[jkingsman]

The two creators continued the theme in their next works -- Davey Wreden's "The Beginner's Guide" is a 2-3 hour game and a powerful look at what it means to make art and how we interact with it through an epistolary-style series of nano-games ostensibly made by his friend Coda. It's the greatest game I've ever played.

William Pugh made "Dr. Langeskov, The Tiger, and The Terribly Cursed Emerald: A Whirlwind Heist," which is a goofy 30 min game where you arrive early to a game and must deal with that situation as it develops.

Both are absurdly creative, funny and/or touching, and obviously have the same creative fingerprints of Stanley Parable within them.

[gambiting]

It's really interesting, because I have also really enjoyed "The Beginners Guide" and I think it's absolutely brilliant in its theme and delivery, but then I made my sister play it, and she said she hated every second of it - in her words "it's the most pretentious piece of art I have ever witnessed".

So....yeah, you're going to get strong reactions to this one I think.

[dtech]

The response to "The Beginners Guide" seems to be linked to how much of a "creator" you are. It did not vibe with me at all, but a friend who is a musician on the side loved it.

[gambiting]

Well, this guess doesn't seem to apply here - my sister is a film maker by education and now works as a photographer, and nope, just really didn't like it. I'm a video game developer(programmer, not designer) and I love it.

[smoldesu]

I quite liked "A Whirlwind Heist", if I'm not mistaken it's still free on Steam which makes it the perfect endcap to your weekend if you haven't checked it out already!