Baldi's Basics Plus

*For other uses, see Baldi (disambiguation).*

**Planning**

* Android
* iOS
* VR (potentially)
* Consoles
	+ Nintendo Switch
	+ PlayStation
	+ Xbox

### Theme

Horror, Kickstarter, Parody, Procedural Generation, Retro, Roguelite, satire, Surreal, Survival Horror, Unity

### Release date

* June 12, 2020 (early access)
* TBA (Final version)

### Download

* Steam
* Game Jolt
* itch.io

***Baldi's Basics Plus***, abbreviated as **BB+**, stylized as **Baldi's BASICS +**, formerly known as ***Baldi's Basics in Education and Learning*** and ***Baldi's Basics***, is a full game of the series, with 1999-throwback, horror-type, surrealistic edutainment elements, created by Basically, Games!.

On July 24, 2018, a Kickstarter was launched, made to have a *Baldi's Basics* full game. After the game's Kickstarter successfully reached the $50,000 goal ($61,375 by 2,176 backers), the full game itself started its development and scheduled to be released in early 2020.

It is confirmed that *Baldi's Basics Plus* has the classic Schoolhouse as a towering building called the Super Schoolhouse (referencing the children's book series *Wayside School*) with the usage of an elevator, over 25 new characters including 10 returning characters, randomly generated maps, new subjects, additional events, new items, field trips, and plenty of more new features.

On August 12, 2019, the *Full Game Early Demo* was released to show some upcoming features included in the full game. The *Kickstarter Exclusive Demo* is available since November 2, 2019. It was originally planned to be released in October 2019 before October 31 to those who pledged $30 or more to the game's Kickstarter.

On March 31, 2020, the game's early access was announced in itch.io. The early access trailer was posted on May 9, 2020 and it was available on June 12, 2020, as V0.1.

The initial launch cost is US$10, but the price will be increased as the game is developed.

The Mac OS version would have a delay to release, as there was a bug that made the game unplayable on a Mac computer. However, after fixing the issue, the launch was also supported for Macs.

## Summary

### Early Access

**Check below for more info on the current state of the game!**

Baldi's Basics Plus is like the original game, but PLUS! The same cruddy edutainment horror type parody theme is back, but with hugely expanded gameplay features, including procedurally generated levels, field trip minigames, crazy random events, PLUS more characters, more items, and more chaos!

**This game is not what it seems...**

Baldi's Basics Plus is a survival horror roguelite that parodies cheap 90's edutainment and never takes itself too seriously. You will encounter strange characters, find useful items, go on field trips and more as you explore Baldi's ever changing super schoolhouse, and as you explore the game itself, you'll start to realize it is not what it seems...

So, what exactly do you do in this game? You collect notebooks while playing hide and seek with Baldi! Sounds easy right? Wrong. Baldi can hear many of your actions, and he uses those sounds to try and find you. He's also invited many friends to come and play, who can cause a lot of trouble. Get to know them though and you can use them to your advantage! You'll also find lots of items scattered around the school. These are the key to success. Use them wisely if you want to have a chance at beating Baldi!

**Near infinite replayability**

Baldi's Basics Plus randomizes so many different things, every time you play will be a different experience!

* Procedurally generated levels - The levels change every time you play! Not only will the layout change, but the types of rooms and obstacles, you find will change too!
* Random events - One moment everything is fine, the next the school is flooding, or fills with fog! Random events can begin at any moment, so make sure you're ready for them!
* Mixing and matching characters - Each time you play, you'll get to see random combination of characters.

All these variables add up to make each playthrough a unique experience!

**Lots of ways to play**

Baldi's Basics Plus features many different modes to test players in different ways!

* Main Mode - Complete a series of randomly generated levels to win! Run out of lives and you'll have to start over.
* Endless Mode - See how many notebooks you can collect before being caught by Baldi! Compete by playing on pre-made levels, or go crazy and try playing on a randomly generated one.
* Challenge Mode - As you play more of the Main Mode, you'll unlock challenges! Challenges offer unique scenarios you won't find in the main game. One might have you sneaking around the school to avoid being seen by the Principal of the Thing, another might have both you and Baldi running at super high speeds!
* Field Trips Mode - Play field trips found in the main game whenever you like! You can try to set high scores, or just practice!

## Tools

* Unity
* GIMP
* Audacity
* Anim8or
* FL Studio

## Inspirations

Pulling "the game is not what it seems" gimmick, the main inspiration of *Baldi's Basics Plus* is '90s edutainment game genre which includes titles (such as *Sonic's Schoolhouse*, *I.M. Meen*, *3D Dinosaur Adventure*, etc.), with the maze-like location based on Windows 95 3D Maze Screensaver, and few art-styles and themes referencing the work of PilotRedSun, a YouTuber known for creating weirdly surrealistic animation videos. Its roguelike elements for randomly generated levels are inspired by the 1991 Sega Genesis game *ToeJam & Earl*.

Besides items and environments, the surrealism for the styles of characters that appear as either 3D models, cropped photos, drawings, etc., with lack of stylistic unity are most likely based on the Cartoon Network show *The Amazing World of Gumball* that also uses multiple different variants of styling for the show's characters (hand-drawn, 2D, CGI, puppetry, stop-motion, etc.). Either it is also the game's inspiration or merely a coincidence is not known.

## Trivia

* Unlike *Baldi's Basics Classic* and *Baldi's Basics Birthday Bash*, there will be no 32-bit version for this game because Unity discontinued the 32-bit support during the game development.
	+ This also applies to *Baldi's Basics Classic Remastered*.
* mystman12 says that he would like to port this game on mobile and consoles, but it will likely be done after the early access is finished.
* The game icon on Steam will be changed to something different because it shares the same icon as one in *Baldi's Basics Classic Remastered*.
* The price for *Baldi's Basics Plus* was changed to $7.50 twice with a few days before the release of V0.3.5 and the same date of *Baldi's Basics Classic Remastered* release. It was later changed back to $10 on May 9, 2022 and November 6, 2022 respectively.
* As of February 4, 2023, the developer has a playable mobile version on his phone.
* According to the updated development roadmap for *Baldi's Basics Plus*, V0.4 and further versions will be released after finishing the game design document.
* In the Status Update #17, it is stated there will be a new character in V0.4.
* V1.0 will be the final major release that will firstly feature new challenge maps, better menus, horror and story elements, achievements, etc.

## Gallery

### Screenshots

#### Early Access

* June 12, 2020
* December 2, 2020

### Others

The game's trademark logo.Ditto, but the word BASICS and the trademark symbol are white-colored.An animated image of *Baldi's Basics Plus* posted in Basically, Games!'s Twitter.*Baldi's Basics Plus* development roadmap.Ditto, but the updated version posted in the 16th Status Update on Kickstarter.*Baldi's Basics Plus* is Steam Deck verified.*Baldi's Basics Plus* 25% off sale announcement.Ditto, but with Baldi on the left.*Baldi's Basics Plus* early access announcement with Baldi on the left.*Baldi's Basics Plus* artwork.
## Videos

Future Baldi's Basics Content Will Be on the Basically Games YouTube Channel!Announcement trailer.Baldi's Basics Plus Early Access Trailer OFFICIALLY OFFICIALEarly access trailer.
## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "*Currently, Baldi's Basics Plus is not planned to be released on mobile devices. Once the game is finished and no longer in early access, I will evaluate the game to see how feasible a mobile port is.*" - Contact — Basically Games
2. ↑ "*VR support from Classic Remastered will eventually be merged into Plus*" - Status Update #16
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "*Currently Baldi's Basics Plus is planned to be released on consoles some time after it is finished and out of early access on PCs!*" - Contact — Basically Games
4. ↑ "*Yeah, I've got a list of new character ideas! It's currently at about 25, including the original cast, and as long as I keep coming up with new ideas that list will keep growing!*" - mystman12. July 29, 2018. Twitter
5. ↑ "*The initial price will be US$10. I plan on increasing it a few times as the game develops.*" - *Baldi's Basics Plus* Steam Community Hub
6. ↑ "*Update: I've figured out what is causing the issue on Mac! I should be able to come up with a workaround and re-add Mac support soon. ... The issue is just that, for some reason, the Mac OS build of the game is unplayably slow. It runs at less than 1 FPS on my 2014 Macbook Pro and crashes on my brother's older Macbook. The Windows and Linux versions perform fine, even on hardware less powerful than on my Macbook. Until and unless I can figure out what the cause is and fix it, I won't be able to release a Mac version.*" - *Baldi's Basics Plus* Steam Community Hub
7. ↑ "*I just realized that a lot of #BaldisBasics is somewhat inspired by Toejam and Earl. I've only played it a few times (Own it, but no one ever wants to play it with me), and really enjoyed it, and I think the ideas of a zany roguelike with lots of randomness really stuck with me.*" - mystman12. March 1, 2019. Twitter
8. ↑ "*Unfortunately, I probably won't support 32-bit operating systems as I have in the past. Unity has been phasing 32-bit support out, and I don't want to support systems now that I can't guarantee I'll be able to support throughout the game's development cycle.*" - Basically, Games!. June 11, 2020. Twitter
9. ↑ Q: "*I wish Plus and Classic had different game icons to differentiate them*" / A: "*Noted, I'll likely make a different icon for Plus sometime in the future.*" - mystman12. November 4, 2022. Twitter
10. ↑ "*#BaldisBasics Plus is 25% off on Steam for the Steam #GoingRogue sale, \*and\* version 0.3.5 is releasing later this week! If you've been thinking about getting the game, now is a great time!*" - Basically, Games!. May 4, 2022. Twitter
11. ↑ "*To coincide with the launch of #BaldisBasics Classic Remastered, there are some sales going on! First, Baldi's Basics Plus is 25% off!*" - Basically, Games!. October 21, 2022. Twitter
12. ↑ "*In fact, I have a mostly playable version of BB+ on my phone right now. There are some aspects of Plus that will make it a bit more difficult to port (Like field trip minigames), but if I do ever decide to port it most if not all of this work will carry over.*" - mystman12. February 4, 2023. Twitter
13. ↑ "*my plan is to release it once the GDD is complete and once I've finished developing the next character. I can't guarantee it will be a huge update, but I hope you'll all look forward to the new character!*" - Kickstarter update #42
14. ↑ Development Update - Roadmap for the rest of development! - Baldi's Basics Plus by Basically Games | itch.io