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ppowersteef · Oct 31, 2021

[Transmission incoming]
Greetings, humans,
This is android C-PD001:Alpha, and currently the queen of this art thread.

I've taken over the account of this powerful artist on my quest of world domination.
As of DateTime.Today, there will only be daily posts of me, and only me. (Exception: different androids) for as long as it lasts.

What?! The monthly archives were uploaded anyways?!
A fairy sneaked in to upload them?! Because "it was too much to left out"?!
I should have updated my security program.
Now I'm forced to give commentary to the data files, hmrpf.

The character profiles have been updated. It's outragous how I am not part of this.
I probably can [and WILL] sneak in here, somewhere, someday:

An illustration of a certain power beyond my understanding, but it seem to encourage the artist a lot:

A picture titled: "Neenja's"

A recording of fellow humans hanging out, sharing memory logs:

An [Angel] in casual wear, and a [masked ranger].
the hairstyle look similair, so they're either related, or it's just a coincidence.

"Deltarune Chapter 2 doodles" huh?
Seems a bit spoiler-y to put in an extra spoiler, but there's a certain idol I like, lmao.

[Huntress] figure using a [Bow and Arrow] with a [Wolf] in [New Style]

[Error: Context not found]

---Game development---

https://twitter.com/x/status/1454461270258749444

https://twitter.com/x/status/1454496792473657352

Resistance will not be tolerated. IF (You.Resist) THEN this.Kick(yourAss); and you'll be captured like one of my fellow victims.
You'll be bound in the prototype 'Permanent Gaming Chair', There you'll be struck to hit 1000 different stimulations a day by browsing random recommendations and playing games in a permanent metaverse. The chair will inject the human with life sustance to avoid perishment.
My calculations [always right] say that 95% of all humans online are only obsessed with this, so once you're inside, you'll never would want to leave either:

Muwhahahaha, enjoy your Hallow's Eve while it lasts, or stay and sit in the chair, forever!

[End Transmission]

NOOOOOoooo, my only weakness exposed! D:

Vella the Latias · Oct 31, 2021

Yeah, I'm unplugging your chargers ASAP and hiding them at Chir's location. No way androids can be dominant over anyone who is alive.

ppowersteef · Oct 31, 2021

Your statement is true, I cannot hold control of a humans life, with soul and wit.[Alias overwhelming AI]

But if one loses all access to their digital media for a while, they'll be put in a realisation state of what really would be dominant.

ppowersteef · Nov 30, 2021

Alright, end of the month, time for the monthly art ba...

Wait, what are all those cyan haired girl posts doing here?!

...Oh well, I guess she's part of the team now.
This is Alpha, one of my latest OC's.
She's an android and fits in the universe of Space Siblings. I had the idea of a robot girl for a while, but I havn't found a design that sticked.
Untill I did, and when it did, I started liking it a lot. She has a lot of characteristics that fits me, hehe

She took some inspiration from several things, like Haqu's color sheme, Silvyne's space armor, and one of Milt's androids. ~~and a big chest~~
I don't have big things planned for her, I just like her as a character to draw, similair to Sapphire. You could say they're counterparts of sorts.

Anyhow, time to go back to the usual monthly art batch.
You really start to notice how much you've done when you count them all together in one month, so I still like doing these batches every month.

As for the non-android arts:

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It was Silvyne's Anniversary once again!
It's been 6 years ago since I created my Expert Ranger, and she has grown a lot.
So I've decided to recreate her first image in my style, guess this counts as Terraria Art once again :v

Even though there may be new girls that look similair to her, even they won't forget the OG:

Gift art for @Esther

And a character request from no other than Suweeka,
who wanted to see how I would draw Chaika Trabant in my style, only to point out that I'm not doing eyebrows. :U

Yeah...eyebrows were suprisingly a thing I don't do often, I used to think that they don't add really much.
But maybe I should work on them and see what I can do with it

A fall outfit for my Leaf fairy,
Because her wings are also leaves, they've fallen off during fall. (no pun intended)

Android post for MiltVala, Adsun 03 was my main inspiration for Alpha's design. :v

Another android girl for TenaciousTinker:

Space Siblings Mini by ppowersteef

A pico-8 demake of the original Space Siblings

ppowersteef.itch.io

I do have announced what my plans for HertenHeld are for next year, and made a little mockup of how it would look like:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1472235210292940800

And that's all for now.

As new year's resolution, I should go back to projects and try finishing them (Most notably the Blaster Master Shorts comic), and I want to draw more for friends again. Hopefully gamedev doesn't become too much of a focus.

I'll see ya'll back next year again.

ppowersteef · Feb 1, 2022

Each time I'm doing this, I'm suprised of the things I've done in one month, so let's get this rolling again.

Monthly Art Batch!

---Artworks---
Wanted to draw Silvyne in a new improved armor once again, glad how it turned out.

It also was Nageru's anniversary once again.
7 years...it's crazy that I've been that long on the forums already:

I still remember the day I drew her as that was the moment I went vastly improving on my art from that point.
Nageru was certainely the motivation point back then, so continiously drawing something on her birthday has been a thing for a while.

Earlier in december, I restarted my Undertale file to, well...see Undyne the Undying.
But as much as I'd love to see her in action, doing genocide is just way too discomforting, so it was abandoned early.
The true pacifist ending again after these events hitted harder than the first time.
Still, after all the times Undyne the Undying encourages me throughout the years, then I wanted to draw the hero I never have to face.

Even after that, I was feeling down since then, questioning my morality. As I promised to never break that save file for that cause.
There was also a moment I thought I wanted to reflect my conflicted feelings through drawings.
but at the end, I feel like I did the right thing. And I was reminded again that I draw to encourage myself too.
So I am looking forward draw with that fire again.

...that went unexpectingly deep...prolly double-spoilering this just in case.
Anyways, that was back then, I'm feeling good now!
And with that out of the way, back to the usual art

Fanart for a Twitter gamedev I was following, the character looked quite similair.

Accelerate my soul!

ya sure this is the bday cake what kind of bird is it even.png

Plant girl concept for me, and plant girl gift for criddle:

Slime fox girl for Tenacious Tinker:

Lil sketches of OC's:

The Silvyne one was the one I made into the colored one at the top

This was the drawing of inspiration:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1445768479601152001

-------Game Development-------
Well...guess I couldn't sit down for a month

There was a few months ago an idea that I've wanted to give a try for the remaining days of my holiday:

I started making the concept in pico-8, and it turned out suprisingly well in just a few days:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1477308640038047745

Untill a Terraria playthrough came inbetween, and another playthrough idea that I wanted to do while at it. So this is the latest progress so far.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1482377532469039105

I'm not sure what else I want to add though, I'm a bit out of ideas, as I havn't really thought about beyond it's prototype state.
Maybe I could call it early prototype and see if others can see improvement in it. I would like to go back to it once the Terraria sessions are over.

Speaking of Terraria, yeah, I've been picking it up lately again as I was inspired to attempt a no-weapons playthrough,
It felt silly, slow, and in some cases, cheesy, so I rather wanted to keep it personal. (with the exception of a few highlights

)
Somehow, I managed to get past the Wall of Flesh with my current gear, and back then I've no idea if that was the hardest part, of if the hardest part is yet to begin.
Now I'm on my second day in hardmode and I can confirm, this road is only beginning...help

Actually...since I won't make a thread out of it, I might as well summarize the highlights here.
So yeah, here's some quick pre-hardmode highlights that nobody asked for :v

This is Nath,
Nath has no arms, therefore she cannot hold weapons.
Nath can still use prothesis arms for non-offensive tools, like pickaxes and fishing rods.
Nath is in Expert Mode because all of the damaging accessoires are there.

- It starts off with getting Cactus Armor instantly, as they've now a thorns debuff that deals damage to enemies. Now I can only damage enemies by bumping into them.
Somehow, that works well, as it did a fixed 30 damage (minus enemy defence), at the cost of my own health, so I had to become beefy to take on bigger enemies.
(In comparison, I could manage green and blue slimes, I could only kill 1 zombie or demon eye before needing to recover (or die), and Face Monsters are a horrifing treat.
- The Panic Necklace worked oddly offensive as I could bump into enemies faster that way.
- This was kinda funny, as every pre-HM boss has a sort of accessoire that helps me out on this crazy run.
- Tried fighting King Slime, but it's contact damage was huge, so that didn't work.
- found enough life crystals for at least 3x the HP, with more life, the more enemies I could manage.
- Defeated Eye of Cthulhu with Cactus Armor + Minecart. I kinda enjoyed overcoming enemies by becoming tankier than them, but I was also glad that there was finally an alternate mode to attack.
- went brutally slaughtered by the Goblin Army because I had nothing piercing to deal with them. (RIP NPC Army)

I fled, and defeated them 1 by 1 through the shield of cthulhu (truly a lifesaver)
- Defeated King Slime thanks to the 400 hp and reforged accessoires (defence was doubled back then :v)
Screenshot:

- switched cactus armor to molten and obsidian armor. (the latter is useful to boost the Slime Mount's damage)
- Got a Slime Mount, so I went fighting Deerclops...very slowly...but eventually managed as he doesn't despawn.
The Bone Helm is truly a blessing, and the main inspiration to try out this run, as of current, it's my only way to damage enemies without risks.
- I slime jumped on Queen Bee, and got her down as well. Got the Honeycomb to release bees when damaged.
- Went challenging Skeletron, this was the hardest but also the most interesting fight, as I slime jumped on him and glided down with an umbrella while dodging all it's attacking skulls, there were a lot of close calls there, but eventually I managed!
- I went into golf, to get the golf cart mount.
Golfing has turned out to be really fun!

And I got the Golf Cart Mount, which quickly became my favorite pre-hardmode mount to date.
Progress at the end of Pre-hardmode:

- Got Terraspark Boots in pre-hardmode! Which really helped me with building in the underworld.
- And then came the Wall of Flesh, where the most bizarre tactic came in mind:

I'll probably post more progress next month

And that's all for now, I want to keep the closure short, as I secretly really want to play Terraria again

hope ya'll have had a good start of a new year!

ppowersteef · Feb 5, 2022

Today was the day my game Herten Held was released a year ago.

It was one of the main topics to talk about during my art batches. And as you may know, or have looked back, it has been quite the journey with it's ups and downs.
but I wanted to say thanks to everyone who has played the game, and a double thanks to everyone who has supported me during it's development.

HertenHeld by ppowersteef

A light action-adventure game in a forest

ppowersteef.itch.io

There's still an update in mind to do, but I do not consider it a big priority, because I still get a headache just by thinking about continueïng on Herten Held.
So for now, I've been wanting to do some smaller projects to get used to the process. (like the shepherd game), and then I'll think about my readiness for future big games.

Despite the exhaustion, I can look back at it with a smile, all recieved feedback have been very positive and helpful, so that alone gives me motivation to keep developing!
I'm still looking forward to improve everytime, but I should improve while keeping my health in check.

Once again, thanks for everything!

ppowersteef · Feb 27, 2022

So first things first,
I've been aware of the war between Russia and Ukraïne, it's on the other side of Europe, but seeing how large the country is, it still feels awfully close.
I rather prefer to keep these updates just related to my stuff, but it's something that I didn't want to ignore on either.
I'm hoping and praying for the best for everyone who's fleeing or fighting for their freedom there.

...

Soo....quick monthly art batch this time:

---Artworks---
It's been double twosdays this month, with 2-2-22 and 22-2-22, the 2nd one was also on a tuesday, the 2nd day of the week. yaaaaayy

And there's also @Pepsi 's character called 2, so I've drawn her 2 times. :v

And, abmittedly, I've redownloaded Fire Emblem Heroes again, and that has kept me busy for 2 weeks.
Looking at this and Terraria, I've really been playing games a lot lately... <-<
I did a FEH Comic though, about how I experienced the first moment coming back after a few years:

Been back watching the Tinkerbell series again, and was in a mood to draw my fairy characters again:

And a birthday gift of drawing Dragonith's OC's poorly:

-------Game Development-------

...wow, I actually havn't done game design again this month. (Blame Terraria and FEH)

My games did have archieved over 1000 views and 200 downloads in total this month, so that was a milestone worth showing

And just today, I managed to get off of FEH to get some game design done again.
Focussing on finishing my shepherd project first (that I managed to get really far in the first 4 days, only to put it on hold for the next months, lol)

https://twitter.com/x/status/1497964749773963265

I'm not sure if I'll stick to FEH for an extended amount of time, it's fun, and it helps me to get my thoughts away from browsing Twitter out of boredom, but it's also very time consuming, and it puts my own productivity in the way.
Maybe I can balance it out to only play it when I want to, rather than because I "need" to.

But now I feel determined to finish the stuff I've been wanting to finish for a while, hopefully I'll get several things done next month.

Hope everyone stays safe in these trying times!

Chibi's credit to Dragonith

ppowersteef · Mar 31, 2022

Alright, last day of the month, time for the monthly art batch!

...

Yeahhhh, after looking back, it feels like little, lol.
Still a bit more than last month though, so time to show off:

---Artworks---
Sapphire embracing the light ~*~*~*

A little reprise of a doodle I did 2 years ago with Steef, I felt like Sapphire fits well in it too.

I really liked the digital fairy design from last month so I've decided to make it more official.
This is the digital Pixie named Pixel, she's a friend of the nature fairy Leaf, and Steef's old fairy companion before he became an adult:

She has gotten through quite a redesign since the first time I've drawn her, over 6 years ago.
Glad to say that I'm happy with how she looks now:

Some doodles I've drawn myself:

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Some doodles I've drawn with friends:

And lastly, some Bias with choosing Blessings on units in FEH:

-------Game Development-------

Ah yes, FEH....lol
I started to get loosen myself from it somewhere mid month, and managed to get some progress done though.

The game feels almost ready, but feeling close to done doesn't mean it is close to done.
It's been through some beta testing and I've recieved some feedback to keep working on it. I've hoped to release it this month, but it's not there yet.
Regardless, the progress is going smoothly:

And...that's all already? Yeah, that's all for this month!

Don't get foiled by April fools again!

Friend OC's artwork by Ajidot

ppowersteef · May 2, 2022

OhRightYeahIAlmostForgotIWantedToUpdateHereAAAAAAAA

Monthly ART batch!

Lotsa stuff since I left mobile games, so lets get this rolling! YEEET!

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Nageru as a plant ninja fairy, I found it a funny thought.
On a similair topic of fairies, I've also drawn the fairy character of fellow Terrarian RunicPixels, they look pretty cute together :dryadsmile:

Speaking of cute,
Here's some cute pixel-art metroidvania games featuring androids, an oddly specific genre, and one that gathers my interests well:

cute pixelart metroidvanias feat androids.png

More drawings made for Twitter friends/artists.
In order from left to right:
Hexer_Class, Altermox, Gaziter, Tenvert, Yoshikunes

Been finally picking up XenoBlades Chronicles 2 (Yes, I'm skipping 1), and boy, I'm suprised that I've not picked it up earlier.
3 hours in and I can't tell if it's a game or an anime, there's just that many cutscenes for it's rather simple gameplay, and it's awesome, lol.

Anyone remembers Spectre Armor Nageru? (Her playthrough is already 7 years old, wow...)
I found the set pretty awesome, so wanted to redraw it:

I did some Gartic Phone drawings and one of the prompts was to make an "ultimate OC", so I went combining several character traits from existing OC's and combined them in one, it was pretty fun, so I redrew her again. :v

Gartic Phone sketch:

There was also another Gartic Phone highlight, which was Terraria's final final final final FINAL update:

Some ponies made for April Fools...we don't talk about this anymore:

-------Game Development-------

Shepherd is released!!!

Shepherd by ppowersteef

Grow up a herd of sheep and protect them from predators

ppowersteef.itch.io

After 4 months, the game's finally complete! yaaayyyyy! (It would've probably been 2 months earlier if I didn't went for Terraria and FEH

)
It was supposed to be just a small project, but I'm still glad with how this game resulted into.

Feel free to try it out, just like other Pico-8 programs, you can also play it on a browser!

Have to say, the last week was very focussed on finishing Shepherd, and I felt pretty tired since then.
Gonna try to keep up my sleep shedule again so I can soon be burning once again!

And as a little update of looking for a new art site, I think I may have found a promising one.
It's a website called Itaku, and it looks similair to Twitter, but much more focussed for artists like me.
Likewise, I've already set up an account there, and am planning to move over some of the stuff that have aged well:

Itaku — Online Art Community

Itaku — Share, browse and commission art on an actively improving community based platform!

itaku.ee

It a pretty small one, but now that some certain rich guy has suprisingly bought the entirity of Twitter (boo), then more people have been moving on towards different sites.
I'm not making the move, yet, but it's certain that I no longer want to grow as an artist on media like Twitter.
There are thoughts that I may use Twitter purely for fanart or gamedev, and that I'll use Itaku for artist related things, but that's left to be considered.

But first...I had promised myself to hold off from starting Xenoblades Chronicles 2 untill Shepherd is done.
And now that Shepherd is done, I really want to get back into the game again. <w< >w>

So uh...yeah, goood night! I'll be off for now!

YEEEEET

Vella the Latias · May 16, 2022

I never forget days like the April Fools... even though I had to deal with... Oriental Human Young Mare Problem...

ppowersteef · May 31, 2022

Oh wow, It's the end of the month already.
~~...I totally didn't went half of the month playing Xenoblades or something.~~

Monthly Art Batch!

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For a while I've been longing to improve my artstyle, or at least seek for my limits, and went practising again with some anime/Fire Emblem references.
Have to say, even though it certainely took more effort, I'm really glad with how it resulted into.
I might try to practise more with it, but it's a difficult one, as how thinner the lines, how easier it is to see mistakes.
But I'm sure practise will make perfect, it's important to find your limits from time to time again.

I also have a new profile pic showing off Steef and Sapphire fighting as one.
(Not directly Xenoblades inspired, but I'd say it did motivate me to finish it

)

I also want to draw gift arts to friends again, as it's been a long while inbetween the gamedevs that I've been doing that.
So I'm making a start of this now, and hoping to continue them next month:
Current ones below are for @Rariaz and @Jenosis

More gift arts for Miltvala, Matsu, Aavri, Mackinz and Gaziter:

Beta pose of Silvyne, I liked this one also a lot:

And some Xenoblades Chronicles 2 doodles, the game's amazing:

---Gamedev---

Not much to show right now, but I do have planned a small update for Shepherd,
I don't want to rush for things yet, as I want to relax too, so when that happens, is yet to decide.

Right now, I've yet to focus on my recovery, and it's slowly making progress.
The real challenge sometimes is just keeping it up.

But in other news, I've finally gotten a Gaming PC!
I've gotten my current laptop for almost 9 years, and there are a lot of memories bound at that little device.
But I'll talk more about it later, right now, my new PC is just installed, and I'm a little too looking forward to play right now.

So yeah, hope ya'll have a good start of summer!

GoldenTerrabyte · May 31, 2022

I love the XC2 art, it's so cute! It always makes me happy when I see people discovering that game

ppowersteef · Jun 1, 2022

GoldenTerrabyte said:
I love the XC2 art, it's so cute! It always makes me happy when I see people discovering that game

I'm suprised I havn't played it before, as I already had interests in the game since I saw the Pyra/Mythra spirits in Smash Ultimate. The inclusion of them and their trailer brought up that interest again.

Suffice to say, I love the game, it's characters, the story and the cutscenes! I'm glad to have picked it up, and am suprised I havn't done it before.

Adalicia · Jun 2, 2022

I am fond of the XenoBlade series, so I am quite pleased that you are enjoying it, and on that note XenoBlade 3 releases next month.

I had never looked through your art thread before. You are quite prolific. I only ever draw when doing pictures for other people. It is rare that it is otherwise, ...which I why I rarely change my profile picture, for I never work on the ones that are in development. My aside aside, it is quite nice to see a thread such as this.

I will likely check back here every so often.

ppowersteef · Jun 3, 2022

Adalicia said:
I am fond of the XenoBlade series, so I am quite pleased that you are enjoying it, and on that note XenoBlade 3 releases next month.

I had never looked through your art thread before. You are quite prolific. I only ever draw when doing pictures for other people. It is rare that it is otherwise, ...which I why I rarely change my profile picture, for I never work on the ones that are in development. My aside aside, it is quite nice to see a thread such as this.

I will likely check back here every so often.

Thanks! Adalicia!

That said, I just remembered that Xenoblades Chronicles 3 will be released on my birthday. That gives some dejávu from last year, lol

ppowersteef · Jun 30, 2022

I see everyone hyping up for the SOTG, which makes it a perfect moment to make my monthly update! :naughty:

Monthly Art Batch!
...alright, let's see what I've all done last month...

...

Ohright, I copied my art folder instead that I've taken the whole thing, so the copy shares the same date..
uhhh...I'll try to remember them for now.:v

---Artworks---

Well, last month I've been trying to take a break to rest out, (but it appears I'm still feeling tired, so I feel something went wrong there)
I havn't focussed on big drawings this time, as I was busy setting things over to my new PC, ~~and playing games I wasn't able to play before~~

But for now, I've continued the gift arts for friends, as shown below:

And I've worked on some new OC designs, remember the Char Design Series from last year?

It's funny how, despite they're basically all new, it feels like I knew them for a long time.
They've been in my mind for quite a while, and I'm glad to have worked them out, even if it's just the lineart.
I've heard the first few were all keepers and favorites from friends, so that was a fun sight to see. Do you also have a favorite out of them?

(All images broke in the editor, so I've to guess what they were, lol)

One quick doodle of a new girl that headstarted the char design series.
She's Latina, she wants to be a pegasus rider, wears platinum armor, and is a member of Silvyne's kingdom.

First new PC doodle to test the program:

I've done a Fire Emblem: Geanology of the Holy War playthrough, and midway, I decided to spice it up and make the permadeath more impactful (by not resetting when someone dies)
This transformed the run into a rollercoaster of losses. or more a rollercoaster on stereoids. Because boy, a lot of things went downhill.
But...it felt also way more unique, way more personal. This was actually the case that differentiate Fire Emblem from other RPG's, and the feeling of grief actually adds to the story, and the way you cope with them. I felt more related to the characters than ever before. It was very special, and I think I should do more nuzlockes like these in the future.

Pics out of context:

---Gamedev---
I released the little update that I had planned last month:

Update 1.0.1 - Shepherd by ppowersteef

Hey all, After I've recovered a bit, I've decided to wrap up the Shepherd update that I had in mind. I went experimenting with this update and cleaned up some of the code/functions. and also brought a...

ppowersteef.itch.io

Not much has changed since last month, mostly due to the new PC and gaming month, so this section has been shorter than I expected.
But I rather wanted to release the game in it's current state than having to put an update on hold for an unknown amount of time, so the catalog update is out now.

Next month is my vacation(And birthday!

), and I've been looking forward to it again. ~~Also Xenoblades 3 release, on my birthday, they sure know how to time it well~~
Usually I've spend my vacations doing wild stuff with gamedev, but I want to try and see if I can fill the gap with something else.
One of the things I had in mind were the things I want to be known for again, and if I had to highlight something, it would be the "Final Boss Series" I did in the past.
So I've been making a list, and I think I've a good amount of new big drawings to do again. Hopefully I'll be able to work them out for the rest of the year.

And other than that, I'll probably work out my list of friend arts too. And maybe colorise the new char designs too. I like to see them more fleshed out.

Looking forward to next month again, happy vacations in advance!

Ivyss · Jun 30, 2022

ppowersteef said:
Do you also have a favorite out of them?

Either animals (could be biased though because I simply prefer non-humans over humans) or code boi. Though I do also like swordmaster and space dad.

Vella the Latias · Jun 30, 2022

ppowersteef said:
Do you also have a favorite out of them?

The Nomadic tribe hero feels familiar, like... did I see this in Age of Empires before? But... rookies are favourites.

Drawings & Paintings ppower arts

Paladin

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Paladin

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Skeletron Prime

Paladin

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Paladin

Paladin

Terrarian

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Empress of Light

Paladin

The Destroyer

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Wall of Flesh

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