The Test

The Test is the rarest character to be encountered in the Baldi's Basics game series. He only appears on the 3rd floor and in some of the Endless Mode seeds.

Description

The Test is a 3D-generated model with rather curious features. His head is round and bald, which is shaped like a lightbulb once his head floats in the air. His pupils are completely white, and he is always seen gaping his mouth. He wears a dark green shirt and dark pants, along with white gloves and white shoes.

Once The Test notices the player, he wants them to look at him only. If the player stops looking at him, he can get very frustrated and potentially harm the player. To get the player to notice him, The Test will make the light nearby flicker. If the player looks at him, he will freeze all the characters nearby, including Baldi. While his body remains stationary, his head will rotate to follow the player's moving direction.

Gameplay

General

As the rarest character to appear in the game, The Test will only appear in the hallways. As soon as the player sees him, he will begin to screw his head upward for five seconds while emitting a strange humming noise. The light around him will begin flickering, and after that, he will be able to move around. He will remain in the same place as long as the player looks at him, and all other characters will stop moving as well. All these effects will stop as soon as the player escapes his line of sight. The only exception to this is the triggered Arts and Crafters, who will try to attack the player.

While still in his line of sight, if the player turns around, he will start moving forward. The only way to prevent him from reaching them is to look at him while slowly moving away out of his line of sight. After 8 times of looking away, his moving speed will gradually increase until the 9th time, when he will appear right next to the player.

Once The Test manages to catch up with the player without them looking at him, only his head will be left, and he will inflict them with blindness for 2 minutes. This status makes them unable to see anything far away, with the range of vision even more narrow than the fog event. During this time, the only clues for the player to move around are by listening to the caption sounds from other characters and using the map. As soon as the player's vision returns to normal, The Test will appear somewhere in the hallways, and he has no cooldown time.

Other Appearances

• Baldi's Basics Birthday Bash and Baldi's Basics Classic Remastered (Party Style): The Test's head can be found in the glitched school. To reach this place, the player needs to progress to the circled hall, which starts with the cookie comic wall on the left side of the school. Then, they have to walk past a few more halls to reach his head, which is floating in the fourth hallway.

Trivia

General

• From the early access of Baldi's Basics Plus, the appearance of The Test was different from his finalized appearance. His head was smaller, and he had no arms or shoes.
• The sound effects of this character were made using the Korg Wavestation VST.
• Previously, the creator stated that he would like to create a character that only moves when not being looked at, which turns out to be The Test. It's a Bully also had similar mechanics in the older version of the camping field trip minigame.
• The greatest achievement of The Test is having passed one test, although there is no information about what kind of test he passed. This also implies that he is very bad at studying, since he has only passed a test.

Baldi's Basics Plus

• The Test can be viewed from a 360-degree angle, except for his head, which will always look straight at the player. This design was intentional by the creator, as he wanted to make the player see that they were being stared at from any angle.
• The audio played during the blind effect may be inspired by the Creepy Old Computer soundtrack.
• The Test is one of the few characters not to visit the Principal's office during the party event.
• He can't also be tricked with the Faculty Nametag.
• He can be pushed around by Cloudy Copter's wind, Gotta Sweep, 1st Prize, conveyor belts, and whirlpools.
• The Test is the only character to access the mystery room by himself. Other characters need to be pushed around using BSODA in order to get into the mystery room.
• While the Gravity Chaos event is happening, The Test can't affect the player if they are in the opposite orientation; however, he will still follow them. The player can use this to their advantage and make him freeze other characters any time they want.