Baldi's Basics Plus

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Baldi's Basics® Plus is an active stealth roguelike that parodies cheap '90s edutainment with a subtle horror twist!

—Tagline

Baldi's Basics Plus is a full game of the series, with 1999-throwback, horror-type, surrealistic edutainment elements, created by Basically, Games!.

On July 24, 2018, a Kickstarter was launched, made to have a Baldi's Basics full game. After the game's Kickstarter successfully reached the $50,000 goal ($61,375 by 2,176 backers), the full game itself started its development and scheduled to be released in early 2020.

It is confirmed that Baldi's Basics Plus has the classic Schoolhouse as a towering building called the Super Schoolhouse (referencing the children's book series Wayside School) with the usage of an elevator, over 25 characters including the original cast,^[4] randomly generated maps, new subjects, additional events, new items, field trips, and plenty of more new features.

On August 12, 2019, the Full Game Early Demo was released to show some upcoming features included in the full game. The Kickstarter Exclusive Demo is available since November 2, 2019. It was originally planned to be released in October 2019 before October 31 to those who pledged $30 or more to the game's Kickstarter. The Challenges Demo was released on March 31, 2020 as a preview of the upcoming challenges that were going to be in the full game.

On March 31, 2020, the game's early access was announced in itch.io. The early access trailer was posted on May 9, 2020 and it was available on June 12, 2020, as V0.1.

The initial launch cost is US$10, but the price will be increased as the game is developed.^[5]

The macOS version would have a delay to release, as there was a bug that made the game unplayable on a Mac computer. However, after fixing the issue, the launch was also supported for Macs.^[6]

Since V0.4, pre-release versions of major updates are available for $30-up Kickstarter backers and Patreon supporters with the 'Baldi's Test Subjects' tier.^[7][8] Most of these updates are or will be applied a week before public releases.

Summary[]

Early access[]

This game is not what it seems...
Baldi's Basics™ Plus is an active stealth roguelike that parodies cheap '90s edutainment with a subtle horror twist! Try to collect all the notebooks in each level as Baldi uses his incredible hearing to track you down in a game of "Hide & Seek". As you do so you will encounter strange characters, find useful items, go on field trips and more inside Baldi’s ever changing Super Schoolhouse, and as you explore the game itself you'll start to realize it is not what it seems...

Fight chaos with strategy!
Mixing strategy with chaos, Baldi's Basics Plus plays like no other game, with surprises around every corner that will throw your plans for a loop. Strategizing is key, but knowing how to best revise those strategies as situations change is even more important! As you learn the ins-and-outs of every character, item, event, and obstacle, you'll be able to make better plans, come up with the best strategies, and escape the most dangerous situations.

Near infinite replayability
Baldi's Basics Plus randomizes so many different things, every time you play will be a different experience!

• Procedurally generated levels - The levels change every time you play! Not only will the layout change, but the types of rooms and obstacles you find will change too.
• Random events - One moment everything is fine, the next the school is flooding, or flips upside down! Random events can begin at any moment, keeping you on your toes.
• Mixing and matching characters - Each time you play, you'll encounter a random combination of characters, each one having their own unique behavior. When different characters collide, they may create unique situations!

All these variables and more add up to make each playthrough a unique experience!

Lots of ways to play
Baldi's Basics Plus features many different modes to test players in different ways!

• Hide & Seek - Avoid Baldi as you complete a series of randomly generated levels! Run out of lives and you'll have to start over from the beginning. Beat them all in one go to win! Currently, Hide & Seek has you play through 3 randomly generated levels of increasing difficulty, with more planned to be added.
• Endless Mode - See how many notebooks you can collect before being caught by Baldi! Compete by playing on pre-made levels, or go crazy and try playing on a randomly generated one. Currently, there is 1 pre-made map and 1 type of randomly generated map to choose from, with plans to add more.
• Field Trips - Play field trip minigames found in Hide & Seek whenever you like! You can try to set high scores, or just practice. Currently there are 2 field trip minigames available, with plans to add more.
• Challenge Mode (PLANNED FOR LATER IN DEVELOPMENT) - As you make new discoveries in Hide & Seek, you'll unlock challenges! Challenges offer unique scenarios you won't find in the main game. One might have you sneaking around the school to avoid being seen by the Principal of the Thing, another might have both you and Baldi running at super high speeds! Currently, there are 3 challenge maps in the game for legacy purposes, with plans to add many all new and improved challenges when the game is nearing completion.

Gameplay[]

TBA

Tools[]

• Unity
• GIMP
• Adobe Photoshop
• Audacity
• Anim8or
• FL Studio
• MIDI Editor
• Reaper
• TexturePacker

Inspirations[]

Pulling the "this game is not what it seems" gimmick, the main inspiration of Baldi's Basics Plus is the '90s edutainment game genre (which includes titles such as Sonic's Schoolhouse, I.M. Meen, 3D Dinosaur Adventure, etc.), with the maze-like location based on Windows 95 3D Maze Screensaver, and a few art-styles and themes referencing the work of PilotRedSun, a YouTuber known for creating weirdly surrealistic animation videos. Its roguelike elements for randomly generated levels are inspired by the 1991 Sega Genesis game ToeJam & Earl.^[9]

Besides items and environments, the surrealism for the styles of characters that appear as either 3D models, cropped photos, drawings, etc., with lack of stylistic unity are most likely based on the Cartoon Network show The Amazing World of Gumball that also uses multiple different variants of styling for the show's characters (hand-drawn, 2D, CGI, puppetry, stop-motion, etc.). Either it is also the game's inspiration or merely a coincidence is not known.

Reception[]

Coming soon.

Version history[]

See also: Version history

See also: Baldi's Basics Plus/Version differences

Trivia[]

• Unlike Baldi's Basics Classic and Baldi's Basics Birthday Bash, there will be no 32-bit version for this game because Unity discontinued the 32-bit support during the game development.^[10]
  • This also applies to Baldi's Basics Classic Remastered.
• mystman12 says that he would like to port this game on mobile and consoles, but it will likely be done after the early access is finished.^[1][2]
• The game icon on Steam will be changed to something different because it shares the same icon as one in Baldi's Basics Classic Remastered.^[11]
• The price for Baldi's Basics Plus was changed to $7.50 twice with a few days before the release of V0.3.5^[12] and the same date of Baldi's Basics Classic Remastered release.^[13] It was later changed back to $10 on May 9, 2022 and on November 6, 2022 respectively.
  • Its price was reduced to $6 twice when V0.4 and V0.7 were released as a daily deal on Steam.^[14][15] It was later reverted to $10 on March 11, 2024 and on September 16, 2024 respectively.
• As of February 4, 2023, mystman12 has a playable mobile version on his phone.^[16]
• According to the updated development roadmap for Baldi's Basics Plus, V0.4 and further versions have and will be released as the result of finishing the game design document.
• V1.0 will be the final major release that will firstly feature new challenge maps, better menus, horror and story elements, achievements, etc.^[17]
• Since V0.6, camping field trip and 2D Johnny's Store screenshots were removed from store pages. However, rest of the screenshots are not updated.
• The origin of the "droning" sound in the trailer is the Korg Wavestation glider, the same sound used for The Test.
• mystman12 made sure YouTubers would not spoil content in the pre-releases for Baldi's Basics Plus in either the title or thumbnail of their gameplay videos.^[18] They are allowed to share screenshots/videos of the pre-release versions of Plus, as long as they are mindful of spoilers.^[19]
• mystman12 opened a Patreon since he was receiving many requests regarding a way to play pre-releases for people who did not get the chance to back the game on Kickstarter.^[20]

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