Baba Is You: Cutting Words (Plasma's Mods)

PlasmaFlare has a mega modpack of custom keywords and features, with many interesting new words and puzzles. This video shows:
- Cutting and packing words
- GUARD teaser, protecting/sacrificing something from death
modpack/code by PlasmaFlare: github.com/PlasmaFlare/plasma...
levelpack by hutthutthutt: cdn.discordapp.com/attachment...
This is one of the very first packs I got recommended when I first started my channel, by artman40. It is a great pack but I got roadblocked at an early (imo unfair) level. But I'm glad to be continuing with it.
The other pack I know of that uses Plasma's Mods to a medium size levelpack is Modded Mounds, by 24ayn5_: cdn.discordapp.com/attachment...
Modded Mounds is definitely another levelpack I would enjoy covering and do recommend checking out - but some levels are overcomplicated and cheesable, which is a bit sad, the atmosphere of Modded Mounds is really good (it uses custom sprites/themes/music) and could be one of the best packs with more polish.
Also some of the levels in Modded Mounds have decoration objects, and then hidden text to prevent the decoration objects from being interacted with, and often the hidden text gets exposed in a cheese, which is just a spaghetti thing that really should not ever happen.
Playlist (CUSTOMS): • Baba Is You - Customs ...
"secret" discord: / discord

[@maxvangulik1988]

Fun fact: the clockwise turn text is just called turn, but the counterclockwise one is called deturn.

[@IcelyPuzzles]

w H A

[@badmanjones179]

@@IcelyPuzzles this is a certified hempuli moment

[@notwithouttext]

counterclockwise is better than clockwise

[@maxvangulik1988]

@@notwithouttext theta goes counterclockwise on a graph

[@the-protogen-of-the-sky]

tu
rn
det
urn

[@PlasmaflareFox]

In retrospect, CUT and PACK feels like one of my weaker mods in design. While it seems cool in concept, letter texts as a mechanic is already hard to design puzzles around. Adding some interplay between text blocks and letter texts not only makes it harder to decheese a level, but also invites so many edge cases that feel arbitrary in its resolution.
TURNINGDIR is one such case. The reason that you need those letters to pack it is because by default, PACK figures out which text to produce based on the text's internal name (Ex: "deturn" for turn counterclockwise), and "turningdir" is what the text is internally named. I could override this behavior, but it's hard figuring out what letters should be packed to form turningdir, if at all. Same goes for omni text, and whatever other non-conventional text other mods come up with. It's just a mess overall.

[@IcelyPuzzles]

maybe if UP/DOWN/LEFT/RIGHT/(turning text) had modifier symbols it would make more sense, like FALLUP being represented as "FALL🡱" and being able to move the arrow. and a turning-text SHIFT would be like "SHIFT⟳". and then maybe you could call the turningdir "UP⟳" or "RIGHT⟳" (any of the directions)? but yeah, for sure it has the feeling of being a mess anyway

[@spaghetti_and_meatballs_wow]

"There's a D hiding in there" -Icely Puzzles, 2023

[@scooterpilot]

Haha

[@aidenchen2081]

If you did not like turningdir
you won’t probably like a level later in the pack

[@IcelyPuzzles]

o _o

[@KebuZ_]

4:01 another cbanyway

[@CoolKiller28]

The turningdir level is kinda stupid, I think they were trying to hint at that because the levels name is dir situation but its still a stupid level

[@rogelioayus]

They must give better hints and the fact that it’s a mod block makes it impossible to know since it has no info anywhere

[@jili2326]

I'll think about more stuff for my levelpack idea 📝

[@BryanLu0]

@4:20 I think the you would cut into "YOU UP"

[@CHAZZRMAN]

Or the text cwn be rotated and the U can be a C or an N

[@brinleyhamer729]

i tried it and it turns in to " Y O U"

[@iropthegamer726]

3:48 stop being so impatient and just wait

[@username_not_found6926]

What if you could cut individual letters into lines

[@trainzack]

Certified anagraph moment

[@jasonnathanmason3547]

What about curvy letters like C

[@EighteenCharacters]

Bat is bonus
[Bonus]
Ow!

[@iropthegamer726]

his ears hurt

[@deandelvin9924]

What if you make "Baba is pain"?

[@IcelyPuzzles]

no self harm > :'

[@romanmcgolrick117]

1:24 what does [baba is wip] do

[@mathguy37]

They missed the opportunity to do something with you2 and group2

[@iropthegamer726]

who cares about those? this video is about mods

[@mathguy37]

@@iropthegamer726 like splitting you2 and group2 for something with you and group or 2

[@iropthegamer726]

hmm@@mathguy37

[@LELGasper]

2:04 “there’s no E so there’s no mimic”

[@IcelyPuzzles]

i said "eat" there

[@LELGasper]

@@IcelyPuzzles sorry about that.

[@IcelyPuzzles]

@@LELGasper np

[@olek385]

Yellow is bee balls

[@mathguy37]

0:32 that’s what she said

[@IcelyPuzzles]

uhhhh