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'''''Baldi's Basics in Education and Learning'''''{{Efn|Also known as ''Baldi's Basics Classic''}} is a 2018 [[Puzzle video game|puzzle]] [[horror game]] developed and published by Micah McGonigal. Disguised as an [[educational game]], it [[Parody|parodies]] 1990s educational games by [[Deconstruction|deconstructing]] their elements into [[metafiction]]al horror. The game is set in a schoolhouse, where the objective is to locate and collect notebooks and escape the school to take them to player's friend who lost them, while avoiding being caught by Baldi. The game features many game modes that changes gameplay subtly or drastically.

It was developed for the [[Metagame|Meta]]-[[Game jam|GameJam]] in 2018, and released on [[Itch.io]]. The game's main source of inspiration during its development was ''[[Sonic's Schoolhouse]]'' (1996). It was positively received upon release. Following its success, the game was expanded upon in the form of successors such as '''''Baldi's Basics Plus''''' in 2020 and '''''Baldi's Basics Classic Remastered''''' in 2022 along with some mods.

== Gameplay ==