Baldi's Basics in Education and Learning

. Baldi, its titular antagonist, stands in front of the player. ''Baldi's Basics in Education and Learning'' is a survival horror game that parodies 1990s educational video games, The player must collect seven scattered notebooks to escape the school, in which the game takes place. Each notebook contains three simple math problems, Baldi chases the player with a ruler while smacking it against his hand as he moves, and can hear every sound that they make (e.g. opening doors). As they continue to collect more notebooks (and answer unsolvable math problems), Baldi becomes increasingly faster and harder to avoid. If the player gets caught by Baldi, they are jump scared, causing game over. The player may encounter other characters that may impede their progress, such as "Principal of the Thing", "It's a Bully", and "Playtime". The principal locks the player in detention room, after breaking one of the school rules, such as running in the halls or entering the teacher's lounge. The bully takes one of the player's items upon interaction, and Playtime forces the player to jump rope. Items are scattered around the school, which the player can use, for instance, by cutting Playtime's rope, temporarily preventing her from stopping them via safety scissors. As well, they must manage their limited stamina. == Development and release ==

''Baldi's Basics in Education and Learning'' was developed by Micah McGonigal. The comic revolved around Baldi's then-personality, where he was an inventor whose inventions always failed, Micah abandoned the comic sometime later. Prior to the game, he learnt how to code on his Nintendo 3DS through SmileBASIC, and later with Unity. where it placed in second place in the competition. In June, the game was released on Game Jolt and received an update, which slightly lowered its difficulty. It features endless mode, where the player must keep collecting notebooks until Baldi catches them, but solving math problems will slow him down. In April 2025, McGonigal hinted at plans for the release of ''Baldi's Basics'' on consoles, where he began the search for a publisher. == Reception ==

Since May of 2018, ''Baldi's Basics'' went viral, after several Let's Play YouTubers, such as Markiplier, PewDiePie, and Jacksepticeye have made videos on the game. == Spin-offs and other games ==

• '''''Baldi's Basics Plus''' was announced on July 24, 2018, for a Kickstarter campaign as a "full game" of the original Baldi's Basics, following its popularity online, with a funding goal of (). The campaign succeeded, surpassing over half of its initial goal with a total pledged amount of $61,375 by the end of the funding on August 23. It is set in a forest on a field trip, where the player must keep a campfire burning by gathering firewood. Failure triggers Baldi to chase the player, leading to a game over. The demo would later be repurposed in Baldi's Basics Plus''. • '''''Baldi's Basics Birthday Bash''''' was released on April 1, 2019, as a birthday-themed version for the first anniversary of the original game. It adds randomly chosen items, decorations and costumes for the characters. • '''''Baldi's Basics Classic Remastered''' was teased in the spring of 2021 and later released on October 21, 2022, via Steam, Itch.io, and Game Jolt. It is a remastered version featuring both the original Baldi's Basics and the remake of the Birthday Bash, alongside a "Demo Style", which adds elements from Baldi's Basics Plus'' to the layout of the original game. All modes also include endless mode. == Notes ==