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Post questions for episode 2 of the podcast here! (Patreon)

Published:
2024-12-16 21:16:21
Imported:
2026-06

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Hello everyone! I hope you all are enjoying version 0.8 of Baldi's Basics Plus! Even though I'm taking some time off this month, I'll try to get some bug fixes out before Christmas (And maybe add a popularly demanded game option as well!), but in the meantime I'm ready to start prepping the next podcast episode. This one will of course be focused on the development of version 0.8, as well as some discussion about why the update ended up being smaller than intended and my plans for 2025.

As with the last episode, I also want to answer some questions from you all! Please post them as comments to this post and I'll answer a few of them in the podcast. If you posted a question previously that wasn't answered, feel free to post it again. If you posted a question as a comment to the previous podcast episode, please re-post it here. To keep things simple, I'll only be sorting through questions commented on this post and the corresponding Kickstarter post.

I will wait at least a week before recording to make sure there is plenty of time for you all to post your questions. In the meantime I hope you all have a merry Christmas and happy holidays!

PS: Just a reminder that the Principal of the Thing plushie is still available on Makeship for a limited time! Check it out here: https://www.makeship.com/products/the-principal-of-the-thing-plushie

Comments

CruzTheEraser

How would you feel about making a Baldi’s Basics Miniseries in the future?

The Dapper Cat

I'm pretty intrigued by Mrs. Pomp being a head on a high-heeled shoe! How did you come up with her design? Also, Baldi's Basics is one of my favorite video games ever! Ha ha!

nineteen

why did you decide to rework conveyer belts?

Phoenix Cloud

In the games description you mention a per run upgrade system to be added into the future. How do you plan to execute it?

Gabezz

How did you come up with the idea that the schoolhouse needed vents? I think the idea is really cool and i wanna know what the inspiration is if you had one for it.

Shabble Dabble

According to the famous saying "an apple a day keeps the doctor away", doctors have an irrational fear of apples. Does Dr. Reflex have this fear?

GlassBottleGames

Will there be any new characters? Who was that during the NineNine secret?

MB24

(REPOST) From a developers standpoint, How would you describe the difficulty of your own game? Do you find it challenging, And do you have any specific strategies or something you find the most difficult about your game? (For both Plus and Classic Remastered) Also, Could you say "One Week With Miles!" in a Baldi voice? (:

ReboundFan

How'd you make those sounds? Like the clock, the Dr. Reflex hammer sound. Vent sound etc?

Jadey-ite

How do feel about people adding Baldi to other games? Stuff like the Rivals of Aether Baldi mod, or Pillar Chase 2? Do you like seeing people making and interpreting Baldi in these weird and wacky ways, rather it be horror or not? Either way, it's been really nice to see Baldi slowly rise from the dead of indie horror again, I've love this Bald goofball since Classic and I'm really excited to see where he goes after +! Even of you don't answer, thanks for at least reading!

@88!

What are your favorite items?

Me

are you not going to answer email questions anymore because of the podcast? this is jsut a general question

Bradylovesgraps

Will Principal of the thing ever get a voiceline to send Beans to detention? Why or why not?

Qwerty

In the v0.6 changelog, you talked about the fan favorite "Nothing" item. What are some of your own most favorite items to use in Baldi's Basics? [either in BBCR, BB+ or both]

SomeoneThatsStupid

What do you think about Baldi's Basics Mods or community creations in general?

kal

Approximately how many floors will Hide-and-seek mode will have in total by the end of Plus's production? Asking because I'm really excited to see new floors be added to the game!!

Backup

Do you think you will shorten the amount of time you spend in the vents?

The Riddle Goblin

The new lights out song, did you compose it or is it like the camping song where it already existed. If it was the former was it inspired by Donkey Kong Country?

Qwerty

About a year ago, we [me and others] have started working on the Secret messages contained in Baldi's Basics Classic Remastered. Have we solved everything regarding or relating to the whole "event"? (In specifics, I am talking about the last 6 letters of the Full Password, "monowa")

Josiah Wills

Are there any more Baldi comics (digital or original) you have that haven't been released to the public yet? Side note, will the comic that was on the conspiracy board ever be released to a readable size? Thanks so much m8!

Mr. Eel

Will you update the no being in school after hours in the halls line.

louiefan24

had a handful of questions rattling around in my head, feel free to pick your favorite! - does the "mrs" in mrs pomp's name imply that she has a husband, and if so, have you ever thought about what he might look like? - who was your favorite character so far to work on from a development standpoint? can be anything, whether it be conceptualizing, spriting, voicing, coding, etc - have you ever thought about adding verticality to the level generator with things like stairs in floors? im sure itd be really hard to implement in a random generator, but verticality is something ive always loved seeing mods do! - do you intend on going back and updating BBCR once plus 1.0 releases so its more in-line, to have things like the newer sfx and sound propagation?

DexoXeck

In the last episode you mentioned this new music system, and how’d it be superior to the current one, but exactly how so? What would make it so different from the generic midi player? I guess it’s cheating to ask two questions, but will you keep some of the kickstarter tracks in the game as well, or do you plan to replace those in a future date to be more consistent with everything else? Thank you so much, mystman! (And, yes, it's pronounced Deh-Xow-Zehck. You got it right!)

DexoXeck

It's like the camping song. Music maker did it.

DexoXeck

Imagine if you had an apple in your inventory and Dr. Reflex refused to check your reflexes because of it.

hopja

Will we see more female characters in the future? Or even non-binary characters like Chalkes? The game is currently primarily composed of male characters and some more variety would always be appreciated!

DexoXeck

This is actually a really good point to make, I think the ratio in plus is 9:2 (in confirmed genders. this discounts characters like first prize but ive seen mystman refer to it as a "he" on a few occasions which is interesting to me). 9 being male and 2 being female. I wonder who would join up the super schoolhouse

Elizriel

Do you have any plans on adding "spoopy" elements to the game before 1.0, or do you plan on adding them at the very end of developpment?

Ethan LG

Do you play games often? On the ps5? And if there's any new games you plan on playing?

FuzzBunny

If u could choose one character to redesign in the game, who would it be and how would u change them?

GrainyWayGalxay

I think you've mentioned before that you plan to add an infinite floors mode. Do you still plan on adding that mode? Also, do you plan on adding that mode as part of an early access update? I think it could work well, just generating a floor slightly bigger than the last and throwing another notebook every couple of floors. I think it would also be fun to play it with the new play styles, or more specifically arcade mode. I find that arcade mode doesn't really change the game very much currently because there are only three floors.

Matthew

How did you make the sprites for the polygonal characters like baldi, mrs pomp, 1st prize, its a bully, cloudy copter, etc?

GrainyWayGalxay

Honestly that would make the apple way too overpowered lol

Nour

Since BB+ has gotten a handful of updates ever since Classic Remastered (sound propagation, updated HUD, etc) would Classic Remastered ever get updated again?

JohnsterSpaceProgram (JSS)

I'm reposting these from my first podcast questions as you didn't get a chance to answer any of them last time. I'm hoping you will be able to answer at least one of them. 1) Regarding the possibility of multiplayer being added into Baldi's Basics Plus at some point, what are several ways (or just one way) you would go about implementing it, and what are some of your ideas on how you would solve the issues associated with adding multiplayer, such as syncing every player's progress, how characters would determine which specific player to target if they saw several at once, and movement lag? 2) When the console versions of Baldi's Basics Plus are released, what platforms will be supported? My guess would be Playstation 5, Xbox Series X/S, and the Nintendo Switch successor console, but would the game also be released for older consoles (like the PS4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch) as well? Also, how would the experience on consoles be different and similar to the PC experience? 3) Will you ever work with a film studio to create a Baldi's Basics video game adaption movie once Baldi's Basics Plus is finished? If so, would it be a live-action film (like the FNaF and Minecraft movies) or a fully animated film (like the Super Mario Bros movie), and also, what's your opinion on those recently released or upcoming movies based on popular video games like FNaF, Minecraft, Sonic, and Super Mario? What do you think was great (or bad) about those movies, and what would you have liked to see in those films? And 4) Before deciding on the final name for Baldi's Basics Plus, did you have any other potential names for the game instead of just "Baldi's Basics in Education and Learning: Full Game", and if so, were any builds of the game created that used those other WIP names on the title screen? Anyways, I'm hoping you'll be able to answer at least one of my questions, as I'm sure some other people have also wanted answers to at least some of these questions as well.

CatRosalina

Recently, i've gotten obsessed with the null dock image. I really wanna know where it was taken. Was it at a park? or a farm? or somewhere else? It's probably not lore relevant, but it would be fun to know

ALT_effore

Hi mystman! I was just wondering and if you don't mind me asking, what other things do you have planned for the game options? That's all I wanted to ask, have a great day and a merry Christmas!

Mc Mcarthy Jones

What was the inspiration(s) behind the vents and how they work? (If there were any.)

lame dan

(i don't know if multiple questions are allowed, so please feel free to randomly answer 1 if not, i'll be happy either way, however do say which questions you're never gonna answer if so as im probably gonna reuse these for next episode) 1-When do you plan the "music" update? the generated music is nice but i really want to hear what are your visions for remade and brand new music, especially considering you seem to like to use leitmotifs. 2-Any plans on having brand new voicelines and sprites for old charachters? Playtime saying something new would be so lovely 3-have you gotten a producer yet? One of the kickstarter updates you mentioned you were trying to find one to keep the gamedev process shorter alongside finding people to hire, so im wondering if anybody had interest. 4-As a principal whistle hater, do you plan on ever buffing that item. you can skip this one, just know i've planned to do a whistle only run, it's. oh wow. 5-So, here's a interesting one, you have said that lore questions are out, however, BBCR is game with... "Lore" but said lore seems to be finished, so im gonna ask this: is it fair game to ask about BBCR story questions or development questions, especially with The Red One 6-speaking of story, without any spoilers what would you say inspired most the potential story in Full plus or any game in general

lame dan

replying to this so mystman can see but also: the game in early acess would HIGHLY benefit with infinite floors even if the program is very, very simple. not only would it add a TONNNN of mod support but one of plus main gripe its not really replayable and endless mode is not really a fun way to approach the rouge-like, please mystman do it atleast at 0.10 as i'd feel this would bring in alot of fun content and just make the early acess so much more fun and this is a compliment, baldi plus is such a really well designed and fun game that a update where you can play the game infinitely is woudln't ever make the game boring as the game is replayable enough, it just doesn't have a "play infinitely' option aside from well, playing hide and seek again. which i alreay do alot

lame dan

another one that i want mystman to see but mainly for the first one i think the answer is gonna be "i thought mrs meant that it was a lady" but it'd be interetsing what he would say nonetheles

lame dan

another one i find really good, hope he answers it

Sacro

How many Characters have you come up with for Baldi's Basics Plus, so far?

Bubba Playz

Do you plan to make a real player model if you will?? It would seem cool for there to be an actual protagonist other than a sphere. (it's fine if you aren't going to!)

DEEJAYY

We the heck is "The Red One"????

Anihotta Sierra

Do you want to expand the machanics of Principal, OR are you content with him as is?

W@VE

Graysen Wilson

What will you do when you have an idea for the game after Baldi's Basics Plus 1.0 releases?

Graysen Wilson

I like the whistle. I'm saying this as a Baldi's Basics professional.

PizzaOnWheels22

Did you have any main inspirations for Mrs. Pomp? I also couldn’t help but notice that she bears a slight resemblance to Ms. Frizzle from The Magic School Bus :P

MillyNilly

What was your favorite and/or hardest thing to work on for baldi's basics plus or classic remastered?

Typervader

Would we get new floors anytime soon or at all?

Nova_

Will any features from Plus be backported to Classic Remastered?

som man

Hello I want to have a few questions and its 2 1#: Will you add developers to make the game process in the early access versions. 2#:Will you add red lights back in escaping the school?

Stephanie Edwards

is dr reflex the last character or are you going to add more

Timothy Borchers

Hi Micah. If I remember correctly back in the game jam/early releases of Baldi's one of the Faculty Only rooms had an exit sign over a globe smack dab in the center of the room. At the time that had me excited and convinced that that globe was a clue to some kind of secret exit or easter egg, but of course if it were somebody would have uncovered it by now. Do you remember if there was a reason for putting an exit sign there? And, if not, is there going to be more of a focus on secret areas or more esoteric mechanics in future updates?

ThePhoneMan

What will be your priority for the next few updates? Characters, Items, The Randomly generated map, other features? I'd assume new characters would be something you'd save for the last few updates since thats what (i think) people would be most excited for.

Harma 22

How do you plan to handle the difficulty of the game going foward and in the final game? Not just difficulty for just beating a run, but also doing some funky stunts in runs that unlock secrets, and the secret levels themselves, think of something like unlocking and beating BBCR's null style. Just PLEASE don't do anything insufferably rng like the party style secret ending, where the main reason of losing is the teleporter not dropping at all, unfun. That was the primary question, I have 2 more but if that's too much then IGNORE them Is there a chance of other people designing visuals of future characters similarly to beans? (seeing Xploshi and violxiv design (a) character(s) is an absolute dream of mine) Similarly with difficulty, how do you plan to handle Horror in the game in the future?

TheSnas

Hi Micah, do you have in mind adding more floors to Hide and Seek or a new gamemode?

MiloCyrus2008

Will you update Classic Remastered close to or after Version 1.0 of Plus' release? With all the updates Plus is recieving, Classic Remastered is starting to feel outdated.

Zeb

Will we ever get new characters? This is a question I've been wanting to ask for awhile and I am very happy with the ones we currently have. I just wanna know if we will get a new one like we did with Dr reflex

perpino paghetti39

Is there a way to make Multiplayer possible? And if so, talk about the limitations or extra features (example: couch co-op only, multiplayer only items, online, ect)

perpino paghetti39

Also do you think about adding any DLCs for Classic Remastered?

AwesomePancake3001

Hello Basically Games, are characters gonna get more interactions with each other or will most characters only be after the player?

M GAngelPlus

Yeah also are you gonna think about adding any DLCs for BB+?

M GAngelPlus

Uh no, that would be miss the games not 1.0 and he would just make 0.10, 0.11, etc after 0.9

M GAngelPlus

Are you sure you gonna add a new character for 0.9 and that favorite character is Dr. Reflex and so epic and awesome in 0.4!

M GAngelPlus

Hmm… that would be 0.9 or 0.11 to add new characters in future updates.

M GAngelPlus

Well no, that would miss those official games. Even if Mystman12 will make 0.10, 0.11, etc after 0.9 update comes out on February 2025.

M GAngelPlus

Will you add a new character for 0.9 update.

Elizriel

I dont understand what you are trying to say in the first part of your sentence. Also yes I do know that the 1.0 wont be after 0.9, that's why I am asking that question in the first place, my question is essentially "Will we get updates that add the spoopy elements, or will they be held off until the final release"

Thatkid 143

What has been the hardest thing to program in the game?

Mathchild14

Once you said that the BB+ game will talk about a different story than BBCR and previous games. I’m curious should we just erase all of the lore knowledge we have from the previous games when trying to solve the BB+ lore or are they connected. Merry Christmas!!!

LucasTV

What character was the hardest to come up with?

MossEshel

What is your favorite aspect of the game to develop?

Graysen Wilson

Erase it cuz BBCR is not canon. Anything before Plus 1.0 isn't canon. Hope this helps!

Jofitzy

Sorry for reposting this but still: 1. How did you manage to convince your sister to scream into the mic for Mrs. Pomp's angry state, and do you have any plans to invite her on the podcast as well as your brother? 2. What was the main inspiration for Dr. Reflex's design in both BB+ and the Baldimore Comics. Some people claim it's from Wallace & Gromit, is this true? 3. Do you have any plans to add the Expelling feature that you mentioned in an old Kickstarter post? 4. Do you have any plans to use your GameBanana account for anything? (Coding, Modding, etc.) 5. What settings did you toggle in Audacity for Dr. Reflex's angry voicelines? 6. How much will BB+ cost by the time V1.0 releases?

Anonymous

Before I start asking the questions, I want to give you a suggestion: when the player is pressing the arrow keys while unable to move (for example, Playtime's minigame when on the ground, or when being reminded by Mrs. Pomp to go to her classroom), the stamina shouldn't drain, because you aren't even able to move. Here are some of my questions directly related to V0.8 and its development. (WIP) 1. Were there any features (or versions of features that made it in) you planned for V0.8 but ultimately scrapped? 2. What were some particularly amusing playtesting moments you had while developing V0.8? 3. Besides the dynamic open area system and new structures you couldn't implement in V0.8 in time, what were some other features that V0.8 was missing to be an update that would as big as you hoped? 4. What didn't you like about the old conveyor belts that you are now overhauling them next year? 5. Why did you replace the "You get detention!" text with an electronic clock? 6. All 3 floors have the same lighting to easily accommodate the lights turning off when school's out, as opposed to previous versions, when each successive floor was darker than the last. Do you hope to, in a future update, try to re-introduce the darker lighting in a way that still accommodates the lights turning off when school's out, or will Floors 2 and 3 look as bright as Floor 1 by V1.0? I also want to ask questions related specifically to your plans relating to V1.0 of the game. 1. Is there a chance that you will release pre-release builds between the final early access update and V1.0 to Patreons and Kickstarters, for feedback at the least? Or could you instead get a team of private testers, to keep things like the story from being easily spoiled by others? 2. I'm guessing that most people will have bought the game by the time V1.0 releases, so what would you think about giving the fully finished version of Baldi's Basics Plus a separate store page? I'd be happy to have bought the game 2 times, 1 for early access ($10) and 1 for the full version (probably something like $20-$30, might even buy at $100)! I'll also ask some other (unrelated/more general) questions. 1. (This question is partially meant to remind you about or bring something to your attention) When do you plan to redesign the pre-made maps (or at least the ones apart from the legacy challenges, if you are planning to more fully preserve the legacy and keep in the "plainer" aspect that the game commonly had in the older days of development) like Endless - Medium? Near the end of development? (I guess this is sort of a dumb question, but when I realized, I typed in a lot of text and didn't want it to go to waste) 2. How confident do you feel about the game's authenticity to the bad 90s edutainment games vibe by V1.0? 3. Could there be any post-V1.0 updates, such as bugfixes and minor improvements? 4. Why did you remove the non-Math-Machine classrooms from Floors 2 and 3? I guess it could've been for consistency or balance purposes, but I think they added a bit of variety to the map as a whole. Perhaps they could appear less often than in the versions before V0.4, like restricting them to Floor 3 and adding 1 or 2. 5. Why did you make the $500 Kickstarter posters rarer and restricted them to Floor 1? I think it was excessive to even remove them from the other floors, and I'm not sure whether I've seen them on Floor 1 for several seeds in a row. 6. What happened to the blue lamp that got removed in V0.4? Was it a deliberately removed feature, or will you add it back soon? 7. How would you feel about adding in a Hide & Seek floor that is so large that different areas of that floor would have their own gameplay-important climate, like the southern end of the floor having a "subtropical" climate, the middle a "middle-latitude-type continental" one, and the northern one a "subarctic" one? 8. Why is Baldi's mouth rapidly looping through 3 states (closed, open, and "o") in the name select menu? 9. Can you explain the similarity between that song from the old pinball game and Despaci"-no! No! I don't want memes in my math class." 10. What does the school not want its employees to see in the contracts? 11. Who is Mr. Pomp? 12. What would (or was) Baldi's reaction be to the realization of the fact that in order to have kids, he would have to do _some stuff_? (I know this is a corny question, but still) 13. What were the settings you used in Audacity to make the distinctive voice for Dr. Reflex? What about when he's angry?

RealDoox

Hi Micah! I'm loving the new update so far, and I've got a question about the student itself. I'm not sure if this is any lore related, but will the student ever have an official design? And if you could describe it, what would it be at all?

MissingTextureMeow101

How does the existence of the BB+ modding community make you feel? Does modding/mods effect the development of the game in any way? Is any official modding support planned?

Tezy Nuz

Hi, first of all, it's an amazing game (one of my favorites) second of all do you ever plan on adding references to the older Baldi's Basics games or do you want to keep Plus separated from that?

perpino paghetti39

The game isnt finished yet but i guess that would be cool

Org his Anim8ing

Where is the fog and gravity machine in the school

Steveth3cat

Have you ever tried using Blender?

Emery Szumetz

Are we getting more field trips besides camping and farm?

Phoenix Cloud

Yes, in the previous podcast he mentioned he plans to have a total of 9 field trips. That's what he plans but that doesn't mean it's for sure (according to him)

Anonymous

The game's itch.io store page says (in the list of currently implemented features) that currently, there are 13 characters and more are planned.

Logdrew

Will features like sound propagation, the Baldi TV, etc. make their way to Classic Remastered? It’s only been a year and yet the game feels outdated when compared to all the amazing improvements to Plus! Also will Demo style ever get updated to reflect some of the new features in plus?

Anonymous

The game's itch.io store page lists that as one of the planned elements yet to be implemented in the game. However, it'll come much later in development.

Stephanie Edwards

that would be cool if they added new characters in 0.9

Aaron Sartin

even tho this is a V0.8 podcast. i just wanna know if V0.9 will have at least 1 or 2 new features or if its all fully going to be bugfixes.

Radamaaa

Will you add more screenshots for Plus to fit the current update, and will Classic Remastered be updated again for improvements?

Anonymous

He rendered those characters in Anim8or.

Anonymous

You're welcome (Sorry for the late reply)

Anonymous

(This is sort of late, but) Mystman12 has confirmed that V0.9 will be a bugfix update to warm up from the break he is currently on. He will definitely add more characters in a future update after that one. The itch.io store page for the game lists "Custom NPC AI" as one of the currently implemented features, and in parenthesis, says that there are 13 characters and more are planned. So V0.11 is the more likely candidate for the new character, although it could also/instead be added in V0.10.

Johnnie V.

Will you publish the V0.4,V0.5 and V0.6 pre-releases?please mystman12 ive always wanted them so it would really nice if you can just publish them!

Jofitzy

The content featured in those builds are already in the latest update, so I don't know why you'd want them. Also, asking for them over and over again won't make him personally give you them.

Graysen Wilson

Tbh I thought it would come out today :P also somebody already asked this, but I'm asking again so you would be more likely to see it: will Baldi's basics plus ever get any dlc?

Lucas Gabriel

do you plan on remaking the goodies? i would love to see more content from you lol

Anonymous

They're probably asking for them for archival reasons.

Penutzam

After the last pre-release demo how long do you think the full game is going to take sense the full game is going to have a whole bunch of features. Did you plan them ahead of time or are you planning to worry about those features later in development.

Penutzam

Funny answer to this question, his cannonish design is a unity cylinder

Penutzam

He's planning on doing that in the final release

PSPLeafFox

Would the chalkboards and captions change to have it's own unique font instead of it using comic sans bold and default unity font?

Radamaaa

Do you plan on adding more Female characters in Baldi's Basics?

Ted

Aside from the characters whose origins you have already introduced, can you tell us how the rest of the characters were created? For example, where did you get the design inspiration from, how did you come up with their personalities and traits…

Sophie Cervantes

In the future, do you see the complete version of Baldi‘s basics being more gameplay focused or lore focused? coinciding with that, would you like to put more efforts into character, development, or world building?

Sophie Cervantes

Two more questions it to my understand that you said you would like to add some more horror aspects to the game. Would you yourself personally put the game into the Indy category or horror category and also who is the most difficult or interesting character to make?

Johnnie V.

i want them for archival reasons

CruzTheEraser

My friend wants to know if you’ve ever heard of the song Diseducaton, it’s a baldi related fan song

Org his Anim8ing

Where the fudge is the fog machine in the Super Schoolhouse I want to see where is the fog machine please show me where is the fog machine please show please show where