Awarded gamesGames of the Year Division

Game Designers AwardBaba Is You

General Description

Title Baba Is You
Release 2019/12/16
Price 1,500yen(tax included)
Platform Nintendo Switch / Steam
Distributor Hempuli
Publisher Hempuli
Developer Hempuli
URL https://ec.nintendo.com/JP/ja/titles/70010000027159
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Reason

A player character can walk. An enemy should not be touched. A wall stops. You swim or sink in water. You can reach a goal after difficulty.
This is a puzzle game that changes the rules of the world, which are common in games.
When we are programming a game, giving a wrong role to a wrong person can have unexpected consequences.
The game design is great, with a sense of freedom from common sense and the hilarity that comes with it. This was selected for the Grand Prize without complaint.

Work Introdution

BABA IS PUZZLE. BABA IS RULES. BABA IS YOU.
“Baba Is You” is a puzzle game in which you can change the rules of play as you wish.
In all stages, the rules themselves are arranged as contactable blocks.
Manipulating those blocks can also change the stage principles, causing unpredictable effects on stage behaviors!
By simply pushing a block here and there, you can turn yourself into a rock, turn the grass you're planting over the ground into a dangerous hot obstacle, or even turn the goal you need to achieve into something completely different.

Comment of the game producer

Hello everyone!
This is Arvi Teikari, from Helsinki, Finland.
Thank you so much for awarding “Baba Is You” a Game Designers Award at Japan Game Awards.
I’m extremely grateful for this honor. I hope you all have a great rest of the year and stay safe.

Thank you.