1:32 *Starts insulting Valve* *Audio dies immediately*

his presentation is like a example of how the Stanley parable is played

I emailed this guy back and forth about his level design techniques in the Stanley Parable. He gave me tons of good info and was super nice!

I'm glad he talked about the Broom Closet ending, that one's my favorite

I think we can all agree that this talk was not in fact written by William Pugh but actually done by - you should know by now - the moon.

I'm not sure what I learned, but it was a fun talk.

Well dude, that was a really formative piece of work, and I took a LOT of inspiration from it!

12:42 So true. The less you make a secret obvious, the more meaning you give it when it is found by a player.

Kinda felt bad for the people who hadn't played The Stanley Parable and attended this talk. I could easily see this whole presentation going right over their heads. I however found it really informative and wish there were more talks like it.

This was a truly formative piece of work, and I took a lot of inspiration from it. *No I did not steal from Florian Moncomble's comment below. I am a creative individual. And as you well know, no idea is unique, and all great artists st-cop-... take inspiration from each other's work.

hahaha the cencorship at 1:33 unbelievable

I’ve noticed in a couple different talks now that as soon as anyone makes any negative joke about valve/steam their mics get cut... happened here, happened in the spiderweb software talk and I think the “how to survive in indies 11 years without a hit” or whatever

For those of you who didn't understand the talk, he was comparing the games that just told you scripted jokes to The Stanley Parable. If the Stanley Parable was just made of scripted jokes, it would be really boring to play. However, the interactive jokes in the game were the only thing that made the game fun in the first place. I also think it is cool how the first decision in the game is a choice between two doors because that is literally all you need to make an interactive joke.

Mad props to Mr William for being so down to earth in this talk, truly an inspiration XD

Just like playing the stanley parable, I can never tell when something is profound and when he's just ****ing with me.

BUT WALL-E WASN'T OUT IN 2006 I CALL YOUR BLUFF MR. WILLIAM PUGH YOUR TALL TAIL WON'T FOOL THE GENIUS THAT IS MY LOGOS, MY MIND, MY INFALLIBLE LOGIC!

I stumbled upon this talk today, and I checked my Steam library to see that it's been exactly 5 years since I have "Gone outside" and stopped playing this game. Well, the achievement really works :D

tough crowd for act 1

This is the greatest GDC talk of all time.

I wanted to make a joke about joke repetition but then i took an arrow to the knee.

Played The Stanley Parable - absolutely loved it! This talk was incredible!!!

In my opinion the most useful youtube channel for me.

10:41 that line hits differently now lol

The line about "repeated content" really hit home with me on one of my favorite games in the past few years: Dragon's Dogma. Every single time the pawns would repeat a line I'd already heard really got old after a while...

I wish i could play The Stanley Parable. but I'm still waiting out that one achievement...

Don't underestimate Jeff the coffee-guy

This even better of what I have expected. Wonderful talk

Remember when Valve used to make videogames?

So funny, listened it twice! :D

This is awesome

What a brilliant piece of art 😂👌

This talk was one of the best GDC talks I've wanted and I hope all the people who hadn't played it yet went out and played it afterwards. I don't know how you'd even understand what he was talking about this whole time. The whole talk was a meta-joke aside from like 30 seconds of real advice.

@8:30 is where it actually started to feel extremely informative

This is the best GDC i have seen so far

Best talk of all of GDC.

These words will make sense later, trust me, I'm a comment.

So you're not allowed to badmouth Steam at GDC. Interesting...

Well, that was amazing.

I wonder why this video is in landfall's TABS playlist

Awesome!, even Q&A is great :)

very funny and awesome talk. im not a nativ english speaker but his (british) accent sounds similar to the one of russell brand. or does it?

Best GDC talk.

The Stanley Parable is an amazing example of a funny game. This talk is an amazing example of a funny talk.

Off to a "Game Jam" tomorrow, thanks for inspiring :) Gone "Back to the Roots.", 8bit, humour the focus. :) "There are no new ideas, only old ideas re-invented" :)

Somebody's a fan of Stewart Lee's comedy routine...

Great Talk!

holy f***, this guy is brilliant

27:10 "I'm a creative individual" - Too bad nobody stood up and said "No, I'm not!". Totally original joke there.

This was great

this was the most entertaining video

Five-and-a-half minutes in: "FUCK! It all makes sense! Make the game around the jokes, don't force the jokes to match the game!"

1:31 I wonder why it is muted and what he really said about valve lol 😂

Gabe said that, and he's like, WELL smart.

They literally even made a absurd presentation like in the game xD

I came here for Tim Schafer. You catfished me!

they chose the perfect person to present a comedy genre game. this guy is HILArious and it hurts my soul that people are not clapping like mad at his every joke bcz all his jokes are so funny

He's a genius.

The only real way to make a talk about The Stanly Parable, is to make the talk it self a joke. Rules of nature.

he reminds me of ordinary things lol

Lord gaben will be respected at gdc

This guy is a narrator genius.

Alright, Russell... take it easy...

Uhm 13:09 the quote is wrong. Its the more you try and push players not less. Gave a double negetive.

What I learned - If you want to be a valve superstar just write for Old Man Murry

Why doesn't gdc have good audio?

21:00 dude thats skyrim, i have no idea what most of my quests are for

They trademarked that Line.

The Stanley Parable of talks.

This is the first video I ever see showing an actual result of the brainstorming session that took place at Valve!

If i ever make a game, there will be a door 430 in it... #meta

"Funny Guy"

Discount Russel Brand?

Am I the only one who thinks William is sorta like Edgar Wright?

That joke "stolen" from the Simpson's isn't really stolen IMO because it's a different joke. The thing that makes it funny is fundamentally different. Or is it?

The thumbnail for this video is really dishonest.

This guy is the Russell Brand of game designers.

Mighty Boosh must have been a formative piece of work, because he took inspiration from it in this talk :)

Is this totally accurate battle simulator?

12:45 Shouldn't that be "The more you try [...]" instead of "The less you try [...]"?

ok this is just a masterpiece :') more informative than many talks and more funny than many standup commey show :D

are we actually in a workshop or a stand up comedy? I dont believe I've learned anything except just steal jokes but I am enjoying this. It's R&D session at work, btw. I'm practically working. Maybe. help. what am I gonna tell my boss what I learned today?

12:44 Wait, "the less obvious, the less special"? I don't think that's right, even in the context of this jokey speech that's confusing on purpose.

Did anyone else put their hand up and raise it in the air at 19:00 ukposts.info/have/v-deo/qHyToZCLbmaj1XU.html or am I just weird.

"THANKS FOR LISTENING TO MY TORQUE"

I have a question: What did you say?

did you guys learn something?

LooooooooL !!!!!

I don't feel like I learned anything from it, but then I don't really give a shit cos it was an awesome talk.

1:32 Shots fired.

Wow, where is the freedom of speech, GDC? Or that 1:32 cutout was a comedic bit?

There is alot I'd good advice. If you can discern it from the story

rip no one laughed at his human beings or gamers joke

"The less you try to push players towards hidden jokes via obvious design decisions the less special it is for them to discover them." So the more I push players towards hidden jokes, the more precious they will become? #LogicFail

What was said at 1:35? Disliking video until we get answers

So this is what Russel Brand looked like as a young man.

I picked up The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe Edition for Nintendo Switch. It had been recommended by a Brit friend. The look of It reminded me very much of SuperLiminal. So, I was interested. I soon figured out the changing nature of it and mostly enjoyed it. I got frustrated after many bad endings and with the "defuse the impending destruction" scene. I never knew if there was an actual solution. Also, the additional "ultra deluxe" content felt like a trick to make the player feel like they were getting some additional interesting content, but in fact it was just more jokes with nothing but rubbish references to additional content. The disappointing part was the shrine area where the developers put lots of self-congratulatory content and endless (and seemingly bitter) ramblings about bad reviews of the game. At that point, things really changed for my perception and enjoyment of the game. I figured perhaps the developers are really butt-hurt and immature. It was no longer a game of jokes and enjoyable, but some kind of sick dreaded journey the player is dragged along by the developer in retribution for bad reviews. I stopped playing because it seemed too much of inside jokes by bitter, self-absorbed developers. There seemed to be an unknowable number of endings - mostly bad, although, I never really finished the game. I felt a bit cheated and somewhat disappointed that I actually paid for this humiliation. If I was at a comedy club and I rudely spoke out and the comic hit back with an acerbic response, I would expect that humiliation. Was there an ending or was that all part of the joke? I want to say I don't know, and I don't care, but in truth, I would like to know. I'm hoping someone might be able to explain where I went astray.

First I thought the message is "change gameplay with user expierience" but instead it is just "make a game with stupid jokes". ORLY?

I don't know. If you don't have humor professional on your staff, you'll make a funnier game by keeping unintentional jokes, like leaving glitches or design errors in, or have someone who's terrible at English write them. If you try to make someone who doesn't write jokes for a living provide scripted jokes, it actually makes the game revolting to play for everyone. If the jokes aren't perfect, it's a very effective way of turning players away from your game.

The act went on way, way too long

censorship is just lame..