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Haven community week winners revealed!Feb 29, 2024 - Community AnnouncementsHiya, Thank you for spending this Haven community week with us! We had a lot of fun with our Haven Geoguessr, and a beautiful new Nest wallpaper to share with you. And it's time to announce the winners of our fan art contest and our Haven Geoguessr! This community week's fan art contest theme was Date night on Source, and boy did you deliver! We received 28 beautiful artworks, and it was incredibly hard to pick winners. Up until yesterday, we had an 8-way tie for the coup de coeur and a 3-way tie for first place. Thank you so much to all of you incredible artists who submitted work! Here are our 4 winners, take a look at their work: First prize - Night Camp, by Aurora - we just love the sky and the bloofs! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/34554475/b78925c6f1aa2dbacfaaa81f5605b512b11c33dc.png 2nd prize - TRCelyne's beautiful stargazing artwork {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/34554475/b385c871c68e6f44bbbc5d5f836d525a5c4687f0.jpg 3rd prize - Oink wants a kiss too, by Kloudinthesky. And Oink deserves that kiss {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/34554475/5a5b61d44b6f84ad8c61c7330a6b7b35870f196a.jpg Coup de coeur - Date night shenanigans by eldikay.art - that is very in character for Yu! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/34554475/f4b798eb9b9306746b4f2a509a9b1cf36c9cb5dc.png Geoguessr winner The official Source tour guide and winner of our Haven Geoguessr is Mykeelay! They not only got all of the answers right, but they also did so in record time. Out of all the participants, 16 of you got all five screenshots right! That is better than our in studio performance, and we're impressed. It came down to how quick the answers were, and our top 3 were almost tied, with only 60 minutes between their answers.Enjoy this new Haven wallpaper!Feb 14, 2024 - Community AnnouncementsWill you be our Valentine? We have a gift for you, and it’s this Oinktastic new wallpaper. Long winter nights are to take a hot shower and curl up on the couch with Oink! Download it here: https://bit.ly/Oinkpaper {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/34554475/8f88956252d906f989f24c4189b0bf73a54c5a7c.jpg Art by Beloup ✨Haven Fan art contestFeb 9, 2024 - Community AnnouncementsIt wouldn’t be a community without our traditional fan art contest, we can’t get enough of your amazing artworks! This year’s theme for Haven is Date night on Source, and I beg you to give us a hot date with Oink Here’s what you can win by entering : 1st place: $70 gift certificate for Haven merch 2nd Place: $50 gift certificate for Haven merch 3rd place: $30 gift certificate for Haven Merch Coup de coeur: $30 gift certificate for Haven Merch {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/34554475/1801708f18340b3f27db314b23ceeddf394dca60.png As always you’re entirely free to use any and all medium, the only restriction is that the piece must be created for the contest, and can only be submitted by its author, and be submitted by February 23rd, 5pm CET. Please send your artwork, with a title and your nickname to [email protected] to enter! Good luck, we can't wait to see what you come up with 💫 {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/34554475/602a9c4747a50da3c451192a3c1c1d29958b22a4.png Cover art by TRcelyne and banner art by Mikayla, both winners of our last fanart contest!Haven Community Week is back!Feb 9, 2024 - Community AnnouncementsHi everyone, You’ve given Haven so much love this past year, with someone going as far as writing up an Applebrew cocktail recipe! It means the world to us that Yu & Kay have a special place in your hearts. It’s time to celebrate all that love with a community week 🎉 {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/34554475/c03c5ff1d5d3d38b334dc1d3143e1251a1d13111.gif We have plenty of activities planned for this week! In the spirit of Valentine's day, I’ll share the team’s favorite games they’ve gifted their partners and cozy games for a night in. 💞 We'll also share stories behind artworks and concept arts and answer your questions about Haven and its universe. Join un on Discord on February 12 at 6pm CET for the Q&A on Haven with Marjorie (3d artist) Céline (Content manager), Audrey (exec prod). And Koyorin (character artist) will also give their answers later in the week! And it’s a tradition, we’ll host a fan a fan art contest! We always love seeing your creations, you’re so talented ✨ More details and prizes soon! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/34554475/5543f02a7664fe74f0fd25cbfb752ec2b7c6c5c9.jpg Garayann - Lovebirds traveller, one of our winners from the last community week How well do you remember your time on Source? It’s time to go back and explore the islets again, because we’re running our own Geoguessr-inspired game with Source islets! Tune in to our social and answer the daily islet quiz to win the one and only Oink plushie. We’ll be posting one Source islet a day at 8pm CET from Monday February 12th to Friday 16th. Both having the right answer and time to answer will be taken into account so be on the look out for the daily post! https://www.facebook.com/thegamebakers/ https://twitter.com/TheGameBakers https://www.instagram.com/gamebakers/ https://discord.gg/thegamebakers https://bsky.app/profile/thegamebakers.bsky.social https://mastodon.social/@TheGameBakers And last but not least, Haven is on sale for the whole community week, at 60% off! It’s a great time to rope a friend into playing it, but it also makes for a great Valentine’s present wink-winkFuri Demake - The Chain, out now!Nov 30, 2023 - Community AnnouncementsHi everyone, We have a gift for you today: we’re launching a new game, inspired by Furi, and it’s entirely free! It’s an 8-bit-inspired version of The Chain’s boss fight, with frantic controls, fast-paced combat and mix of melee and ranged combat. In good old 8-bit pixel art and music from the 90s! Check it out here: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2593450/Furi_Demake__The_Chain/ {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/23727865/8e6b7f2cc0318cf80262284490f17b322f58f922.gif To make this game come true, we’re partnered with Sylph, a solo dev specializing in 8-bit games. It’s been a passion project for the past few months, and we wanted to make this Demake completely free to thank you for your amazing support since the launch of Furi. Ready to dive into some intense and fast Furi-inspired gameplay with retro controls and style? And to celebrate, we’ll be hosting a week-long community celebration, from now until December 6th. This week’s activities will include a dev stream with an all-star cast from the dev team, Furi’s creative director fighting The Strap in Furi, a fan art contest, a Furi Demake speedrun competition, merch discounts, and surprises that will be posted here and on our social media during the week. That’s not all! Furi and its DLC Onnamusha are discounted the whole week - let your friends know they can get them at a low price and try out the demake. Participate and stay posted with our news by joining our Discord or signing up for our very occasional newsletter from The Bakery.17 excellent games are coming to PS Plus in MarchMar 15, 2023 - VG247A haul of 17 new games are making their way to PS Plus, following a cheaky tease during the recent State of Play. This includes a whopping 14 new additions to the Games Catalogue for PS Plus Extra subscribers, and three beloved classics to the PS Plus Premium Classics Collection. Each month, new games are added to the service for PlayStation Plus subscribers to download and play. As long as you have the required tier of sub, you'll be able to download a huge number of popular titles, all of which will remain on your account forever. Here all all 14 games coming to the PS Plus Games Catalogue, for those with a PS Plus Extra subscription: Read more Haven Fan Art Contest - ResultsMar 7, 2023 - Community AnnouncementsHello everyone, As per tradition, we ran a fan art contest during Haven last community week, and the theme was "We love them when they do...". We have received amazing applications, the jury has deliberated, and now it’s time to unveil the winners. First of all, we would like to thank each of you for taking the time to participate: Freya, TRCelyne, Sieghiro, Skyler van Alen, MrPimp, Will, Baktos, Garayann, Mikaila, Loustica Lucia, Daranee, Aeroshino, Miomiea, June Gloom, Sukara Daiko, Catherine A., Raven, Apis Azura, Val, Basil, Svengouli, Kour, KhanSJet. And the winners are… 1st place {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/34554475/c4b25f3c014eef075619554a89f091198c76db8e.png Will - A Long Night 2nd place {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/34554475/5543f02a7664fe74f0fd25cbfb752ec2b7c6c5c9.jpg Garayann - Lovebirds Traveller 3rd place {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/34554475/0e2bfc5793dd5da5f8b8e053d6ce51f5e007576e.jpg Mikaila - I love them when they do the seed contest Coup de coeur {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/34554475/8974b4b06422dc7a9b4e6d47d4b183f205e7f617.jpg TRCelyne - When You Have No Clue What Morphognenesis Is But She Looks Too Passionate To Interrupt Her Thank you to you for submitting great artworks. You can check the summary of everything that was announced or discussed during Haven Community Week here. And join The Game Bakers community, stay posted about our news and give us your thoughts directly by joining our Discord, or on our social media or signing up for our occasional newsletter. Haven Community Week is over! Thank you Feb 24, 2023 - Community AnnouncementsHaven Community Week is now over! Thank you so much for your participation, all the messages and the submissions to the fan art contest. It was fun for us, we hope it was fun for you all too! You will find below a summary of everything we shared, to be sure you didn’t miss a thing! The Haven Cutest Creatures contest on Twitter is now over and the winner is Salamash (Oink). What a surprise!). We also shared the story behind the names of the creatures in competition. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/34554475/b951f700afa49068569996b406d4089ee1a50159.png We unveiled a new Haven t-shirt (and you seem to like it a lot). It was exclusive to our team members, but you can win one with the Haven Fan Art contest. It will also be available this Spring when we re-open our merchandise store. Stay tuned! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/34554475/5c54ee9205a52dd2eddd92cfa959c967b6d02dc1.jpg We shared 10 secrets about Haven on Twitter. With the help of our Discord Community, we created a bingo of things you should do while playing Haven. Have you filled it already? You can read a full interview with Florian Coudray, concept artist who created most of the creatures on Source. We shared on YouTube Haven’s credits video, if you haven't reached the end of the game yet, or just want to enjoy the sensual outro video one more time Our team shared their favorite love stories, if you are looking for recommendations on new things to read, watch or play, it’s here. We shared new wallpapers & the super cute new avatars that Koyorin drew for this Community week. You shared with us which streamers you would like to see playing Haven together, and you had great ideas, thank you! We interviewed Thomas Brasdefer & Diana Díaz Montón about translating Haven, which is available in 9 languages. Now, the Community Week is over, but the Fan Art Contest is still live for a few more days! I hope you loved it as much as we did. You can join our Discord or register to our newsletter to stay in touch until the next Community Week! Interview with Thomas Brasdefer & Diana Diaz MontonFeb 20, 2023 - Community AnnouncementsHello everyone, If so many players could enjoy Haven in 9 different languages, it’s thanks to our amazing translators. It’s time to highlight their work with an interview of Thomas Brasdefer and Diana Díaz Montón! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/34554475/0ea4fbf12b01e10194977915875a3a712d2cbc61.jpg Can you introduce yourself, your background and your work on Haven? Thomas: My name is Thomas, I’m an anthropology professor currently at University of Vermont, I specialize in linguistics and I translated Haven from French to English. Diana: My name is Diana, I am a professional translator specialised in game localization, and have been working in the industry for over 20 years. I have participated in the localization of hundreds of games, as a translator, editor/proofreader or multilingual project manager. I am also co-founder of Native Prime. I was the Spanish editor at Haven. According to you, what are the most important qualities to be a great video game translator? Thomas: Translation is never just about words, most of the work is making sense of something for someone else… Which means that the translator has to understand the reasons why the words exist. But in a video game you have a million things to interact with, from the NPCs to the environment, and a surrounding community of gamers; so you have to take an entire universe into account before you even get started. I would say that having a carefully crafted game as material is definitely a big part of it. Diana: I completely agree with Thomas. In game localization, the goal is to convey the emotions into the different target languages, so players can truly engage with the characters they are controlling and immerse themselves in the game universe. A good video game translator needs to understand how games work as a whole, they should be familiar with the different mechanics. It is important that they also master the source formats we work with, and how strings will be used in the game, be it as part of the interface or as VO dialogue. And also need to know their target audience well, their expectations. But overall, translators have to master the source and target language so the results sound fluent and natural and match the tone and style of each particular game. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/34554475/5610f88a5f3bfe601be818fcfbc6a83f26bc79ea.png Haven is a huge project, with more than 90 000 words. How do we start while translating a game as talkative? How long did it take to translate the game? Thomas: Believe it or not, Haven isn’t the longest game I’ve worked on. And on top of that, there are parts of the script that didn’t make it into the game! I actually like it better when there is a lot of dialogue, because that gives me time to become closer with the characters, and to watch them grow through the storyline. But it does have some drawbacks when it comes to continuity: games aren’t being developed in a linear manner, there’s alternate stories, some parts are ready before others, some need to be re-written,...Favorite Love Stories of the team!Feb 17, 2023 - Community AnnouncementsHaven is at its core a story about love and freedom, and we’ve asked our team to share with you their Favorite Love Stories (and they had plenty to share!). So if you like romance, you will find below some recommendations of new works to read, watch or play. Please share yours in the comments too! Pierre, Writer The Heart is a Lonely Hunter (Novel) by Carson McCullers: When asked by a journalist why there weren’t any love stories in the Heart is a Lonely Hunter, Carson McCullers seemed startled and she replied : « There is nothing but that ! ». This is always the first book that comes to my mind when I hear « love story », and even if it is not a romance, it’s definitely all about love. Locas (Comic book) by Jaime Hernandez: Locas is a comic book series started in 1985 and still going today. It tells the decades long love story between two L.A. latin-american punk girls Maggie and Hopey. At times they’re together, at times they’re apart, and sometimes they’re not even there. I’ve been reading their stories since I’m a kid and I hope I’ll keep reading them for a long time. Locas is my The Young and the Restless. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/34554475/b0be62eac200f8dad3f219b74ab96ec3ca19b4f2.jpg Pilules Bleues (Comic book) by Frederik Peeters’ Lupus: I already mention Frederik Peeters’ Lupus when asked about my inspirations for Haven. Pilules Bleues is an autobiography about a couple dealing with H.I.V. It’s funny, sad, beautiful but most importantly : it’s deeply human. Strangers in Paradise (Comic book) by Terry Moore: Katchoo loves Francine. David loves Katchoo. As for Francine, well, she’s figuring things out. This might sound like a pretty classic love triangle, and it would be if Strangers in Paradise didn’t also involve troubled pasts, secret agents and crime syndicates. Is this soap opera comic book a bit too long? Maybe. Did it jump the shark a few times? Certainly. It’s still a landmark of US indie comic books and is well worth your time! When Harry met Sally (Movie) by Rob Reiner & Nora Ephron: This movie is often mentioned as one of the best romcom movies of all times (if not the best) but what I love the most about it is that… it’s hardly a romcom? I mean, most of the movie is about friendship, not romance. A Friendcom maybe? Now, is there really a difference between friendship and romance? Are they two different categories? A spectrum? Is sex compatible with friendship? Its absence with romance? Well let’s watch the movie and find out. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/34554475/88ea6784792b65885b0913ed3604a371a2e72d35.jpg Castaway on the moon (Movie) by Lee Hae-joon: He’s stuck on a desert island in the middle of Seoul, she’s stuck in her room. Soybean noodles will bring them together. Sure, it doesn’t make any sense now, but in its own way, Castaway on the moon is a pretty classic romcom. Language Lessons (Movie) by Natalie Morales & Mark Duplass: After a year in lock-down doing zoom calls after zoom calls, I didn’t think I would enjoy a movie which is basica...Interview with Florian Coudray, concept artist on HavenFeb 16, 2023 - Community AnnouncementsHello everyone, We received a lot of positive feedback about the creatures of Haven and Source bestiary, how you enjoyed their design, their presence by the two lovers’ side, and to pet them too! You have just chosen a favorite during the “Cutest Creature of Source” contest on Twitter (link)... and the winner was: Oink! Surprise!!. To give you a bit more context on the work behind the bestiary, we have decided to share with you an interview with Florian Coudray, concept artist on the game, who created most of the creatures on planet Source. Learn more about his work below. Can you tell us more about you and your work on Haven? Hi I’m Florian, I’ve been a freelance concept artist since 2017 and Haven was actually one of my first missions. This was an absolute treat to be able to work on such diverse topics and having a lot of freedom on concepts. I designed a lot of vehicles and creatures for the game. The scope of the game was pretty different back then and a good part of my work was also to design environments, vegetation and flavorful places. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/34554475/06fa3f33556175b6a7e3a97d81d8c045152d19b7.jpg How did you come to join the team working on Haven? After participating in a community art challenge on Artstation I was contacted by Emeric Thoa who I guess appreciated what he saw and we came to chat and meet along with Audrey Leprince to discuss the game, the overall intention and start our collaboration. What was the workflow for you, creating concept arts for the environments, fauna and flora for the world of Source? I used softwares like Photoshop to paint rough ideas, sometimes I use photographs and bash them together to get a strong basis. I was always looking for some sort of story telling when designing places, in order to give some consistency and hopefully inspire the team with narrative ideas. There were a lot of discussions with Emeric and Audrey about narrative intentions, colours and overall mood of the game. They were always feeding me with cool ideas and this helped a ton get the concepts going. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/34554475/472ff105d278d87991c316f8bcb1feee4fb51c76.jpg You designed most of the creatures of the game. Oink is a big favourite but they are all amazing. Where did ideas come from? For Creatures I was inspired by creature design from Star Wars, and particularly the work of Terryl Whitlatch. I love the idea of injecting some earth-like elements in the creatures while always having some sort of quirkiness in them. I’m kinda fascinated by salamanders and the range of textures and colours we can find in them. Oink was one of many critters at first. In the end It’s the design team who made him into the lovely creature you want to befriend. What was the more challenging part of designing creatures for Haven? What did you learn? Finding a fun interesting twist for each creature was I think the most challenging part. Also thinking about the overall ecosystem and potential interactions between them : predators, herbiv...Haven Community Week - Fan Art ContestFeb 14, 2023 - Community AnnouncementsHello Havenist (we have Furist, so why not?), As you may know, we just launched a new Haven Community Week and between February 14th and 21th we are celebrating Haven's amazing community (details here). We are running a Fan art contest with the theme “You love them when they do…”. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/34554475/e9f4db42071fc78fd4011b8532e194884e2f5617.png Source Family - Kyleenim Fan arts can take the shape you prefer (drawing, illustration, sculpture, collage, installation...) but has to be created especially for the contest. You have to be the original author of it. The contest runs for two weeks, until Tuesday 28th February at 23:59 PM CET / 03:59 PM PT. To participate in the contest, you should send your application here. Don't hesitate to share it also on social media with #havenfanartcontest or in our community hub here! Please note that you have to submit your art to participate, posting only on social media doesn't count. Here are the prizes for the winners: {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/34554475/3dc0b30d58722712a185a1f504932c1f369ddf2e.jpg 1st: Haven Limited Run Collector Edition (PS4 or PS5) + Haven Soundtrack double Vinyl signed by DANGER + the brand new Haven t-shirt 2nd: Haven Limited Run (PS4, Switch or PS5) + Haven Soundtrack double Vinyl signed by DANGER + the brand new Haven t-shirt 3nd: Haven Limited Run (PS4, Switch or PS5) + Haven Soundtrack CD signed by DANGER “Coup de coeur”: Haven Soundtrack CD signed by DANGER Good luck and we can't wait to see your creations! Haven - Share the love during the Community Week Feb 14, 2023 - Community AnnouncementsHello everyone, Over the last two years (time flies!), you have been sharing with us your stories playing Haven, how you thought Yu or Kay reminded you of people you knew, how some of you enjoyed playing the game with a partner, and how you were touched by their adventures in the world of Source. We received so much love from this community, so again thank you for all the messages, artworks or recipes shared. It’s time to give a little bit back, so let’s have a new community week celebration! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/34554475/8a12adcb634206902161ea016a5965448221723c.jpg For this new Haven Community Week, we will share some behind the scenes details and secrets about the game, new wallpapers, interviews with some of the team members who worked on Haven, a selection of our dev team favorite love stories, and more! As a tradition now during our community week, and because many of you are so talented, we are having a Fanart contest on the theme “You love them when they do…”. All the details and the prices to win are available here. We can’t wait to see what this inspires you! Haven is also discounted with the highest discount ever, with -60% off, so we count on you to spread the word among your friends. https://store.steampowered.com/app/983970/Haven/Another batch of fixes following the Couple UpdateMar 11, 2022 - Community AnnouncementsHi there, Here's another batch of fixes following the Couple Update. We hope you are enjoying the game. As usual thank you for the feedback! Bug fixes: Adjusted Yu’s voice volume. Fixed minor pronouns inconsistency in some dialogs. Version v1.1.302Small patch following the Couple UpdateMar 8, 2022 - Community AnnouncementsHi there, Thank you for your enthusiasm for Haven Couple Update. We’ve fixed the first batch of the bugs reported so far following the update. We are also working on a fix for the level of Yu’s voice, that will be available later this week. Thank you for reporting those problems, for all the messages, and we hope you are having fun with the new lovers. Bug fixes: The couples selection screen now functions as expected. Fixed a repetition in Yu’s dialogue when discovering the reactor. Fixed minor pronouns inconsistency in some dialogs. Fixed voice inconsistency in some dialogs. Made sure players defeat the Bigafurai before continuing the adventure. Разработчики Haven добавили в игру партнёров одного полаMar 4, 2022 - Gamemag.ruСтудия The Game Bakers выпустила обновление к своей приключенческой игре Haven, добавив в проект возможность выбора пары одного пола. Couple Update по сути продолжает следовать курсу, намеченному разработчиками. New Haven update lets you play as a same-gender coupleMar 4, 2022 - PC GamerRomantic RPG-slash-visual novel Haven will now let you journey through the mysterious dystopian planet Source as a same-gendered couple in a free update... Read more.Play as a same-gender couple in Haven free update available now!Mar 3, 2022 - Community AnnouncementsHello everyone, Haven is a game about the freedom to love whomever you want, and that’s why we’re particularly happy to bring this free Couple update. You can now choose to play the game with the couple of lovers you prefer: either a woman and a man, two women, or two men. This update will not change the story arc for Haven, and you still play as Yu and Kay, but the game offers more options as to the composition of the couple. Haven can now represent love in a broader way! If the alternate characters share a similar look with the original Yu and Kay, they have been recreated to the standards of quality of the original release, with two new fantastic actors giving life to the characters across all 80,000 lines of dialog in the game, new models, and the whole in-game art. Several months of work from our small team! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/34554475/abbcaafc4efbf23336e61e85ec3e12283f1ef3e1.jpg This update is a bit special to us. Originally, the concept for Haven featured 8 couples, with a diverse range of relationships. It became clear during production that we wouldn’t be able to reach our initial vision for the full cast of characters, so we focused on the two characters you know well. But right after the game launch, we went back to work on this update to add the alternate couples! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/34554475/d04b21b423db6224c69546f15fa4cef25e39dbca.jpg We’re very proud to be able to provide the lovers’ story in two new ways that more players can identify with. We're looking forward to seeing which Yu and Kay you will play, as you enjoy the two lovers' adventures on planet Source (and catch up with Oink!). As always, a big thank you for playing our games and your support, The team at Game Bakers Haven - Patch notes 26 January 2022Jan 26, 2022 - Community AnnouncementsHello everyone, First of all, we wish you a Happy New Year 2022. We hope this new year will bring you love, health and joy! A few of you have met a bug when playing the game on Steam: a second controller seems recognized and triggers co-op mode even when you play solo. If that happens, you can now deactivate the co-op mode. Update version: v1.1.288 improvement: - Added an option to fully disable the co-op modeHaven - Patch notes October 28th 2021Oct 28, 2021 - Community AnnouncementsA quick update today with just one bug fix, but an important one! A lot of you were wondering if the game had been censored, the answer is no haha! If Yu and Kay were wearing their underwear in some scenes, it was only because of a... bug! Thank you for playing, and we wish you a spooky Halloween ːsteammockingː Update version: v1.1.260 Bug fixes: - Fixing a bug that prevented Yu and Kay to be naked in the shower, on the roof of the Nest and for the midnight dip.
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