The Stanley Parable baby fire 4 hours

Warning: This post and video contain spoilers for The Stanley Parable remake!

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Why It Sucks
Redeeming Qualities
How do you get the 88888 achievement?
How long was Stanley in the skip button room?
Can you beat the timer in Stanley Parable?
How long does it take to 100% The Stanley Parable?

The Stanley Parable players are in for a rather hilarious surprise if they manage to play the narrator's baby-crawling minigame for exactly four hours, as evidenced by the above video posted to YouTube by user "dustily."

In the baby game, players are presented with a cardboard cutout of a baby to their right and a roaring fire to their left. The baby crawls left towards the fire and players must repeatedly click a red button in the middle of the screen in order to bring him back to the right. If the baby reaches the fire, the game is over and players lose. After an hour or so, the narrator will switch things up and add another similar minigame to the mix involving a puppy and a pool of piranhas.

After four hours of playing both challenges simultaneously, a rather interesting entity appears. You can skip ahead to around 5 minutes in the video above to see this strange being — along with some humorous commentary on the narrator's obsession with artistic expression.

Read Polygon's review of The Stanley Parable here.

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Kudos man, Soon as the Puppy and the second button showed up I was like "fuck this".

level 2

Kudos to the video creator. I found it through the Steam Community guides. However, I also noticed that the video creator posted it in r/stanleyparable here. So all the credit should go to /u/tiresfordinner.

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I almost quit watching that video, something tells me I wouldn't last four hours

level 2

You wouldn't last 7 minutes.

level 1

I didn't even press the button once, I don't really like babies.

level 2

yup, i'm with you on this one, i just watched and smiled. I had gotten to this on my first playthrough with the mindset of i'm going to be as obstinate as possible and see what happens.

level 2

At least you get to play minecraft right afterwards!

level 1

Wow, what a well done ending. I would never reach it though, I'm not sure I would last more than an hour.

Side note: Is this a jab at David Cage?

level 2

Regarding your side note:

This game is a jab at the entire game industry and deconstruction of the nature of choice in an interactive narrative.

level 1

Welcome to Costco. I love you. Welcome to Costco. I love you. Welcome to Costco. I love you.

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So...did you write a program to hit the buttons?

level 2

I guess the inclusion of the dog disproves that

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you can use a keyboard with macros.. saves your input and just replays it.

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Quote from Youtube video description:

I set up a mouse/keyboard macro and let fraps record the whole time.

level 1

Yea, well, have you made it to heaven yet?

level 1

I felt bad that the person who did this sat through 4 hours of torture. Then I read the description of the video and it was a macro being used. Phew.

level 1

My god, I want this game so bad.

You Heartless B*stard - The Narrator. (after failing this game full of tedium and repetition)

The Baby Ending (AKA The Art Ending) is a segment where you must complete a game where you press a button to keep the baby away from the fire in the satirical Source-Engine made interactive drama game, The Stanley Parable.

Why It Sucks

It's a waste of time. As the Narrator states, You have to play this for FOUR HOURS by pressing the button again, again and again.
The baby's cry gets annoying and old pretty fast. The main buttons click sounds like a system crash.
You have to click on the E key or the left mouse button constantly, which can make your fingers go tired.
Halfway through the game, the narrator throws a puppy into the mix, making another button appear, so you have to click on two buttons for the rest of the game, making this a little harder, however you can get make it a bit easier by standing in one position and alternate between the two buttons, which can tire your wrists and even cause motion sickness. So it would be recommended to set the mouse sensitivity to the highest setting you're able to handle.
The ending after beating this is nothing but text. Really, you completed this for nothing!

Redeeming Qualities

It can be worth your time if your going for the even more tedious Commitment Achievement.
When failing this monotonous nightmare, you'll get a better ending where you get to play through Minecraft and Portal (Firewatch and Rocket League in the Ultra Deluxe), which is an interesting treat.

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How do you get the 88888 achievement?

The achievement 88888888 requires the player to input the number 8 {eight} times into the keypad in the Boss's Office. Later, the voice in the Eight Game saying same EIGHT sound will be heard. If you keep pressing it later on, the Narrator will get angry and will open the passage for you.

How long was Stanley in the skip button room?

The Narrator notifies that Stanley skipped through around 30-45 minutes and is concerned that the time might increase. Inexplicably, the door that they entered through has disappeared, trapping them there. The Narrator instructs Stanley not to press the skip button while he looks for a new door.

Can you beat the timer in Stanley Parable?

Several players have unearthed the map to figure out what the buttons are and what they do. They have no entities tied to them that would stop the countdown. In other words, despite player folklore, the countdown cannot be stopped in any way, shape, or form, unless through heavy map editing.

How long does it take to 100% The Stanley Parable?

When focusing on the main objectives, The Stanley Parable is about 1½ Hours in length. If you're a gamer that strives to see all aspects of the game, you are likely to spend around 7½ Hours to obtain 100% completion.