Hahaha dude awesome comment, the beginner's guide is one of my favorite games, so happy that it gave you that kind of vibe, wasn't even intended.
Guess the failed artist is something I can sympathies with.
I like working around a games "limitations" that prevent you from continuing by using "bugs". Makes me feel smart. You have basically a nice premise for such a story. Just need some actual scraps of gameplay and a good plotline.
The beginners guide had really strong and witty writing as well as a gut punch of a twist. I haven't experienced such a betrayal ever since and I doubt something will come any where close to that.
When I first finished "The beginner's guide" a friend of mine who loved it too, and he told me he felt the "Mr. Nobody effect" after finishing "The Beginner's guide". He was totally right. If you want to understand that weird effect of finishing the beginner's guide you should watch "Mr. Nobody" by Jaco Van Dormael (its on Netflix now I assume) this movie blew my mind like nothing else before.