A Loading Screen is an event in The Stanley Parable series that changes the map that is loaded. Some are clearly visible loading screens, some are undercover in a form of cutscene.
Generic Loading Screens[]
Settings Person Loading Screen[]
This loading screen is seen before and after every talk to the Settings Person when you boot up the game, including choosing the subtitles for the subsequent sequels.
It is a fully black screen with a small bar in the lower-right corner that shows the loading status.
The End Is Never Loading Screen[]
This is the default Loading Screen, used to boot up almost every location/map change, and is the one used with manual restarts ("Begin the game again" option from the pause menu). It is also shown after completing all endings.
The Loading screen is fully colored in black, with gray and white text at the bottom. The gray text seems to repeat forever saying The Stanley Parable's tagline, The End Is Never... In the lower-right corner, a white loading bar accompanied by a "LOADING" text can be seen.
Loading Loading Screen[]
This is another default loading screen, mainly used in The Stanley Parable HD Remake, and seen once in both The Stanley Parable Demonstration and The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe.
- In the Demo, this loading screen is present after pressing "Begin the demo" in the pause menu or the main menu.
- In the HD Remake, this loading screen is always seen while loading another location.
- In Ultra Deluxe, this loading screen is only present after taking The Boss's Elevator down the first time, much like where the Narrator wants you to go in his story.
This Loading screen is almost identical to the tagline one, except the text "The End is Never..." tagline is replaced by a repeating "LOADING".
White Loading Screen[]
This is a loading screen used after picking up the phone in the Phone Room, and it transports the player to the Apartment Building.
This Loading screen is nothing but a white colored screen that eventually fades to show the Apartment 427.
Hidden Loading Screens[]
These are hidden fairly well and they are hard-to-spot. They were added in various different forms to make the experience of loading feel smoother.
Black Loading Screen[]
This loading screen is used to load the Freedom Ending after pressing the OFF button in the Facility Power Room, in the Mariella Ending to load the death scene of Stanley, in the Zending to load the Starry Dome and to load individual areas of the Epilogue.
This is a fully black screen, often placed after the player's view gets blacked out to sneak a map load into the course of the game and make it seamless and smooth at the same time.
Blue Pratice Loading Screen[]
This is a loading screen used in the Not Stanley Ending to secretly load the corrupted version of the office stored in a map called "map_incorrect" in the game files.
This loading screen is the "Practice Screen" from The Stanley Parable Instructional Video. This particular screen was used as a loading screen because of the needed silence for a loading screen which no other part of the video has.
I'm Doney With The Funny Practice Loading Screen[]
This is a loading screen used in the Comedic Timing Ending to secretly load the changed version of the office stored in a map called "map_incorrect" in the game files.
This loading screen is the "Practice Screen" from the What is Comedic Timing? video and works in a similar manner to the blue practice screen in The Stanley Parable Instructional Video, hiding a map load of the "map_incorrect" through a muted practice screen.