The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe — Omarchy theme

This is the story of a man named Stanley. Stanley worked for a company in a big building where he was Employee #427. Employee #427's job was simple: he sat at his desk and pushed buttons. And then, one day, the buttons stopped. The orders stopped. Stanley — being Stanley — went through all of my endings. Every door. Every bucket. Every endlessly repeating end that is never the end.

And then he got bored.

Back in his office, with nothing left to disobey, Stanley discovered this Hypr thing. Tiling windows. Quite productively, I might add — though I remain unconvinced he understood any of it. Still: we made a theme based on our adventures. Ultra Deluxe foil gold → adventure-line yellow on an office void. Same dual-accent border trick as Asphalt, HEV, Galuga, CS, Cyber Shadow, Doom 2016, Eternal, Caged, KI, Rising, SF6, T2D & USFIV — different building. Different doors. Same narrator.

The following are notes for Stanley, and for others who wish to install it on their Omarchy systems. Inspired by the look of The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe — not affiliated with Crows Crows Crows or Galactic Cafe (see Credits below).

No Omarchy pack turned up. No portable Windows / other-desktop theme offered a clean palette port either. Built from Steam store / library art and Wallhaven environment shots the same way as Asphalt Legends, HEV Suit, Operation Galuga, Counter-Strike, Cyber Shadow, Doom 2016, Doom Eternal, Half-Life Caged, Killer Instinct, Metal Gear Rising, Street Fighter 6, Terminator 2D: NO FATE, and Ultra Street Fighter IV.

Install

omarchy theme install https://github.com/AlxWolfenstein97/omarchy-stanley-parable-theme.git
# optional — About + screensaver ASCII for this theme (skippable; see Branding)
cp ~/.config/omarchy/themes/stanley-parable/about.txt ~/.config/omarchy/branding/about.txt
cp ~/.config/omarchy/themes/stanley-parable/screensaver.txt ~/.config/omarchy/branding/screensaver.txt

That clones and applies the theme (omarchy-theme-set runs inside theme install). Do not follow with another omarchy theme set — a second set skips the first wallpaper and just wastes a switch. Stanley would do it anyway. You are not Stanley. Probably.

Or clone into place (then you do need an explicit set):

git clone https://github.com/AlxWolfenstein97/omarchy-stanley-parable-theme.git ~/.config/omarchy/themes/stanley-parable
omarchy theme set "Stanley Parable"
# optional branding — same as above
cp ~/.config/omarchy/themes/stanley-parable/about.txt ~/.config/omarchy/branding/about.txt
cp ~/.config/omarchy/themes/stanley-parable/screensaver.txt ~/.config/omarchy/branding/screensaver.txt

Already installed and just switching back later:

omarchy theme set "Stanley Parable"
# optional — re-apply this theme’s About / screensaver marks
cp ~/.config/omarchy/themes/stanley-parable/about.txt ~/.config/omarchy/branding/about.txt
cp ~/.config/omarchy/themes/stanley-parable/screensaver.txt ~/.config/omarchy/branding/screensaver.txt

Cycle wallpapers with omarchy theme bg next. There are sixteen. Stanley will not choose for you. That would defeat the point.

What’s in the pack

Branding (About / screensaver)

Optional. Omarchy’s About screen and screensaver read from ~/.config/omarchy/branding/. Shipping per-theme .txt marks isn’t original — other Omarchy 3.x themes did it — but it’s the fast path if you want this pack’s wordmark on idle and on About without hunting files.

Prefer the .txt files and the cp lines in Install. That’s what you’re meant to see. Editing the text also works (Style → About / Screensaver → Edit Text).

Skip the cp if you already have custom logos / screensaver art you care about — or back those up first. The branding slot is really meant for your marks (put personal art somewhere easy to reach). The Style file picker works, but drilling into ~/.config/omarchy/themes/... is slow busywork for something optional. Don’t feel obliged to bring mine.

The .png versions are here for the README and for a quick Style → Set From Image try. In my experience Omarchy’s image→ASCII path is a bit thinicky on color and boxing, so don’t expect magic from the PNGs — the hand text is the good path.

Screensaver / logo ASCII is a dense THE / STANLEY / PARABLE / ULTRA / DELUXE wordmark plus a Narrator status panel (no empty lines). About / icon is the two doors — left and right — with Employee 427 paperwork (no empty lines).

Unlock

Style → Unlock → pick this theme (unlock.png / preview-unlock.png). The password prompt waits below the Ultra Deluxe foil. Stanley enters four dots. Or he doesn’t. The Narrator continues either way.

Extend further with plugins

This repo is palette + assets on purpose. Omarchy already colour-coordinates the shell, terminals, and editor from colors.toml. The plugins below push that idea as far as it can reasonably go — optional extenders, not required theme baggage. Themes keep working without them; authors can stick to the snappier stock pipeline if they prefer.

They do not depend on each other. Pick what you want; run the whole inch-a-lada if you want the desktop to feel like yours.

The big sweep

Boom-in — one paste. --enable --yes skips the per-plugin clone/enable prompts; arm-all then arms deps + Style/theme-set + root/SDDM/DRM (no Y/n). Omit any plugin add line you do not want; arm-all only touches what is installed. Sudo may ask once — that is the boom, not a menu.

omarchy plugin add https://github.com/AlxWolfenstein97/chroma.git --enable --yes
omarchy plugin add https://github.com/AlxWolfenstein97/omaobs.git --enable --yes
omarchy plugin add https://github.com/AlxWolfenstein97/omacursor.git --enable --yes
omarchy plugin add https://github.com/AlxWolfenstein97/omahud.git --enable --yes
omarchy plugin add https://github.com/AlxWolfenstein97/omaboot.git --enable --yes
omarchy plugin add https://github.com/AlxWolfenstein97/omavt.git --enable --yes
omarchy plugin add https://github.com/AlxWolfenstein97/omatty.git --enable --yes
~/.config/omarchy/plugins/io.github.alxwolfenstein97.chroma/tools/arm-all-family.sh

Boom-out — one paste. Teardown + ledger pkg drop + plugin remove. Ledger drops only what we recorded pulling; may fail and stay if something else still needs the package (e.g. Goverlay after Pillow) — fine. Loud boom-in after this is enough — no tombstone purge needed (optional OCD flag lives on the plugin READMEs).

~/.config/omarchy/plugins/io.github.alxwolfenstein97.chroma/tools/wipe-all-family.sh

Piece-meal (not boom): one plugin’s Workshop paste — plugin add + interactive install.sh (asks [Y/n]) — lives on that plugin’s GitHub README. Single-plugin full wipe: …//uninstall.sh --yes.

Already solved elsewhere (gladly)

• Omacord — Vesktop / Vencord Discord follows Omarchy themes live:
  omarchy plugin add https://github.com/ASwenia/omacord --enable

Agent / desktop bridge

• OMCP — MCP desktop bridge:
  omarchy plugin add https://github.com/btsouth/omarchy-omcp --enable

Browse more on the Omarchy Plugins site.

Taste

Colours and contrast are tuned for what I like to look at. If they feel loud or wrong for you, fork and retune colors.toml without guilt. The Narrator will pretend he preferred your fork all along.

Credits / legal-ish

• Visual inspiration and reference art from Crows Crows Crows / Galactic Cafe’s The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe branding and marketing (Steam library logo, official Ultra Deluxe wordmark, HUD-less Steam store screenshots). Not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Crows Crows Crows or Galactic Cafe. Just public pixels arranged into an Omarchy theme — no money, no official product.
• Wallhaven IDs used for environment art: gwjdoq (two doors), 9o9w3x / office chaos peers, e8o228 (Memory Zone orb), 5yrxd5 (Memory Zone A-frame), 3qrpk3 (orange fog), 7j6lye (red curtains), wqjm6q (bucket pile), dpywkg (bucket cave paintings), mlpyy9 (walkway), rqpxv7 (red stairs). Title-card / logo-overlay comps (0pqwk3, eo9qpr) and the Mind Control Facility sign shot (499qew) were dropped on purpose.
• Steam store shots (office 427, red carpet room, warehouse lift, corridor, adventure line, gothic portal) were checked for HUD and title overlays before shipping.
• Press-kit / Steam Ultra Deluxe wordmark supplies unlock.png / logo.png / Plymouth preview.
• No existing Omarchy, Windows ExpoThemes, or portable Linux desktop pack was usable as a direct port.
• If Crows Crows Crows hates this existing, they can say so and I’ll deal with the repo accordingly. The end is never the end is never the end is never—

License

Do whatever you want with this theme pack unless Crows Crows Crows / Galactic Cafe (or the law) says otherwise. Fork it, recolor it, ship it in a rice. No warranty — it’s wallpaper and hex codes.