Mystman12

*For the character in Classic Remastered, see Me.*

**Micah James McGonigal**, also known as **mystman12** as his account name on several websites, is the creator and only developer of the *Baldi's Basics* series as well as the founder of Basically, Games!.

## History

Micah is from Waynesboro, Virginia, USA. Nothing much is actually known about his personal life at the time, except that he has an older brother, Ethan, and a sister, Cady.

He created *Baldi's Basics in Education and Learning* as the part of the annual Meta-Game Jam, which ended up taking 2nd place. Despite being close to first, Micah's game was an instant hit, with YouTubers such as PewDiePie, Jacksepticeye, and Markiplier, who began playing the game.

Micah also already made other games before the *Baldi's Basics* series. Their games were made for *Petit Computer*.

## Personality

Micah is a hardworking person who has a passion for making games. He can be somewhat comedic, one example being *Baldi's Basics*, which is supposed to be a nonsensical and funny game. Also, he likes memes, retro games and Nintendo games, which influence the creation of his games.

## Projects

### *Petit Computer*

* *GSi Live- The SEQUEL!!*
* *Platformerer*
* *Roguebots*
* *Revenge of the Crazy Baby*
* *Infinite Office*
* *Chip's Challenge for Petit Computer*

### Scratch

* *You can shoot doughnuts in this game WOW!*

### *Baldi's Basics*

*Main article: Basically, Games!#Projects*

## Social media

### Active

* Instagram
* Mastodon
* Nintendo Life
* Reddit
* Threads
* Twitter (mystman12)
* Twitter (Out of Context Files on my Computer)
* YouTube (mystman12)
* YouTube (miscman12)

### Inactive

* Anim8or Community
* Blogger
* Facebook
* Fandom
* Game Jolt (mystman12)
* Game Jolt (mystman12basically)
* Miiverse (Archived)
* Scratch
* SmileBASIC
* SoundCloud
* TikTok
* Twitch
* Vine
* YouTube (Micah McGonigal)

## Trivia

* Baldi was a character that was also created by Micah during his childhood, before the game became a concept.
	+ There are some comics featuring Baldi in the game's walls and some Twitter posts. These comics were made before the development of *Baldi's Basics*.
* It's a Bully was actually a character created by him years ago before he started the development on *Baldi's Basics*.
	+ The non-distorted version of his head is actually an Easter egg character, who is called `PlaceFace`.
* Gotta Sweep and Baldi are mystman12's favorite characters.
* He has voiced almost every character in *Baldi's Basics* so far; there are only 5 characters not voiced by him:
	+ 1st Prize (Dr. Sbaitso, text-to-speech program based voice)
	+ Chalkles (Unknown audio software)
	+ Beans (Padre Snowmizzle)
	+ Mrs. Pomp (Cady McGonigal)
	+ Johnny (Cady McGonigal)
* He is a Christian, according to his Twitter bio.
* Before creating the Kickstarter project for *Baldi's Basics Plus*, mystman12 worked in Taco Bell, then he was a grocery bagger for a few years.
* In one of the posts in his Twitter, he will be 99 years old in the year 2097. That means he was born in 1998.
* According to his Twitter, some of his favorite memes are Steamed Hams and Hungry Pumpkin.
* One of his favorite games is *Kirby Air Ride*.
* His username refers to *Myst*, a game that he likes. He first used the Webkinz account named "mystman10" to play the game, but since the previous account does not work properly, so he used the current name.
* According to the V1.3.2 changelog post in *Baldi's Basics Classic*, *Dreams of Being*, a game made by Iseeicy, is one of Micah's favorite Meta Game Jam entries. Iseeicy helped Micah fix the mouse issues.
* Micah has a Fandom account to post his own games for Petit Computer on Petit Computer Wiki.
* According to his YouTube channel, he has only beaten *Baldi's Basics Classic* once. This happened in a live stream, which can be watched here.
* Since *Baldi's Basics Plus* V0.3, he removed the games *Baldi's Basics - Field Trip demo: Camping* and *Baldi's Basics Full Game Early Demo* from itch.io due to the outdated content featured in them.
* On December 27, 2020, Micah announced in a Twitter post that he believed he had COVID-19. Due to this, development on *Baldi's Basics Plus* was halted until further notice. On January 4, 2021, he had been recovered from it, so he is able to work on the game again.
* According to his description in Miiverse and Nintendo Life, pinball and game programming are his favorite hobbies.
* mystman12 was aware of the Baldi's Basics Wiki in one of the Kickstarter comments.
* mystman12 played one of the *Baldi's Basics* fan game with JayskiBean.
* The reason why his Instagram account's name is "mystman12basically" is because "mystman12" is already used by someone else, and there is no support for the username issue.
* His Instagram account was previously "mystman1210". This account is now no longer available.
* He also made several microgames in *WarioWare D.I.Y.* for Nintendo 3DS featuring Baldi.
* mystman12 has a Discord account to join a server for the Anim8or community. However, it became unused after the Anim8or Forum was able to access.

## Gallery

* Profile/Logo
* Real life
* Others

mystman12's profile picture.mystman12's profile picture before March 16, 2023.mystman12's profile picture during Halloween 2018.mystman12basically Game Jolt account's profile image.mystman12basically Game Jolt account's banner.mystman12's avatar on the Blogger and Fandom.mystman12's avatar on TikTok.mystman12's banner in Mastodon.mystman12's logo.

mystman12's real life photo posted in his Facebook.mystman12 from MAGFest 2020.Ditto.mystman12's frightening face posted on August 23, 2021 in his Twitter.mystman12 wearing sunglasses, posted in his Instagram.mystman12 holding the game *Sonic's Schoolhouse*.Photo of Micah on a YouTube account called Micah McGonigal.mystman12 meeting LS Mark and Veronica Gallardo for his appearance on "Meeting Halfway".

mystman12's Instagram screenshot in his Twitter.
## Videos

Trying to beat Baldi's Basics for the first time! - Livestream Archive"Some Baldi's Basics Plus 0.3 Playtesting Highlights!"
## References

1. ↑ "*I think Baldi would have to be my favorite, since that’s a character I made up years ago, but I think besides that I would have to go with Gotta Sweep.*" - mystman12. August 3, 2018. INTERVIEWS You call hamburgers steamed hams — Baldi’s Basics in Education and Learning creator on development, burgers by Elisha Deogracias
2. ↑ "*Well, my first job was at Taco Bell, then I was a grocery bagger for a few years before the Kickstarter. That's it!*" - mystman12. December 2, 2020. Twitter
3. ↑ "*The year is 2097. I'm 99 years old,*" - mystman12. August 8, 2020. Twitter
4. ↑ "*I like Myst, and needed a name for my Webkinz account like 12 years ago. I went with mystman10. My account wouldn't work properly though so I ended up making a new one with the name mystman12.*" - mystman12. August 22, 2019. Twitter
5. ↑ "*Thanks to help from a fellow game developer, Iseeicy (Go check out his game Dreams of Being, one of my favorite Meta Game Jam entries:)*" - 1.3.2 Update Changelog - Mouse issues fixed!
6. ↑ "*Sorry, I'm not planning on bringing it back since it no longer represents what the field trips are like.*" - mystman12. December 14, 2020. Twitter
7. ↑ "*So I was going to continue my challenge today after taking a Christmas break, but I'm pretty sure I now have COVID-19. So I'm going to wait until I get better before returning to my normal schedule. In hindsight December wasn't a great month to try and do the daily schedule challenge, what with holidays and a bunch of other stuff that was going on, so I'll be continuing into January once I'm better. Which hopefully won't take long, I already feel a bit better than I did yesterday I think.*" - mystman12. December 27, 2020. Twitter
8. ↑ "*Starting day 13 of my work challenge which now extends into January! I've pretty much completely recovered from COVID-19 at this point (Just waiting to get my sense of smell back) so I'm ready to work again!*" - mystman12. January 4, 2021. Twitter
9. ↑ "*The voice lines are all available on the Baldi's Basics wikia I believe.*" - mystman12's Kickstarter comment
10. ↑ "*So I asked Mystman12, the creator of Baldi's Basics, if he would want to try out some Baldi Fangames with me, and he said YES! We started with one of my favorites: Alex Basics in Biology and Zoology.*" - I MADE MYSTMAN12 (creator of Baldi) PLAY ALEX BASICS IN BIOLOGY AND ZOOLOGY - All Endings & Secrets
11. ↑ "*Also if you go searching for it I'm "mystman12basically" because someone stole my username and Instagram support is non-existent so I haven't been able to get "mystman12".*" - mystman12. November 17, 2022. Twitter
12. ↑ Q: "*Do you have an Instagram?*" / A: "*Yeah, it's mystman1210 ... I don't use it, though.*" - mystman12. Twitter DM
13. ↑ Q: "*@mystman12 did you join the anim8or discord, is this the real you*" / A: "*Yes that's me! I joined because the forum was down and I wanted to ask a question, but I didn't end up needing to use the Discord because the forum ending up coming back up right after I joined.*" - mystman12. October 24, 2023. Twitter