In the remake, additional content was added to the game, including sections parodying the games Portal and Minecraft. In the mod, players can navigate different paths through an office building while guided by a narrator voiced by British actor Kevan Brighting.Īfter the mod was released, the Saxxy Award-winning Source Filmmaker creator William Pugh contacted Wreden about making a high-definition remake of the mod. On July 27th, 2011, Wreden released The Stanley Parable modification (mod) for the game Half-Life 2 on the mod database site ModDB. 'The design document for was, ‘Mess with the player’s head in every way possible, throwing them off-guard, or pretending there’s an answer and then kinda whisking it away from in front of them.'
In an interview with Wired, Wrenden shared his design document for the game. In 2011, Wreden began working on The Stanley Parable without any formal training in video game engineering, setting out to create a gaming experience that challenged the player’s expectations.
