Proto:Baldi's Basics Plus/Kickstarter Exclusive Demo

This is a sub-page of Proto:Baldi's Basics Plus.

The Baldi's Basics Kickstarter Exclusive Demo is a backer-only demo for Baldi's Basics Plus by Basically Games. It is only available to backers who donated $30 or above to the game's Kickstarter.

Gameplay

Unlike the early demo, this demo includes three randomly-generated levels along with a new random event (mystery room), three structures, and a brand new field trip (Farm). It also introduced the new character Chalkles, alongside the return of Cloudy Copter. Other content that were added include three new items (Dirty Chalk Eraser, Principal Whistle, and Faculty Nametag), as well as all previously existing items, one new mode (Free Run Mode) and a new special location (Library) upon its first release.

The second update was released on March 14, 2020. The update added two new characters - Beans and Mrs. Pomp, and some more structures (Baldi's Math Machines, number balloons, and the water fountains).

There was also another new field trip planned, but its implementation was delayed three times, and ultimately cancelled due to time constraints. The new field trip was then planned to be added in Baldi's Basics Plus.

Anti-Piracy

Anti-Piracy Measure 1

Titled "BadSum," this anti-piracy screen prevents the non-backers or backers who only donated less than $30 from playing the game regularly. This is also accessible to backers who donated at least $30 if they copy and paste the Kickstarter exclusive demo folder and play the game in the copied file. Upon starting, the Basically Games logo first shows up as normal, but instead of going to the main menu, it displays a screen that shows Baldi but in a blue shirt, with a lack of hair string, a frightened face, and large pupils. The background shows a room similar to Baldi's Office, while some eerie music is heard playing. The text reads the following:

"Something isn't adding up! Please restart the program. If this error continues, this may be an unauthorized copy of the game. Please check refer to the manual for more information."

This is similar to the anti-piracy method Donkey Kong Country 2 and 3 (as well as Killer Instinct) used, and it may be a reference, as developer mystman12 is a Donkey Kong fan.

Anti-Piracy Measure 2

Another pirated version of the game, which was cracked poorly, is somewhat playable. However, the first level is impossible to beat due to a number of known effects that are triggered when Baldi starts chasing you.

• If you try to start Hide & Seek or Free Run Mode without switching the files in the main menu, the school scene and the warning slides scene will intersect with each other. After the last slide in the school scene, the main menu scene will intersect with the school scene and the warning slides scene, soft locking the game, resulting in a forced restart.

• When you collect two or half of the notebooks, Baldi will suddenly become extremely fast and there will be no way to escape from him. It is possible to slow down Baldi's speed by collecting two notebooks before Baldi begins to chase you. This will allow you to continue playing normally until you collect two more notebooks, at which point Baldi will resume moving extremely fast. This makes it impossible to complete the game, unless you are playing Free Run Mode or using hacks and/or a mod menu.

• Instead of one Principal of the Thing spawning, two will spawn.

• Gotta Sweep's AI is adjusted to have no cooldown between sweeping times.

• The game will crash often randomly. Over time, these crashes will become so frequent that the game will essentially crash at startup, rendering it unplayable.

This measure, although incredibly rare to find, was recorded and uploaded to YouTube.