In a recent interview with Game Rant, Baby Steps' development team discussed why they did not want multiple systems to make the game more complicated.

I am currently making a pixel platformer, and i am well under way in development! This will be my first real game ever, and I'm doing everything myself, animation, art, music, you name it. This was ...

Game Rant chats with the creators of Baby Steps on how its visuals and audio turn Nate into a misfit whose every step feels out of place in the world.