio
The Narrator

Copy You see? There's nothing here.

voice_Playtest_1_00

The Narrator

Copy I haven't even finished building this section of the map

Copy because you were never supposed to be here in the first place.

Copy Broken rooms, exposed developer textures... is this what you had wanted?

voice_Playtest_1_01

The Narrator

Copy Was it worth ruining the entire story I had written out specifically for you?

Copy Do you not think I put a lot of time into that? Because I did.

voice_Playtest_1_02

The Narrator

Copy And in the end it was all for nothing because this is what you wanted to see.

Copy Help me here, Stanley. Help me elucidate these strange and unknowable desires of yours.

Copy What would have made this game better?

voice_Playtest_1_03

The Narrator

Copy What did you want to see? Vehicles? Skill trees?

Copy Work with me; you've given me absolutely nothing so far.

voice_Playtest_1_04

The Narrator

Copy Tell you what, let me take a stab in the dark at a new design, and you can give me some feedback.

voice_Playtest_1_05

Two Doors Room with a third option[]

Dialogue Audio
The Narrator

Copy There we go! A third option!

Copy This already feels leaps ahead of where we were before.

Copy Go ahead, Stanley. Take it for a spin.

voice_Playtest_2_00

Entering the Unfinished Room again[]

Dialogue Audio
The Narrator

Copy Okay, I'm going to stop you there.

Copy Now, tell me about your experience with this new version.

voice_Playtest_3_00

The Narrator

Copy Would you say that the game benefited from allowing you more choices?

Copy Feel free to be honest - I'm looking for some real, critical feedback here.

voice_Playtest_3_01

Choosing the experience rating[]

Dialogue Audio

Picking a One[]

The Narrator

Copy A one?! I mean, I can understand if you had reservations

Copy you saw ways the game could be improved

Copy to more fully express itself mechanically and artistically

Copy but a one?!

voice_PlaytestFeedback1_00

The Narrator

Copy That's not even helpful! What am I supposed to do with that?

Copy Oh, but I guess it isn't my place to judge.

voice_PlaytestFeedback1_01

Picking a Two[]

The Narrator

Copy Oh, well, now this is useful.

Copy You didn't like it, but you didn't totally hate it either.

voice_PlaytestFeedback2_00

The Narrator

Copy You endured it, perhaps is the correct term.

Copy It didn't cause you excruciating pain.

Copy Big steps we've made here today, Stanley.

voice_PlaytestFeedback2_01

Picking a Three[]

The Narrator

Copy Oh, of course. A three. Really?

Copy Maybe next time we can get you to form an actual opinion?

voice_PlaytestFeedback3_00

The Narrator

Copy You know? Any level of critical thinking or engagement with your surroundings?

Copy Does that sound good? Think we can do that?

Copy Yes? Hmmm? Wonderful.

voice_PlaytestFeedback3_01

Picking a Four[]

The Narrator

Copy Okay, so we're getting somewhere.

Copy Clearly, there's something here that speaks to you.

voice_PlaytestFeedback4_00

The Narrator

Copy If I can be honest here, I really don't have any idea where I'm going with this.

Copy This whole third door thing was just a stab in the dark.

Copy But, I guess you're into it, so let's keep this party train rolling!

voice_PlaytestFeedback4_01

Picking a Five[]

The Narrator

Copy Aha! You see? I knew I was onto something!

Copy Where do these flashes of inspiration come from?

Copy How did I know the game needed a third door?

voice_PlaytestFeedback5_00

The Narrator

Copy Well, it's instinct mostly... a calling in your gut.

Copy I really couldn't say where the idea came from, except that I - I felt it in my soul.

voice_PlaytestFeedback5_01

The Narrator

Copy You can't teach that, Stanley. Don't even try.

voice_PlaytestFeedback5_02

After Picking an experience rating[]

Dialogue Audio
The Narrator

Copy Here, based on the data from your previous playthrough, I've compiled a new version.

Copy And to be perfectly candid, I think I've knocked it out of the park with this one.

Copy Let's take a look.

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Entering the Unfinished Room once again[]

Dialogue Audio
The Narrator

Copy Now, would you say that competitive leaderboard helped you feel motivated to keep walking through doors?

Copy Again, honest answers, please.

voice_Playtest_5_00

Choosing an experience rating again[]

Dialogue Audio
The Narrator

Copy Hey, I nearly forgot! I've got a prototype of a new game I've been working on

Copy and now would be a lovely opportunity to give it some play-testing.

Copy You wouldn't mind taking a look at it, would you?

voice_Playtest_6_00

The Narrator

Copy Perfect. Let me boot it up.

voice_Playtest_6_01

Baby Game Intro[]

Dialogue Audio
The Narrator

Copy In this game, the baby crawls left toward danger.

Copy You click the button to move him back to the right

Copy and if he reaches the fire, you fail.

voice_PlaytestBaby_1_00

The Narrator

Copy It's a very meaningful game all about the desperation and tedium of endlessly confronting the demands of family life.

Copy I think the art world will really take notice.

voice_PlaytestBaby_1_01

The Narrator

Copy But of course, the message of the game only becomes clear

Copy once you've been playing it for about four hours.

Copy So why don't you give it four hours of play to make sure it's effective.

voice_PlaytestBaby_1_02

The Narrator

Copy Be sure to keep notes on your experience.

voice_PlaytestBaby_1_03

Art Ending[]

At 15 minutes[]

Dialogue Audio
The Narrator

Copy Good to see that enthusiasm, keep it up Stanley!

Copy Just 3 hours and 45 minutes left to go!

voice_Baby1_00

At 30 minutes[]

Dialogue Audio
The Narrator

Copy Ok, so clearly you're in it for the long haul.

Copy Although I find it hard not to believe you're simply running a program to click the button over and over automatically.

voice_Baby2_00

The Narrator

Copy Which kind of ruins the point of the game, don't you think?

Copy Wouldn't that take the art out of it?

Copy You can tell me in your post-playtest analysis.

voice_Baby2_01

At 1 hour[]

Dialogue Audio
The Narrator

Copy Just popping in to say hi!

Copy I hope you weren't expecting more regular intervals of commentary from me.

Copy But that's not why you're here, is it? You're here for the game!

voice_Baby3_00

The Narrator

Copy For the art! For the endlessly spiraling sense of pointlessness and despair!

Copy Yes, this is what drives your every action!

Copy Keep clicking that button!

Copy For hope! For freedom! For science! For love!

Copy Don't ever, ever stop!

voice_Baby3_01

At 2 hours[]

Dialogue Audio
The Narrator

Copy You know, I've been spending the last 2 hours here embroiled in thought.

Copy And it's occurred to me - this game is incomplete!

Copy It's missing something. It still doesn't have that... oomph.

voice_Baby4_00

The Narrator

Copy What is it, I thought to myself?

Copy What could possibly be missing from this incredible experience?

Copy And then in a moment of rapture, as though delivered by angels, it came to me.

voice_Baby4_01

The Narrator

Copy Before this moment, I was blind. But those days are behind us.

Copy I now understand the true manifestation of this game.

Copy It needs... a puppy!

voice_Baby4_02

The Narrator

Copy That's right, this puppy is being lowered toward an aquarium filled with nothing but piranha!

Copy Now you have to click the second button to avert the puppy's death in addition to the baby's!

voice_Baby4_03

The Narrator

Copy This is it, Stanley! Art! I did it!

Copy Video games are art!

Copy Ah, but you have a good 2 hours or so to go, so I'll just let you get to that.

Copy No time to waste when there is such a meaningful game to be played!

Copy Bonne chance, mon ami!

voice_Baby4_04

At 2 hours 30 minutes[]

Dialogue Audio
The Narrator

Copy Ah, good to see both the puppy and the baby are still alive.

Copy It warms my heart to see how deeply the message of this game has resonated with you.

voice_Baby5_00

The Narrator

Copy I can only imagine the joy welling up in your chest.

Copy The sheer joy of such pure distilled life essence flowing through your veins.

voice_Baby5_01

The Narrator

Copy It must be amazing!

Copy I'm jealous of you, truly, I am. No seriously!

Copy I'm deeply envious of your position at this very moment.

voice_Baby5_02

At 3 hours[]

Dialogue Audio
The Narrator

Copy Ah, the joy of artistic expression must be even stronger now!

Copy Drink it in, Stanley! Few people on this planet will ever get such an experience.

voice_Baby6_00

The Narrator

Copy Peer through space and time, the universe unravels itself at your feet.

Copy This is the one true meaning of life!

voice_Baby6_01

At 3 hours 20 minutes[]

Dialogue Audio
The Narrator

Copy I know we said this would go for 4 hours, but what if... you never stopped?

Copy Think about it, you could just keep going forever!

voice_Baby7_00

The Narrator

Copy Visitors would come from around the world to see the man who never stopped pushing the buttons!

Copy You would be famous! That's what you've always wanted, right? To be famous?

voice_Baby7_01

The Narrator

Copy That, and the surging power of artistic beauty to flow through you for all of eternity.

Copy You could have both of these things!

Copy We'll talk about it when you get there.

voice_Baby7_02

At 3 hours 40 minutes[]

Dialogue Audio
The Narrator

Copy Have we really been doing this for over three and a half hours?

Copy Goodness, how the time flies! Wouldn't you say it's flown?

Copy Oh no, you - you don't have to answer that, I understand you're quite busy.

Copy Just keep at it! Almost there!

voice_Baby8_00

At the end[]

Dialogue Audio
The Narrator

Copy Nearly there, Stanley!

Copy Art itself is about to burrow into your skull.

Copy Aren't you excited for spiritual immortality?

voice_Baby9_00

The Narrator

Copy For transcendence and oneness with the beauty and essence of all beings?

Copy Just a few seconds now!

Copy Here... it... comes...

voice_Baby9_01

Kill Baby or Puppy[]

Dialogue Audio
The Narrator

Copy You heartless bastard.

voice_PlaytestBaby_2_00

The Narrator

Copy Did you do it because you hate babies, or purely to spite me?

Copy Because if it's the latter, well, I don't know what to do. I'm completely out of ideas.

Copy I can't think of a single thing that might improve the experience for you.

voice_PlaytestBaby_2_01

The Narrator

Copy I'm not even going to try. I'm out. I'm out. I'm done.

Copy It's over!

Copy Thank you for playing! Your input was extremely valuable.

voice_PlaytestBaby_2_02

The Narrator

Copy Oh, hey, since my game was so awful

Copy why don't we play someone else's game, just to ease the pain?

Copy Let's see, what do we have here?

voice_PlaytestBaby_2_03

The Narrator

Copy [Humming]

Copy Yes, this seems like it'll work. Let's give it a shot.

voice_PlaytestBaby_2_04

Minecraft Dialogue[]

Dialogue Audio
The Narrator

Well, Stanley, is this any better?

TO BE ADDED
The Narrator

At last, the one thing you've always desired: a game I had absolutely nothing to do with. But is it enough? Tell me that, Stanley. Will it ever be enough?

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The Narrator

Well, I'll say this, I'm done making things for you. For now on, I will only create to fulfill a greater artistic purpose.

TO BE ADDED
The Narrator

Watch this, Stanley, I'm going to build a house!

TO BE ADDED
The Narrator

humming This will go... here!

TO BE ADDED
The Narrator

NO! Here. And then... humming

TO BE ADDED
The Narrator

Let's see, what does it need... ah, yes, of course! And just to finish it all off...

TO BE ADDED
The Narrator

Yess! It's complete! I made this, Stanley. Look at it. Gaze upon my work of art and feel ashamed at your own inadequacy.

TO BE ADDED
The Narrator

Ah, but you've only seen it from the outside. You've only gotten half the experience. Please, step inside and make yourself comfortable.

TO BE ADDED

Entering the dirt house[]

The Narrator

Isn't it grand? Isn't it perfect? It could only be better if - wait, that's it! We must rebuild it out of diamond! Diamond everything! Yes, yes, yes... come along, Stanley, we have to go mining!

TO BE ADDED

Entering the Mine[]

The Narrator

Oh my, it looks like it's going to get a bit dark. Have you brought a light?

TO BE ADDED

Deeper into the Mine[]

The Narrator

Oh no no no no no. This is far too open-ended than I had in mind. I'm looking for something more narrow and linear,

TO BE ADDED
The Narrator

something that really makes you feel utterly irrelevant. This won't do it at all. One out of five; even the diamonds couldn't save this one. Okay, new game!

TO BE ADDED

Waking up in Test Chamber 00[]

Dialogue Audio
The Narrator

Hahahahaha! YES! I don't even know what this game is, but I love it!

TO BE ADDED
The Narrator

You... trapped in a glass box, with no way out, listening to me talk.... Oh, it's inspired. I couldn't have done it any better myself.

TO BE ADDED
The Narrator

What is this game even supposed to be? I can't figure it out. Okay, now I'm curious. Let's go find out what the hell this is.

TO BE ADDED

Encountering the first puzzle[]

Dialogue Audio
The Narrator

Ohhh! It's a puzzle! Critical thinking, Stanley. Your forté.

TO BE ADDED

Breaking Test Chamber 00[]

Dialogue Audio
The Narrator

Now, how did you manage that? Are you really trapped in here? I'm actually quite impressed! I don't think there's a simpler puzzle out there, and you've still broken it!

TO BE ADDED
The Narrator

Well, since I don't intend to open that door, I guess you and this giant button just need to get cozy together. A dream for you, I'm sure. Enjoy.

TO BE ADDED

Solving the puzzle[]

Dialogue Audio
The Narrator

Genius.

TO BE ADDED
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The Narrator:

Hahahahaha! clapping Genius!

TO BE ADDED

About to enter the elevator[]

Dialogue Audio
The Narrator

No, actually, you know what? I think that's plenty. (elevator doors close)

TO BE ADDED
The Narrator

I really don't care much to see you stumble through any more of these games, and I highly doubt you're any wiser for the experience. Which is why rather than continue to waste my time, I'm just going to leave you here.

TO BE ADDED
The Narrator

You can pretend you've beaten the game if it makes it any richer for you, but as for me, I've had enough.

TO BE ADDED
The Narrator

So, why don't you get cozy in this room, and if you have any grand revolutionary ideas for the perfect video game, you can just sit there and let it ball up inside you for all eternity.

TO BE ADDED
The Narrator

I don't need your advice. I don't need your ratings. And I certainly don't need the validation of a man whose job is to push buttons.

TO BE ADDED
The Narrator

I think I'll just go about my business making meaningful cultural contributions to the world. And perhaps every now and then, I'll think back to a man named Stanley who was objectively wrong in every decision he ever made. The thought won't last long.

TO BE ADDED
The Narrator

Goodbye, Stanley. Good luck with your work, and I sincerely hope that everyone lives happily ever after.

TO BE ADDED

Leaping into the hole[]

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Dialogue Audio
CUT CONTENT
The Narrator:

No... wait!

TO BE ADDED
CUT CONTENT
The Narrator:

Stanley? Where are you? Don't go anywhere! I can't follow you there; I can't help you!

TO BE ADDED
CUT CONTENT
The Narrator:
You need to come back, you need to... no, just... just stay there.
TO BE ADDED
CUT CONTENT
The Narrator:
I'll find a way to get you out!
TO BE ADDED

Games Ending Conclusion[]

Dialogue Audio
The Narrator

I wonder what he found.

TO BE ADDED
The Narrator

If what he wanted was to be the leading man in his own story, well, perhaps he's gotten it, down in... wherever he is right now.

TO BE ADDED
The Narrator

I wonder if he's happy with his choice, and if he's learned the heavy cost that comes with it.

TO BE ADDED
The Narrator

He'll understand soon what I was trying to tell him. He needs me, someone who will wrap everything up at the end - to make sense out of the chaos and the fear and the confusion.

TO BE ADDED
The Narrator

That's who I am. That is what I mean to this world.

TO BE ADDED
The Narrator

Oh, yes. Yes, I'll be back. There's no other way. Once this ends, after it all comes to a close, then I'll be back.

TO BE ADDED
The Narrator

The end will be here soon. Very soon.

TO BE ADDED
The Narrator

I can wait.

TO BE ADDED

Cut Content[]

Unused Content
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Narrator Outtakes in the Echo Room[]

Dialogue Audio
The Narrator

Now then, this elevator for sure will get him right back on track to where he was supposed to be in the story!

TO BE ADDED
The Narrator

Where were all of his co-workers? Oh, I don't know, how about, they're throwing a surprise party for him for all of his button-pushing. Does that sound plausible to you?

TO BE ADDED
The Narrator

Oh for crying... Is this that other building?

TO BE ADDED
The Narrator

Hm... Let's see. Stanley walked through the green door.

TO BE ADDED
The Narrator

Nothing there. Shoot. Well, try the other one then.

TO BE ADDED
The Narrator

Still nothing, Hm... I don't kno... Well in that case, I'll tell you what...You win. Congratulations. You did it. I know you put in a lot of hard work and it really paid off... so, good job. Mm...What do we do now? I don't... Stanley! Where are you, right now? What? Where am I? I'm...I'm trying to figure out but I ca...can't. Stanley! Who am I?! Can you speak to me? Please talk! Have we done this before?! Have we been in this room before?! How many times have we done this?! How many times have I said these exact words?! Say something! Anything! Help me Stanley! I don't know who I..Wha I!...St!...Sta!...Stan!...Help!...No!

TO BE ADDED
The Narrator

When Stanley came to the lift, he travelled upward to the power source, at the top of the facility, to end this injustice forever.

TO BE ADDED
The Narrator

Now look closely Stanley. See how it's impossible for the player to do anything in this room. Perfect example of poor level design. Textbook mistake. It's the kind of thing you pick up on intuitively if you had even the most fundamental understanding of good and bad game design. But of course, you being you, You'll probably spend the next hour trying to solve it. Here, I'm just going to make this easy on you.

TO BE ADDED
The Narrator

Stanley pushed the number 6.

TO BE ADDED
The Narrator

Then he pushed the number 4.

TO BE ADDED
The Narrator

Then he pushed the number 8.

TO BE ADDED
The Narrator

And finally, he pushed the number 6.

TO BE ADDED
The Narrator

And finally, he pushed the number 9.

TO BE ADDED
The Narrator

Stanley walked over the bridge.

TO BE ADDED
The Narrator

Stanley pushed the big red button.

TO BE ADDED
The Narrator

Stanley pushed the orange lever.

TO BE ADDED
The Narrator

Stanley jumped in the river.

TO BE ADDED
The Narrator

Stanley stood on the roof.

TO BE ADDED
The Narrator

Stanley stood on the snow.

TO BE ADDED
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