<s>
Baba	B-Application
Is	I-Application
You	I-Application
is	O
a	O
puzzle	O
video	O
game	O
created	O
by	O
Finnish	O
independent	O
developer	O
Arvi	O
Teikari	O
(	O
known	O
professionally	O
as	O
Hempuli	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Originating	O
as	O
a	O
short	O
demo	O
built	O
for	O
the	O
2017	O
Nordic	O
Game	O
Jam	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
expanded	O
and	O
released	O
on	O
13	O
March	O
2019	O
for	O
PC	B-Device
and	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
three	O
or	O
more	O
word	O
tiles	O
(	O
minimally	O
consisting	O
of	O
one	O
object	O
,	O
one	O
verb	O
,	O
and	O
one	O
property	O
or	O
object	O
)	O
are	O
aligned	O
vertically	O
or	O
horizontally	O
into	O
a	O
valid	O
syntax	B-Application
,	O
they	O
create	O
a	O
rule	O
that	O
determines	O
how	O
the	O
object	O
behaves	O
and	O
that	O
will	O
be	O
enforced	O
until	O
the	O
string	O
is	O
broken	O
up	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
theme	O
of	O
the	O
2017	O
Nordic	O
Game	O
Jam	O
was	O
"	O
Not	O
There	O
"	O
,	O
which	O
prompted	O
Teikari	O
,	O
a	O
student	O
at	O
the	O
University	O
of	O
Helsinki	O
who	O
had	O
previously	O
developed	O
the	O
Metroidvania-genre	O
game	O
Environmental	B-Application
Station	I-Application
Alpha	I-Application
,	O
to	O
envision	O
a	O
game	O
concept	O
based	O
on	O
manipulating	O
logic	O
operators	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
with	O
his	O
previous	O
projects	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
developed	O
using	O
Multimedia	B-Application
Fusion	I-Application
2	I-Application
,	O
and	O
a	O
Lua	B-Language
scripting	I-Language
plugin	O
;	O
Teikari	O
credited	O
his	O
friend	O
Lukas	O
Meller	O
for	O
help	O
with	O
the	O
Lua	B-Language
implementations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Teikari	O
wrote	O
on	O
Reddit	B-Application
that	O
the	O
naming	O
of	O
the	O
characters	O
Baba	O
and	O
Keke	O
was	O
inspired	O
by	O
the	O
bouba/kiki	O
effect	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Teikari	O
stated	O
in	O
2017	O
that	O
he	O
planned	O
to	O
release	O
the	O
full	O
game	O
in	O
2018	O
,	O
and	O
placed	O
a	O
development	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
title	O
for	O
download	O
at	O
itch.io	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
Baba	B-Application
Is	I-Application
You	I-Application
won	O
at	O
the	O
Independent	O
Games	O
Festival	O
in	O
March	O
2018	O
,	O
a	O
clone	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
by	O
a	O
French	O
publisher	O
on	O
the	O
App	B-Application
Store	I-Application
,	O
using	O
nearly	O
the	O
same	O
graphics	O
and	O
calling	O
itself	O
the	O
same	O
name	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
release	O
,	O
were	O
focused	O
upon	O
in	O
a	O
Nintendo	O
indie	O
games	O
showcase	O
presentation	O
on	O
31	O
August	O
2018	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Baba	B-Application
Is	I-Application
You	I-Application
was	O
released	O
on	O
13	O
March	O
2019	O
,	O
via	O
Steam	B-Application
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
,	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
and	O
macOS	B-Application
,	O
and	O
on	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
cross-platform	O
level	O
editor	O
,	O
with	O
online	O
level	O
sharing	O
,	O
was	O
added	O
to	O
the	O
game	O
on	O
November	O
17	O
,	O
2021	O
,	O
as	O
a	O
free	O
update	O
for	O
the	O
personal	B-Device
computer	I-Device
and	O
Switch	B-Application
versions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Alongside	O
programming	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
Teikari	O
also	O
composed	O
the	O
soundtrack	O
using	O
OpenMPT	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Shortly	O
before	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
the	O
level	O
editor	O
update	O
,	O
he	O
released	O
the	O
music	O
project	O
files	O
via	O
the	O
official	O
Baba	B-Application
Is	I-Application
You	I-Application
Twitter	O
account	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mobile	O
versions	O
for	O
iOS	B-Application
and	O
Android	B-Application
devices	O
were	O
released	O
on	O
22	O
June	O
2021	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Baba	B-Application
Is	I-Application
You	I-Application
won	O
first	O
place	O
at	O
the	O
2017	O
Nordic	O
Game	O
Jam	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
PC	B-Device
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
among	O
the	O
best-selling	O
new	O
releases	O
of	O
the	O
month	O
on	O
Steam	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Baba	B-Application
Is	I-Application
You	I-Application
received	O
"	O
generally	O
favorable	O
reviews	O
"	O
,	O
according	O
to	O
review	B-Application
aggregator	I-Application
Metacritic	O
.	O
</s>
