Chalkles

*"Chalk" redirects here. For other uses, see Chalk (disambiguation).*

Chalkles on the chalkboard.

## Office bio

Some kid drew this face and next thing you know it's floating around, laughing and making mischief.

**Chalkles** is a chalk-drawn character in *Baldi's Basics Plus* and Demo Style of *Baldi's Basics Classic Remastered*.

## Description

Chalkles appears as a scribbled face drawn in chalk. The circular face is drawn with a "mustache", two buck teeth, a comb-over, a button nose, glasses, and two eyes. The left eye is bigger than the right.

## Personality

Chalkles' description from the Principal's office suggests that he loves causing mischief around the Super Schoolhouse.

## Artificial intelligence

### Main gameplay

Upon entering the classroom, Chalkles will appear on an empty chalkboard in one of the classrooms, slowly becoming solid as the player stays in the room. The player has 15 seconds to leave the classroom before Chalkles pops out. After said time in the room when Chalkles becomes completely solid, he will pop out of the chalkboard and then rotate around the room while making a creepy laugh-like sound, attracting Baldi's attention to Chalkles' location and preventing the player from escaping the classroom for a few seconds.

Chalkles will stay active for at least 25 seconds. After 15 seconds, he ascends to the ceiling, distorting and clipping through. At that time, the player will now be able to open the classroom door. He will finally leave after 10 seconds.

It is, however, possible to escape the room when Chalkles become solid, by:

* Using the Principal's Keys to unlock the door(s).
* Getting sent to detention by Principal of the Thing.
* Using the Dangerous Teleporter item to teleport out of the room.
* Being teleported by Arts and Crafters.
* Going out of the classroom or heading into a whirlpool during the flood event.
* Using the Portal Poster to go through the walls.
* Getting off the classroom after Mrs. Pomp opens the locked door when she enters or exits the room.

If the player wears the Faculty Nametag, Chalkles will disappear. Even if the item's effect expires, he will not spawn until they enter the room without the Nametag. However, when using this item after Chalkles spawns, the player cannot open any door right away and they have to wait for 15 seconds, in case the item is used right after he spawns.

Along with It's a Bully, Beans' bubble gum and using the BSODA to try slowing down or pushing Chalkles will not work.

### Other appearances

* In *Baldi's Basics Classic Remastered*, Chalkles is one of the three characters who exclusively appears in Demo Style, along with Beans and Cloudy Copter.
* In *Baldi's Basics Kickstarter Exclusive Demo*, if Chalkles is close enough to an elevator, he can trigger it to close.

## Trivia

### General

* Chalkles's design was originated from a drawing image by mystman12 and his sister in *PictoChat*. The image was combined with random images and the centered part resembles a creepy face, giving mystman12 an idea to turn it into a *Baldi's Basics* character.
* Chalkles' original image was first used in *Full Game Early Demo*, however he does not have a fully-functioned AI and was just added as a teaser for his incoming appearance. Chalkles later made his first physical debut in *Kickstarter Exclusive Demo* but has a redesigned sprite.
* Although the Principal's Office description refers Chalkles as an "it", mystman12 confirms Chalkles as male.
* Chalkles' name is likely a pun by the two words "chalk" and "chuckles" mixed together, hence his appearance and laughter.
* mystman12 did not remember what software he used to create Chalkles' sound effects, but seems to recall using some unknown music software as well.

### *Baldi's Basics Plus*

* Chalkles is one of the five characters that can attract Baldi, with the other four being 1st Prize, Arts and Crafters, Principal of the Thing, and Mrs. Pomp.
* The audio files of Chalkles have same prefix (`Chk`) as the chalkboards' file name, except that it is capitalized.
* The way Chalkles spins extremely rapidly and distorts through the ceiling is similar to the way Arts and Crafters does when he is about to teleport the player to a random location.
* He is the smallest character in the game.
* This is the only character to only appear inside the rooms but not around the hallways.
* So far, It's a Bully, The Test and Chalkles are the only characters not to visit the party event.

### *Baldi's Basics Classic Remastered*

* In Demo Style, Chalkles can spawn on the wall connected to the entrance of Baldi's Basement. In that case, Portal Poster cannot be used on this wall, so the player has to restart the game to make Chalkles spawning elsewhere.

## Glitches

### *Baldi's Basics Plus*

* If the player goes into a classroom from another classroom, Chalkles will not spawn in the classroom the player goes into.
* Prior to V0.1.4, there was no fade-in effect when Chalkles is trying to pop out from the chalkboard, though there was in *Kickstarter Exclusive Demo*.
* In V0.1.5, Chalkles' sprite on the chalkboard could only be seen if the player was on any sides of the chalkboard due to a rendering error. It could also seem cropped when the player was on almost front by the sides. This has been fixed in V0.2.

## Gallery

* Image files
* Merchandise
* Screenshots
* Others

Chalkles' face sprite.Chalkles' poster in the Principal's office.Ditto, but prior to *Baldi's Basics Plus* V0.3.5.Chalkes' old appearance in *Full Game Early Demo*.

### T-shirts

Chalkles in the "Sweepin' Time" classic T-shirt.Ditto, but premium version.
### Hoodies

Chalkles in the "Sweepin' Time" pullover hoodie.

Chalkles from the *Baldi's Basics Plus* alpha screenshot.Chalkles from *Baldi's Basics Plus* early access screenshot.

Chalkles' origin from *PictoChat*.
## References

1. ↑ "*Chalkles' design actually comes from this time where I was using PictoChat with my sister several years ago. We combined a whole bunch of random images we had drawn and somehow it formed a creepy face in the middle, which I took a picture of and kept on hand to possibly use in Baldi's Basics. Glad I ended up coming up with a character idea for it!*" - mystman12. February 19, 2023. Instagram
2. ↑ "*Thanks for the kind words! Chalkles locks the doors to whatever room he spawns in and also gets Baldi's attention, so if you linger in a room with him too long, you might be in trouble!*" - mystman12's Kickstarter comment
3. ↑ "*I don't remember exactly what tools I used to create Chalkles sound effects, but I think it was also using some sort of music software.*" - Gmail