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Baba Is You

Hempuli Oy

Released Mar 13, 2019 · Windows, macOS, Linux · Indie · Metacritic 87

Art style Hand-drawn & ink

Baba Is You is a puzzle game where the rules you have to follow are present as blocks you can interact with. By manipulating them, you can change how the game works, repurpose things you find in the levels and cause surprising interactions!

5 elements · 1 screen types covered · Steam page

Baba Is You - WALL IS STOP, BABA IS YOU: the flag sealed in the wall box Baba Is You - LAVA IS HOT and BABA IS MELT: a sentence pair as a death trap Baba Is You - FLAG IS WIN inside the ring: WATER IS DEFEAT guards the goal Baba Is You - Four rules in a column: ROSE IS RED, VIOLET IS BLUE, FLAG IS WIN, BABA IS YOU Baba Is You - BABA IS MORE: one rule tile, forty Babas
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WALL IS STOP, BABA IS YOU: the flag sealed in the wall box · HUD & Gameplay UI

UI at a glance: the patterns that recur across this game's screens are diegetic controls (5), minimal hud (5).

HUD & Gameplay UI

Baba Is You - WALL IS STOP, BABA IS YOU: the flag sealed in the wall box Baba Is You - LAVA IS HOT and BABA IS MELT: a sentence pair as a death trap Baba Is You - FLAG IS WIN inside the ring: WATER IS DEFEAT guards the goal Baba Is You - Four rules in a column: ROSE IS RED, VIOLET IS BLUE, FLAG IS WIN, BABA IS YOU Baba Is You - BABA IS MORE: one rule tile, forty Babas

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