Notes:The Beginner's Guide

This page contains notes for the game The Beginner's Guide.

Removed sound files

Sound files and directories referenced in beginnersguide\maps\soundcache\_master.cache which are no longer present. No data is present for these files other than their names and the first 125ms of each of them (which is pretty much useless).

Red denotes directories and files which are present in the sound cache but not in the game's files. Capitalisation may differ from those of the original files and directories, since all sound file paths and names are fully lowercase in _master.cache.

Orange denotes directories and files which would otherwise be red, but which can be found in the files of The Stanley Parable, and so can probably generally be ignored.

Blue denotes directories and files which are present in the game's files but not in the sound cache (excluding non-sound files and directories which do not contain sounds).

beginnersguide\sound\ 1. The Whisper Machine\ whisper_v2_loop.wav 7. Down\ vault_collapsed.wav 8. Notes\ cave_ambient_loop_lpf.wav star_old.wav 9. Escape\ escape_compressed.wav escape_drone_layerloop.wav escape_melodicloop.wav escape_rhythmic.wav escape_sporatic_layerloop.wav escaping_inside_04.wav 10. House\ ooooooo_loop.wav va_everything.wav 12. Theater\ leave_me_alone.wav 14. Presence\ presence_compressed.wav 16. Tower\ tower_compressed_1.wav tower_compressed_2.wav traffic_stem.wav vocal_stem.wav 17. tower\ rock_impact_soft.wav 18. Maze 2\ carbon copy.wav classroom.wav end_dissonant_melodic_01.wav end_feelings.mp3 end_sting.wav end_sting_big.wav end_sting_huge_long.wav end_sting2.wav end_sting3.wav end_sting4.wav end_synthtweak_no_piano.wav maze_final.wav prof1.wav prof2.wav prof3.wav prof4.wav prof5.wav prof6.wav prof7.wav prof8.wav whoa_all_end.wav ambient\ energy\ spark5.wav spark5.wav fire\ fire_small_loop_edit_01.wav fire_small_loop_edit_02.wav fire_small_loop_edit_03.wav fire_small_loop2.wav gascan_ignite1.wav new\ Amb_Loop_AirLock_01.wav amb_loop_bridge_01.wav Amb_Loop_BroomCloset_01.wav amb_loop_cargolift_01.wav Amb_Loop_DeathMachine_01.wav amb_loop_disableroom_off_01.wav Amb_Loop_DisableRoom_On_01.wav amb_loop_employeelounge_01.wav Amb_Loop_EscapeHallway_01.wav Amb_Loop_MachineControlRoom_01.wav Amb_Loop_MaintenaceRoom_01.wav Amb_Loop_MonitorRoom_Off_01.wav Amb_Loop_MonitorRoom_On_01.wav amb_loop_office_general_01.wav Amb_Loop_Office_General_02.wav amb_loop_office_general_03.wav amb_loop_office_general_04.wav Amb_Loop_Office_General_05.wav amb_loop_office_generalhum_01.wav amb_loop_outside_01.wav amb_loop_reddoorhallway_01.wav Amb_Loop_RoomPriortoSuicideRoom_01.wav Amb_Loop_Space_01.wav Amb_Loop_Staircase_General_01.wav amb_loop_staircase_pipe_01.wav Amb_Loop_SuicideRoom_01.wav ambobject_loop_copymachine_01.wav AmbObject_Loop_Fire_BabyRoom_01.wav ambobject_loop_lightbuzz_01.wav ambobject_loop_lightbuzz_02.wav AmbObject_Loop_LightBuzz_03.wav ambobject_loop_projector_01.wav ambobject_loop_stanleyscomp_01.wav ambobject_loop_wallclock_01.wav water\ underwater.wav water_spray1.wav water_spray2.wav water_spray3.wav crowd.wav drone.wav endingdrone1.wav endingdrone2.wav houseambientloop.wav presencedrone.wav t4drone.wav t4drone2.wav t4drone3.wav typewriter.wav author\ alarm1_loop.wav alarm2_loop.wav alarm3_loop.wav alert alert alert.wav alert alert alert 2.wav arcing_long_loop.wav arcing_lpf_long_loop.wav beamzap.wav bounce.wav cave_ambient_loop.wav cave_ambient_loop_lpf.wav cave_rev_gong_layer_loop.wav cave_water_distance_loop.wav cave_water_drips_loop.wav cheer1.wav cheer2.wav cheer3.wav creditsmusic.wav doorknock.wav enemy force neutralized.wav enemy force neutralized 2.wav enter_beam.wav evacuate all personel immediately.wav explosion_loop.wav final.wav fire_specific_loop.wav fx_door_move_01.wav gate.wav gateexplosion.wav gun_cock.wav gun_sound.wav hatch_open.wav houseambientloop.wav inspirationalmusic.wav interview_drone1.wav intro.wav machine_drone.wav mazefail.wav mobius_endingmusic.wav mobius_music.wav not a drill.wav phonering.wav security hull breached.wav security hull breached 2.wav self destruct 3 minutes.wav shutter_loop.wav station_bg_ambient_loop.wav the_whisper_machine_loop.wav warning ship destruction imminent.wav warning ship destruction imminent 2.wav whisper1.wav whisper2.wav whisper3.wav whisper4.wav whisper5.wav whisper6.wav whisper7.wav whisperalarm10.wav whisperescapemusic-10.wav whisperescapemusic-18.wav button\ bell1.wav common\ null.wav wpn_denyselect.wav wpn_hudoff.wav wpn_moveselect.wav wpn_select.wav doors\ default_locked.wav default_move.wav Fix\ maze_slowbuild_v5.wav title_ambi_loop.wav titles_03.wav titles_v669.wav gameui\ ui_menu_change_01.wav ui_menu_change_02.wav ui_menu_change_03.wav [note: these three may have been different from the ones in TSP] items\ ammo_pickup.wav loading\ test.wav machine\ close_door.wav crazy_pitz_strings_loop.wav crecendo_string_melody.wav distorted_string_a_loop.wav ending_crecendo.wav ending_crecendo_standard.wav machine_talk.wav trigger_loop.wav media\ test2.wav npc\ headcrab\ headcrab_burning_loop2.wav scanner\ scanner_nearmiss1.wav scanner_nearmiss2.wav physics\ (A large number of collision sounds, etc.; nothing of interest from a glance. Only the clipboard, glass, and turret sub-folders can be found in TSP's files) player\ general\ flesh_burn.wav paint\ (gel interaction sounds from Portal 2) high_velocity_impact_01.wav high_velocity_impact_02.wav high_velocity_impact_03.wav high_velocity_impact_04.wav object_use_failure_01.wav object_use_failure_no_gun_01.wav object_use_lp_01.wav object_use_no_gun_01.wav object_use_stop_01.wav player_fall_whoosh_lp_01.wav pl_drown1.wav pl_drown2.wav pl_drown3.wav pl_fallpain1.wav pl_fallpain3.wav pl_pain5.wav pl_pain6.wav pl_pain7.wav pl_shell1.wav pl_shell2.wav pl_shell3.wav sprayer.wav props\ explosions\ explo_generic_med_01.wav explo_generic_med_02.wav explo_generic_med_03.wav explo_generic_med_04.wav explo_generic_med_05.wav explo_generic_med_06.wav material_emancipation_01.wav ui\ beep22.wav beepclear.wav hint.wav office_soundscape.wav ui_coop_hud_activate_01.wav ui_coop_hud_click_01.wav ui_coop_hud_click_02.wav ui_coop_hud_deactivate_01.wav ui_coop_hud_focus_01.wav ui_coop_hud_focus_02.wav ui_coop_hud_unfocus_01.wav weapon_ambient\ wpn_portalgun_activation_01.wav weapons\ ar2\ ar2_altfire.wav fx\ nearmiss\ bulletltor03.wav bulletltor04.wav bulletltor06.wav bulletltor07.wav bulletltor09.wav bulletltor10.wav bulletltor13.wav bulletltor14.wav rics\ ric1.wav ric2.wav ric3.wav ric4.wav ric5.wav portalgun\ portal_enter_01.wav portal_enter_02.wav portal_exit_01.wav portal_exit_02.wav smg1\ .wav burst2.wav Smg_burst2.wav smg1_fireburst1.wav smg1_reload.wav weaponizer\ water_high_pressure.wav world\ robot_parts\ robot_metal_pill_short_01.wav robot_metal_pill_short_02.wav robot_metal_pill_short_03.wav robot_metal_pill_short_04.wav robot_metal_pill_short_05.wav robot_metal_pill_short_06.wav robot_metal_pill_short_07.wav robot_metal_pill_short_08.wav robot_metal_pill_short_09.wav robot_metal_pill_short_10.wav robot_metal_pill_short_11.wav robot_metal_pill_short_12.wav panel_splash_water_01.wav panel_splash_water_02.wav panel_splash_water_03.wav panel_splash_water_04.wav panel_splash_water_no_impact_01.wav panel_splash_water_no_impact_02.wav panel_splash_water_no_impact_04.wav panel_splash_water_no_impact_05.wav error.wav

(Source: Original TCRF research)

Removed narration files

These removed files, referenced in 'beginnersguide\scenes\narrator\' and 'beginnersguide\scripts\npc_sounds_narration.txt', appear to consist of earlier runs of the game's narration. The VOF files (final recordings) are almost identical to the file listings in the final game (with a few small exceptions: "VOF_intro (old).wav" and "VOF_tower17 (stinger).wav", which are located in the game's files, are not present here), and hence the VOF files have been omitted from this list.

The directories are arranged here roughly in the order that they were created in, and the files are ordered by chapter order rather than in alphabetical order, with Interview and Rotation placed at the end, since their planned placement is unknown. Mom was replaced by Puzzle, and Soundmap was located between Backwards and Entering, as evidenced by the earliest of Ryan Roth's notes included with the game's soundtrack. The folder named alt is included here multiple times, and the second set of files in the folder are, alongside the whisper folder, categorised as "Davey's manual Act 1 sound files".

beginnersguide\sounds\narration\
  prison\
    VOprison01.wav
    VOprison02.wav
    VOprison03.wav
    VOprison04.wav
    VOprison05.wav
    VOprison06.wav
    VOprison07.wav
    VOprison08.wav
    VOprison09.wav
    VOprison10.wav
    VOprison11.wav
    VOprison12.wav
    VOprison13.wav
    VOprison14.wav
    VOprison15.wav
    VOprison16.wav
    VOprison17.wav
    VOprison18.wav
    VOprison19.wav
    VOprison20.wav
  alt\
    IntroAlt1.wav
    IntroAlt2.wav
    IntroAlt3.wav
    IntroAlt4.wav
    IntroAlt5.wav
    IntroAlt6.wav
    IntroAlt7.wav
    IntroAlt8.wav
    BWaltA1.wav
    BWaltA2.wav
    BWaltA3.wav
    BWaltB1.wav
    BWaltB2.wav
    BWaltB3.wav
    BWaltB4.wav
    BWaltB5.wav
    BWaltB6.wav
    BWaltB7.wav
    BWaltC1.wav
    BWaltC2.wav
    BWaltC3.wav
    BWaltC4.wav
    BWaltC5.wav
    BWaltD1.wav
    BWaltD2.wav
    BWaltD3.wav
    BWaltD4.wav
    BWaltE1.wav
    BWaltE2.wav
    BWaltE3.wav
    BWaltE4.wav
    StairsAltA1.wav
    StairsAltA2.wav
    StairsAltA3.wav
    StairsAltA4.wav
    StairsAltB1.wav
    StairsAltB2.wav
    StairsAltB3.wav
    StairsAltB4.wav
    StairsAltB5.wav
    StairsAltC1.wav
    StairsAltC2.wav
    StairsAltC3.wav
    StairsAltC4.wav
    StairsAltC5.wav
    StairsAltC6.wav
    StairsAltD1.wav
    StairsAltD2.wav
    StairsAltD3.wav
    MomAltA1.wav
    MomAltA2.wav
    MomAltA3.wav
    MomAltA4.wav
    MomAltA5.wav
    MomAltB1.wav
    MomAltB2.wav
    MomAltB3.wav
    MomAltB4.wav
  ending\
    finalfloat01.wav
    finalfloat02.wav
    finalfloat03.wav
    finalfloat04.wav
    finalfloat05.wav
    finalfloat06.wav
    finalfloat07.wav
    finalfloat08.wav
    finalfloat09.wav
    finalfloat10.wav
    finalfloat11.wav
    finalfloat12.wav
    finalfloat13.wav
    finalfloat14.wav
    finalfloat15.wav
    finalfloat16.wav
    finalfloat17.wav
    finalfloat18.wav
    finalfloat19.wav
  whisper\
    VOwhisperorig1.wav
    VOwhisperorig2.wav
    VOwhisperorig3.wav
  alt\
    VObw01.wav
    VObw02.wav
    VObw03.wav
    VOsound01.wav
    VOsound02.wav
    VOenter01.wav
    VOenter02.wav
    VOstairs01.wav
    VOstairs02.wav
    VOstairs03.wav
    VOstairs04.wav
    VOmom01.wav
    VOmom02.wav
    VOmom03.wav
    VOmom04.wav
    VOmom05.wav
    VOmom06.wav
    VOmom07.wav
    VOexiting01.wav
    VOdown01.wav
    VOdown02.wav
    VOdown03.wav
    VOdown04.wav
    VOdown05.wav
    VOdown06.wav
    VOdown07.wav
    VOdown08.wav
    VOdown09.wav
    VOdown10.wav
    VOdown11.wav
    VOdown12.wav
    VOdown13.wav
    VOdown14.wav
    VOdown15.wav
    VOdown16.wav
    VOdown17.wav
  notes\
    VOnotes01.wav
    VOnotes02.wav
    VOnotes03.wav
    VOnotes04.wav
    VOnotes05.wav
    VOnotes06.wav
    VOnotes07.wav
    VOnotes08.wav
    VOnotes09.wav
  lecture\
    VOlec01.wav
    VOlec02.wav
    VOlec03.wav
    VOlec04.wav
    VOlec05.wav
    VOlec06.wav
    VOlec07.wav
  alpha\
    VOhouse01.wav
    VOhouse02.wav
    VOhouse03.wav
    VOhouse04.wav
    VOhouse05.wav
    VOhouse06.wav
    VOhouse07.wav
    VOhouse08.wav
    VOhouse09.wav
    VOhouse10.wav
    VOhouse11.wav
    VOhouse12.wav
    VOhouse13.wav
    VOhouse14.wav
    VOhouse15.wav
    VOhouse16.wav
    VOworkshop01.wav
    VOworkshop02.wav
    VOworkshop03.wav
    VOworkshop04.wav
    VOworkshop05.wav
    VOworkshop06.wav
    VOtheater01.wav
    VOtheater02.wav
    VOtheater03.wav
    VOtheater04.wav
    VOtheater05.wav
    VOtheater06.wav
    VOtheater07.wav
    VOtheater08.wav
    VOpresence01.wav
    VOpresence02.wav
    VOpresence03.wav
    VOpresence04.wav
    VOpresence05.wav
    VOpresence06.wav
    VOpresence07.wav
    VOpresence08.wav
    VOpresence09.wav
    VOTower101.wav
    VOTower102.wav
    VOTower103.wav
    VOTower104.wav
    VOTower105.wav
    VOTower106.wav
    VOTower107.wav
    VOTower108.wav
    VOTower201.wav
    VOTower202.wav
    VOTower203.wav
    VOTower204.wav
    VOTower205.wav
    VOTower206.wav
    VOTower207.wav
    VOTower301.wav
    VOTower302.wav
    VOTower303.wav
    VOTower304.wav
    VOTower305.wav
    VOTower306.wav
    VOTower307.wav
    VOTower401.wav
    VOTower402.wav
    VOTower403.wav
    VOTower404.wav
    VOTower405.wav
    VOTower406.wav
    VOTower407.wav
    VOTower408.wav
    VOTower409.wav
    VOnml01.wav
    VOnml02.wav
    VOnml03.wav
    VOnml04.wav
    VOnml05.wav
    VOnml06.wav
    VOnml07.wav
    VOnml08.wav
    VOnml09.wav
    VOnml10.wav
    VOnml11.wav
    VOnml12.wav
    VOnml13.wav
    VOnml14.wav
    VOnml15.wav
    VOnml16.wav
    VOnml17.wav
    VOnml18.wav
    VOnml19.wav
    VOnml20.wav
    VOnml21.wav
    VOnml22.wav
    VOnml23.wav
    VOnml24.wav
    VOnml25.wav
    VOnml26.wav
    VOnml27.wav
    VOnml27a.wav
    VOnml27b.wav
    VOnml27c.wav
    VOnml27d.wav
    VOnml27e.wav
    VOnmlB01.wav
    VOnmlB02.wav
    VOnmlB03.wav
    VOnmlB04.wav
    VOnmlB05.wav
    VOnmlB06.wav
    VOnmlB07.wav
    VOnmlB08.wav
    VOnmlB09.wav
    VOnmlB10.wav
    VOnmlB11.wav
    VOnmlB12.wav
    VOnmlB13.wav
    VOnmlB14.wav
    VOnmlB15a.wav
    VOnmlB15b.wav
    VOnmlB15c.wav
    VOnmlB15d.wav
    VOnmlB15e.wav
    VOnmlB15f.wav
    VOfinalfloatB01.wav
    VOfinalfloatB02.wav
    VOfinalfloatB03.wav
    VOfinalfloatB04.wav
    VOfinalfloatB05.wav
    VOfinalfloatB06.wav
    VOfinalfloatB07.wav
    VOfinalfloatB08.wav
    VOfinalfloatB09.wav
    VOfinalfloatB10.wav
    VOfinalfloatB11.wav
    VOfinalfloatB12.wav
    VOinterview01.wav
    VOinterview02.wav
    VOinterview03.wav
    VOinterview04.wav
    VOinterview05.wav
    VOinterview06.wav
    VOinterview07.wav
    VOrotation01.wav
    VOrotation02.wav
    VOrotation03.wav
    VOrotation04.wav
    VOrotation05.wav
    VOrotation06.wav
    VOrotation07.wav
    VOrotation08.wav
    VOrotation09.wav
    VOrotation10.wav
    VOrotation11.wav
    VOrotation12.wav
    VOrotation13.wav
  VO2\
    VO2Whisper01.wav
    VO2Whisper02.wav
    VO2Whisper03.wav
    VO2Whisper04.wav
    VO2Whisper05.wav
    VO2Whisper06.wav
    VO2Whisper07.wav
    VO2Whisper08.wav
    VO2Whisper09.wav
    VO2Backward01.wav
    VO2Backward02.wav
    VO2Backward03.wav
    VO2Soundmap01.wav
    VO2Soundmap02.wav
    VO2Entering.wav
    VO2Stairs01.wav
    VO2Stairs02.wav
    VO2Stairs03.wav
    VO2Stairs04.wav
    VO2Mom01.wav
    VO2Mom02.wav
    VO2Mom03.wav
    VO2Mom04.wav
    VO2Mom05.wav
    VO2Mom06.wav
    VO2Exiting01.wav
    VO2Exiting02.wav
    VO2Down01.wav
    VO2Down02.wav
    VO2Down03.wav
    VO2Down04.wav
    VO2Down05.wav
    VO2Down06.wav
    VO2Down07.wav
    VO2Down08.wav
    VO2Down09.wav
    VO2Down10.wav
    VO2Notes01.wav
    VO2Notes02.wav
    VO2Notes03.wav
    VO2Notes04.wav
    VO2Notes05.wav
    VO2Notes06.wav
    VO2Notes07.wav
    VO2Escape01.wav
    VO2Escape02.wav
    VO2Escape03.wav
    VO2Escape04.wav
    VO2Escape05.wav
    VO2Escape06.wav
    VO2Escape07.wav
    VO2Escape08.wav
    VO2Escape09.wav
    VO2House01.wav
    VO2House02.wav
    VO2House03.wav
    VO2House04.wav
    VO2House05.wav
    VO2House06.wav
    VO2House07.wav
    VO2House08.wav
    VO2House09.wav
    VO2House10.wav
    VO2House11.wav
    VO2Lecture01.wav
    VO2Lecture02.wav
    VO2Lecture03.wav
    VO2Lecture04.wav
    VO2Lecture05.wav
    VO2Lecture06.wav
    VO2Lecture07.wav
    VO2Mobius01.wav
    VO2Mobius02.wav
    VO2Mobius03.wav
    VO2Mobius04.wav
    VO2Presence01.wav
    VO2Presence02.wav
    VO2Presence03.wav
    VO2Presence04.wav
    VO2Presence05.wav
    VO2Presence06.wav
    VO2Presence07.wav
    VO2Machine01.wav
    VO2Machine01c.wav
    VO2Machine02.wav
    VO2Machine02c.wav
    VO2Machine03.wav
    VO2Machine03b.wav
    VO2Machine03c.wav
    VO2Machine04.wav
    VO2Machine04c.wav
    VO2Machine05.wav
    VO2Machine05c.wav
    VO2Machine06.wav
    VO2Machine07.wav
    VO2Tower101.wav
    VO2Tower102.wav
    VO2Tower103.wav
    VO2Tower104.wav
    VO2Tower105.wav
    VO2Tower106.wav
    VO2Tower107.wav
    VO2Tower201.wav
    VO2Tower202.wav
    VO2Tower203.wav
    VO2Tower204.wav
    VO2Tower205.wav
    VO2Tower206.wav
    VO2Tower301.wav
    VO2Tower302.wav
    VO2Tower303.wav
    VO2Tower304.wav
    VO2Tower305.wav
    VO2Tower306.wav
    VO2Tower401.wav
    VO2Tower402.wav
    VO2Tower403.wav
    VO2Tower404.wav
    VO2Tower405.wav
    VO2Tower406.wav
    VO2Tower427.wav
    VO2Epilogue01.wav
    VO2Epilogue02.wav
    VO2Epilogue03.wav
    VO2Epilogue04.wav
    VO2Epilogue05.wav
    VO2Epilogue06.wav
    VO2Epilogue07.wav
    VO2Epilogue08.wav
    VO2Epilogue09.wav
    VO2Epilogue10.wav
    VO2Epilogue11.wav
    VO2Epilogue12.wav
    VO2Epilogue13.wav
    VO2Epilogue14.wav
    VO2Epilogue15.wav
    VO2Epilogue16a.wav
    VO2Epilogue16b.wav
    VO2Epilogue16c.wav
    VO2Epilogue16d.wav
    VO2Maze01.wav
    VO2Maze02.wav
    VO2Maze03.wav
    VO2Maze04.wav
    VO2Maze05.wav
    VO2Maze06.wav
    VO2Maze07.wav
    VO2Maze08.wav
    VO2Maze09.wav
    VO2Maze10.wav
    VO2Maze11.wav
    VO2Maze12.wav
  VO3\
    VO3Intro.wav
    VO3IntroB.wav
    VO3Whisper01.wav
    VO3Whisper02.wav
    VO3Whisper03.wav
    VO3Whisper04.wav
    VO3Whisper05.wav
    VO3Whisper06.wav
    VO3Whisper07.wav
    VO3Whisper08.wav
    VO3Whisper09.wav
    VO3Backwards01.wav
    VO3Backwards02.wav
    VO3Backwards03.wav
    VO3Entering.wav
    VO3stairs01.wav
    VO3stairs02.wav
    VO3stairs03.wav
    VO3stairs04.wav
    VO3lecture01.wav
    VO3lecture02.wav
    VO3lecture03.wav
    VO3lecture04.wav
    VO3lecture05.wav
    VO3theater01.wav
    VO3theater02.wav
    VO3theater03.wav
    VO3mobius01.wav
    VO3mobius02.wav
    VO3mobius03.wav
    VO3mobius04.wav
    VO3presence01.wav
    VO3presence02.wav
    VO3presence03.wav
    VO3presence04.wav
    VO3presence05.wav
    VO3presence06.wav
    VO3presence07.wav
    VO3presence08.wav
    VO3machine01.wav
    VO3machine02.wav
    VO3machine03.wav
    VO3machine04.wav
    VO3machine05.wav
    VO3machine06.wav
    VO3tower101.wav
    VO3tower102.wav
    VO3tower103.wav
    VO3tower104.wav
    VO3tower105.wav
    VO3tower106.wav
    VO3tower107.wav
    VO3tower108.wav
    VO3tower109.wav
    VO3tower110.wav
    VO3tower201.wav
    VO3tower202.wav
    VO3tower203.wav
    VO3tower204.wav
    VO3tower205.wav
    VO3tower206.wav
    VO3tower207.wav
    VO3nml01.wav
    VO3nml02.wav
    VO3nml03.wav
    VO3nml04.wav
    VO3nml05.wav
    VO3nml06.wav
    VO3nml07.wav
    VO3nml08.wav
    VO3nml09.wav
    VO3nml10.wav
    VO3nml11.wav
  VO4\
    VO4Intro.wav
    VO4IntroB.wav
    VO4whisper01.wav
    VO4whisper02.wav
    VO4whisper03.wav
    VO4whisper04.wav
    VO4whisper05.wav
    VO4whisper06.wav
    VO4whisper07.wav
    VO4whisper08.wav
    VO4whisper09.wav
    VO4backwards01.wav
    VO4backwards02.wav
    VO4backwards03.wav
    VO4entering.wav
    VO4stairs01.wav
    VO4stairs02.wav
    VO4stairs03.wav
    VO4stairs04.wav
    VO4stairs05.wav
    VO4puzzle01.wav
    VO4puzzle02.wav
    VO4puzzle03.wav
    VO4puzzle04.wav
    VO4puzzle05.wav
    VO4exiting.wav
    VO4down01.wav
    VO4down02.wav
    VO4down03.wav
    VO4down04.wav
    VO4down05.wav
    VO4down05b.wav
    VO4down06.wav
    VO4down07.wav
    VO4down08.wav
    VO4down09.wav
    VO4down10.wav
    VO4down11.wav
    VO4notes01.wav
    VO4notes02.wav
    VO4notes03.wav
    VO4notes04.wav
    VO4notes05.wav
    VO4notes06.wav
    VO4notes07.wav
    VO4escape01.wav
    VO4escape02.wav
    VO4escape03.wav
    VO4escape04.wav
    VO4escape05.wav
    VO4escape06.wav
    VO4escape07.wav
    VO4escape08.wav
    VO4house01.wav
    VO4house02.wav
    VO4house03.wav
    VO4house04.wav
    VO4house05.wav
    VO4house06.wav
    VO4house07.wav
    VO4house08.wav
    VO4lecture01.wav
    VO4lecture02.wav
    VO4lecture03.wav
    VO4lecture04.wav
    VO4lecture05.wav
    VO4theater01.wav
    VO4theater02.wav
    VO4theater03.wav
    VO4mobius01.wav
    VO4mobius02.wav
    VO4mobius03.wav
    VO4mobius04.wav
    VO4presence01.wav
    VO4presence02.wav
    VO4presence03.wav
    VO4presence04.wav
    VO4presence05.wav
    VO4presence06.wav
    VO4presence07.wav
    VO4presence08.wav
    VO4machine01.wav
    VO4machine02.wav
    VO4machine03.wav
    VO4machine04.wav
    VO4machine05.wav
    VO4machine06.wav
    VO4tower01.wav
    VO4tower02.wav
    VO4tower03.wav
    VO4tower04.wav
    VO4tower05.wav
    VO4tower05b.wav
    VO4tower06.wav
    VO4tower07.wav
    VO4tower08.wav
    VO4tower09.wav
    VO4tower10.wav
    VO4tower11.wav
    VO4tower12.wav
    VO4tower13.wav
    VO4tower14.wav
    VO4tower15.wav
    VO4tower16.wav
    VO4tower16c.wav
    VO4nml01.wav
    VO4nml02.wav
    VO4nml03.wav
    VO4nml04.wav
    VO4nml05.wav
    VO4nml06.wav
    VO4nml07.wav
    VO4nml08.wav
    VO4nml09.wav
    VO4nml10.wav
  VO5\
    VO5intro.wav
    VO5whisper10.wav
    VO5backwards04.wav
    VO5backwards05.wav
    VO5stairs04.wav
    VO5stairs05.wav
    VO5stairs06.wav
    VO5puzzle04.wav
    VO5notes01.wav
    VO5house03.wav
    VO5house04.wav
    VO5house05.wav
    VO5house09.wav
    VO5lecture01.wav
    VO5lecture03.wav
    VO5lecture04.wav
    VO5machine07.wav
    VO5machine08.wav
    VO5tower02.wav
    VO5tower03.wav
    VO5nml01.wav
    VO5nml02.wav
    VO5nml03.wav
    VO5nml04.wav
    VO5nml05.wav
    VO5nml06.wav
    VO5nml07.wav
    VO5nml08.wav
    VO5nml09.wav

Table of chapters

	alt, alpha, etc.	VO2	VO3	VO4	VO5	VOF
Intro (intro)
Whisper (whisper)
Backwards (bw, backward, backwards)
Soundmap (sound, soundmap)
Entering (enter, entering)
Stairs (stairs)
Mom (mom)
Puzzle (puzzle)
Exiting (exiting)
Down (down)
Notes (notes)
Escape (prison, escape)
House (house)
Lecture (lecture, lec, workshop)
Theater (theater)
Mobius (mobius)
Island (presence)
Machine (machine)
Tower (tower)
Epilogue (nml, epilogue)
Maze (ending, finalfloat, maze)
Interview (interview)
Rotation (rotation)

(Source: Original TCRF research)

Games shown in trailer

The game's trailer shows Davey opening a folder containing .exe files, which are ostensibly Coda's games. Some of the games in the folder match up with chapters in the final game, whilst most don't. This is a list of all of the ones seen in the trailer. It should be noted that the dates of the games appear to just be random dates in the range of 2008 to 2011, with no internal or external consistency. The file sizes also appear to be falsified. Also, though the folder is shown to have 134 files in it, the last 25 aren't shown in the trailer (which would probably include 'whisper', 'stairs', 'theater', and 'tower', and possibly also 'workshop').

Name	Size	Date modified	Notes
advantages	26,915 KB	2011-01-04 11:09 ??
attempt_2	26,272 KB	2011-09-18 11:0? ??
audio test	23,734 KB	2010-05-23 03:34 ??
backwards	20,838 KB	2008-01-30 09:10 ??	Corresponds with Backwards (backwards).
beveltest	25,181 KB	2011-04-11 04:40 ??
bounce_theater	7,283 KB	2010-10-13 09:39 PM	One of the games shown in the trailer. Consists of the theater environment from Theater with the bumpers from Theater.
cabbage_nation	30,233 KB	2010-07-21 02:06 ??	The name seems to relate to one of the notes in Notes ("cabbage shapes our nation").
cafe	22,729 KB	2008-08-05 12:34 ??
cave	14,162 KB	2008-11-02 12:3? ??
change_forever	6,549 KB	2011-05-11 07:30 ??
character_test	24,716 KB	2011-03-08 03:19 PM
city_bare	16,488 KB	2008-05-27 05:40 ??
cityscape	20,266 KB	2010-09-03 08:01 PM
closet_door	8,175 KB	2009-09-16 01:08 ??
comic	6,589 KB	2009-11-23 09:3? ??
concert_hall	28,710 KB	2009-03-11 02:52 ??
courtyard	31,064 KB	2011-01-02 11:24 ??
cs	23,908 KB	2011-12-12 12:?? ??	Corresponds with Intro (intro); the Counter Strike level.
descent	9,812 KB	2011-12-18 11:?? ??
detail	31,081 KB	2009-08-29 10:0? ??
diplomatic	14,887 KB	2008-08-05 03:31 AM
disp2b	12,501 KB	2008-01-06 08:25 PM
doesnt_work	14,555 KB	2010-04-24 11:1? ??
down	17,704 KB	2008-10-02 12:4? ??	Corresponds with Down (down).
eggseat	23,205 KB	2008-12-25 02:4? ??
entering	20,440 KB	2008-09-16 12:0? ??	Corresponds with Entering (entering).
escape	26,345 KB	2010-09-16 07:39 ??	Corresponds with Escape (escape).
exiting	16,155 KB	2008-03-25 10:5? ??	Corresponds with Exiting (exiting).
explicit	9,974 KB	2010-10-30 01:2? ??
fail	22,699 KB	2011-12-25 01:4? ??
failure	10,750 KB	2010-07-27 02:03 ??
falling	21,015 KB	2009-01-03 06:39 AM
faults_and_foals	27,099 KB	2008-12-10 02:5? ??
fierce	28,077 KB	2009-10-28 03:0? ??
find_mom	27,223 KB	2009-09-17 12:3? ??	Corresponds with the cut chapter Mom (find_mom, though the map is no longer located in the game's files).
footsteps_test	20,657 KB	2008-04-08 09:04 PM
friend_enemy	8,964 KB	2011-12-10 09:17 PM	Shown in the trailer. Consists of the first area in Machine with the reporters, though the reporters are in a circle around the player and have different heads (some saying "FRIEND" and others saying "ENEMY", though they are both the same colour and hence hard to distinguish between from a glance. These textures are not located in the game's files.).
generator	5,788 KB	2011-10-23 08:1? ??	Appears to correspond to the files in beginnersguide\models\author\generator and the corresponding material files (is it used in Down..?).
gift	31,223 KB	2008-01-06 02:10 PM
heart	27,396 KB	2009-06-24 08:16 ??
help	6,448 KB	2011-11-12 02:4? ??
hero	27,214 KB	2010-10-01 06:52 ??
holetest	21,808 KB	2009-07-19 12:2? ??	Might be related to a particular unused texture.
honeybee	30,349 KB	2010-10-08 01:46 ??
house_detail	27,139 KB	2011-11-01 12:0? ??	Seems to relate to House.
housecleaning	11,930 KB	2008-07-02 12:38 ??	Probably House itself (house).
hurt_hurt	29,652 KB	2011-11-18 06:5? ??
interview	13,566 KB	2011-10-07 12:2? ??	Corresponds to the cut chapter Interview.
islands	7,219 KB	2009-04-05 10:59 ??	May relate to the chapter Island (presence), though there is also a file called 'presence' in the folder.
jennifer	14,575 KB	2008-03-14 07:30 ??	There is also a folder in Davey's 'My documents' folder in the trailer called 'Jennifer'. The identity of Jennifer isn't apparent (either within the context of the game, or outside it).
labyrinth	29,648 KB	2009-03-16 06:55 ??	Presumably some kind of maze (could this be maze1?). Could also be the maze in Whisper, or just an earlier version of Maze.
lamppost_env	5,794 KB	2008-09-16 03:11 ??	Likely corresponds to beginnersguide\mapsrc\instances\lamppost.vmf.
lecture	23,150 KB	2011-11-20 12:?? ??	Corresponds to Lecture (lecturer).
light_test	24,950 KB	2008-01-25 10:1? ??
machine	8,263 KB	2009-09-18 06:40 ??	Corresponds to Machine (machine).
machine-copy	19,858 KB	2008-09-12 08:38 ??
maze2	8,684 KB	2008-09-28 07:33 ??	Corresponds to Maze (maze2).
menu	6,010 KB	2008-08-23 11:0? ??	Corresponds to menu.bsp.
menu2	18,421 KB	2009-08-20 07:28 ??	Corresponds to menu2.bsp. Interestingly, there is no file here called 'menu3', which is the map which is used in-game (?).
mobius	23,479 KB	2010-02-09 04:00 AM	Corresponds to Mobius (mobius). This game is supposedly shown in the trailer, though the 'gameplay' shown is just flying around outside the bounds of the map using noclip. Additionally, there are no NPCs, implying that it is the below map which was used.
mobius_nopeople	18,614 KB	2009-05-18 07:33 ??	See above.
modular	27,906 KB	2009-06-12 10:2? ??
museum	8,843 KB	2011-01-05 09:37 AM	Appears to correspond with the files in beginnersguide\models\museum, the corresponding material files, and in beginnersguide\materials\museum. (are they used?)
new	12,930 KB	2008-12-28 06:2? ??
new_new	28,491 KB	2009-05-20 03:03 ??
newideas	25,508 KB	2011-07-12 09:28 ??
nml1	27,461 KB	2011-05-14 03:52 ??	Corresponds to Epilogue (nomansland1 and nomansland2).
nml2	5,407 KB	2010-03-30 05:43 ??
nml_claus_b	23,646 KB	2011-09-07 03:21 AM	Corresponds to a particular part of the second Epilogue map (see beginnersguide\materials\nml_claus, etc.).
nml_path	22,406 KB	2009-03-05 01:21 AM	Corresponds to a particular part of the second Epilogue map.
noise	6,564 KB	2009-03-02 12:36 ??
note_env	25,603 KB	2011-04-04 12:41 ??	Seems to correspond to note.vmf and note.vmx in beginnersguide\mapsrc\instances\, and to beginnersguide\maps\note.bsp.
notes	15,910 KB	2008-09-27 05:01 ??	Corresponds to Notes (notes).
notworking	30,677 KB	2009-05-04 08:59 AM
one_million	14,523 KB	2009-05-05 07:59 PM
presence	31,405 KB	2011-08-16 06:46 ??	Corresponds to Island (presence).
presence2a	15,375 KB	2011-09-14 08:26 ??	Probably a specific section of the Island map.
press	12,977 KB	2008-11-26 03:3? ??	Likely related to Machine.
prison	12,368 KB	2011-03-07 12:17 ??	The individual prison games, combined in escape.
prison_blocks	22,191 KB	2010-02-04 03:58 AM
prison_insideout	28,684 KB	2010-12-16 04:4? ??
prison_nobars	30,587 KB	2009-09-28 06:43 ??
prison_phone	14,786 KB	2011-03-06 12:47 ??
prison_puzzle	30,342 KB	2011-07-28 10:3? ??
prison_tutorial	20,929 KB	2009-10-22 08:0? ??
prison_walls	25,316 KB	2011-04-28 01:34 ??
prison_well	6,777 KB	2011-07-26 05:29 ??
puzzle	25,089 KB	2010-12-12 11:?? ??	Corresponds with Puzzle (puzzle).
puzzle_conversation	7,836 KB	2008-02-06 09:06 AM
render	9,815 KB	2008-10-16 02:1? ??
rotation	6,506 KB	2008-09-13 07:47 ??	Corresponds with the cut chapter Rotation (see the Unused Text and Unused Graphics sub-pages).
sail	5,576 KB	2010-10-06 01:27 ??
salad_salad	14,754 KB	2009-02-24 04:06 ??
saved	11,053 KB	2011-11-21 12:?? ??
scene1	9,057 KB	2010-10-23 06:5? ??
scene1a	16,546 KB	2010-04-09 05:41 PM
serious	20,254 KB	2011-09-06 06:30 AM
shape	21,174 KB	2011-06-26 11:1? ??
sheets_cleaning	9,940 KB	2009-07-29 01:55 AM	Shown in the trailer. Consists of part of House.
skybox2	12,350 KB	2009-06-05 01:44 AM
soccer	19,585 KB	2011-09-19 08:15 ??
soundmap	27,093 KB	2009-10-13 12:?? ??	This was possibly going to appear in the game at some point; some of the earliest VO runs seem to contain voice lines from it (see above).
soundsounds	22,543 KB	2011-03-21 11:0? ??
space	31,568 KB	2011-08-13 01:17 ??
stairs	12,722 KB	2011-08-30 05:22 ??	Corresponds with Stairs (stairs).
stalk	23,231 KB	2011-11-07 06:51 ??
test 4b	10,505 KB	2009-12-11 02:2? ??
test 5	9,115 KB	2010-07-20 05:06 ??
test_machine	25,569 KB	2011-09-27 10:3? ??

As mentioned above, the 25 files beyond this point aren't shown in the trailer.

(Source: Original TCRF research)

Narrator object locations

Opening the map files in beginnersguide\maps in a text editor and searching for "down/book.mdl" (or "narrator") allows one to find the exact coordinates of the narrator object in each map. Here's a list of them:

Chapter	Map name	Coordinates
Intro	intro.bsp	240 1456.73 328
Whisper	whisper.bsp	-1728 -607.73 14
Backwards	backwards.bsp	-61.6086 -1036.47 -111
Entering	entering.bsp	-7.6921 -2257.93 2
Stairs	stairs.bsp	463.035 2056.15 1409
Puzzle	puzzle.bsp	-2592 -2048 -1024
Exiting	exiting.bsp	-7.6921 -2257.93 2
Down	down.bsp	3457.76 -2002.54 6096.64
Notes	notes.bsp	-937.907 6692.35 1291
Escape	escape.bsp	913.102 217.86 -40.408
House	house.bsp	1782.19 1493.75 296.785
Lecture	lecturer.bsp	-454 420 134
Theater	theater.bsp	972.77 4848.23 1057
Mobius	mobius.bsp	-1661.68 -592 -358
Island	presence.bsp	-118 -6346 11
Machine	machine.bsp	98.594 -1085.37 9278.56
Tower	tower.bsp	-5170 3837 -164
Epilogue	nomansland1.bsp	5370 -1484 342.471
	nomansland2.bsp	-80 1408 -130
Maze	maze2.bsp	73.5342 128.555 -184

(Source: Original TCRF research)

VMF I/O CSV delimiters

The VMF files in beginnersguide\mapsrc have had their CSV delimeters changed from commas (U+002C) to ESC characters (U+001B), which may crash the Hammer editor when trying to open them if they are not changed back beforehand.

(Source: Robert Yang)

LUA scripts

17 LUA scripts can be found packed with The Beginner's Guide, which seem to have been used for developing the game. Notably, its menu layout, the credits, and texture properties for the abandoned loading screens.

(Source: SteamDB. Accessed 2023-10-20))