"I don't know why he is in a onesie and has a big ass, shrugs game developer Gabe Cuzzillo. Bennett just came in with that at some point. I thought it would be cute, replies Bennett Foddy, who was formerly Cuzzillo's professor at New York University's Game Center and is now his collaborator. Working on character design and animation brings you over to liking big butts. I could give you an enormous amount of evidence for this."
"When I was preparing to talk to them, I felt like I was about to meet my tormentors: I spent a week last year in the grip of this purposefully, transcendentally frustrating game about going on a horrible hiking holiday with the world's most incompetent loser. Baby Steps' premise seems like a cruel joke at first: watch the hapless man suffer! And you will suffer too!"
Baby Steps centers on Nate, a 35-year-old, large, socially awkward man living in his parents' basement who embarks on a disastrous hiking holiday. The game deliberately frustrates players through awkward controls and a humiliating premise to provoke strong emotional reactions. Designers Bennett Foddy, Gabe Cuzzillo, and Maxi Boch intentionally crafted character design and animation to elicit mixed responses, from hatred to identification to sexualization. Player responses often shift over time, moving from annoyance to empathy or fondness as they help Nate overcome incompetence. The core philosophy embraces making the experience arduous then guiding players to find pleasure and meaning in the struggle.
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