The Beginner's Guide

A game for game developers from game developers. I highly recommend if you are working in a creative sector.

One of the most touching games Ive played in a while, if one person is reading this, I love you dude I miss you tons everyday even if we still talk, to the man who bought this for me thank you I wouldnt be here or me without you <3

One of the most fascinating narrative experiences I've ever had in media in general, much less in games. A fantastic example of how using the medium of games in an interesting way doesn't have to mean depending on choice and interactivity in the traditional manner.

Anybody who tells you this game is not worth playing because it doesn't offer you anything you cannot get from watching a playthrough simply didn't get it. Go in blind, it only takes 90 minutes. You'll come out better for it

If you struggle with the feeling of not being good enough, and rely heavily on external validation, this one will hit home. 10/10 (bring tissues)

If you want to play this game I think you should first play The Stanley Parable Ultra Deluxe and if you liked the game then play The beginer's guide. Wow this game. It changed the way I view art and the author behind it and showed the power of games as a means of telling stories. What I mean by that is you can't make this into a movie or a book or a poem or anything else. It would be impossible to do so. The beginer's guide works because it is a video game. This is one reason I love this game (and The Stanley Parable Ultra Deluxe it's my favorite game of all time) but I don't want to say more about The beginer's guide witout spoiling it. It's the most video game game ever. I love it

Wow...this, legit made me ugly cry. I implore you to not read any reviews of this game until you finished playing and just go into this as completely blind as possible. If you're a creative in any sense and are dealing with ♥♥♥♥ in your life, this is going to speak to you in a way that's (being honest here) gonna hurt. Like a deep tissue massage, it hurts to go through, but afterwards you'll be glad you did it. It's bittersweet, heavy on the bitter. As anything therapeutic, its not here to help you through your problems, but to contextualize them, so you better understand them, and in turn, know how to deal with them better.

Such a well-told commentary on the way we interact with the act of creating things. I especially loved the way it tackled games as an art form versus games as a form of entertainment, and a lot of the game hit close to home as someone who spends their time creating (though not games, but drawings). The visual design of the game may not be technically impressive (of course, because otherwise that would go against the whole point) but it still managed to leave a lasting impression through the pure nostalgia I felt. All in all, don't try to force coda-pendency