I checked out Baba is You, because I had seen it on shortlists but forgot what it was.
It’s very clever and cool, but I have a hard limit on how much I can enjoy tile push games. I find the fundamentals of the genre really samey, and I don’t love those fundamentals.
Baba is You is probably my favorite of the genre, and it’s fun to watch my GF play it too.
I will probably beat it; I’ve just gotten to the point where the timing of MOVE objects has become important, which I find a little annoying. I love the programmatic logic aspects, but the parts that are just tile push space puzzles bore me.
I consider it to be in that subgenre of “programmer games”–the titles I never remember that coders recommend, because “they actually teach you programming, in an abstract way.”. I’m not saying that’s dumb, but… it’s definitely a pattern that’s out there. Though I did appreciate that my very basic coding knowledge allowed me to blaze through the early game.
I look forward to a sequel that includes IF, THEN, ELSE, and FOR.