Bear Simulator

Released: Feb 26, 2016
Platforms: WindowsmacOSLinux
Last updated: 06 Sep 2026, 07:49 GMT

Updates & announcements

20 posts

28 Oct 2016Developer post
Campground Update + 30% Off Sale Soon?
The campground update is out now. (Steam should update it automatically?) Here was the trailer for it again: Sorry for the wait, kept thinking it was done but kept needing to redo and change some things which would sometimes break other things, it's a problem. Tried to make diffe
The campground update is out now. (Steam should update it automatically?) Here was the trailer for it again: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNdxFg0_rPY Sorry for the wait, kept thinking it was done but kept needing to redo and change some things which would sometimes break other things, it's a problem. Tried to make different things fancier like the AI and pathfinding but almost nothing was really working right so just reverted everything to the old way which was fine. The evil chickens act a little goofy now though. Also figured out how to do sales? So there should be one here soon for 30% off which should last a bit (Assuming it works -.-) Anyway, attempted something different with this region, some of the main issues were that stuff was kind of hard to find, intelligence gating, stamina/HP running out and some things were overly-complex. So here stuff respawns, no intelligence gating (there's only a couple gated things), stuff is pretty straight forward like the crystal caves aren't maze-like at all. This is a good region to go if you need to fill up your stamina and health too. And everything is revealed (except the areas) in the menu. This is to show that it's different from the other regions, it's supposed to be the refresher region. (Though there are some things to find and collect.) Comment below or something if you thought this was a nice region to sort of refresh in. Again it's probably not as extravagant as the other regions but shouldn't be as complex and got the important stuff in so that's good. Also did something different with one of the new creatures, the turtle. You can't kill the turtles and they just sort of wander around, sometimes not seeing where they are going. Originally had it so you could ride them but it kept causing problems, you would get permanently stuck to them when they turned.

1 New Cosmetic
1 New Animal Friend
2 New Den Decorations
1 New Trophy
4 New Creatures
5 New Foods
New Region: Green Peak Campgrounds
New Area: Crystal Caves
And are you tough enough to enter the Salty Spitoon? Might remove or change this later. -.- Changed a bunch of textures, for example the mud texture in Arni Forest: Made the Gorge and Lake more colorful. Updated the Shadow Pig model, it looks cooler now. The birds stay the same though. The all around terribleness of the birds is their charm: Changed the night sound for Arni Forest so it's calmer. Adjusted the lighting more to make things brighter. Steam Updates: Wanted to update one of the icons. Will probably increase the number of regions +1 on the store page or maybe just include it as a separate point? Was trying to add stuff for Youtube people, some examples: Plus wanted to add a minecart with diamonds in it in the crystal caves for this person, Maybe some books for this person and his fans, and a copy of a Goof Troop cartridge for the Game Grumps as some ideas. But was having trouble figuring out things to do for everyone along with deciding who should be put in, not wanting to play favorites, etc. Basically it was too difficult to try and include everyone while keeping things even so came up with this idea as a replacement: Leave a comment or message others you want to see on the wall. (And preferably give an image to use.) They probably should have played before this update though. Not sure how many will be able to be put up so this might be a temporary thing. Also might need to readjust the placement and sizes so they're not final. Kept redoing stuff and cut out a few things, most of which was pretty unnecessary. Here's a few behind the scenes things: First of all there were a few cows that wandered around but that would take the mystery out of you know so left them out. There was also a quest that involved oranges: It involved animal markings mostly but it was kind of dumb and overly complicated so just took it out. The oranges are still there though. The secret area was supposed to have something bigger than whats there: But it was just confusing and added nothing except to make the story more complicated so kept it out. There was also a few things with the warehouse that was toned down for the same reason.

Forgot to add colliders for rain in the Campground so rain will go right through roofs and stuff, not a terrible problem.
Campground creatures might have too much HP, could probably lower them.
Again the Evil Chickens have AI/Pathfinding issues. They act odd, like they will face away from you and attack.
Also tried again to fix the shadow shimmering again, see if that worked.
Was going to add this to the cave under the bear goals but thought it was too dumb: What's a good way to tell people that pressing the number 5 will help unstick you if you get stuck? Add it to the store page?

Fixed the Coast mushroom spawning on top of the KS Island teleport mushroom.
Fixed the cups having a stone texture. (and made them red.)
Made the beds recover percentages of HP/Stamina again. If you want to fully fill your stamina/HP either upgrade your bed or go to the Campground now.
Fixed the Pirate skin not being selectable.

Might be glitches. Tested it a bunch though so maybe not? Am aware of the pathfinding problems with creatures in the Campground though -.- Everything else should be back to the same way they were but there might have been leftover bugs. The new Shadow Pigs might have problems.
There's probably other small things changed not listed on here.
Didn't really add many Easter eggs or hide stupid things on the textures this time (there's a few though.)
There is no fast travel shroom for the Campgrounds, there's a purpose for that.
There aren't any animal markings, was doing something with stealing a fish from the warehouse. They weren't terribly popular?
Couldn't put this on sales like midweek madness or stuff like that, pretty sure you need to be invited to that.
May adjust, remove and change things so some stuff might be temporary.
Again this region should be casual and pretty straight forward (though there is a few secrets to find). All in all it should be refreshing and an easy way to build up your stamina and health (and bear points). You can't go there at night right off though, you need to figure out a way to remove the darkness first. (Then do one more thing.) This was kind of wordy, was building up a bunch of stuff. Might be spelling errors. Rewrote this like 20 times -.- Again there should be a 30% off sale here. Hope you like this update :O P.S. Finally got the hang of this Steam announcement thing. Except there's a few spacing problems -.- P.S.S. Did no one get this reference with the pirate skin?:
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28 Oct 2016Developer post
Campground Update + 30% Off Sale Soon?
The campground update is out now. (Steam should update it automatically?) Here was the trailer for it again: Sorry for the wait, kept thinking it was done but kept needing to redo and change some things which would sometimes break other things, it's a problem. Tried to make diffe
The campground update is out now. (Steam should update it automatically?) Here was the trailer for it again: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNdxFg0_rPY Sorry for the wait, kept thinking it was done but kept needing to redo and change some things which would sometimes break other things, it's a problem. Tried to make different things fancier like the AI and pathfinding but almost nothing was really working right so just reverted everything to the old way which was fine. The evil chickens act a little goofy now though. Also figured out how to do sales? So there should be one here soon for 30% off which should last a bit (Assuming it works -.-) Anyway, attempted something different with this region, some of the main issues were that stuff was kind of hard to find, intelligence gating, stamina/HP running out and some things were overly-complex. So here stuff respawns, no intelligence gating (there's only a couple gated things), stuff is pretty straight forward like the crystal caves aren't maze-like at all. This is a good region to go if you need to fill up your stamina and health too. And everything is revealed (except the areas) in the menu. This is to show that it's different from the other regions, it's supposed to be the refresher region. (Though there are some things to find and collect.) Comment below or something if you thought this was a nice region to sort of refresh in. Again it's probably not as extravagant as the other regions but shouldn't be as complex and got the important stuff in so that's good. Also did something different with one of the new creatures, the turtle. You can't kill the turtles and they just sort of wander around, sometimes not seeing where they are going. Originally had it so you could ride them but it kept causing problems, you would get permanently stuck to them when they turned.

1 New Cosmetic
1 New Animal Friend
2 New Den Decorations
1 New Trophy
4 New Creatures
5 New Foods
New Region: Green Peak Campgrounds
New Area: Crystal Caves
And are you tough enough to enter the Salty Spitoon? Might remove or change this later. -.- Changed a bunch of textures, for example the mud texture in Arni Forest: Made the Gorge and Lake more colorful. Updated the Shadow Pig model, it looks cooler now. The birds stay the same though. The all around terribleness of the birds is their charm: Changed the night sound for Arni Forest so it's calmer. Adjusted the lighting more to make things brighter. Steam Updates: Wanted to update one of the icons. Will probably increase the number of regions +1 on the store page or maybe just include it as a separate point? Was trying to add stuff for Youtube people, some examples: Plus wanted to add a minecart with diamonds in it in the crystal caves for this person, Maybe some books for this person and his fans, and a copy of a Goof Troop cartridge for the Game Grumps as some ideas. But was having trouble figuring out things to do for everyone along with deciding who should be put in, not wanting to play favorites, etc. Basically it was too difficult to try and include everyone while keeping things even so came up with this idea as a replacement: Leave a comment or message others you want to see on the wall. (And preferably give an image to use.) They probably should have played before this update though. Not sure how many will be able to be put up so this might be a temporary thing. Also might need to readjust the placement and sizes so they're not final. Kept redoing stuff and cut out a few things, most of which was pretty unnecessary. Here's a few behind the scenes things: First of all there were a few cows that wandered around but that would take the mystery out of you know so left them out. There was also a quest that involved oranges: It involved animal markings mostly but it was kind of dumb and overly complicated so just took it out. The oranges are still there though. The secret area was supposed to have something bigger than whats there: But it was just confusing and added nothing except to make the story more complicated so kept it out. There was also a few things with the warehouse that was toned down for the same reason.

Forgot to add colliders for rain in the Campground so rain will go right through roofs and stuff, not a terrible problem.
Campground creatures might have too much HP, could probably lower them.
Again the Evil Chickens have AI/Pathfinding issues. They act odd, like they will face away from you and attack.
Also tried again to fix the shadow shimmering again, see if that worked.
Was going to add this to the cave under the bear goals but thought it was too dumb: What's a good way to tell people that pressing the number 5 will help unstick you if you get stuck? Add it to the store page?

Fixed the Coast mushroom spawning on top of the KS Island teleport mushroom.
Fixed the cups having a stone texture. (and made them red.)
Made the beds recover percentages of HP/Stamina again. If you want to fully fill your stamina/HP either upgrade your bed or go to the Campground now.
Fixed the Pirate skin not being selectable.

Might be glitches. Tested it a bunch though so maybe not? Am aware of the pathfinding problems with creatures in the Campground though -.- Everything else should be back to the same way they were but there might have been leftover bugs. The new Shadow Pigs might have problems.
There's probably other small things changed not listed on here.
Didn't really add many Easter eggs or hide stupid things on the textures this time (there's a few though.)
There is no fast travel shroom for the Campgrounds, there's a purpose for that.
There aren't any animal markings, was doing something with stealing a fish from the warehouse. They weren't terribly popular?
Couldn't put this on sales like midweek madness or stuff like that, pretty sure you need to be invited to that.
May adjust, remove and change things so some stuff might be temporary.
Again this region should be casual and pretty straight forward (though there is a few secrets to find). All in all it should be refreshing and an easy way to build up your stamina and health (and bear points). You can't go there at night right off though, you need to figure out a way to remove the darkness first. (Then do one more thing.) This was kind of wordy, was building up a bunch of stuff. Might be spelling errors. Rewrote this like 20 times -.- Again there should be a 30% off sale here. Hope you like this update :O P.S. Finally got the hang of this Steam announcement thing. Except there's a few spacing problems -.- P.S.S. Did no one get this reference with the pirate skin?:
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02 Sep 2016Developer post
Campgrounds + Questions
Have the campground region prepared (think it's good to go, tested it a bunch but there may be unforeseen problems) here's a trailer I put together for it, think it turned out neat: (It also says it's "out now." but it isn't yet. This is supposed to be a trailer for when it actua
02 Sep 2016Developer post
Campgrounds + Questions
Have the campground region prepared (think it's good to go, tested it a bunch but there may be unforeseen problems) here's a trailer I put together for it, think it turned out neat: (It also says it's "out now." but it isn't yet. This is supposed to be a trailer for when it actua
13 Jul 2016Developer post
Bear Simulator: Behind the Scenes Stuff and Cut Things
Hi, first of all watch the people from Penny Arcade play this bear game: It was funny seeing them trying to figure out things and what's going on. Like their comic so it's as exciting as when the Game Grumps played this bear game. Wasn't sure if they liked it or not though. Anywa
13 Jul 2016Developer post
Bear Simulator: Behind the Scenes Stuff and Cut Things
Hi, first of all watch the people from Penny Arcade play this bear game: It was funny seeing them trying to figure out things and what's going on. Like their comic so it's as exciting as when the Game Grumps played this bear game. Wasn't sure if they liked it or not though. Anywa
24 Jun 2016Developer post
Bear Simulator Campground Update: Neat Things
Ok so the campground update will feature a strange Russian guitar called a Balalaika. Why? Because of this guy. He liked this bear game and had his fans send nice emails which was nice so put this balalaika in game as a thank you. It was a popular request among his fans, had no i
24 Jun 2016Developer post
Bear Simulator Campground Update: Neat Things
Ok so the campground update will feature a strange Russian guitar called a Balalaika. Why? Because of this guy. He liked this bear game and had his fans send nice emails which was nice so put this balalaika in game as a thank you. It was a popular request among his fans, had no i
22 May 2016Developer post
Kickstarter Island Additions + Small Update
Here's a small update for some things: Added the Posters to Kickstarter Island Fixed the Alligators getting stuck to the ground Fixed getting stuck in the secret region. Nerfed the secret region. Fixed the teleport shroom for Kickstarter Island not appearing. Fixed the Spooky Com
Here's a small update for some things:

Added the Posters to Kickstarter Island
Fixed the Alligators getting stuck to the ground
Fixed getting stuck in the secret region.
Nerfed the secret region.
Fixed the teleport shroom for Kickstarter Island not appearing.
Fixed the Spooky Computer and Gravestone not working correctly
Fixed the framerate issue.
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22 May 2016Developer post
Kickstarter Island Additions + Small Update
Here's a small update for some things: Added the Posters to Kickstarter Island Fixed the Alligators getting stuck to the ground Fixed getting stuck in the secret region. Nerfed the secret region. Fixed the teleport shroom for Kickstarter Island not appearing. Fixed the Spooky Com
Here's a small update for some things:

Added the Posters to Kickstarter Island
Fixed the Alligators getting stuck to the ground
Fixed getting stuck in the secret region.
Nerfed the secret region.
Fixed the teleport shroom for Kickstarter Island not appearing.
Fixed the Spooky Computer and Gravestone not working correctly
Fixed the framerate issue.
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19 May 2016Developer post
Game Update (Fixes, additions, and upgrades) + Campground Preview (New Cosmetic!)
Ok there's a new game update out, it contains fixes, updates and added stuff. Some things might not be fixed 100%. Fixed the bug with the Web Orb Door. Fixed the bug with the evil mushroom. Fixed the “Fade in/out” layer not stretching at higher resolutions. Fixed a ton of spellin
Ok there's a new game update out, it contains fixes, updates and added stuff. Some things might not be fixed 100%.

Fixed the bug with the Web Orb Door.
Fixed the bug with the evil mushroom.
Fixed the “Fade in/out” layer not stretching at higher resolutions.
Fixed a ton of spelling errors. (Forgot to change the marking where Dan Mole refers to himself as Mole Dan though, next update >.>)
Added colliders to a bunch of things that was missing them.
MAYBE fixed the shadow and texture flickering. MAYBE.

Made hitboxes bigger on all creatures. (Made pathfinding worse though)
Fancied up a ton of textures.
Made the “Unstick” button work waaaaaaaaaay better so if you get stuck all you have to do is press 5 and it will unstick you. (Don't abuse this to get places where you aren't supposed to pls)
Hella adjusted the lighting in each region. Made the mountain night brighter, toned down the brightness at the beach, etc. etc.
Readjusted everything at the ocean plus added more things.
Added a lot more invisible walls to prevent people from getting where they weren't supposed to.
Added a “Return to Den” button. Click it to return to your den no matter where you are. Added fast travel shrooms in your den. When you visit a region a new mushroom will pop up in your den. Added some references to the upcoming Campground update. Added a sponge to be found under the sea (..Kuplinov.. -.-) Tried to make the graphics better but it cause an extreme performance drop, then tried to revert it but it still left a bunch of performance problems. There might be a fps drop for some. Probably introduced a ton of programming bugs after trying to reorganize the scripts. As stated before the animal pathfinding is probably worse with the bigger hitboxes, hopefully it's worth it. People are inquiring about this symbol: For a hint check the door in the cave. Also it isn't the symbol of the evil chickens. Also movie recommendation, people should watch this movie called Legend. It's friggen weird and Tom Cruise has long hair in it plus there's unicorns and a weird evil guy played by Tim Curry. Directed by the same guy who did Alien! Also here's another teaser trailer: https://youtu.be/b4X9T2pJUVo
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19 May 2016Developer post
Game Update (Fixes, additions, and upgrades) + Campground Preview (New Cosmetic!)
Ok there's a new game update out, it contains fixes, updates and added stuff. Some things might not be fixed 100%. Fixed the bug with the Web Orb Door. Fixed the bug with the evil mushroom. Fixed the “Fade in/out” layer not stretching at higher resolutions. Fixed a ton of spellin
Ok there's a new game update out, it contains fixes, updates and added stuff. Some things might not be fixed 100%.

Fixed the bug with the Web Orb Door.
Fixed the bug with the evil mushroom.
Fixed the “Fade in/out” layer not stretching at higher resolutions.
Fixed a ton of spelling errors. (Forgot to change the marking where Dan Mole refers to himself as Mole Dan though, next update >.>)
Added colliders to a bunch of things that was missing them.
MAYBE fixed the shadow and texture flickering. MAYBE.

Made hitboxes bigger on all creatures. (Made pathfinding worse though)
Fancied up a ton of textures.
Made the “Unstick” button work waaaaaaaaaay better so if you get stuck all you have to do is press 5 and it will unstick you. (Don't abuse this to get places where you aren't supposed to pls)
Hella adjusted the lighting in each region. Made the mountain night brighter, toned down the brightness at the beach, etc. etc.
Readjusted everything at the ocean plus added more things.
Added a lot more invisible walls to prevent people from getting where they weren't supposed to.
Added a “Return to Den” button. Click it to return to your den no matter where you are. Added fast travel shrooms in your den. When you visit a region a new mushroom will pop up in your den. Added some references to the upcoming Campground update. Added a sponge to be found under the sea (..Kuplinov.. -.-) Tried to make the graphics better but it cause an extreme performance drop, then tried to revert it but it still left a bunch of performance problems. There might be a fps drop for some. Probably introduced a ton of programming bugs after trying to reorganize the scripts. As stated before the animal pathfinding is probably worse with the bigger hitboxes, hopefully it's worth it. People are inquiring about this symbol: For a hint check the door in the cave. Also it isn't the symbol of the evil chickens. Also movie recommendation, people should watch this movie called Legend. It's friggen weird and Tom Cruise has long hair in it plus there's unicorns and a weird evil guy played by Tim Curry. Directed by the same guy who did Alien! Also here's another teaser trailer: https://youtu.be/b4X9T2pJUVo
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02 May 2016Developer post
Campground Update Preview #3: New Features and Stuff
Still working on the Campground update. It will have the Campground region open, new items to find, a new animal buddy, new areas, more story stuff, bug fixes and new features that were requested. Let's take a look at some of these new features. New Features: Fast Travel! Wheneve
02 May 2016Developer post
Campground Update Preview #3: New Features and Stuff
Still working on the Campground update. It will have the Campground region open, new items to find, a new animal buddy, new areas, more story stuff, bug fixes and new features that were requested. Let's take a look at some of these new features. New Features: Fast Travel! Wheneve
26 Apr 2016Developer post
Couple Update Links + Campground Preview #2
Hi, how are you doing today? Here's some links to an update and a blog post: Update Link Blog Link Working on: New things added to the queue of being worked on is: Making night time a little brighter, couldn't make a slider for it, was glitch-tastic. Fix a bug with the spooky mus
Hi, how are you doing today? Here's some links to an update and a blog post:

Update Link
Blog Link
Working on: New things added to the queue of being worked on is:

Making night time a little brighter, couldn't make a slider for it, was glitch-tastic.
Fix a bug with the spooky mushroom.
Fix a bug with the door in the cave.
Campground Preview: Here's another preview of the campground update: The door has opened!? (Figured out how to post images) :O This update will be linked with other stuff.
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26 Apr 2016Developer post
Couple Update Links + Campground Preview #2
Hi, how are you doing today? Here's some links to an update and a blog post: Update Link Blog Link Working on: New things added to the queue of being worked on is: Making night time a little brighter, couldn't make a slider for it, was glitch-tastic. Fix a bug with the spooky mus
Hi, how are you doing today? Here's some links to an update and a blog post:

Update Link
Blog Link
Working on: New things added to the queue of being worked on is:

Making night time a little brighter, couldn't make a slider for it, was glitch-tastic.
Fix a bug with the spooky mushroom.
Fix a bug with the door in the cave.
Campground Preview: Here's another preview of the campground update: The door has opened!? (Figured out how to post images) :O This update will be linked with other stuff.
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09 Apr 2016Developer post
Campgrounds Teaser + Kickstarter Island Update
Here's a trailer for the Campground update: This will have story stuff, a new region and Crystal Caves, not sure how long it will take to finish. And here's part one of a "Making of": Making of a region: Part 1 There was also a game update that includes Kickstarter Island along w
Here's a trailer for the Campground update: https://youtu.be/YRhChDYcniM This will have story stuff, a new region and Crystal Caves, not sure how long it will take to finish. And here's part one of a "Making of": Making of a region: Part 1 There was also a game update that includes Kickstarter Island along with these things:

Spelling error fixes (probably missing some still)
Bigger hitboxes on some animals
Placed barriers where you get get outside of the map
Increased time before ducks would disappear into the void. Easily the most important part of this update, really makes the game playable.
Working on:

Getting Stuck solution: Will probably make a button that pops you up.
The Steam Overlay problem
Bug fixes
Probably maps: They will probably be a reference available on the game site.
Other Things
Not sure how to post images on these updates so it's just boring text >.>
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09 Apr 2016Developer post
Campgrounds Teaser + Kickstarter Island Update
Here's a trailer for the Campground update: This will have story stuff, a new region and Crystal Caves, not sure how long it will take to finish. And here's part one of a "Making of": Making of a region: Part 1 There was also a game update that includes Kickstarter Island along w
Here's a trailer for the Campground update: https://youtu.be/YRhChDYcniM This will have story stuff, a new region and Crystal Caves, not sure how long it will take to finish. And here's part one of a "Making of": Making of a region: Part 1 There was also a game update that includes Kickstarter Island along with these things:

Spelling error fixes (probably missing some still)
Bigger hitboxes on some animals
Placed barriers where you get get outside of the map
Increased time before ducks would disappear into the void. Easily the most important part of this update, really makes the game playable.
Working on:

Getting Stuck solution: Will probably make a button that pops you up.
The Steam Overlay problem
Bug fixes
Probably maps: They will probably be a reference available on the game site.
Other Things
Not sure how to post images on these updates so it's just boring text >.>
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04 Mar 2016Developer post
Update #1
Here are the fixes in this update: Updated Textures Inverted Mouse Option added to the main menu Took out intelligence barrier from foods in the forest Added some instructions/goals in den Increased Tree Distance so there's less popping Fixed a bug where you could get outside of
Here are the fixes in this update:

Updated Textures
Inverted Mouse Option added to the main menu
Took out intelligence barrier from foods in the forest
Added some instructions/goals in den
Increased Tree Distance so there's less popping
Fixed a bug where you could get outside of the coast region
Might be a loss of fps and performance due to some changes here. Trying to work on programming bugs and other things.
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04 Mar 2016Developer post
Update #1
Here are the fixes in this update: Updated Textures Inverted Mouse Option added to the main menu Took out intelligence barrier from foods in the forest Added some instructions/goals in den Increased Tree Distance so there's less popping Fixed a bug where you could get outside of
Here are the fixes in this update:

Updated Textures
Inverted Mouse Option added to the main menu
Took out intelligence barrier from foods in the forest
Added some instructions/goals in den
Increased Tree Distance so there's less popping
Fixed a bug where you could get outside of the coast region
Might be a loss of fps and performance due to some changes here. Trying to work on programming bugs and other things.
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