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Baby Steps (Gaming)

by stabbim @, Des Moines, IA, USA, Monday, October 20, 2025, 22:27 (45 days ago)

I'm surprised I haven't seen anything posted here, given how much people were talking about Getting Over It. Anyone been playing? Please no spoilers, I'm not finished yet! :) I will say that I just finished picking a fruit.

If anyone's not familiar, it's... a literal walking simulator. You move the legs with controller triggers and lean with left stick, and there's almost no other controls except a very rare "use" button and a camera control i pretty much never use.

I'm not usually a seeker of difficult games, and I have no real awareness of the dev's previous work outside of the Getting Over It discussions I read here. And, until very recently, I didn't have a PC anywhere near up to speed for gaming so this one's kind of an oddball for me, but I saw this video when the demo came out and it was so funny that I had to try it myself:

I don't know how to explain it, but it's just one of the best written, most charming, sometimes shocking (be wary of the nudity setting unless you have no children or innocent adults around), weird, wonderful experiences in recent memory. A lot of the time it's not THAT hard, but sometimes it really is. I'm not actually sure whether I'll manage to finish it since I've stayed spoiler free and don't know how much harder it will get, but I soldier on.

I might post some screenshots of where I've been with spoiler tags in the subject, if there's any interest in the game.

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Baby Steps

by cheapLEY @, Tuesday, October 21, 2025, 14:15 (45 days ago) @ stabbim

I loved it. Honestly one of my favorite games this year. It’s incredibly funny but also pretty thoughtful.

It’s not really that much like Getting Over It, in that it’s actually pretty easy to just make the climb. There is a bunch of ultra difficult things to do, but it’s all basically optional, and if you just want to get to the end there is pretty much always a relatively easy path to take. And, while it seems kind of annoying at first, it’s actually generous. You don’t typically fall backwards too far, there’s almost always a backstop, and some of the common failure points actually land you at the foot of an easier path (if you want to take the coward’s way out). It’s actually a really approachable game.

There’s also a bunch of pretty cool hidden things to find, so it’s definitely worth exploring around.

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Baby Steps

by stabbim @, Des Moines, IA, USA, Tuesday, October 21, 2025, 15:43 (45 days ago) @ cheapLEY

I loved it. Honestly one of my favorite games this year. It’s incredibly funny but also pretty thoughtful.

I'm feeling the same. It's so damn funny and ludicrous but I'm also seeing some real character development. It's so good.

It’s not really that much like Getting Over It, in that it’s actually pretty easy to just make the climb. There is a bunch of ultra difficult things to do, but it’s all basically optional, and if you just want to get to the end there is pretty much always a relatively easy path to take. And, while it seems kind of annoying at first, it’s actually generous. You don’t typically fall backwards too far, there’s almost always a backstop, and some of the common failure points actually land you at the foot of an easier path (if you want to take the coward’s way out). It’s actually a really approachable game.

I've definitely been in spots where I could only see one way, but perhaps if I'd backed up really far there would have been another path! Always tried my hardest to not fall back too far so that could be the case.

There’s also a bunch of pretty cool hidden things to find, so it’s definitely worth exploring around.

I'm in a place right now where, without spoiling the specifics, there's kind of a lot of open space and I can just pick things to tackle. I think i can see a place to "progress," but I'm not interested in going there yet. Having too much fun.

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Baby Steps

by cheapLEY @, Thursday, October 23, 2025, 15:40 (43 days ago) @ stabbim

I'm in a place right now where, without spoiling the specifics, there's kind of a lot of open space and I can just pick things to tackle. I think i can see a place to "progress," but I'm not interested in going there yet. Having too much fun.

Much of the game is like that, even if it's not super obvious that there are other things around to do. There are a bunch of hidden things around. I missed so much on my play through that I later saw in youtube clips. I'll definitely play through it again at some point and try and do a bunch of the stuff I missed.

I also love that it kinda plays with expectations. Like, sometimes doing something will give you a funny cutscene or even an item that can change the way the game plays (keep an eye out for the sunglasses pretty late into the game). Other times, you'll do something and get absolutely nothing, other than just the satisfaction of having done it.

Maybe some day I'll put some more thoughts down about the game, because I genuinely love it and I think it's actually really well designed in so many ways. It hit much harder than I expected it to--I expected it to be mostly a sort of goofy frustration simulator, but it really is so much more than that.

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by Cody Miller @, Music of the Spheres - Never Forgot, Tuesday, October 21, 2025, 14:21 (45 days ago) @ stabbim

On my list, but my backlog is huge. Been too busy to play lately, but yeah. Im so down for this.

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Images Part 1 *spoilers*

by stabbim @, Des Moines, IA, USA, Sunday, October 26, 2025, 08:20 (40 days ago) @ stabbim

Chronological snapshots of my experience so far:

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Images Part 2 *spoilers*

by stabbim @, Des Moines, IA, USA, Sunday, October 26, 2025, 08:24 (40 days ago) @ stabbim

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Images Part 3 *spoilers*

by stabbim @, Des Moines, IA, USA, Sunday, October 26, 2025, 08:31 (40 days ago) @ stabbim
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Images Part 3 *spoilers*

by cheapLEY @, Sunday, October 26, 2025, 17:03 (40 days ago) @ stabbim

I spent way too long trying to get the camera on that stupid ball.

There's a few things in there I never saw. I'm looking forward to going back to it in a few months and exploring around some more.

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Images Part 3 *spoilers*

by stabbim @, Des Moines, IA, USA, Sunday, October 26, 2025, 18:02 (40 days ago) @ cheapLEY

I spent way too long trying to get the camera on that stupid ball.

That was a TOUGH one but I just couldn't let it go. At least it doesn't take long to get back to the start when you fail it.

There's a few things in there I never saw. I'm looking forward to going back to it in a few months and exploring around some more.

It'll be interesting to look things up when I'm done and see what I missed! I dunno whether I would go back again, with how much effort it takes to get anywhere. Maybe.

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Images Part 3 *spoilers*

by cheapLEY @, Sunday, October 26, 2025, 21:14 (39 days ago) @ stabbim

That was a TOUGH one but I just couldn't let it go. At least it doesn't take long to get back to the start when you fail it.

Getting the ball back to the start and making it stay still was the biggest pain point there.

It'll be interesting to look things up when I'm done and see what I missed! I dunno whether I would go back again, with how much effort it takes to get anywhere. Maybe.

That's why I'm giving it some time. I'm totally happy with the experience I had with it, but it's definitely something I can see revisiting after a while.

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Images Part 4 *Mega spoilers*

by stabbim @, Des Moines, IA, USA, Sunday, October 26, 2025, 20:26 (40 days ago) @ stabbim

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Images Part 4 *Mega spoilers*

by cheapLEY @, Sunday, October 26, 2025, 21:14 (39 days ago) @ stabbim

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Now you just have to climb the mountain!

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Images Part 5 *Ultra Mega spoilers*

by stabbim @, Des Moines, IA, USA, Friday, November 07, 2025, 22:38 (27 days ago) @ stabbim

I did the thing after the thing.

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