Overview
Who is Coda? The question in the story is unanswered. But I will give you my thoughts on who Coda really is in this guide.
The Beginning
In the Beginning Davey shows and explains these games that Coda created he states that Coda created these games from 2008 up to 2011. Also the same date The Stanley Parable was released on steam in July 27, 2011. The last game Coda released was in June of 2011 which shows as first proof why Coda is Davey. Because after The Stanley Parable Davey did not release a game after it being a huge success.
What is Coda?
Coda is a character inside of Davey’s head. Coda is the part of Davey that creates the games and creates the ideas for the games. Davey says he has heated arguments between Coda to make his games Have a playable ending to it. While Coda disagrees and likes his games without an ending to them. That is where the internal conflict happens between the part of davey that wants to make the games and the part of Davey that wants the games to never have an ending. in The Stanley Parable, when you start playing the game it seems like it never has an ending to it when you first start playing. But the truth is, the game has multiple endings to it. Which referes back to Coda and Davey arguing about games having an ending or not.
Davey’s Lampposts
Davey says that Coda added the lamp posts after a couple of games to show that they ment the ending of the level. Later on in the games the text on the wall says “would you stop changing my games? stop adding lampposts to them?” meaning that Davey lied and He went agenst Coda’s will to add an ending to all his games. Coda’s games didn’t have an ending to them Davey was the one to add the endings. Since Davey have not heard from Coda in a long time after he created a few games Coda still had access to the game to modify the level and write the text there. Telling Davey that he did not want endings to his games. Coda’s games only got more dark and horrifing once you progress through the levels with davey’s lampposts. When Coda made the games repeating themselves they were the happy thoughts of Coda. He did not like endings. That is why Davey hated himself because Coda is the second part of him.
The Speech Bubbles
The speech bubbles in that one game showes how much Davey/Coda was isolating himself from the outside world to create games. He talked to himself throughout the whole level to not feel lonely. He put in jokes and comments that real people would put in to think that a lot of people like his game and talk to the creator. Davey craves peoples love to his game while Coda likes to keep them to himself with his own creative mind and an endless game that is why he wouldn’t release them. Davey created The Stanley Parable with an ending because that is what people ask for that is what makes people happy when they play Video Games. Proper endings.
The Ending
The ending of The Beginner’s Guide was the Silent Machine. The beam that you put your body through it to help others. Instead a glitch in the game occurs and the player floats up. When floating you see a Massive labyrinth. What is that labyrinth? if Coda knew the glitch was in his game already why did he not have the game end with the player dying on the beam? Because he wanted to show what was outside the picture. Like when Davey removes the walls in one of Coda’s games to show there are hundreds of puzzles outside the simple level you completed. As the player is flying higher and higher the labyrinth extends out to a point where it is not visible to the eye. It describes the thoughts of Davey and Coda when he creates Video Games. His complex minds always has conflicts when creating games. That is why the ending was neither proper or unproper. It had enough to explain what was happening in Coda’s and Davey’s mind. But there are still things unanswered. For example. What are the three dots? Why did the player destroy all of Coda’s maps? and why did Davey leave before the ending of the game?
REMEMBER
This whole guide has been my thoughts of the game. All of what I said could be either, partially true, all true, or none of it true. Either way we might find out in the future or we may not. I wanted to share what i thought with the people that played the game because the game to me really relates to me a little and to my friend a lot. The game is very deep and has meaning to it. Overall the game was worth every little bit of time I spent playing and creating this guide for. I hope this guide helped you understand what I think of Coda and Davey.