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Mari's name was originally Mayonnaise.
subdirectory_arrow_right Drawn to Life (Collection)
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According to series creator Jeremiah Slaczka in a 2022 interview, the Creator in the Drawn to Life series is meant to represent the Christian God, and Wilfre is meant to represent Satan. This was hinted at in the game years beforehand, as one of the Creator's quotes is clearly based on a quote from Genesis 1:3. The Book of Life is a book given to the Raposa civilization by the Creator, so it's comparable to the Christian Bible. Wilfre, the villain of Drawn to Life, was a power-hungry character who turned against the Creator and became evil. He attempts to destroy the Book of Life many times, and he leads others down evil paths. Also of note is that the main protagonists aside from the creation hero are named "Mari and Jowee", of "Mary and Joseph", and that the Hero is drawn in a crucifix pose.
VGFacts forum thread from 2013 detailing the connection (please note all but one YouTube video in this post have since been deleted):
https://archive.vgfacts.com/thread-241.html
Interview with Jeremiah Slaczka from 2022:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EoxNnnrowm4#t=1341
https://archive.vgfacts.com/thread-241.html
Interview with Jeremiah Slaczka from 2022:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EoxNnnrowm4#t=1341
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In the Easter egg "Developer's Grove" area that is unlocked upon donating 10,000 Rapo-Coins to the Wishing Well, one of the developers will inform the player that there is a "secret flower" hidden in the game that can bring the Mayor, who dies in the final world, back from the dead - while another developer tells the player that the other developer is lying. There is no secret flower.
Drawn to Life - Developer's Grove:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjkianEiAOI
Developer interview and transcript:
https://drawntolife.wiki/en/User:BreGee/Miah_Interview_Transcript
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjkianEiAOI
Developer interview and transcript:
https://drawntolife.wiki/en/User:BreGee/Miah_Interview_Transcript
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Originally, instead of being fox-like creatures known the Raposa, Drawn to Life's NPCs were supposed to be dog-like creatures titled Droogles. Instead of the snow, forest, beach, and city/castle worlds from the final game, the worlds were going to be a medieval world, military world, skating world, and ninja world.
Drawn to Life 2005 beta footage:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0GFYE8Vz_Q
The name "Droogle" is sourced from the Art of 5th Cell book according to this Drawn to Life wiki page:
https://drawntolife.wiki/en/Unused_%26_Removed_Features/DTL1#Droogles
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0GFYE8Vz_Q
The name "Droogle" is sourced from the Art of 5th Cell book according to this Drawn to Life wiki page:
https://drawntolife.wiki/en/Unused_%26_Removed_Features/DTL1#Droogles
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The game's memory contains several unused sprites:
• A checkpoint flag that unfurls and rises to the top of a pole. It is found with the rest of the World 1 graphics and is the only checkpoint flag in the game's data.
• A suit of armor located amongst the various background objects for World 4.
• A complete animation cycle for old-man Rapo facing upwards.
• An early version of the World 3 map, which is missing several details such as the colors for the top right of the screen.
• A checkpoint flag that unfurls and rises to the top of a pole. It is found with the rest of the World 1 graphics and is the only checkpoint flag in the game's data.
• A suit of armor located amongst the various background objects for World 4.
• A complete animation cycle for old-man Rapo facing upwards.
• An early version of the World 3 map, which is missing several details such as the colors for the top right of the screen.
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