In which I overanalyse a simple game
Fact: The notebook questions have simple (single digits) addition/subtraction [1st/2nd grade], multiplication (in the unsolvable questions) [3rd grade], PEMDAS (in the unsolvable questions) [6th grade], and negative numbers [9th grade]
Conclusion: The concept of grades doesnât apply to Baldiâs schoolhouse
Fact: Itâs Baldiâs schoolhouse Fact: The Principal of the Thing doesnât know what a hall is (will send a student to detention for running in the cafeteria; âNo entering âSchool Faculty Onlyâ rooms in the hallsâ) Fact: Baldi chasing down and threatening a student does not violate the âno bullyingâ rule
Conclusion: Principal of the Thing hasnât the capacity to think critically and therefore cannot come up with rules; he merely enforces rules that are already in place. The rules are actually created by Baldi.
Fact: Filename2 directly addresses the player rather than the character being controlled by the character Fact: The story says you are going back to the school, meaning that âyouâ are a student there Fact: Baldi introduces himself to you, yet âyouâ are already a student, implying that Baldi knows that the character is being controlled by someone external (not that it stops him from punishing the character for what the player does) Fact: The other characters show no signs of knowing anything beyond their one purpose
Conclusion: Filename2 and Baldi are the only sapient beings in this game, though Baldi is better at âblending inâ