The Stanley Parable

The Stanley Parable

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Alernate way to activate "Button Heaven" Ending
By silverlava
I may or may not have found an alternate way into the Button Heaven ending.
   
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I was messing around in the game for a while, trying random things. I tried to input numbers from places into other places (like 432 into the keypad, stuff like that). I knew that in some places in the game typing things on the keyboard could result in changes. Like typing in "facepunch" to change all the textures, or typing in "secret" to change the credit music. I was typing in random things like "Raphael" and "427" to see if they did anything. I was in Stanley's office, and I typed in "Stanley Parable", then started randomly clicking things. To my surprize, I when I clicked Stanley's computer monitor, the purple "Input Received" along with the bar with 5/5 appeared, and I was transported to the Button Heaven ending. I hadn't even pressed a single one of the input computers in that instance of the game, but just to make sure, I restarted and it still worked. I found out that just "Stanley" activated it as well. I'm not sure if this is a secret itself, or if I completed some other requirment to allow me to do this. I'm hoping other people can try to do this and tell me if it worked for them. If someone else has already discovered this secret, tell me that too and I'll take down this guide, but I looked it up and didn't see anything on it. For all I know, this is just a glitch on my side, so tell me if it works for you too. Also I couldn't get it to work with "stanley" I think it needs to be capitalized. And it didn't always work the first time too, so try it at least 5 times before commenting. Thanks!

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I'll leave this up fo a few more days to see if anyone else says anything, but I don't think the idea actually works. I found out that even typing random letters will cause the computer to teleport you to the button heaven. If nothing else comes up, I'm going to re-install the game and try to recreate whatever happened. It still could be a secret, and I'm the only one that can access it because I completed some other objective, which re-installing would remove. Or it might be a random glitch because I was messing around with the console too much. We'll see.

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I deleted all local content and redownloaded a new copy of the game. Immediately after the introduction, I pressed a bunch of random keys, clicked the screen, and it happened again, the exact same as before. So that confirms it's not a glitch, or if it is, it works for everyone. There might be a certain key or maybe a combination of keys you have to press before it works, but the combination is not "Stanley". I'm going to try a bunch of different things to see what activates it and what doesn't, to try to find the exact cause. I'll add another update once I've figured it out. Keep posting comments! So far I've seen that it's worked for at least one other person.

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So... Maybe it is "Stanley" I'm sure I got it to work with pressing other keys, but I can't get that to work now. I did realize though that it allows you to press "w" after typing in "Stanley" and it still works. That might only be because you move back when you press "s" so it allows you to go forward to click the screen. I even got "Stanleywwww" to work. Basically if you couldn't tell, I'm really confused. I want to look into this mystery more, but I never have enough time. I'm going to leave this guide here until someone posts a theory on what's going on. Good luck!


8 Comments
urnotsigma May 5, 2021 @ 3:20pm 
it dont work
Shade Jan 5, 2019 @ 12:38pm 
You can't type anywhere, but when you reach the heaven ending, you can just click your computer once and it will transport you there (The text on the monitor should be an obvious enough giveaway, though it's Source Engine we're talking about, so it's possible it's bugged to the default look for you, or alternatively, you're just a troll)
NULLRAD Jan 22, 2017 @ 10:15am 
WHERE DO YOU TYPE STANLEY?! is it in console or regular game?
fox Nov 30, 2014 @ 12:32pm 
didn't work for me either *perhaps a precise guide would help.*
RetroZX0 May 15, 2014 @ 1:16pm 
Dude it works! STAY inside the office room: 427 ( where you start ) and type: stanley AND BAM! Beep beep beep ( BUTTON HEAVEN! )
Swordofheros May 7, 2014 @ 3:32pm 
if you go click on door 430 or 437 (cant't remember which) and follow his instructions you will gain an achivement.
Swordofheros May 7, 2014 @ 3:28pm 
Computer 419 Changes to "input recieved" not Stanleys but all i can do is get it to change that's all..... So far.......
Ultimate Mayhem May 7, 2014 @ 9:54am 
this did not work for me :<