Zhao Lei began to explore different routes, tried different endings, and even deliberately chose the opposite route to the narration.

……

If Stanley didn't choose to go to the boss and kept going downstairs, he would be stuck in an endless loop, and Stanley would start dreaming and eventually go crazy.

……

At a desk by the window, Stanley crouched down and rubbed out of the window, then fell out of the window into a pure white space.

But it's not a bug, because the narrator will remind you that it's part of the game, and there is some self-deprecation along the way.

……

If you exit before the door closes when entering your boss's office, the narrator will be "shut" in your boss's office. Players will no longer hear the voice-over.

At this point, when the player returns to the original room 427, they will find that the door next to it has opened, and a path will appear leading the player to the survival pod.

On his way to the escape pod, Stanley would keep going upstairs, and he would find that there was a Room 427 on each floor, and each floor was of the same structure. Eventually, he will enter the escape pod and escape the place.

……

If you choose the right-hand door and use the elevator to get to the maintenance area, the narrator will be completely confused and can't even find the way Stanley should go.

Stanley went down a path that was completely contrary to the narrator, so much so that the entire script was spoiled, and the narrator was forced to restart the entire game.

But there was even more chaos in the game after the reboot, and after each reboot, the game would fall into new problems.

For example, the door is missing.

For example, Stanley entered a scene with a completely different style of painting.

The narrator even had to draw a long yellow arrow on the ground, but that still didn't save the game's storyline, which was completely out of order.

Eventually, Stanley will come to a room with the words "Mayhem Ending" written on it, and the whole process of the Mayhem ending will be written on the screen.

Even the narrator is shocked and refuses to follow the on-screen process to continue restarting the game, but an unknown presence forcibly restarts the game.

……

The more he played, the more Zhao Lei found that there were too many things in this game that he was completely unaware of, and no matter what choice he made, the narrator would have a set of rhetoric, as if he had already guessed that he would do it.

Moreover, there are many interesting easter eggs in this game, and flirting with the narrator has become a very interesting thing.

If you keep typing the wrong password in your boss's office, the narrator will hint at your correct password over and over again, and even emphasize it in red font very angrily, and finally open the door yourself very helplessly.

There are even times when the narrator is shocked by what happens in the game, leaving the whole game in multiple layers of confusion.

Stanley-Player-Narrator-Higher Existence constitutes a huge mystery, making Zhao Lei want to constantly search for clues in the game and find the truth behind all this.

He was already hooked on the game.

……

Before I knew it, more than two hours had passed.

Zhao Lei looked at the time, only to realize that he had spent so much time in this game.

But he had a vague feeling that there were still many endings in this game that he hadn't played, and there were still a lot of easter eggs he hadn't discovered.

It was the second time that Chen Mo had come over to check on his progress.

"How's it going, is it fun?" Chen Mo asked with a smile.

Zhao Lei rubbed his neck: "It's not fun, but it's ...... It was a lot of fun. When will the game be released? ”

Chen Mo said: "Probably next week." ”

Zhao Lei nodded: "Okay, when the game is released, I will definitely buy a collection." ”

He paused, then continued: "Besides, I feel that this game seems to imply something, and if you dig deeper, it seems to imply a lot of extraneous meanings......"

Chen Mo smiled but said nothing.

Zhao Lei asked, "Can you explain to me what this game means?" What does it mean? ”

Chen Mo shook his head: "You can only understand it, but you can't say it." ”

Zhao Lei was a little speechless and stood up: "It's not early, I have to go back, sleep well, and continue to work tomorrow." ”

Chen Mo nodded: "Well, have a good rest." ”

The two of them walked to the door, and Zhao Lei looked at Chen Mo before leaving: "Thank you for the game, although it is useless to understand some truths, but at least it makes me feel better." ”

Chen Mo smiled: "Don't think too much, it's just a game." Life has to go on, doesn't it? ”

……

It's not a simple puzzle game.

It's a very classic ETA game, and it's deeply philosophical. The fun isn't in solving puzzles or exploring different endings, but in experiencing and interpreting the countless fables that are included throughout the game.

In this game, there are actually many designs that are contrary to regular games, and it is more like a joke about the meaning of the existence of the "game" itself, or the relationship between the designer and the player.

The game has no clear objectives, no difficulty challenges, and no rewards in the usual sense. Even when the player stays in the storage room for a long time, the narrator taunts, "Oh my God, do you want to show off to your friends that you played the storage ending?" ”

Moreover, the game is full of ironies about the "fun of playing", such as Stanley's daily work is buttons, and he feels happy. Isn't that an allusion to those gamers?

Players follow the narrator's prompts, step by step to open the secret door, turn on the switch, and finally reach a seemingly happy ending, isn't this what those normal games make players do?

These contents make players vaguely aware that they seem to be Stanley, who seems to have freedom and happiness, but this feeling is very false.

Behind every ending, there is a philosophical reflection.

For example, the deception ending is the deception of losing free will, the nuclear explosion ending is the consolidation of the status of the creator, the homecoming ending is a despair with no choice, the chaotic ending is thinking about the end, and the starlight ending is treating Stanley as a guinea pig for experimentation......

And that's where the biggest significance of this game lies.

It is a reflection on the game itself, on life. Players will reflect on what happened to them in real life and think about what they should choose.

Of course, the game itself doesn't have a clear story background, it's more like a stream-of-consciousness work, with a thousand Hamlets for a thousand readers, and everyone can experience something different when they play this game.

However, being able to give players this experience is the greatest significance of this game.