Post Is Self-Referential

Speaking of self-referential games, I would be remiss not to shout out the award-winning Baba Is You, a block-pushing video game where some of the blocks literally form the rules. (The goal is behind a wall? Disassemble the "Wall Is Stop" rule to let yourself walk right through it. Or assemble a different "_____ Is Win" rule to change what the goal is, or a different "_____ Is You" rule to change which object you can move around.)

Also it has cool music.

Unfortunately the difficulty ramped up so fast that I only got maybe a third of the way through it, but it was still well worth the money just for that much entertainment.

 

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