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How Baby Steps Bets Everything on a Single Gameplay Mechanic

Dan Amoroso — Wed, 17 Sep 2025 20:00:15 GMT

Baby Steps is a walking simulator in the most literal sense of the word. The bizarre concept sees players take control of Nate, an unemployed slacker in his 30s, who is transported from his parents' basement to a mysterious mountainous landscape. There, he must walk, one step at a time, as he traverses a wide range of terrain.

Baby Steps Devs Reveal Its Biggest Change in Development

Dan Amoroso — Wed, 17 Sep 2025 19:00:14 GMT

Upcoming walking simulator Baby Steps tasks players with crossing a rugged, mountainous landscape using physics-based mechanics that make putting one foot in front of the other far more challenging than players are likely accustomed to. It's a refreshing concept, and one that its developers quickly realized would be challenging but rewarding to bring to life with Baby Steps.

Baby Steps Was Made With a "Strict Refusal to Pile Up Systems"

Dan Amoroso — Wed, 17 Sep 2025 18:00:14 GMT

Despite a short delay, Baby Steps is still approaching its launch window at a much faster pace than its protagonist would initially be able to walk. The wacky walking simulator challenges players to maneuver across rugged, mountainous terrain using meticulously precise physics-based walking mechanics.

How Baby Steps' Visual Design Makes Nate a "Fish Out of Water"

Josh Cotts — Wed, 17 Sep 2025 17:00:15 GMT

On the surface, Baby Steps is a literal walking simulator if there ever was one, with the label being its intended identity rather than the criticism it has become associated with. In the game, players guide Nate, an unemployed slacker who stumbles into a strange landscape, by manually moving each of his legs one step at a time. What initially seems like a parody of game mechanics, however, quickly shows its true colors as something more experimental in nature, and just as much about the world around Nate as his clumsy journey forward in Baby Steps.

Baby Steps' Prototype is as Hilarious as You'd Imagine

Jack Peachey — Wed, 17 Sep 2025 16:00:14 GMT

Baby Steps will soon be bringing its brand of bizarre, comedic, and complex physics to gamers everywhere. In the lead-up to this release, the team behind Baby Stepshas lifted the curtain on what the title looked like during its inception, and the difference is stark.

How Baby Steps' Improv Shaped Its Humor

Katelyn Mitchell Jewett — Wed, 17 Sep 2025 15:00:15 GMT

A key element of developer Bennett Foddy's games has always been their humor. From QWOP and VVVVVV to Getting Over It and Ape Out, he has made his name in the industry as a master of comedy. Baby Steps, his upcoming project developed alongside Gabe Cuzzillo and Maxi Boch, is no exception. Baby Steps' humor is based primarily on improvised conversations between Foddy and Cuzzillo, leaning into the absurd, embracing flubbed lines and mistakes, and keeping players on their toes with unexpected conversation topics.

Baby Steps Devs Give Us a Baby-Step Walkthrough of The Game's Development

Jack Peachey — Wed, 17 Sep 2025 14:00:14 GMT

Baby Steps is set to be a literal take on the 'walking simulator' genre, being a title that will force players to grapple with a set of unconventional physics. With the game right on the horizon, the team behind Baby Steps spoke to Game Rant about bringing the concept to life.

Baby Steps Devs Share Hilarious Behind the Scenes Stories

Josh Cotts — Tue, 16 Sep 2025 17:30:14 GMT

Part of what makes Baby Steps stand out as a literal walking simulator is how it treats failure and challenge as comedy. Every trip or awkward stumble into a rock feels like it was designed to get a laugh out of the player, even though there is a very real goal for them to achieve in the game. However, that humor isn't just reserved for the players, and it's not even limited to Baby Steps' gameplay. Rather, it's something that played a major role in the game's development behind the scenes as well.

How Baby Steps Approaches Difficulty

J. Scott Thurlow — Tue, 16 Sep 2025 16:31:15 GMT

Imparting the right level of difficulty in any game can be a fine line to walk, but Baby Steps is looking to take the idea of a unique challenge and run with it. Developed by Maxi Boch, Gabe Cuzzillo, and Bennett Foddy, Baby Steps is published by Devolver Digital. Baby Steps is a "walking simulator," though in a much more literal design sense than the term is usually employed. Players will take on the role of Nate, "an unemployed failson with nothing going for him, until one day he discovers a power he never knew he had…putting one foot in front of the other."

Baby Steps Dev Details the Tuning Process of its Dedicated Gameplay Mechanic

J. Scott Thurlow — Tue, 16 Sep 2025 15:30:15 GMT

Baby Steps will take its first strides into the world when it releases on September 23. Developed by a trio composed of Gabe Cuzzillo, Maxi Boch, and Bennett Foddy, Baby Steps is the latest collaborative effort between the three and marks another project that shares some of its DNA with the team's previous games, like Ape Out and Getting Over It With Bennett Foddy. With a focus on navigating Nate—a 30-year-old unemployed "failson"—through a beautiful yet surreal mountain setting, Baby Steps will see players learning alongside Nate how to properly put one foot in front of the other to accomplish this seemingly simple task.