Baba Is You

by the phrase . The three blocks reading create a rule that prevents Baba from crossing wall tiles. Once the rule blocks are separated, the rule is no longer enforced, and Baba can pass through walls.|alt=The player character, Baba, is enclosed in all directions by walls. Outside of this enclosure is the phrase "BABA IS YOU", and inside the enclosure is the phrase "WALL IS STOP". Baba moves around and attempts to walk past a wall but fails. Then, Baba breaks the "WALL IS STOP" phrase and is able to walk past it. In each level, the player is presented with a one-screen puzzle consisting of various objects, characters, and movable word tiles. The player is given control of one or more characters or objects on the screen (most often, the player controls a character named Baba, a white creature). The word tiles consist of nouns corresponding to specific types of objects and obstacles on the field (such as Baba itself, the goal flag, walls and hazards, and other creatures), verbs such as and , linking operators such as and , and descriptive tiles determining the properties of these objects (such as , which makes all instances of the object become controlled by the player; and to make them movable; to make them impassable; and to specify the goal object). When three or more word tiles (minimally consisting of one object, one verb, and one property or object) are aligned vertically or horizontally into a valid syntax, they create a rule that determines how the object behaves and that will be enforced until the string is broken up. For example, the goal can be changed by moving and blocks to apply to another object, and the player can pass through objects by removing the trait from them. Specific rules for a level can be placed in a way that the tiles cannot be broken up (for instance, by having the rule placed in an inaccessible corner), committing that rule for the entire level. The player completes a level when an object that is the subject of an rule (i.e. an active player-character) occupies the same tile as an object that is the subject of an rule (i.e. an active goal), or by itself (i.e. the same object is the player and the goal); conversely, levels are never explicitly failed, but if there are no more objects left (or there is no rule) the player may be unable to proceed and have to undo or restart. It is, however, possible to use certain properties that function even without objects (such as or ) to create a setup where an rule is broken, then put back together later on or even at a separate location. Objects can also be transformed into each other through the syntax (i.e. would replace any Babas on screen with flags.) This can be prevented through (i.e. overrides all commands and would prevent the aforementioned transformation from occurring.) The game contains 481 levels, spread across 3 level packs, with 231 in "Baba is you" (The base game before the "Baba make level" update), 88 in "Museum" (A collection of unused/scrap levels which were reworked and polished), and 162 in "New adventures" (Purely original content added in the "Baba make level" update). At the late-game stages of both "Baba is you" and "Museum", the player gains access to the noun , from which point map screens in which levels are selected become levels in and of themselves, with the player transforming levels into objects and manipulating rules around the map screen to progress. ==Development and release==