The Test

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

The Test when viewed from the front while he is not active.

## Office bio

If you want to keep an eye on anyone, look no further than this fella! Don't forget where you last spotted him!

**The Test** is a character in *Baldi's Basics Plus*. He can only appear in floor 3, as well as some Endless Mode seeds. He is also the rarest character to spawn in the game.

## Description

The Test's head is a strange, floating, bald human-like CGI head with an extended neck ended with what appears to be a prism shape. His facial features only sport small, pupil-less white eyeballs and an open red square-shaped mouth. His head is shaped like a light bulb.

The Test wears a dark green shirt and black pants. He also has on dark brown/yellow sleeves, white flat shoes/white socks, and white gloved hands with four fingers. His hands are curved and flat, showing the stubs of his arms from behind.

## Personality

The Test seems to seek attention from the player, and he seems to get very upset when the player doesn't pay him any. He flickers the lights when the player is nearby, likely to get their attention and get them to look at him. He also freezes all other characters at this time, which he may do to give the player more time to gaze at him without having to worry about other threats.

His body stays facing in one stationary direction, however his head always follows the player, possibly to track their eyes and make sure that they're locked in on him. His constant seeking for attention and frustration when he doesn't receive it may indicate some form of narcissism. It's also implied that he is a very bad student, since he has apparently only passed one test in his entire life and considers it his greatest life achievement.

## Artificial intelligence

### Main gameplay

The Test can rarely spawn in a hallway. When the player sees The Test for the first time, he will begin a 5-second countdown. During the countdown, his head will slowly move upwards until it is in its intended position and he is unable to move (aside from turning his head to constantly look at the player). Once the countdown is over, The Test will gain the ability to move. He will only move while the player is not looking at him, and while the player is still in The Test's line of sight. If the player walks into another hallway whilst still looking at The Test, he will pause his movement until he catches the player in his sight again. The first 8 times the player looks away from him, his speed will gradually increase, until the 9th time, when he will immediately teleport to the player's location.

When the player sees The Test, he will produce an unusual and weird humming noise, the lights will flicker around him, and all the other characters will stop in that place. These effects cease as soon as the player exits his line of sight. However, even if The Test stops all NPCs, Arts and Crafters can still try to "attack" the player after all notebooks are collected in Hide-and-Seek or Explorer Mode or if at least 7 notebooks are collected in Endless Mode.

If The Test comes in contact with the player while the player is not looking at him, his body will disappear, leaving only his head behind. Then, for the next two minutes, the player is "blinded", covering most of the school with a black mist. This "blind" effect is similar to the fog event, except it is much stronger and it does not allow the player to see silhouettes of faraway objects. However, this effect is only able to be applied to the player, meaning other characters such as Baldi can still see normally. The player can still see the quick map clearly when they are blinded, along with the captions.

Once this effect is over, The Test will respawn in a random location in the hallway, and the process will repeat from the beginning. Unlike Arts and Crafters, there is no limit to how many times the player can be blinded by The Test in a single round. If The Test respawns, he will immediately teleport to the player when they look away from him 7 times.

### Other appearances

* In *Baldi's Basics Birthday Bash* and *Classic Remastered'*s Party Style, The Test's head is located in the glitched school. The head's filename is called `TestDithered` in the game. To find it, the player has to go to the circled hall that starts with the cookie comic wall from the left-sided hall, and walk through another straight hall where the door to the classroom with Playtime sprites is found, accompanied by `Placeface`. After walking through this hall and another hall, The Test should be found floating in the middle of the fourth hallway. The fifth and last hallway of the circled corridor after The Test ends at the "transparent" wall, back where the cookie comic is in. This character looks straight at the player, no matter where the player is facing. The Test's head does nothing to the player.

## Trivia

### General

* From the *Baldi's Basics Plus* early access trailer where The Test's full body was shown, his head seems smaller than the body, as well as lacking arms and shoes. His shirt seems to also be a more light-olive like color. Also, he has no shadows, instead having default Anim8or lighting for his sprite.
* Judging by his former name, `TestDithered`, he was likely a test for the dithering effect used on the characters.
* The dithering effect used on this character is similar to `PlaceFace`. However, the Bayer dithering style is used for The Test, while the Floyd–Steinberg dithering style is used for `PlaceFace`.
* The sound The Test makes when the player sees him is the same sound from the *Baldi's Basics Plus* early access trailer at the part where the plus sign (+) from the trademark logo is about to show up, albeit slowed down.
* mystman12 had previously stated that he would like to add a character to *Baldi's Basics Plus* which only moves when not looked at. This character later turned out to be The Test.
	+ This concept was first implemented into It's a Bully in the camping field trip prior to V0.3.
* His sound effects were created in the Korg Wavestation VST.
	+ The instrument used to make his sounds is a modified version of Glider.
* According to mystman12, The Test's greatest life achievement is passing "the test", although he is vague on which test he passed.  It is unclear if this test is a test taken in school, Dr. Reflex's reflex test, or that he somehow passed himself (as he is The Test)
* The Test is one of the three characters that do not appear in *Baldi's Basics Classic Remastered*'s Demo Style, the others being Johnny and Mrs. Pomp.

### *Baldi's Basics Plus*

* The Test is the second character that is able to be viewed from a 360° angle, 1st Prize being the first. However, his head does not count.
* mystman12 made The Test's body able to be viewed from a 360° angle because he wanted to convey the idea of his head being able to rotate 360° to stare at the player, and if his body were a billboard, it would not have the same effect.
* There is a very small chance that The Test can spawn in an elevator.
* The filename for The Test's body sprite is referred to as "`OhNo`", the same phrase used in the filename for one of 1st Prize's voice lines and one of Beans' voice lines in *Baldi's Basics Plus*. The 99 game over sound, and Arts and Crafters' attacking sprite also have "`Ohno`" in *Baldi's Basics Classic* and *Birthday Bash*. Arts and Crafters' "`Ohno`" also features in *Field Trip demo* as well.
* The looped audio of the blind effect resembles the Creepy Old Computer soundtrack.
* Throughout the blind effect, the mystery door, dust cloud, the answer display (question prior to V0.2) on Baldi's Math Machine, and shapes during the Gravity Chaos event can still be seen in normal lighting.
* So far, It's a Bully, Chalkles, and The Test are the only characters that aren't able to visit the party event.
* The Test is also one of the three characters that cannot be tricked by the Faculty Nametag, the others being Baldi and 1st Prize.
* After V0.2.1, The Test suddenly got rarer to find than usual since 1st Prize had been added into *Plus*.
* The Test can be pushed by Gotta Sweep, Cloudy Copter, conveyor belts, and whirlpools, which means that the player can rarely find him in any room or off-centered in hallways.
	+ The Test can become an unpredictable hazard if he has seen the player before and is pushed/pulled by the corresponding ways to move him, as the player has no knowledge of The Test's location. Therefore, The Test can blind the player by surprise if they are not looking carefully. To prevent from this happening, The Test will not be pushed or pulled by them when he is not moving in a future update.
* The Test is even more dithered in his poster image in the Principal's office.
* It is possible to see The Test from a window before he notices the player looking at him.
* When The Test teleports to the player's location after looking away from him 9 or 7 times, he can move to the location where other NPCs cannot access by themselves, such as the mystery room.
	+ He is the only character to be able to access the mystery room by himself. Other characters can only be entered by being pushed by BSODA.
* During the Gravity Chaos event, if The Test is in opposite orientation, he can't catch the player. This also works even the player has been looked away from The Test for 9 times.
	+ This can be a huge advantage, since the player can make him follow them and be able to freeze characters temporarily without getting blinded. However, if The Test corrects his orientation while the event is going, or the event ends, he will function as normal.
* Prior to V0.3.5, The Test would always move at the same speed when the player was not looking at him.

## Glitches

* There is a bug on the macOS version where The Test's blind effect turns white like in the fog event, rather than black.
* Rarely, The Test continues to flicker even after blinding the player. This usually happens when they are looking at The Test while Mrs. Pomp drags them to her classroom, and then got blinded.
* Since V0.3.5, when the player gets blinded by looking away from The Test 9 times, the rest of NPCs will still stop until The Test is out of the player's sight.
* Rarely, even if the player looks at The Test, some NPCs can still move.
* In V0.1, The Test would make the lights flicker when the player looked at his head while blinded.

## Gallery

* Image files
* Merchandise
* Others

The Test when viewed from the front while he is active.The Test's head.Ditto, but in *Birthday Bash*.The Test's body.Ditto, but with a head.Ditto, but with the head extendedThe Test's poster in the Principal's office.Ditto, but prior to *Baldi's Basics Plus* V0.3.5.

T-shirts
The Test in the "Sweepin' Time" classic T-shirt.Ditto, but premium version.
Hoodies
The Test in the "Sweepin' Time" pullover hoodie.

The Test's hand teaser from Game Jolt and Twitter.
## References

1. ↑ Baldi's Basics Plus Early Access Trailer [OFFICIALLY OFFICIAL] - 0:28
2. ↑ "*One way is to think of a mechanic first. Before coming up with the actual character, I think up a gameplay mechanic to be used. For example, I have a note for a character who would only move when you're not looking at them. This is a pretty basic mechanic, yes, but I think it fits perfectly in Baldi's Basics. With that as a starting point, I can create the character's audio and visual design based around that mechanic (and a good amount of weirdness of course!) and hopefully end up with a great new character!*" - One week in! More new features and creating characters!
3. ↑ "*I know The Test's sound effects were created with the Korg Wavestation VST.*" - Gmail
4. ↑ Q: "*What is The Test's greatest life achievement?*" / A: "*Passing the test obviously!*" - Gmail (question), Gmail (response)
5. ↑ Q: "*Why did you make The Test's body 360?*" / A: "*I wanted to convey the idea of his head being able to rotate 360 degrees to stare at the player no matter where they are. If his body was a single billboard like most other characters', it wouldn't have the same effect!*" - Gmail (question), Gmail (response)
6. ↑ "*I might also try out making it so that The Test can't get pushed around by stuff when stationary.*" - *Baldi's Basics Plus* Steam Community Hub