Older Clickteam engines like MMF2 use a code compression algorithm that sets off these false positives, it's been a longstanding issue since the early days.
You can open Windows Defender, go to the recent detections, select the game (probably the most recent one), and then select "allow" under the actions dropdown Then you can redownload the game and you'll be able to play it
I can't. I'm clicking allow and it does nothing, the popup disappears after a few seconds. I have to download the game again and the alert happens again, which cancels the download.
I can't even download this game, Windows isn't letting me.
Couldn't download via Chrome, thinks the .zip has a virus. Downloaded it via Firefox, unzipped it and ran the .exe - it would not run due to it thinking it had a virus, and was immediately auto-deleted. Running Windows 10.
Yeah, apparently a few people are having that issue. I looked up the "virus" in question on and it might just be some kind of programming glitch triggering a false flag
It has to do with a code converter included with the game. It can THEORETICALLY be used to damage your PC so Windows won't let any downloads with it on your PC.
Windows Defender likely quarantined it. You can try adding an exception by going to the recent protections, selecting it, going to actions, and then selecting allow Redownloading (or maybe re-extracting? if that works) the game then should give you the executable file
Tried running on Steam Deck with different Proton Versions (GE-Proton8-25 being the latest) and I ssem to miss some in-game items preventing me to progress past the menu :D This is the settings menu:
this is the game start screen:
Anyone has any idea what is going on and ideally how to fix it? Missing fonts maybe?
I'm on the exact same proton version on linux with an intel igpu and it works perfectly, maybe it's due to the mesa version (I'm on `23.3.1-1`)? Try the beta channel for steam os maybe it'll help
I'm having a peculiar issue on my system where the game flickers to a solid background color at varying rates. I suspect its an Intel GPU issue. I've tried reinstalling and various windows compatibility settings to no avail. Anyone have any ideas as to the cause?
nvm I just went into the files and edited this part of lvl_04 to get rid of the hills, I assume this was the intended solution, idk why the developers didn't introduce 'messing with the game files' as a mechanic earlier?
You're not supposed to mess with the files. Baba has an ability that allows them to launch other units over hills. I'm pretty sure this was part of the solution of an earlier level
Oh thank you for sharing this. Now I can solve the level. It's not just Jiji, btw. It seems that 'defeat' only affects units when they are stopped.
Really don't like this. Were we supposed to just try the seemingly impossible thing? Or to extrapolate from the level success condition that doesn't trigger when you pass over the cell that 'defeat' works the same way? But of course 'stop' doesn't.
There is a level very early on with two Kekes that requires you to push one over a river where water is sink. Seems pretty reasonable to me that movement would work the same way over lava. After all you’re not touching the lava during movement since it is at a lower height
That's different! Yes, when being pushed you're indeed not touching water or lava, but when moving, you do! So it's not obvious that the rules won't affect you in that case.
In none of the previous levels was it ever possible to move over water from one patch of land to another, so the only way for you to discover that 'sink' only affect you when you're stopped is to move 2 or more cells into water and notice that you sink when you stop and not immediately upon entering the water, but that detail is very hard to notice.
Given how not obvious it is that rules like 'defeat' and 'sink' don't affect units while they move, especially given that rules like 'stop' do, it's necessary to communicate this more clearly to the player. For example, on the second level, at least one of the mechs could start on a single cell island surrounded on all sides by water so that moving the mech off of the island was the only thing the player could do to progress.
This is apparently because of how Multimedia Fusion 2 plugins work (the game is made with Multimedia Fusion 2) You can add an exception in the Windows defender settings by going to recent protections, selecting the game (probably the most recent detection) and under the action dropdown, selecting "allow" this should allow you to download, extract, and run the game
Launching it through wine seems to work fine but the full screen functionality unfortunately doesn't work. I'm still gonna play the game but that kinda sucks for me. :/
4. High security area : fruit and lava. Is there a way to move the words with the mechs? Doesn't seem like you'd be able to complete the level without that ability, but none of the mechs have an appropriate skill?
It's a false positive. Ignore it by allow the executable. Otherwise, wait for an update to fix this since the game is under polishing right now it seems.
False positive like Trimint123 said; windows thinks almost everything is Wacatac for some reason -- they need to fix their detection. Saying this as another independent dev which keeps hitting this with my own software...
You could almost think MS is trying to kill all software that's not from the atrocious windows store. How anticompetetive of them. I am not surprised and switched to Linux.
Adorable game, and it has really high production quality even with the artstyle that looks drawn in (virtual) crayon (which is also an endearing style tbh)
Just when I got fully completed into the breach, baba broke into my home and forced me to do it all over again. Great game. Please don’t hurt my family. Because of this game, I haven’t seen the sun in years.
When I try to run this (1.0.8) through the Itch desktop app on Windows 11, I just get an error popup saying “Cannot create subdirectory in temporary directory !”.
went all the way back they all flag for me, cant play at all which is a massive bummer. Baba is you was one of my top games of all times and i love into the breech so it seems like my jam if i could find a way to play it. Id even buy copies for freinds to support the dev
I feel like there is a bug with the team challenge. Is it supost to be "beat the level without using any of the same mechs you beat it last time with" by beating a level with various combinations of mechs, I managed to get the star after doing it with the original starting combination.
Doesn't it literally say "for some levels you may need to unlock more characters to do the team challenge" in game? But yeah, it'd be nice if the game were clearer on how the team challenge star works.
I Created the Custom Level! While Toying Levels, I Found Some "Bugs" that Softlock the game, such as "SKULL IS MEVIL IS SKULL" Which has different behavior, not replicating on Baba is You, causing an Infinite loop, putting MESSAGE_TUTO Right after TEXT Also Softlocks.
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Is this only available on windows? I can’t seem to run it on my ipad/mackbook
It's windows only, yeah. It says so on the page
Man I know anti viruses can give false positives but windows defender absolutely refuses to let me open this
Older Clickteam engines like MMF2 use a code compression algorithm that sets off these false positives, it's been a longstanding issue since the early days.
You can open Windows Defender, go to the recent detections, select the game (probably the most recent one), and then select "allow" under the actions dropdown
Then you can redownload the game and you'll be able to play it
I can't. I'm clicking allow and it does nothing, the popup disappears after a few seconds. I have to download the game again and the alert happens again, which cancels the download.
I can't even download this game, Windows isn't letting me.
I have the exact same issue.
I cant get past the second level water is sink. I assume I have to attack it but clicking all the attack buttons doesn't do anything? Can anyone help?
Hi! most of the things you can attack have black outlines, you want to find a way to launch one of the fellas across! Hope this helped
Couldn't download via Chrome, thinks the .zip has a virus. Downloaded it via Firefox, unzipped it and ran the .exe - it would not run due to it thinking it had a virus, and was immediately auto-deleted. Running Windows 10.
Yeah, apparently a few people are having that issue. I looked up the "virus" in question on and it might just be some kind of programming glitch triggering a false flag
Either way, Windows 10 won't let me run it.
It has to do with a code converter included with the game. It can THEORETICALLY be used to damage your PC so Windows won't let any downloads with it on your PC.
Theres no exe file????
Windows Defender likely quarantined it. You can try adding an exception by going to the recent protections, selecting it, going to actions, and then selecting allow
Redownloading (or maybe re-extracting? if that works) the game then should give you the executable file
Tried running on Steam Deck with different Proton Versions (GE-Proton8-25 being the latest) and I ssem to miss some in-game items preventing me to progress past the menu :D This is the settings menu:
this is the game start screen:
Anyone has any idea what is going on and ideally how to fix it? Missing fonts maybe?
I'm on the exact same proton version on linux with an intel igpu and it works perfectly, maybe it's due to the mesa version (I'm on `23.3.1-1`)? Try the beta channel for steam os maybe it'll help
i cant download it, windows defender is blocking the downloa
Same here, it says it has a virus
Opera blocks the download too
Try using guest mode on chrome
I disabled Windows Real-time Protection and it allowed the file to download.
It lets me download it and play is some times, then the next time it goes, nah bro and deleted the exe automatically
just select allow on device.
I'm having a peculiar issue on my system where the game flickers to a solid background color at varying rates. I suspect its an Intel GPU issue. I've tried reinstalling and various windows compatibility settings to no avail. Anyone have any ideas as to the cause?
Anyone have a solution for this level yet??
nvm I just went into the files and edited this part of lvl_04 to get rid of the hills, I assume this was the intended solution, idk why the developers didn't introduce 'messing with the game files' as a mechanic earlier?
You're not supposed to mess with the files. Baba has an ability that allows them to launch other units over hills. I'm pretty sure this was part of the solution of an earlier level
Yes Its one comment below yours :D
Baba can toss people over hills, remember. And defeat only activates if you stop on the tile tagged with defeat (this is true for most rules).
Did I miss the part where its explained that Jiji can just jump over lava?
Oh thank you for sharing this. Now I can solve the level. It's not just Jiji, btw. It seems that 'defeat' only affects units when they are stopped.
Really don't like this. Were we supposed to just try the seemingly impossible thing? Or to extrapolate from the level success condition that doesn't trigger when you pass over the cell that 'defeat' works the same way? But of course 'stop' doesn't.
There is a level very early on with two Kekes that requires you to push one over a river where water is sink. Seems pretty reasonable to me that movement would work the same way over lava. After all you’re not touching the lava during movement since it is at a lower height
That's different! Yes, when being pushed you're indeed not touching water or lava, but when moving, you do! So it's not obvious that the rules won't affect you in that case.
In none of the previous levels was it ever possible to move over water from one patch of land to another, so the only way for you to discover that 'sink' only affect you when you're stopped is to move 2 or more cells into water and notice that you sink when you stop and not immediately upon entering the water, but that detail is very hard to notice.
Given how not obvious it is that rules like 'defeat' and 'sink' don't affect units while they move, especially given that rules like 'stop' do, it's necessary to communicate this more clearly to the player. For example, on the second level, at least one of the mechs could start on a single cell island surrounded on all sides by water so that moving the mech off of the island was the only thing the player could do to progress.
I’m guessing all units can walk over lava as long as they don’t end on a lava tile. I tried with the worm and it can also walk over lava.
Rules are generally only applied when the unit stops on a tile.
Well I learned it by trying but still, it wasn't explained anywhere which is kind of bad game design.
oh i didnt know you could just walk, i used his dash super never even tried walking
Virus detected. :(
This is apparently because of how Multimedia Fusion 2 plugins work (the game is made with Multimedia Fusion 2)
You can add an exception in the Windows defender settings by going to recent protections, selecting the game (probably the most recent detection) and under the action dropdown, selecting "allow"
this should allow you to download, extract, and run the game
I don't understand how level 4 is supposed to be possible…
Yeah I am stuck there too
Windows Security won't let me install this.
Default workarounds don't work.
Please address.
same here
Still no response from developer. Chucking this game in the DO NOT PLAY bin.
acsaly they responded multiple times to people with this problum
Its an pyinstaller(python) component, i think its not an viru
Windows Defender has flagged this as having a virus for me too
Yep having a similar issue as well.
When I launch it on PopOs I get this pop up.
Launching it through wine seems to work fine but the full screen functionality unfortunately doesn't work. I'm still gonna play the game but that kinda sucks for me. :/
I can't download this because my computer thinks it has a virus
Got all the 3 stars except the team challenge of "Windy Reef" level. I have no idea how to clear the level without selecting Me.
(Please don't tell me the answer if it's possible.)
Oh dangit, that spoiled a solution for me. That's the one level I haven't solved and I forgot that mechanic...
How does Me help?
Me can change a water grid to a ground grid.
MacOS! MacOS! Or Switch. Nintendo Switch is the perfect place for Baba Games.
4. High security area : fruit and lava. Is there a way to move the words with the mechs? Doesn't seem like you'd be able to complete the level without that ability, but none of the mechs have an appropriate skill?
V1.1.0 triggers Windows defender.
Yep.
"Detected: Trojan:Win32/Wacatac.B!ml" within the .exe.
It's a false positive. Ignore it by allow the executable. Otherwise, wait for an update to fix this since the game is under polishing right now it seems.
False positive like Trimint123 said; windows thinks almost everything is Wacatac for some reason -- they need to fix their detection. Saying this as another independent dev which keeps hitting this with my own software...
You could almost think MS is trying to kill all software that's not from the atrocious windows store. How anticompetetive of them. I am not surprised and switched to Linux.
Any tips for getting this running on the Steam Deck? Also, thanks so much for the game!
Could try this? Let me know if it works as I’ll probably be doing the same in the next few days!
https://itch.io/blog/393053/how-to-play-itchio-games-on-the-steam-deck
Adorable game, and it has really high production quality even with the artstyle that looks drawn in (virtual) crayon (which is also an endearing style tbh)
Two of my favorite games of all time coming together so beautifully. Thanks, Arvi
hahahah
Any chance of a macOS build?
Thank you!
This is amazing, and for my linux homies, wine works splendidly for this with no problem.
I'm not sure if this is a bug, but left mouse clicking during the intro seems to mess up the on-screen text.
Can't wait to see the next game is about, they're always fun to play
Just when I got fully completed into the breach, baba broke into my home and forced me to do it all over again. Great game.
Please don’t hurt my family.Because of this game, I haven’t seen the sun in years.Found this through the "Discover" section of the new tab page. Now, I don't have to spend money! :D
NO WAY MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM REFEREENCE!??!!!!
When I try to run this (1.0.8) through the Itch desktop app on Windows 11, I just get an error popup saying “Cannot create subdirectory in temporary directory !”.
any idea for windy reef (bonus)? that's too hard!!!
Hello, looks like v1.07 and v1.08, maybe earlier ones too are flagging windows defender with malware alert:
Behavior:Win32/DefenseEvasion.I!ml
went all the way back they all flag for me, cant play at all which is a massive bummer. Baba is you was one of my top games of all times and i love into the breech so it seems like my jam if i could find a way to play it. Id even buy copies for freinds to support the dev
I feel like there is a bug with the team challenge. Is it supost to be "beat the level without using any of the same mechs you beat it last time with" by beating a level with various combinations of mechs, I managed to get the star after doing it with the original starting combination.
this also makes the team challenge star on level 4 impossible until you unlock more characters. Is this intentional?
Doesn't it literally say "for some levels you may need to unlock more characters to do the team challenge" in game? But yeah, it'd be nice if the game were clearer on how the team challenge star works.
recently finished the game, any plans for a level editor at some point?
I Created the Custom Level! While Toying Levels, I Found Some "Bugs" that Softlock the game, such as "SKULL IS MEVIL IS SKULL" Which has different behavior, not replicating on Baba is You, causing an Infinite loop, putting MESSAGE_TUTO Right after TEXT Also Softlocks.
can-we just have the source code of baba Friend ?
MAKE A CHAWARM PLZ
Please make a Mac release!
There's both Wine and UTM, try those!