Player

The Player is the person playing The Beginner's Guide. Throughout the game's levels, the Player is sometimes referred to as female; and, in some maps, such as Mobius, they are presented as Coda (see: Characters within Coda's games).

Like in Davey Wreden's previous game, The Stanley Parable, the player has a passive, yet integral role in the plot of The Beginner's Guide. It could be argued that the individual player is not as important as the player-base at large (the game's audience) and how they play a (largely unwitting) role in the relationship between Davey and Coda.