Baby Steps

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release: 23 september 2025
genre: walking simulator
dev: Gabe Cuzzillo, Maxi Boch, Bennett Foddy

Van de bedenkers van QWOP en Getting Over It, maar een pak toegankelijker.

Play as 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.

Explore a world shrouded in mist, one step at a time. Hike the serene mountains by placing each footstep yourself, in original physics-based gameplay from the minds behind Ape Out and Getting Over It. Take in the sights, fall in love with the local fauna, and try to find meaning in a wasted life.

Get ready to fall for Nate, in Baby Steps, a literal walking simulator.

 

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Alweer een leuke trailer. Verschijnt volgende zomer.

 

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't Zou in ieder geval makkelijker moeten zijn dan Getting Over It.

“I have had a pretty good time in the past putting out difficult games and not turning too many players away,” Foddy said. “But we’ve tried pretty hard to make a game that looks hard but plays pretty chill. Probably we’ve made it too easy.”

There are no checkpoints, you can’t die, and no fast travel. The only change is your ability to walk up straight and the terrain. Since there is no map or waypoints here, where you go depends on you as the player. With campfires in the distance serving as markers for the ‘true’ direction you should head toward. While there is a story and a definitive end to the narrative, you can explore and see what you can find after the credits roll.

Op PS5 goed gebruik van de DualSense.

As I walked through mud, puddles, sticks, and stones, the DualSense controller features began to shine, as every texture was met with the appropriate sensation and the oddly satisfying crunch of the earth and other material under my feet.

Baby Steps: hands-on report

It's an open-world journey that takes one step at a time.

blog.playstation.com

 

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Verschijnt 8 september.

edit: er is al een demo

Baby Steps Demo on Steam

Play as 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. Explore the first chapter in this demo where one slip isn’t a setback, just a new path forward.

store.steampowered.com

 

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Paar weekjes uitgesteld naar 23 september, en steek de schuld maar op Silksong dachten ze.

 

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Nu al een paar weken uit, en krijgt wel lovende reacties. Moeilijkheid nét goed, mooi verhaal, veel cutscenes, veel humor.
En zoals verwacht ook een hilarische game om anderen te zien sukkelen.

En voor wie de cutscenes skipt, is er uiteindelijk een niet-te-skippen cutscene van maar liefst een half uur.

Er zijn trouwens ook cutscenes voor wanneer je ergens vast komt te zitten, die veel spelers misschien nooit gaan zien.

En nog een interessant interview met Foddy - terwijl ze de game spelen - over de ontwikkeling van de game, met veel leuke weetjes.