Baldi's Basics in Education and Learning Classic

Baldi's Basics in Education and Learning Classic, more frequently known as simply Baldi's Basics in Education and Learning, or just Baldi's Basics Classic, is a video game released in March 31, 2018 by Mystman12 and published by Basically Games.

## Gameplay

The player plays as an unnamed protagonist who is in their school after hours. An unnamed friend of the protagonist left his 7 notebooks at school and can't go for fear of missing "eating practice" and you have to find them. The game starts out simple enough, collect 7 notebooks and exit the school to win. When you collect a notebook, Baldi will ask you 3 simple addition and subtraction questions on a "You Can Think Pad," and getting all 3 right will result in him rewarding you a "Shiny Quarter." However, as soon as you get one wrong (which, if not on the first notebook, will inevitably happen on all the rest due to the 3rd question of each being random jumbled characters) Baldi will get angry, and begin to pursue the player while smacking a ruler against his hand.

From there, the player must avoid Baldi's grasp whilst collecting the other notebooks. Several other characters will wander around, and most if not all of them will sabotage the player in some way or another. After collecting all 7 notebooks, the player will be told to "GET OUT WHILE [THEY] STILL CAN" and must go to four exits around the school. Only one exit is real, and the other 3 are "traps" which must all be "collected" before the player can exit. Once exiting, the player will be faced with a congratulatory screen.

## Characters

### Main Characters

#### Baldi

The titular main antagonist of the game. Though initially appearing friendly and happy to the player, he will become angry and chase them with a ruler as soon as they answer one of his math questions wrong. Baldi is the only character in the game who can actually end the game, with the others just serving to hinder the player's progress. He can hear every door the player opens, and will be drawn to that location. Baldi will become faster every time the player gets a question wrong.

#### Principal of the Thing

When he catches the player breaking any of the Rules, he will chase them down teleport them to the Principal's Office, where the player will be given "detention" for a set amount of time.

#### Playtime

When she sees the player, she will follow them, and if she catches them she will make them jump rope with her. The only way to avoid this is to cut her rope with Safety Scissors, which will get you out of the jumprope minigame and neutralize her for a short amount of time.

#### It's a Bully

He will randomly appear blocking a hallway, and when the player approaches, he will take a random item from their inventory. If the player's inventory is empty, he simply won't let them through.

#### Gotta Sweep

Gotta Sweep will occasionally come out of the Janitor's Closet and "sweep" across the halls of the school, pushing the player and other characters along with it.

#### Arts and Crafters

Arts and Crafters will be docile for most of the game, only appearing and disappearing around corners. However, once the player has collected all 7 notebooks, making eye contact with it will cause it to rush towards you, and teleport both you and Baldi to the starting area of the map. This poses a significant obstacle for the player, as Baldi moves faster than the player at this point in the game.

#### 1st Prize

The newest character in Baldi's Basics classic, 1st Prize is a large gym cage on wheels with a heart in the middle wired to the body, 2 puffy hands on the front of its body, and a spherical head. It will wander around, and upon seeing the player, will rush towards them, pushing them along with it. It can move very fast, but turns slowly. It's wiring can be cut with Safety Scissors, causing it to stop and spin around for a short period.

### Secret Characters

#### Filename2

Filename2 is a secret character exclusive to Baldi's Office. When the player gets the secret ending, they will go to Baldi's Office, where Filename2 will explain that he is a corrupted program, and instruct the player to delete the game, before the program crashes.

#### Placeface

Placeface is a secret character exclusive to the Testroom. They resemble less deformed versions of It's a Bully's face. There are 2 of them, one that stays idle in the middle of the room, and one that will follow the player around the Testroom. They have no voicelines or effects on the player whatsoever.

## Gamemodes

### Story Mode

Story Mode is the main gamemode in Baldi's Basics Classic. It is the mode described above, collect all 7 notebooks and exit the school without getting caught by Baldi. All notebooks except the first one will have jumbled 3rd questions, and each time a player gets a question wrong, Baldi will speed up.

### Endless Mode

Endless Mode is a gamemode where the player must collect as many notebooks as they can. Only the second notebook will have a jumbled third question, and all other notebooks will be normal. Answering all 3 questions right on a notebook will slow Baldi down, but he will slowly speed up over time. All 7 notebooks will respawn after a little while.

## Gallery

The tutorial screen.The icon for Story Mode.The icon for Endless Mode.The warning screen when you boot up the game.