Uploaded July 2019 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
buy baba is you on itch.io here: hempuli.itch.io/baba
this video contains spoilers for baba is you.
baba is you is really good. it's a wild take on sokoban-style puzzle games where, instead of having basic objects and obstacles with a consistent win condition, everything on screen only has properties because of rules assigning them values. these rules are also on screen, and while a chunk of baba is you's puzzles involve acting solely on those rules, the majority of the game's levels see the player manipulating and rewriting the meaning and utility of objects available to them.
in this video, i demonstrate an unusual way to solve the world 3 (temple) level Further Fields. there are two typical solutions for this level:
1. push the text KEKE IS YOU down such that the IS is horizontally aligned with the FLAG IS WIN text. set up the babas to be facing right toward the text KEKE, the text YOU, and the space immediately above the text KEKE. break the BABA IS PUSH text and make KEKE IS PUSH. finally, set BABA IS MOVE using the IS in KEKE IS YOU, and position keke in the space above the text KEKE. the babas will push keke and the text KEKE and YOU over toward the FLAG IS WIN text, and if everything is positioned correctly, one of the babas will have pushed keke onto the flag at the same time the other two babas have pushed KEKE and YOU around the IS in FLAG IS WIN, creating KEKE IS YOU. as keke is YOU while standing on the flag, the level is cleared.
2. similarly, push the KEKE IS YOU text up to be horizontally aligned with the BABA IS BABA text. set up the babas to face right toward each part of the KEKE IS YOU text. move the PUSH text to the immediate left of the YOU text in KEKE IS YOU. below, set up BABA IS MOVE and quickly push the PUSH text in place of the YOU text, creating KEKE IS PUSH. if everything is positioned correctly, the babas will push the KEKE IS PUSH text, with the YOU text and keke on either side of the PUSH text, pushing the text to become KEKE IS YOU against the BABA IS BABA text. this will position keke on the opposite side of the grass with full player control, letting them walk onto the flag and clear the level.
this solution does neither of these things. the details for this solution will be place in a pinned comment on this video.
buy baba is you on itch.io here: hempuli.itch.io/baba
this video contains spoilers for baba is you.
baba is you is really good. it's a wild take on sokoban-style puzzle games where, instead of having basic objects and obstacles with a consistent win condition, everything on screen only has properties because of rules assigning them values. these rules are also on screen, and while a chunk of baba is you's puzzles involve acting solely on those rules, the majority of the game's levels see the player manipulating and rewriting the meaning and utility of objects available to them.
in this video, i demonstrate an unusual way to solve the world 3 (temple) level Further Fields. there are two typical solutions for this level:
1. push the text KEKE IS YOU down such that the IS is horizontally aligned with the FLAG IS WIN text. set up the babas to be facing right toward the text KEKE, the text YOU, and the space immediately above the text KEKE. break the BABA IS PUSH text and make KEKE IS PUSH. finally, set BABA IS MOVE using the IS in KEKE IS YOU, and position keke in the space above the text KEKE. the babas will push keke and the text KEKE and YOU over toward the FLAG IS WIN text, and if everything is positioned correctly, one of the babas will have pushed keke onto the flag at the same time the other two babas have pushed KEKE and YOU around the IS in FLAG IS WIN, creating KEKE IS YOU. as keke is YOU while standing on the flag, the level is cleared.
2. similarly, push the KEKE IS YOU text up to be horizontally aligned with the BABA IS BABA text. set up the babas to face right toward each part of the KEKE IS YOU text. move the PUSH text to the immediate left of the YOU text in KEKE IS YOU. below, set up BABA IS MOVE and quickly push the PUSH text in place of the YOU text, creating KEKE IS PUSH. if everything is positioned correctly, the babas will push the KEKE IS PUSH text, with the YOU text and keke on either side of the PUSH text, pushing the text to become KEKE IS YOU against the BABA IS BABA text. this will position keke on the opposite side of the grass with full player control, letting them walk onto the flag and clear the level.
this solution does neither of these things. the details for this solution will be place in a pinned comment on this video.
