2026-08-08 · retro-review
Baba Is You (2017 Jam Build) — A 48-Hour Origin Born from 'Not There'
From 21 to 23 April 2017, the Nordic Game Jam was held at Docken in Copenhagen. Within the 48 hours of the theme 'Not There,' Finnish student Arvi Teikari (Hempuli), working alone, built Baba Is You and won first place. Two years before the finished game reached Steam in 2019, this free itch.io prototype was born; I read it here as an ancestor.
