Almighty Game Designer

[This is the work of employee 427 day after day, year after year. Although others find it boring, Stanley enjoys every command given, as if he was born for it.

[Stanley is happy.

As the lens widened and the screen darkened again, the game title Stanley's Fable appeared in the picture this time.

[Yet one day, strange things happened.

[This changed Stanley forever and made him unforgettable.

Once again, Stanley sat in front of the computer, but didn't move.

[He sat in front of the display for a long time before realizing that an hour had passed and that the display had not issued a single instruction.

[Nobody showed up, nobody let him go to a meeting, nobody even greeted him. He had never encountered such a thing in his company in years, a situation where he was the only one left.

The lens switches on other stations and the whole company is empty.

[There must be something wrong.

[He was shocked and stiff. Stanley found himself sitting there for a long time.

[He regained his senses and consciousness, got up from the table and walked out of his office.

As the narrative narrated, the scene tapered away from the in-game computer screen, Zhao Lei realized that now he could control Stanley to start the game.

“What a strange beginning. ”

Zhao Lei was a little confused, he kind of understood why Chen Xiao said the game was more suitable for him, because Stanley and he in the game were similar, all people bound by work, appeared happy, satisfied, but actually sad.

Like Stanley's work, what's the difference between operating a keyboard every day as prompted by a display screen? But Zhao Lei also had to think of his work. Although it was more cumbersome, what was the difference from Stanley pressing the keyboard?

Zhao Lei shook his head, dispersed the strange association in his mind, and manipulated his mouse to observe the character's perspective everywhere.

There's nothing in the office, it's narrow, computers, files on the desk, filing cabinets, etc. are all inoperable. After Zhao Lei confirmed this, he turned around and walked out of the office.

All rooms marked 428 and 429 cannot be opened.

Continue the narrative.

[All his colleagues are gone, what does that mean?

[Stanley decided to go to the conference room and maybe he just missed the memorandum's organization of work.

Along with the light and slightly strange BGM, this narrative, though a little strange, blends well with the game, Zhao Lei has no sudden feeling at all, and even subconsciously ignores that most games should not have this strange narrative.

[Stanley came in front of two open doors, and he walked into the door on the left.

The tone of the narrative is very natural, like talking about a logical and natural thing. Nor did Zhao Lei think too much, and he subconsciously walked into the door on the left.

Next, the narrative leads Zhao Lei through the next game process without great detail.

In the conference room, there was still no one; in the boss's office, there was still no one.

Although there were several forks along the way, Zhao Lei pressed his curiosity and followed the directions.

[After a brief shock and awakening, Stanley wondered who planned all this and what dark secrets were hiding from him.

[But what he couldn't have known was that there was a secret keyboard behind the boss's desk that guarded the terrible truth the boss had been hiding.

[So the boss set a super hidden password, 2-8-4-5.

[But Stanley certainly couldn't have known that.

Zhao Lei quickly found this keyboard, it is not hidden at all. After entering the password according to the narrative, a secret door opened in the boss's office.

[Unbelievably, it's amazing that Stanley just pushed the right password on the keyboard with a stroke of luck.

Zhao Lei also had to have a desire to throw up.

What the hell, this keyboard isn't hidden at all, isn't it complicated?

I thought this game was a puzzle solving game, but it's too simple. It's not even a puzzle solving game, is it? Just press a few numbers according to the narrative, and the machine opens?

Zhao Lei walked into the dark door, holding on to his desire to spit in the trough.

[Stanley stepped into the newly opened passage.

He came into a completely different environment from his office, like a strange facility under construction, and through a squeaky, rocking elevator, he came deep into the building.

Several turns were made, and a gate appeared in front of it with a few words: "Mental Control Facility”.

In this huge room, there are countless displays on the surrounding screen, and Stanley presses the button to activate all the images on the display.

These are Stanley and his colleagues, all of whom are under surveillance and have no freedom.

Stanley came to the core and discovered that there were buttons to manipulate emotions: “happy," “sad," “satisfied,” and so on.

He came to the power control room and turned off the total power.

It's pitch black, with light coming in, blue sky, white clouds, green grass, a free scene.

Stanley walked out of the power control room with loud and soothing music and compliments from the narrative.

[Stanley felt a cool breeze blowing through his skin, and he felt a sense of relief, an infinite possibility of a new path ahead of him.

[This is exactly what should happen at this moment.

And Stanley's happy.

This brings us to the end of the game flow and back to the original game title screen.

Lei Zhao is a bit obnoxious, is that clear?

Although this story is more educational and tells a story about an employee's quest for freedom, isn't it too simple?

Besides, is this really a game?

In fact, in the course of the game, Zhao Lei has always had a strange feeling that he can't wave, including strange scenes, many forks, and insignificant narratives. He always felt that this could be a horror game, maybe suddenly something high energy will appear, surprise him.

But nothing, just follow the game directions and press a few buttons to clear it so easily.

Zhao Lei was confused.

He looked at Chen Jiao sitting next to him, and Chen Jiao had a “smile without words” all the way.

Zhao Lei knew very well that there must be a lot of content in the game that he didn't find at all, so he started the game again.