Secret message

The secret message was an unsolved mystery hinted at"Also, I have to ask... Has anyone found the secret message yet?" - mystman12. Twitter"Okay so from what I can tell no one's found the secret message so I'll stop being stubborn and offer a couple hints! First, no hacking is required. This isn't something buried in the game files. Second, if something isn't randomized, it's probably intentional." - mystman12. Twitter by mystman12 hidden in Baldi's Basics Classic Remastered.
== Description ==
To decode the secret message, you need multiple components:
# The description of NULL Style: "Null\nNkpNmiJUjrpGJjtmOEHnQgVIjRDjeIDnvNnyGybYAWvhjaPnjIDhPBVnaGkVAWmdeG".
# The alphabet from the spelling room in Baldi's Basement: "WPKAXMQEYBUJDONSTGHCFVZILR".
# A Vigenère cipher.
Removing the "Null\n" part of the NULL style's description (because that is part of a programming string), the result is "NkpNmiJUjrpGJjtmOEHnQgVIjRDjeIDnvNnyGybYAWvhjaPnjIDhPBVnaGkVAWmdeG". When inserted into a Vigenère cipher with the alphabet from the spelling classroom, and using the key "NULL", the result is: "WhaTgoODisaCIpheRIFtHeIRiSNocONteXtuAljUSTificAtiONfORItsExISTencE". This will make a sentence called: "What good is a cipher if is no contextual justification for its existence".
== History ==
On October 21st 2023, the 1 year anniversary of Baldi's Basics Classic Remastered, mystman12 posted a tweet asking if anyone has "found the secret message yet". After no correct replies, he responded to one of the replies with that, "when someone figures it out, it will be obvious that it's *the* secret message!"."I don't want to give too much of a hint but it's the sort of thing that, when someone figures it out, it will be obvious that it's *the* secret message!" - mystman12. Twitter 3 Days after the original tweet, mystman12 gave out two hints on how to find the secret message, those being that:
# No hacking is required. This isn't something buried in the game files.
# If something isn't randomized, it's probably intentional.
After a few months with no developments by other people, user QwertyPc_Game17, also known as Qwerty started actively working on finding the secret message, and on February 19th, 2024, posted a Twitter thread regarding her personal developments."Day [I don't know anymore] of searching for the secret message in Baldi's Basics Classic Remastered: I think I *might* have found something." - Qwerty. Twitter In the thread, Qwerty theorized that the Baldi's Basics Classic Remastered Critical Error screen after NULL Style was beaten could be a link towards the secret message, due to the notes that play during the Null Lake scene audio are not randomized."This is something new in BBCR This isn't randomized, compared to the other sounds If this is the secret message, it would explain why "No hacking is required. [It] isn't something buried in the game files." Hacking cannot find the Message, as it's hidden in an *Audio File*." - Qwerty. Twitter
2 hours later, mystman12 replied to the thread using his Out of Context Files on my Computer Twitter account, posting the texture used for the Spelling Room alphabet contained in Baldi's Basement."Alphabet_Sheet.png" - Out of Context Files on my Computer. Twitter Following this response, Qwerty started working on a Google Doc describing all of her personal and general developments on finding the secret messageBaldi’s Basics Classic Remastered’s: SECRET MESSAGE by QwertyPc_Game17 | Google Doc, as well as getting help from the unofficial Baldi's Basics Wiki and Reddit Discord.
Qwerty mainly worked on trying to decode the audio from the Critical Error screen, attempting to assign the notes from the file to fixed wavelengths in the hopes that the notes could be translated to the alphabet from the Spelling Room.BBCR [NullEnds] NOTES by QwertyPc_Game17 | Google Sheets This eventually turned out to be a bust, and mystman12 later clarified that those notes were generated using a program, and not related to the secret message in anyway.
Qwerty and others also started working on the Alphabet in the Spelling Classroom, following mystman12's response. Aside from the non-alphabetical order the letters are in, people also attempted analyzing more details in the room, such as that some letters appear to be crooked or hanging loose from the wall, or the colors that some letters are.Baldi’s Basics Classic Remastered’s: SECRET MESSAGE, The Image/Alphabet. | Google Doc Other attempts were counting the space differences between the letters in the Alphabet, as well as looking for more hints in Baldi's Basement, with no luck.Baldi’s Basics Classic Remastered’s: SECRET MESSAGE, Analysis & Attempts | Google Doc
On February 26th, 2024, Anthony Hampton posted a message in the Baldi's Basics Wiki and Reddit Discord, sharing that Qwerty is further ahead than himself on solving the secret message and stating that he is very impressed."gotta say (and i mean this 100%) @QwertyPc_Game17 is the farthest along the secret message search in the community, farther more than pretty much everyone (getting past what i knew i'm very impressed) the furthest i had known and gotten was knowing it was related to the alphabet in the basement classroom, and mystman12 even sent them the alphabet sheet to verify it. the beeping? entirely new discovery no one had realized before too. qwerty is not only the furthest along but i'd say miles past where most people are. they're gonna be the one to solve it no doubt" - Anthony Hampton. Discord
At 14:37 March 14th, 2024, user Gjlewis posted a message in the Discord, asking Qwerty if she "ever [tried] using the Null Style's description to solve at finding the hidden message"."@QwertyPc_Game17 Hey not sure if this one's helpful or not, but have you ever try using the Null Style's description to solve at finding the hidden message?" - Gjlewis. Discord While others replied that they've already tried using the text for decoding, user cheatexp, who also contributed to the Google Doc (credited under the username CheatingEXPLOITATION)Baldi’s Basics Classic Remastered’s: SECRET MESSAGE, The Notes/Outsider Help! | Google Doc attempted to work with it, and asking others if they removed "the NULL /n", clarifying that it has to be removed as it is part of the string of code. At 14:40, cheatexp posted a screenshot of the decoded NULL Style description, and thereby being the very first person to find the secret message"has anyone found this before" - cheatexp. Discord. At first people assumed it was simply a well hidden Easter Egg, before realization struck that this truly is the secret message. cheatexp later posted their findings on Twitter, asking mystman12 for clarification if the secret message has truly been found,"@mystman12 is the bbcr secret message "what good is a cipher if their is no contextual justification for its existence" or is this just like an easter egg or something" - cheatexp. Twitter to which mystman12 replied in a quote retweet as of 20:03 March 15th, 2024."CONGRATULATIONS! YOU FOUND THE SECRET MESSAGE! NOW ALL YOU NEED TO DO IS... FIND THE CONTEXTUAL JUSTIFICATION FOR ITS EXISTENCE! HAHAHAAAAAA!" - mystman12. Twitter
Due to this major development, Qwerty wrote an ending paragraph to the Google Doc, stating that the secret message truly has been found and her personal feelings on the matter, concluding the Google Doc and the search for the secret message.Baldi’s Basics Classic Remastered’s: SECRET MESSAGE, The secret message | Google Doc
== Trivia ==
* The result of the secret message is presumably a reference to some ARG (Alternate Reality Game) cliches. Notably, how some ARGs use many ciphers for encoded messages for puzzles.
* In the secret page on the Basically, Games! website, a hyperlink for the ambience heard after inserting the password is hidden just below Micah's signature, with the only way to see it being if a cursor were to be hovering over it or if the hyperlink was highlighted. If this will have any significance later on is up for speculation, however. 
* Prior to April 19, 2024, the Basically, Games! website 404 page began "corrupting", showing imagery of Null and the word "NULL" throughout the entire webpage, before being reverted. As of April 19, 2024, a new webpage has been revealed referencing the secret message, requiring a password."PROOF OF CONTEXTUAL JUSTIFICATION REQUIRED" - https://www.basicallygames.com/nullcanreturntoyouby It is to be believed that this directly follows up the secret message.
** The password for the hidden message is "!IMPORTANT.videogamesarelinks". If this password has been entered properly, then the page with the title "I hope this wasn't too hard to solve." shows a hidden message. The message says:
== Audio ==
Audio	Description
 	The background ambience of the hidden message after entering a password.
== Gallery ==
ErrorRoom BlackBG Wide.png|A background of the https://www.basicallygames.com/nullcanreturntoyouby page.
Background.jpg|A background of the hidden message after entering a password.
== References ==
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