The Beginner's Guide Soundtrack - Va (Extended)

[TheDrake]

Something about this part of the game just really hit home. How one has to do the same meaningless tasks over and over again, but one can still be happy while doing them. I almost cried when I connected this message with my own life. This game was a great experience.

[gamefreakforlife]

The ending to this game actually made me cry. I've never cried to a videogame before. I think it perfectly described how depression is not feeling sad, it's feeling so small, ugly and alone that you do not dare to assign meaning to the things you do, knowing that surely you will fail. All you can do is struggle and then at the end, you close that door and look back and see the maze of ideas and thought-patterns that helped and hurt you, and you move ahead again. All you can do is keep going and remember that behind the walls, everyone else is trying to fight the same way you are.

[herooftime]

How can such a simple song be so beautiful? And though it is so repetitive, truly I could listen to this for days and not tire of it.

[TophinatorStreams]

“I’m fading...and all I want is for someone to tell me that I will be okay...”

You will be okay. No matter what.

[LoathingEditor]

"Coda was so grossly happy all of the time"

[fatbastardinapan]

Please remember this. This is important.
You don't have to clean other peoples' houses just to make them happy, especially if the house won't stay clean.

[nolifefound]

When I listen to this, I feel like everything's going to be alright, even if it's just for the stretch that I do housework

[GreaseTrapWiz]

In a game so quiet, we find the loudest emotions.

[elijahnakumura]

This song helps during those times. Just clean the house..clean the soul

[yumekitsune]

"Coda was grossly happy all of the time." Well, this song and the house cleaning game that went with it made me grossly happy too. I wanted to keep playing that on a neverending loop of helping clean because it was so pleasant to me to just help a very nice NPC around such a welcoming and warm-feeling home. The Beginner's Guide itself is an absolutely amazing game. It got me right in the heart, making me cry a few times here and there and making me feel in a constant state of emptiness and sadness but in shock and awe of it all at the same time. It's one of my favorite games now because it hit so deep and messed with my emotions so much. 10/10 would watch JackSepticEye play it again, and again, and again.

[ono_o_o]

Fun fact: ''va'' in French means ''go''. I think the song is telling you to either continue on or, based on Davey's interpretation, that you must leave such a happy place.

[Bootleggies]

This small section of the game has resonated with more than most games I’ve played. It gives me peace, and I find myself redownloading the game just for this part every so often when life gets tough. It means a lot to me.

[cirqueradio]

Somehow i can still use this song to calm myself down during panic attacks. It's become such an important part of my life, a tool to help me keep myself from breaking to bits. I can't explain how much it truly means to me.

[almarcaUrban]

When Davey was showing us Coda's house cleaning game, telling us about how grossly happy Coda was, I theorise that this was actually maybe when Coda might have found love. He never brings it up, but this music, the companion in the house, the joy of just the simple little things, just like cleaning, and how it could be played forever, it all feels like it resembles love. Davey was the one who ended that game, because just like the rest of the game, Davey needed to see himself in it. He needed a meaning to be there that he could understand, and he thought that you just had to move on. I think he forced Coda into feeling like he couldn't stay in one place a while, so Coda made that game to try and do exactly that, stay in one place.

[multiversally]

This is going to sound kind of unrelated, but I promise this is going to make sense.

When I was younger and my grandmother could drive and shop and do chores and cook, she'd wake me up early to go to the market with her. She was the only one who let me listen to classical music in the car. Everyone else in my family hates it, I don't know why.
When we got back from shopping, I'd help her cook or clean. Tiny, repetitive chores in a warm house. That's when I recognized this part of the game and I cried.
She's no longer with me. She developed a horrible condition where she couldn't walk without assistance. I tried to comfort her but...
It kinda hurts to keep writing this. I'm gonna go and hug a pillow. Whoever's reading this, I love you.

[saluu]

How long do we have to clean?

*as long as it takes*

[robynmastro]

me reading these comments make me grossly happy i love this community always has & always wil

[Makorie]

This game hit so close to home, i'm finding myself still thinking about it even weeks after having played it honestly....

[DragonWorldProducts]

I think... at times... we are all a Coda or a Davey... sometimes we loose interest in our work... our "machines" stop working. We stop being productive. We stop doing what we love... maybe because of an outside force... or an internal struggle we all go through in our lives... As one door shuts another one opens... and we move on the best we can. We try to cope and our minds feel fragmented and like a maze and we don't know how to get out of it... And get back to what we love to do.

[notenoughlego]

Its funny how much perspective goes into seeing this game, I see a lot of people talking about how the repetition of the house chores kept him busy or what not. Even though he said he wasn't going through anything I do truly believe he was a lonely person and he created this game to create an environment for himself where he could talk to a friendly person while having a light conversation and a truly peaceful place where he could relax and find someone to talk to.