Excellent spinoff game that puts the cute characters and text mechanics of Baba Is You into a fun strategy game that is MUCH less likely to break your brain or leave you stuck for hours. (I say this not to dis the original game, but to encourage players and streamers that fell off of BIY as the levels got harder to give this one a try.)
[Full disclosure: I picked this up while it was still free. I also skimmed through some of the comments before playing, so I was aware of some of the sticking points and 'secret tech' of the game.]
...I don't usually write reviews, but I wanted to talk positives before I reported a bug (or, at the very least, an unintuitive "feature"). Steps to replicate:
1) Start a level with a "stop at each [tile]" objective. I noticed this on Abandoned City (level 17.x), but I assume this is more generally true.
2) Stop at one of the objective tiles. The sprite will have the little glow to show it counts towards it.
3) Pass to the next turn (this is less about triggering the bug than making sure that it *is* a bug).
4) Destroy the tile from step 2. Using a rule to turn it into something else might produce a similar bug, idk.
5) Restart the turn. The tile you destroyed in step 4 is back, but it no longer counts toward the objective (even though it did at the start of the turn). You can confirm that this is not just visual by trying to complete the level as if it still counted.
i got the game during the sale for free before i got a acount on itch. how do i get updates?
do i rilly have to buy it to get updates because if so whats the point of the sale? also theres now mod support??? i was making custom levels but i didnt know there was mod support? how does that work?
you had to have an account to properly claim the game and have it in your library, otherwise there'd be no way to verify it was you. the game's only $4 anyways though, my best advice is just to buy it again.
I came for the puzzles and stayed for the story. Very cute little game, it makes me want to replay both Baba is You and Into the Breach. Thanks and happy new year!
Hey Hempuli? I think I found a bug and I can't play. The boot up screen is blank with only the skip text visible.
I can skip it and then I went to settings and all options were blank.
Finally I went to play and the mission select was also blank, and I couldn't start it.
If it helps, here are some notes. I use a windows 11, Uninstalled and reinstalled it with the new patches and nothing changed, windows thought it was a security threat. That's about it, Hopefully it wont be a bother to you!
I'm late in the game so I can get the three stars in the different mission, got them on a few of them, only showing a single star on top of the flags. But now I'm starting to get two stars on top of some of the flags, I don't understand why
If I downloaded the game during the release sale do I just download it again from the link itch.io puts at the top of this page to get the new version or do I need to pay in order to update it?
Just beat the game, and it said that the concept art was unlocked. Where can I find it? I don't see it in the main menu nor in the level selection screen. Thanks for the great side game btw!
Before version 1.1.1, Windy Reef (with or without extra objective) could be acctually completed (only the team challenge couldn't be completed). It's harder and I suggest everyone have a try.
A lovely little game! The story is cute (I love Baba's babbling) and the puzzles are a lot of fun. I really enjoyed playing through the main content and am now chipping away at the extra challenges.
That said, I do have a few critiques I wanted to share:
First and foremost, there's no hotkeys whatsoever. Using the mouse for everything, moving my cursor over the same spot 3 times per unit sometimes, I realized how fluid Into the Breach plays with its keybinds. Having buttons to select units and abilities would be amazing.
Having infinite turn resets is great and makes it really confusing that you can't undo units' abilities like you can their movement. Needing to redo your entire turn after misclicking an ability gets really annoying.
The setting for extra turns is a nice touch, I just wish changing it would take effect during the prep phase. Right now you have to restart the level even if you haven't actually started it.
Extremely valid feedback! The reason the undo is so limited is because I wanted to avoid having to keep track object existence - if you intentionally walked a mech into a pool of water, the game would need to be able to recreate the mech object on undo, and while not very difficult to implement, I was in a bit of a hurry at the time and thus opted for a simpler-but-less-useful undo. Apologies about that.
I guess I could implement the suggested feature for the extra turns in a future update. Thanks for the suggestion!
Do the team challenges unlock after getting the first extra star in every level?
I have beaten every level normally and started on getting the extra star but I have two stars on the first level and am not sure how I did it.
Love the game. I just downloaded the 1.1.1 version this morning only after finally figuring out how to beat Windy reef last night after trying for a few hours.
I could be wrong but for the team star you have to complete the stage without using any units from the last time you won, as can be seen on the mission screen.
Ex if a mission had baba and bird, you can't use either of them and have to figure out a way to still win, either on the normal version or the extra mission, both work for this star.
Some mission are really tricky and you need to use enemies pathing to clear them, ex without bird or me to destroy blocks, if an enemy can do so you need to position them with other mechs to indirectly destroy blocks.
You merged my favourite puzzle game with my favourite turn-based strategy tactical game. I couldn't believe it when I saw it! Thank you very much!
If I can give a suggestion for an improvement, it would be useful to have an in-game status of all mechs and the actions they performed. Before passing, one now has to hover on each mech to check if they have moves still available. Into the Breach deals with this with a status icon of each mech on the left side if I remember correctly.
glad it was free for a day so that i could hear about it 4 days later and not buy it because i know it was free for a 24hr period. Very predatory advertising scheme to hand out a title for free for 24hrs only to rescind it after people know it exists.
If you down voted let me point out this is a drm free game. Changing the price after release does nothing except promote piracy
Offering a game for free for a few days to build interest isn't predatory. Sales are not inherently predatory. The act of building hype is not inherently predatory. Predatory practices would be trying to trick the people who already have it to give them more money, or slipping hidden costs into the game that aren't obvious up front.
Not to mention it's only $4 now, which is still pretty close to free, really. I thought Baba is You was creative enough I'm happy to give this studio $4 to see their take on Into the Breach.
This doesn't promote piracy. It only promotes piracy if you think that it's cool to steal a $4 game from an independent artist. Piracy should be about people getting it who either could not otherwise afford it, or about people frankly just objecting to predatory practises like streaming services' locking everything down to an overpriced cable-like subscription.
If you want to steal, go ahead, this isn't predatory and it's standard marketing.
My display resolution is 3840x2160. I should have a very big window that is 3840x2160 or a very small window that isn't adjustable to play... This is painful.
ejofi said earlier, and this worked for me even though i am using proton to run it:
You can edit resolution multiplier manually in \AppData\Roaming\MSB\save.txt
I use xres=4 and yres=4. I think default multiplier was 2.
for future linux users looking for the file it should be in a really long steam app id in your home dir's .local steam (im on ubuntu) if you set it up as an app through steam (you should it makes the proton process and management process easy)
For other future Linux users: KDE lets you "Configure special window settings" by right clicking on the title bar, and you can set a new maximum resolution that way.
Works well under Linux when launched via Lutris. It was tiny so I went into settings and activated fullscreen which made it larger (but not fullscreen), however it’s well large enough to play now and it’s a very enjoyable game
according to user @Baranik, they fixed this when they did it by editing the xres and yres value in save.txt. i haven't tried it myself, but hopefully that helps? it looks like other people have done it too, i think 4 is the generally agreed upon value to switch it to
Go to windows security and under Virus and Threat Protection click manage settings and add an exception for the folder where you keep the game (so that you can update it and keep it whitelisted)
The game was made using an old program that handles files in a way Windows finds suspicious. I'm in the process of trying to migrate the game to a newer program that hopefully has less of a problem with this! Apologies for the problems.
It downloaded fine, got over the Windows defendor issue quite easily. loaded it up and its the size of a phone screen and very loud. I could barely read the instructions. Is there an option to make it visible/usable?
The game was made using an old program that handles files in a way Windows finds suspicious. I'm in the process of trying to migrate the game to a newer program that hopefully has less of a problem with this! Apologies for the problems. Others have pointed out ways to add an exception for the game in Windows settings.
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It would be really could if there was s mobile port of this beacuse..... you know... MOBILE suit baba it would be the perfect joke right?
WHEN are we getting the Mobile Suit Baba Gunpla
Excellent spinoff game that puts the cute characters and text mechanics of Baba Is You into a fun strategy game that is MUCH less likely to break your brain or leave you stuck for hours. (I say this not to dis the original game, but to encourage players and streamers that fell off of BIY as the levels got harder to give this one a try.)
[Full disclosure: I picked this up while it was still free. I also skimmed through some of the comments before playing, so I was aware of some of the sticking points and 'secret tech' of the game.]
...I don't usually write reviews, but I wanted to talk positives before I reported a bug (or, at the very least, an unintuitive "feature"). Steps to replicate:
1) Start a level with a "stop at each [tile]" objective. I noticed this on Abandoned City (level 17.x), but I assume this is more generally true.
2) Stop at one of the objective tiles. The sprite will have the little glow to show it counts towards it.
3) Pass to the next turn (this is less about triggering the bug than making sure that it *is* a bug).
4) Destroy the tile from step 2. Using a rule to turn it into something else might produce a similar bug, idk.
5) Restart the turn. The tile you destroyed in step 4 is back, but it no longer counts toward the objective (even though it did at the start of the turn). You can confirm that this is not just visual by trying to complete the level as if it still counted.
Do you have any thoughts on adding multilingual support to this game?
i got the game during the sale for free before i got a acount on itch. how do i get updates?
do i rilly have to buy it to get updates because if so whats the point of the sale?
also theres now mod support??? i was making custom levels but i didnt know there was mod support? how does that work?
To get the update, the easiest way is to use the itch app. You can also download the game again manually (but I’m not sure how saves are handled)
but thing is i got it when it was on sale and i didnt have a itch.io acount so its trying to make me "buy" it when i alredy did when it was free
Click "Buy now", then "I already paid for this".
didnt help
You probably skipped the claim step, couldn't be done without an account.
So you just downloaded the 1.0 release without "buying" it for free.
I suppose you could contact the dev but as it was an user error not sure if it counts.
Dev PLS HELP!
you had to have an account to properly claim the game and have it in your library, otherwise there'd be no way to verify it was you. the game's only $4 anyways though, my best advice is just to buy it again.
Hey. Here is a bug report. On version 1.1.1, I solved Puzzle 16 this way:
It makes sense from a programming perspective, but I guess that’s unintended.
Btw, that’s a great game, congrats!
yea clasic using a array of values instead of a array of arrays for 2d stuff
I'm sorry for sacrificing your mech in the final battle, Baba...
Just finished the first run, excellent!
Lovely characters, smart puzzles, I was starved for games like this!
Was it inspired by Super is Hot, too?
Crossover games is a trend I didn't see coming, but it's pretty awesome when done right.
For linux users: I ran it without trouble with wine 8.21,
disabling DXVK fixed the graphical glitches (like missing black border around units and weird floor)
editing the xres and yres value in save.txt if the window is too small
I came for the puzzles and stayed for the story. Very cute little game, it makes me want to replay both Baba is You and Into the Breach.
Thanks and happy new year!
Is turning Mevil into a worm on level 27 an intended solution?
No idea, but it's what I did too!
Hey Hempuli? I think I found a bug and I can't play. The boot up screen is blank with only the skip text visible.
I can skip it and then I went to settings and all options were blank.
Finally I went to play and the mission select was also blank, and I couldn't start it.
If it helps, here are some notes. I use a windows 11, Uninstalled and reinstalled it with the new patches and nothing changed, windows thought it was a security threat. That's about it, Hopefully it wont be a bother to you!
I got the same issue, but when I exited out, closed the folder, and reopened it, the icon looked different, and when I loaded it up, it all worked.
Purchased on the last day of this year, very very interesting, and with enough strategy depth, perfect ending
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I'm late in the game so I can get the three stars in the different mission, got them on a few of them, only showing a single star on top of the flags. But now I'm starting to get two stars on top of some of the flags, I don't understand why
I have similar issue.
- First star is for beating regular mission.
- Second for beating the same mission with completely different squad.
- Third for beating it with extra objective.
I've beaten both versions of level 4 with various squad combinations and still only got 2 stars (or 1 star above flag as you describe it).If I downloaded the game during the release sale do I just download it again from the link itch.io puts at the top of this page to get the new version or do I need to pay in order to update it?
Same issue here, maybe it's misconfigured?
Hi there! I am willing to translate this game into Spanish, if you'd like :)
Just beat the game, and it said that the concept art was unlocked. Where can I find it? I don't see it in the main menu nor in the level selection screen. Thanks for the great side game btw!
Sorry, I was in a hurry implementing that feature - the concept art images can be found in the game folder as PNG files.
Completed the story but start to think the real difficulty just begin, lol
need a better undo/reset system, sometime when u missed 1 thing you must reset the full level which is annoying for me (idk that intend or not)
btw can't mevil just delete all [fruit is fruit] and make [fruit is nothing] and then delete all fruit word?
I guess Mevil didn't think their evil plan all the way through...!
imagine MSB chapter 2 - the fight of the word (and enemy can do something with word to stop the player lol)
Before version 1.1.1, Windy Reef (with or without extra objective) could be acctually completed (only the team challenge couldn't be completed). It's harder and I suggest everyone have a try.
A lovely little game! The story is cute (I love Baba's babbling) and the puzzles are a lot of fun. I really enjoyed playing through the main content and am now chipping away at the extra challenges.
That said, I do have a few critiques I wanted to share:
Extremely valid feedback! The reason the undo is so limited is because I wanted to avoid having to keep track object existence - if you intentionally walked a mech into a pool of water, the game would need to be able to recreate the mech object on undo, and while not very difficult to implement, I was in a bit of a hurry at the time and thus opted for a simpler-but-less-useful undo. Apologies about that.
I guess I could implement the suggested feature for the extra turns in a future update. Thanks for the suggestion!
Mac port would be great so my game design student can play it :)
Do the team challenges unlock after getting the first extra star in every level?
I have beaten every level normally and started on getting the extra star but I have two stars on the first level and am not sure how I did it.
Love the game. I just downloaded the 1.1.1 version this morning only after finally figuring out how to beat Windy reef last night after trying for a few hours.
I could be wrong but for the team star you have to complete the stage without using any units from the last time you won, as can be seen on the mission screen.
Ex if a mission had baba and bird, you can't use either of them and have to figure out a way to still win, either on the normal version or the extra mission, both work for this star.
Some mission are really tricky and you need to use enemies pathing to clear them, ex without bird or me to destroy blocks, if an enemy can do so you need to position them with other mechs to indirectly destroy blocks.
Thanks.
You merged my favourite puzzle game with my favourite turn-based strategy tactical game. I couldn't believe it when I saw it! Thank you very much!
If I can give a suggestion for an improvement, it would be useful to have an in-game status of all mechs and the actions they performed. Before passing, one now has to hover on each mech to check if they have moves still available. Into the Breach deals with this with a status icon of each mech on the left side if I remember correctly.
Have a nice day.
A perfect game! It's really cool to play. I'd recommend the game, it's very engaging. Congratulations to the developer!
glad it was free for a day so that i could hear about it 4 days later and not buy it because i know it was free for a 24hr period. Very predatory advertising scheme to hand out a title for free for 24hrs only to rescind it after people know it exists.
If you down voted let me point out this is a drm free game. Changing the price after release does nothing except promote piracy
Offering a game for free for a few days to build interest isn't predatory. Sales are not inherently predatory. The act of building hype is not inherently predatory. Predatory practices would be trying to trick the people who already have it to give them more money, or slipping hidden costs into the game that aren't obvious up front.
Not to mention it's only $4 now, which is still pretty close to free, really. I thought Baba is You was creative enough I'm happy to give this studio $4 to see their take on Into the Breach.
You, my friend, are what we in the bizz call "a fucking dumbass".
This doesn't promote piracy. It only promotes piracy if you think that it's cool to steal a $4 game from an independent artist. Piracy should be about people getting it who either could not otherwise afford it, or about people frankly just objecting to predatory practises like streaming services' locking everything down to an overpriced cable-like subscription.
If you want to steal, go ahead, this isn't predatory and it's standard marketing.
why doesn't ahym just buy the game instead of whining about how the game was free in the past? are they stupid or something?
Thank you Hempuli for this game!
You should consider making a Baba cuddly toy?
Thank you!
My display resolution is 3840x2160. I should have a very big window that is 3840x2160 or a very small window that isn't adjustable to play... This is painful.
ejofi said earlier, and this worked for me even though i am using proton to run it:
You can edit resolution multiplier manually in \AppData\Roaming\MSB\save.txt
I use xres=4 and yres=4. I think default multiplier was 2.
for future linux users looking for the file it should be in a really long steam app id in your home dir's .local steam (im on ubuntu) if you set it up as an app through steam (you should it makes the proton process and management process easy)
For other future Linux users: KDE lets you "Configure special window settings" by right clicking on the title bar, and you can set a new maximum resolution that way.
lol idiot skull enemy deleted the defeat word by using the power of enemy is defeat, and now the power is deleted and then all fruit is safe
Yet another outstanding game from Hempuli that makes you feel like a total dense.
Works well under Linux when launched via Lutris. It was tiny so I went into settings and activated fullscreen which made it larger (but not fullscreen), however it’s well large enough to play now and it’s a very enjoyable game
Thank you very much! Shame that the resolution doesn't work properly, though.
according to user @Baranik, they fixed this when they did it by editing the xres and yres value in save.txt. i haven't tried it myself, but hopefully that helps? it looks like other people have done it too, i think 4 is the generally agreed upon value to switch it to
BUG REPORT:
Since i started playing the level 18.new dangers, all the enemies are replaced with baba. It doesn't change anything if i re-open the game.
baba is all
Hmm... Try redownloading the game? (It won't delete your save)
can someone actually explain how to get around Windows Security so I can download this thing?
Go to windows security and under Virus and Threat Protection click manage settings and add an exception for the folder where you keep the game (so that you can update it and keep it whitelisted)
awesome, thank you!
I don't know about downloading, but I usually just click more info and then a button appears that lets you bypass the secerity.
Never have I wanted a virus so bad, Into the Baba can't even get onto the exclusion list on win defender LOL
That's a bummer :( I'm trying to resolve it
Why does windows think this is a severe virus?
some normal function that virus uses frequently will be counted as suspect malware by Windows defender，but this game is absolutely not a virus
The game was made using an old program that handles files in a way Windows finds suspicious. I'm in the process of trying to migrate the game to a newer program that hopefully has less of a problem with this! Apologies for the problems.
It downloaded fine, got over the Windows defendor issue quite easily. loaded it up and its the size of a phone screen and very loud. I could barely read the instructions. Is there an option to make it visible/usable?
You can edit resolution multiplier manually in \AppData\Roaming\MSB\save.txt
I use xres=4 and yres=4. I think default multiplier was 2.
Try alt-enter to fullscreen
萌新！该如何领取游戏？求教
点download or claim然后点No thanks, just take me to the downloads
Simply incredible, at least after I've added an exclusion to Windows Defender to ignore the folder this game is in (stupid defender).
I can't even download it to put it in a folder. How did you get around that?
Just ignore all warnings and afterwards put it in a folder you've excluded Windows Defender from scanning.
I believe you can skip levels with me for example breaking "fruit is weak"
Oh that's probably why you cant use Me for long
lore-wise me was also captured by enemy mid-game
whole virus detected thing preventing me from downloading. HELP!!
The game was made using an old program that handles files in a way Windows finds suspicious. I'm in the process of trying to migrate the game to a newer program that hopefully has less of a problem with this! Apologies for the problems. Others have pointed out ways to add an exception for the game in Windows settings.