💯 the static speaks my name | Walkthrough

This guide will aid in acquiring 100% story completion for the static speaks my name. 🏆

🏝️ Overview

EST Completion Time (1 Playthrough): 10 minutes

the static speaks my name is a short, first-person exploration game in which you experience Jacob’s final moments before he inevitably kills himself (via “asphyxiation by hanging”). You will complete a series of mundane tasks (i.e., using the bathroom, eating breakfast, chatting online) before being faced with a moral dilemma with only 2 solutions (electrocute the artist you’ve captured and held captive – due to obsessing over his painting – or set him free); regardless of the choice you make, your character will inevitably end his own life.

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⚠️ Note: for an optimal experience, it is highly recommended to only refer to the walkthrough/guide if you get stuck and/or you complete the game once and want to complete it a second time to see the alternate choice for Objective #5 (to kill or release the man).

🎮 Controls

Movement: WASD

Interact: E

Look Around: Mouse

Zoom: RMB

🌎 Begin Jacob's Story

After viewing the controls, press "E" to begin the game.


You begin the game staring at a grey static cloud floating in space. Move forward (using "W" on your keyboard) until you reach (or go "into") the static cloud, which triggers the beginning of Jacob's story.

🚽 Objective 1: Use the Bathroom

You awake in your bedroom to your alarm at 3:22 AM.
Optional: You may turn the alarm clock off (to your right) by interacting with it (using "E").

Walk straight ahead to the closed bathroom door (to the right of the shrimp tank) and use "E" to open the door. Enter the bathroom.


Once in the bathroom, walk up to the toilet and press "E" to use it.


Note: You cannot interact with the sink to wash your hands after using the toilet.

🦐 Objective 2: Eat Breakfast

After using the bathroom, Jacob is hungry. Head to the kitchen for breakfast.

Exit the bathroom. You will be facing two doors; walk to and open the door that is straight ahead and to the right -- this will lead you into the hallway.


Once in the hallway, turn right and walk straight ahead. When you reach your first intersection, ignore the TVs to your right. Grab the keys that are hanging from the wall straight ahead (using "E"), and then turn left to head straight towards the kitchen (which will be on your left after reaching the table).



Once in the kitchen, check the refrigerator for food using "E." Upon realizing it's empty, return to the shrimp tank in your bedroom.


Walk up to the tank and press "E" to eat a shrimp. Still hungry, press "E" to eat another shrimp.

💻 Objective 3: Chat Online with Friends

After eating "breakfast," return to the desk in the kitchen area to chat online with your friends.


Press "E" to turn on & use the computer.

You will be presented with a series of conversational choices and may select whichever responses you prefer; they do not change the objectives or outcome of the game.

After finishing your conversation with faerie9968, get up from the computer (using "E").

🧼 Objective 4: Clean the Microwave

In the corner of the kitchen, to the left of the fridge, is a microwave that needs cleaning.


To the right of the microwave and sink is a roll of paper towels. Grab a paper towel (using "E") and then return to the microwave and clean it (using "E").

👨‍🎨 Objective 5: Decide what to do with the Man in the Cage

After cleaning the microwave, you must now decide what to do with the man in the cage: kill the man in the cage, or release him.

Option 1: Kill the man in the cage.

If you choose to kill the man in the cage, open the circuit breaker (using "E") that is in the laundry room near the kitchen. Once the circuit breaker is open, press "E" to electrocute the man in the cage.

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Option 2: Release the man in the cage.

If you would prefer to free the man in the cage (missing local artist, Jason Malone), you can do so in the hidden safe room.

Behind the door connecting the bedroom and hallway is a bookcase. Make sure the bedroom/hall door is closed and approach the bookcase; press "E" to open it, revealing a hallway to a hidden safe room.


Follow the hallway until you reach a vault door. Open the vault door (using "E") and enter the vault to find the "man in the cage."


Approach the cage. Using the key you picked up earlier (near the home entrance and static televisions), unlock the padlock on the cage to free the man.

⚰️ Objective 6: Let your Body Rest

After you have dealt with the man in the cage, return to your bedroom to let your body "rest."


In your bedroom, open the closet door (which is to the left of the hallway door) using "E." Enter the closet.


Approach the noose hanging above the chair in the closet, and press "E" to use it -- thus allowing Jacob to "rest."

💀 the static speaks our names

After completing Jacob's story, you will again find yourself in space surrounded by more grey static clouds (which mention 4 other people's names, age, and cause of death); while you can read what the clouds say, you cannot complete their stories.

Pick any static cloud to go "into" to finish the game.

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