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Baldi's Basics in Education and Learning
Baldi's Basics in Education and Learning
Developer(s)	Mystman12
Publisher(s)	Basically, Games!
Engine	Unity
Platform(s)	Microsoft Windows; macOS; Linux; Android; iOS
Release	March 31, 2018 (original game); October 21, 2022 (remaster)
Genre(s)	Parody, puzzle
Mode(s)	Single-player

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Baldi's Basics Classic (or Baldi's Basics in Education and Learning) is the original version of Baldi's Basics Plus that was first released on itch.io on March 31, 2018, by Basically, Games!. It was released on Game Jolt on May 27, 2018. Although it was partly but not completely a full game, it is available on itch.io and Game Jolt for free as a similar type of "demo", only consisting of nine characters, eleven items, and only one subject (math) in the non-randomly generated Schoolhouse with no other features.

Soon after V1.3.2 was released, on July 24, 2018, a Kickstarterwas launched, made to have a Baldi's Basics full game with new characters, randomly generated maps, new subjects, field trips, and more. The Kickstarter was successful, raising $61,375 out of $50,000.

The mobile version was released on February 1, 2019, for the Android platform. It has been mentioned for release on mystman12's Twitter and Kickstarter page. According to the responses on his Twitter, the game is free and has no ads.The game can be downloaded on Kindle Fire and Samsung. The iOS port is officially released on December 12, 2019. The game was released on Google Play and App Store on December 17, 2019.

Plot

A friend of the protagonist forgets seven notebooks at the local schoolhouse but can't get them himself because he'd be late for "eating practice", so he asks the protagonist to fetch them. Once the player arrives, Baldi, one of the teachers, quizzes the player with simple math problems every time they find a notebook (three per book), with the promise of a prize if they answer all of them correctly. Baldi is also very easy to anger and, after presenting the player with impossible math problems, will start to chase them when they inevitably fail to answer them correctly. The protagonist is forced to continue to search for all the other notebooks while also avoiding other students and various obstacles.^[1]

Alternate ending

If the player chooses to answer every question wrong in seven notebooks, they will experience an ending which includes a distorted version of Baldi and another hidden character, Null, asking the player to destroy the game, before the game closes itself.^[2]

Gameplay

his game has two modes, story and endless!

• Story mode requires you to collect 7 notebooks and then escape the school to win. The more notebooks you collect, the faster Baldi will become! Simple, but very challenging.

• Endless mode is a challenge to see how many notebooks you can collect before being caught by Baldi. Over time Baldi will speed up, but each time you successfully solve the problems in a notebook he'll slow down. The longer you can keep his speed down, the more notebooks you can collect!

This is an official port of the original game, with touch screen controls! Check out the options menu to adjust them to your liking!

At the start of the game, Baldi appears, greeting and waving to the player. As the player goes to a classroom to collect the first notebook, they will see the You Can Think Pad showing a set of three math problems presented by Baldi. In the first set of math problems, everything is normal. However, when the player obtains the second notebook, the third and final question is replaced by an unintelligible string of numbers, and Baldi's voice will become glitched. This question has no correct answer and replaces all final questions from the second notebook onward.

When the player gets their first math problem wrong, Baldi will chase the player by slapping a ruler on his hand. At this point, the other characters will appear. The more math problems the player answers incorrectly, the faster Baldi will chase them.

Once the player finds all 7 notebooks, Baldi will seem to congratulate the player before he screams "GET OUT WHILE YOU STILL CAN!!!", followed by a laugh. Baldi will now be moving at his fastest as there are no more notebooks, which means there are no more questions to get wrong. Now the player must find four exits in any order. Once the player finds one of the exits, everything will become red(except characters, items, and sprites) and the doorway will become a solid wall with a map of the Schoolhouse on it. Three of these exits are fake, the last one the player reaches being the real one they can finally leave out of. Before the player tries to exit, a loud noise is heard in the background.

Development and release

The game was initially made as an entry in the annual Meta-Game Jam on Itch.io,^[3] where it received 2nd place.^[4] In an interview with Game Developer, the game's developer cited the 1996 game Sonic’s Schoolhouse as his main inspiration.^[5] The game was originally going to be made for the 3DS using SmileBasic as confirmed by Mystman12 in TetraBitGaming’s video.

The developer launched a Kickstarter campaign for the game,^[6] where he announced that an early access prototype for the full game, titled Baldi's Basics Plus, would be released on June 12, 2020. The Kickstarter raised a total of $61,375.^[7] Development has been ongoing ever since, with additional content such as new characters, new items, minigames, challenge modes, 'field trips' and a new layout for the schoolhouse, incorporating multiple levels and procedural generation, similar to a first-person roguelike and dungeon crawler hybrid game.

On Oct 21, 2022, a remaster and compilation of three games on PC platforms titled Baldi's Basics Classic Remastered was released, which includes the original game, Baldi's Basics Birthday Bash, and a demo version of Baldi's Basics Plus, with additional features such as fun settings and more alternate endings.^[8]

Reception

Despite its poor graphics, it became highly popular for its humor, difficulty and surreal gameplay.^[9] Popular YouTubers such as DanTDM, Markiplier, Jacksepticeye, PewDiePie, 8-BitRyan and Kindly Keyin made videos on the game,^[10] helping to boost its popularity.^[11]

This game was an entry in the annual Meta-Game Jam in 2018, and it received 2nd place, with Farfalle OS just barely in 1st. It has gained high praise from its fans, developing a large fandom. The game has reached over 1 million downloads and it is still growing.

References

^ Jackson, Gita (April 12, 2018). "A Free Game That Makes Math More Scary". Kotaku. Retrieved April 6, 2021.
^ Mystman12. Baldi's Basics in Education and Learning (1.3 ed.). Scene: alternate ending.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ Wöbbeking, Jan (June 8, 2018). "Baldi's Basics in Education and Learning: Bizarrer Überlebenskampf in der Edutainment-Schule". 4Players (in German). Retrieved April 6, 2021.
^ "Top ranked games in the Meta Game Jam". itch.io. Retrieved 2018-08-05.
^ Couture, Joel (August 13, 2018). "How Baldi's Basics taps into the real horror of '90s edutainment". Gamasutra. Retrieved April 6, 2021.
^ Bald, Cameron (December 23, 2019). "Baldi's Basics Classic, a mobile version of the game, leqrnss onto Android and iOS". Pocket Gamer. Retrieved April 6, 2021.
^ "Baldi's Basics Plus Enters Early Access June 12 - Niche Gamer". nichegamer.com. 2020-05-11. Retrieved 2022-12-03.
^ ""Basically Games Announces Baldi's Basics Classic Remastered is Available now, October 21, With a New Trailer" - Games Press". www.gamespress.com. Retrieved 2022-10-28.
^ Conville, Caitlyn (June 15, 2018). "'Baldi's Basics' Brings Nostalgia for Millennial Gamers". Study Breaks. Retrieved April 6, 2021.
^ "PC download charts: Why are 'Baldi's Basics' and 'Totally Accurate Battle Simulator' so popular again?". INQUIRER.net. 9 April 2019. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
^ Nguyen, Keoni (June 25, 2018). "A Fake Edutainment Game Is Now A YouTube Hit". Kotaku. Retrieved April 6, 2021.

External links

Official website

[kotaku1-1] Jackson, Gita (April 12, 2018). "A Free Game That Makes Math More Scary". Kotaku. Retrieved April 6, 2021.

[2] Mystman12. Baldi's Basics in Education and Learning (1.3 ed.). Scene: alternate ending.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

[3] Wöbbeking, Jan (June 8, 2018). "Baldi's Basics in Education and Learning: Bizarrer Überlebenskampf in der Edutainment-Schule". 4Players (in German). Retrieved April 6, 2021.

[4] "Top ranked games in the Meta Game Jam". itch.io. Retrieved 2018-08-05.

[5] Couture, Joel (August 13, 2018). "How Baldi's Basics taps into the real horror of '90s edutainment". Gamasutra. Retrieved April 6, 2021.

[pocket-6] Bald, Cameron (December 23, 2019). "Baldi's Basics Classic, a mobile version of the game, leqrnss onto Android and iOS". Pocket Gamer. Retrieved April 6, 2021.

[7] "Baldi's Basics Plus Enters Early Access June 12 - Niche Gamer". nichegamer.com. 2020-05-11. Retrieved 2022-12-03.

[8] ""Basically Games Announces Baldi's Basics Classic Remastered is Available now, October 21, With a New Trailer" - Games Press". www.gamespress.com. Retrieved 2022-10-28.

[9] Conville, Caitlyn (June 15, 2018). "'Baldi's Basics' Brings Nostalgia for Millennial Gamers". Study Breaks. Retrieved April 6, 2021.

[10] "PC download charts: Why are 'Baldi's Basics' and 'Totally Accurate Battle Simulator' so popular again?". INQUIRER.net. 9 April 2019. Retrieved 17 September 2021.

[11] Nguyen, Keoni (June 25, 2018). "A Fake Edutainment Game Is Now A YouTube Hit". Kotaku. Retrieved April 6, 2021.

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+'''''Baldi's Basics Classic''''' (or '''''Baldi's Basics in Education and Learning''''') is the original version of ''Baldi's Basics Plus'' that was first released on itch.io on March 31, 2018, by Basically, Games!. It was released on Game Jolt on May 27, 2018. Although it was partly but not completely a full game, it is available on itch.io and Game Jolt for free as a similar type of "demo", only consisting of nine characters, eleven items, and only one subject (math) in the non-randomly generated Schoolhouse with no other features.
-'''''Baldi's Basics in Education and Learning''''' (also known as '''''Baldi's Basics''''' and '''''Baldi's Basics Classic''''')<ref name="pocket">{{cite news |last=Bald |first=Cameron |title=Baldi's Basics Classic, a mobile version of the game, leqrnss onto Android and iOS |url=https://www.pocketgamer.com/articles/081813/baldis-basics-classic-a-mobile-version-of-the-cult-horror-game-creeps-onto-android-and-ios/ |date=December 23, 2019 |website=[[Pocket Gamer]] |access-date=April 6, 2021}}</ref> is a 2018 [[video game]] created by American [[indie developer]] Micah McGonigal, known by the [[pseudonym]] Mystman12. The game satirizes [[educational games]] of the 1990s through poor graphics and similar themes (such as ''[[Sonic's Schoolhouse]]'', ''[[I.M. Meen]]'' and ''[[3D Dinosaur Adventure]]''), and later deconstructed its elements into a [[Metafiction|metafictional]] horror genre in recent updates, such in conclusion of a package version ''Baldi's Basics Classic Remastered''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Baldi's Basics in Education and Learning (Game) |url=https://www.giantbomb.com/baldis-basics-in-education-and-learning/3030-68728/ |access-date=2022-11-01 |website=Giant Bomb |language=en}}</ref>
+Soon after V1.3.2 was released, on July 24, 2018, a Kickstarterwas launched, made to have a ''Baldi's Basics'' full game with new characters, randomly generated maps, new subjects, field trips, and more. The Kickstarter was successful, raising $61,375 out of $50,000.
-''Baldi's Basics'' was first released in beta on March 31, 2018 via [[Itch.io]] for [[Microsoft Windows]] and [[macOS]]. A full release of the game, including additional content and a story mode, titled '''''Baldi's Basics Plus''''', was published in early access on June 12, 2020, with development ongoing.
+The mobile version was released on February 1, 2019, for the Android platform. It has been mentioned for release on mystman12's Twitter and Kickstarter page. According to the responses on his Twitter, the game is free and has no ads.The game can be downloaded on Kindle Fire and Samsung. The iOS port is officially released on December 12, 2019. The game was released on Google Play and App Store on December 17, 2019.
 ==Plot==
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 == Gameplay ==
+his game has two modes, story and endless!
-The gameplay resembles that of ''[[Slender: The Eight Pages]]''. The player must locate all seven notebooks without being caught by their teacher, Baldi. Other students and faculty attempt to hinder the player by forcing them to participate in various activities. Each notebook contains three simple arithmetic problems, but the third question is unsolvable in the second notebook onwards. As the player continues to fail the impossible questions, Baldi moves faster and becomes harder to avoid.
+• Story mode requires you to collect 7 notebooks and then escape the school to win. The more notebooks you collect, the faster Baldi will become! Simple, but very challenging.
-Once the player collects all of the notebooks, Baldi will seem to congratulate them before shouting at the player to "get out while you still can"<ref>{{cite video game |title= Baldi's Basics in Education and Learning|developer= Mystman12|publisher= |date= |platform= |version= |scene= Baldi's voice message after collecting 7 notebooks}}</ref> (BBC)/telling the player to "find an exit before he catches you" (BBCR) There are three trick exits and only one that will let the player escape, and the player has to trigger all three before they can use the real exit.<ref name="kotaku1"/>
+• Endless mode is a challenge to see how many notebooks you can collect before being caught by Baldi. Over time Baldi will speed up, but each time you successfully solve the problems in a notebook he'll slow down. The longer you can keep his speed down, the more notebooks you can collect!
-The player can collect different items from around the schoolhouse, such as a candy bar that keeps their stamina from dropping for a short period of time, a soda that can be used to blast characters away, a pair of scissors that can temporarily disable some of the obstacles and a teleporter that will place them in a random position in the school among others.
+This is an official port of the original game, with touch screen controls! Check out the options menu to adjust them to your liking!
+At the start of the game, Baldi appears, greeting and waving to the player. As the player goes to a classroom to collect the first notebook, they will see the You Can Think Pad showing a set of three math problems presented by Baldi. In the first set of math problems, everything is normal. However, when the player obtains the second notebook, the third and final question is replaced by an unintelligible string of numbers, and Baldi's voice will become glitched. This question has no correct answer and replaces all final questions from the second notebook onward.
+When the player gets their first math problem wrong, Baldi will chase the player by slapping a ruler on his hand. At this point, the other characters will appear. The more math problems the player answers incorrectly, the faster Baldi will chase them.
+Once the player finds all 7 notebooks, Baldi will seem to congratulate the player before he screams "'''''GET OUT WHILE YOU STILL CAN!!!'''''", followed by a laugh. Baldi will now be moving at his fastest as there are no more notebooks, which means there are no more questions to get wrong. Now the player must find four exits in any order. Once the player finds one of the exits, everything will become red(except characters, items, and sprites) and the doorway will become a solid wall with a map of the Schoolhouse on it. Three of these exits are fake, the last one the player reaches being the real one they can finally leave out of. Before the player tries to exit, a loud noise is heard in the background.
 == Development and release ==
 The game was initially made as an entry in the annual Meta-Game Jam on [[Itch.io]],<ref>{{cite news |last=Wöbbeking |first=Jan |title=Baldi's Basics in Education and Learning: Bizarrer Überlebenskampf in der Edutainment-Schule |url=https://www.4players.de/4players.php/spielinfonews/PC-CDROM/39758/2175571/Baldis_Basics_in_Education_and_Learning-Bizarrer_Ueberlebenskampf_in_der_Edutainment-Schule.html |language=de |date=June 8, 2018 |website=[[4Players]] |access-date=April 6, 2021}}</ref> where it received 2nd place.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://itch.io/jam/metagamejam/results |title=Top ranked games in the Meta Game Jam |website=itch.io |language=en |access-date=2018-08-05}}</ref> In an interview with ''[[Game Developer (website)|Game Developer]]'', the game's developer cited the 1996 game ''[[Sonic's Schoolhouse|Sonic’s Schoolhouse]]'' as his main inspiration.<ref>{{cite news |last=Couture |first=Joel |title=How ''Baldi's Basics'' taps into the real horror of '90s edutainment |url=https://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/324042/How_Baldis_Basics_taps_into_the_real_horror_of_90s_edutainment.php |date=August 13, 2018 |website=[[Gamasutra]] |access-date=April 6, 2021}}</ref> The game was originally going to be made for the [[Nintendo 3DS|3DS]] using SmileBasic as confirmed by Mystman12 in [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSM2vX2uFGU TetraBitGaming’s video].
-The developer launched a [[Kickstarter]] campaign for the game,<ref name="pocket"/> where he announced that an early access prototype for the full game, titled ''Baldi's Basics Plus'', would be released on June 12, 2020. The Kickstarter raised a total of $61,375.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-05-11 |title=Baldi’s Basics Plus Enters Early Access June 12 - Niche Gamer |url=https://nichegamer.com/baldis-basics-plus-enters-early-access-june-12/ |access-date=2022-12-03 |website=nichegamer.com |language=en-US}}</ref> Development has been ongoing ever since, with additional content such as new characters, new items, minigames, challenge modes, 'field trips' and a new layout for the schoolhouse, incorporating multiple levels and procedural generation, similar to a [[First-person (video games)|first-person]] [[roguelike]] and [[Dungeon crawl|dungeon crawler]] hybrid game.
+The developer launched a [[Kickstarter]] campaign for the game,<ref name="pocket">{{cite news |last=Bald |first=Cameron |date=December 23, 2019 |title=Baldi's Basics Classic, a mobile version of the game, leqrnss onto Android and iOS |website=[[Pocket Gamer]] |url=https://www.pocketgamer.com/articles/081813/baldis-basics-classic-a-mobile-version-of-the-cult-horror-game-creeps-onto-android-and-ios/ |access-date=April 6, 2021}}</ref> where he announced that an early access prototype for the full game, titled ''Baldi's Basics Plus'', would be released on June 12, 2020. The Kickstarter raised a total of $61,375.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-05-11 |title=Baldi’s Basics Plus Enters Early Access June 12 - Niche Gamer |url=https://nichegamer.com/baldis-basics-plus-enters-early-access-june-12/ |access-date=2022-12-03 |website=nichegamer.com |language=en-US}}</ref> Development has been ongoing ever since, with additional content such as new characters, new items, minigames, challenge modes, 'field trips' and a new layout for the schoolhouse, incorporating multiple levels and procedural generation, similar to a [[First-person (video games)|first-person]] [[roguelike]] and [[Dungeon crawl|dungeon crawler]] hybrid game.
 On Oct 21, 2022, a remaster and compilation of three games on PC platforms titled ''Baldi's Basics Classic Remastered'' was released, which includes the original game, ''Baldi's Basics Birthday Bash'', and a demo version of ''Baldi's Basics Plus,'' with additional features such as fun settings and more alternate endings.<ref>{{Cite web |title="Basically Games Announces Baldi’s Basics Classic Remastered is Available now, October 21, With a New Trailer" - Games Press |url=https://www.gamespress.com/en-US/Basically-Games-Announces-Baldis-Basics-Classic-Remastered-is-Availabl |access-date=2022-10-28 |website=www.gamespress.com}}</ref>
 == Reception ==
 Despite its poor graphics, it became highly popular for its humor, difficulty and [[Surrealism|surreal]] gameplay.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Conville |first=Caitlyn |date=June 15, 2018 |title='Baldi's Basics' Brings Nostalgia for Millennial Gamers |url=https://studybreaks.com/culture/baldis-basics/ |magazine=[[Study Breaks]] |access-date=April 6, 2021}}</ref> Popular [[YouTuber]]s such as [[DanTDM]], [[Markiplier]], [[Jacksepticeye]], [[PewDiePie]], 8-BitRyan and Kindly Keyin made videos on the game,<ref>{{cite web |date=9 April 2019 |title=PC download charts: Why are 'Baldi's Basics' and 'Totally Accurate Battle Simulator' so popular again? |url=https://technology.inquirer.net/85223/pc-download-charts-why-are-baldis-basics-and-totally-accurate-battle-simulator-so-popular-again |access-date=17 September 2021 |website=INQUIRER.net |language=en}}</ref> helping to boost its popularity.<ref>{{cite news |last=Nguyen |first=Keoni |date=June 25, 2018 |title=A Fake Edutainment Game Is Now A YouTube Hit |language=en-US |work=[[Kotaku]] |url=https://kotaku.com/a-fake-edutainment-game-is-now-a-youtube-hit-1827114239 |access-date=April 6, 2021}}</ref>
+This game was an entry in the annual Meta-Game Jam in 2018, and it received 2nd place, with ''Farfalle OS'' just barely in 1st. It has gained high praise from its fans, developing a large fandom. The game has reached over 1 million downloads and it is still growing.
 == References ==