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+# Premise
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+- Evil at bottom of playable map
+- Player is the one tasked with going to the bottom and destroying evil source
+- Very long way to bottom
+- Going deeper = main source progression
+- Barriers to going deeper, gotta craft gear, etc. to be able to go deeper
+- Tower defense elements, have to craft and set up defensive structures