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"ref": "2022 June 9, treeman0013, “How would you design mechanics around a \"Weeping Angel\" Encounter”, in reddit.com:",
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"ref": "2024 January 6, zesuvious, “Just a brief overview of lethal company's weeping angel, the coil head”, in reddit.com:",
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"ref": "2025 January 30, theQuadron, “Who is your favorite \"weeping angel\"? (Not limited to photos)”, in reddit.com:",
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"ref": "2025 February 9, Anderson Jerome, “WEEPING ANGEL ENEMY ARCHETYPE”, in andersonjerome.com:",
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"ref": "2025 March 9, batterdale, “Weeping Angel style enemy”, in steamcommunity.com:",
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"ref": "2025 August 24, The_Horse_Head_Man, “How to program a weeping angel?”, in reddit.com:",
"text": "How do you program a weeping angel for a game? I figure that you have to make a check whenever the model is in view (? Or making it check all the time wether it's in view or not, if it is it stops, if it not, it moves. For what I understand.",
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