Pizza Tower/Unused Graphics

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Unused Level Graphics

Unused Tilesets The forgotten bricks that built the Pizza Tower.

Unused Backgrounds Deserts, cold strongholds, and more!

Loose Graphics The crust and crumbs that got left behind.

Old Graphic Designs Pizzas worth trying, even if they're ancient!

Unused Character Graphics

Unused Peppino Graphics Oh boy, there's a lot. And we mean a lot.

Unused Noise Graphics That pesky gremlin again.

Unused Gustavo & Brick Graphics Plenty of old animations, dating all the way back to Gustavo's debut as an NPC.

Unused Pepperman Graphics A perfect pepper never falters!

Unused Vigilante Graphics When you're a sharpshooter, nobody gets out of your crosshairs.

Scrapped Snick Graphics Everyone's (second) favorite speedy mammal mascot!

Unused Enemy Graphics The best of the baddies.

Blue Purple Block Land Build Leftovers

One of the Patreon builds titled Blue Block Land had sprites created for a placeholder hub room in a time when gates did not display level names and also had a simple gate for all levels you could play in. These served as a temporary replacement until that was implemented. There's also sprites for ranks and a "cover" for the build of sorts.

The mixup of the "Blue Block Land" and "Purple Block Land" names is the result of the solid objects being changed from blue to purple in one of the builds. These solids were, ironically, changed again for the final game to be a pink transparent square.

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  sprite1026
  The build's cover image for build v4, which presents the addition of wall climbing and the fireass transformation.
  (Text: Purple Land Week 3 (+1) Butt & Wallclimbing)

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  sprite10261111
  A window that would've appeared in front of a gate to indicate the level wasn't cleared yet.
  (Text: No Rankings Yet)

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  sprite10261
  Cover for the tutorial, which was John Gutter in this case.

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  sprite102611
  Cover for Pizzascape.
  (Text: Fun fact: Knight took shit in their armors)

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  sprite1026111
  Cover for The Ancient Cheese.

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  sprite10261112
  Cover for Bloodsauce Dungeon. By then, the game adapted purple solids.

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  spr_entrancegate
  The gate used for entering levels.

Shotgun Pickup

The old shotgun pickup from Blue Block Land.

Halloween Update

The 2023 Halloween Update added a whole bunch of sprites related to a playable Mr Stick, alongside sprites for another goblin variant that possibly functions like a toppin. These were previously suspected to be for a scrapped level called Stickland, however it was later confirmed via. leaks that this was not the case.

Coins & Cash

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  spr_stickcollect_largecoin
  A large coin bearing Mr. Stick's likeness.

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  spr_stickcollect_coin
  A small coin, also bearing his likeness.

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  spr_stickcollect_billstack
  A wad of cash with wings.

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  spr_stickcollect_bill
  A flying dollar.

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  spr_stickcollect_bennies
  A green coin with the face of the goblin mentioned above.

Bags & Briefcases

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  spr_stickcollect_largecoinbag
  A big angry bag-o-money.

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  spr_stickcollect_largecoinbag_open
  The bag opening.

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  spr_stickcollect_largecoinbag_end
  A flag emerging from the bag.

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  spr_stickcollect_smallcoinbag
  A smaller, more innocent looking money bag.

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  spr_stickcollect_smallcoinbag_open
  The bag opening.

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  spr_stickcollect_smallcoinbag_end
  A flag emerging from the briefcase.

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  spr_stickcollect_billlargestack
  A briefcase that resembles a bull.

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  spr_stickcollect_billlargestack_open
  The briefcase opening.

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  spr_stickcollect_billlargestack_end
  A flag emerging from the briefcase.

Placeholder Sprites

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  spr_stickchest
  A crude placeholder graphic of a chest, is seen in video footage giving collectables upon being touched.

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  spr_stickswitch_0
  A placeholder sprite of a switch.

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  spr_stickswitch_1
  The same switch, now activated.

Goblin

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  spr_goblin_rest
  The goblin resting.

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  spr_goblin_intro
  The goblin performing an intro, probably after being freed from its cage.

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  spr_goblin_idle
  The goblin's idle animation.

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  spr_goblin_run
  Running animation

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  spr_goblin_balloon
  The goblin riding a miniature blimp.

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  spr_goblin_taunt
  Taunt sprite for the goblin.

In the leaked video showing the goblin in action, he uses the idle for Gerome as placeholder sprites.

Goblin's Cage

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  spr_goblincage
  The cage the goblin is locked in.

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  spr_goblincagedebris_0
  Debris from the cage.

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  spr_goblincagedebris_1
  Ditto.

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  spr_goblincagedebris_2

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  spr_goblincagedebris_3

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  spr_goblincagedebris_4

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  spr_goblinkey
  The cage's key.

Unlike most sprites here, the key is actually referenced several times. obj_key and obj_keyfollow check if they're sprite is set to it and check variables "goblinkey", which is supposed to belong to obj_player but has been removed, and "global.goblinkey" which has also been removed. scr_player_keyget(), the state for getting a key, checks if goblinkey is set to true when creating obj_keyfollow, setting the object's sprite to the goblin key if it is. Both obj_key and scr_player_keyget set the goblinkey variable to false, preventing obj_keyfollow's sprite from being set to spr_golinkey in case goblinkey is somehow set to true beforehand. scr_playerreset(), the script ran when resetting, sets goblinkey to false.

Editor Icons

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  spr_editor_cursor
  The editor's cursor. Not very visible, though...

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  spr_editor_bg
  The icon for the background changer. Based off of Gamemaker Studio 2's background icon.

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  spr_editor_objects
  Icon for editor objects. Basedoff of the breakable blocks in the final game.

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  spr_editor_menu
  The menu icon.

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  spr_editor_rooms
  Icon meant for setting rooms. Based off of Gamemaker Studio 2's room icon.

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  spr_editor_tiles
  The icon for selecting tiles. Based off of Gamemaker Studio 2's tile icon.

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  spr_editor_utilicons_0

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  spr_editor_utilicons_1

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  spr_editor_utilicons_2

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  spr_editor_utilicons_3

All of the editor icons used in the new level editor, as introduced in the Halloween Update.

Item Wheel

A wheel that would've been used to select items à la Super Mario Maker 2.

The Noise Update

Unused Swap Mode Graphics

Left over in the Noise Update files are icons for Swap Mode that never got used in the final game. These would have been used for the main menu, but instead are replaced with smaller icons.

Unused Character Select Icons

Alongside the unused Swap Mode icons, there are also unused icons meant for the character select screen, however these icons are visible when accessing the room using the debug command prompt, because the main game uses the P1 and P2 icons like the older version of the screen.

Mirrored TCTOP Noisey Idle

A mirrored version of the Noisey follower from The Crumbling Tower of Pizza facing to the left. This sprite is never used and uses the default, unmirrored idle sprite.

Old Pause Screen

Sprites for one of the old pause screens (titled spr_pausescreen) that was used from the SAGE 2019 demo up to the April 2021 builds. It fully covers the screen and only gives three options, featuring Peppino's face next to the text.

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  Continuing a level.

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  Restarting a level, which wouldn't work if you were in a hub room for example.

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  Exiting a level or returning to the title screen if you were in a hub room.

Scrapped Variants

SAGE 2019

In the SAGE 2019 Demo, the pause screen was temporarily updated to reflect on Peppino's blue attire, rather than have his hat be yellow like his playable sprites for replacing the colors.

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  Continuing a level.

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  Restarting a level.

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  Exiting a level or returning to the title screen.

Noise's Hardoween

During the Hardoween season (aka the Noise's Hardoween demo), the pause screen was temporarily changed to have spooky Jack-O'-Lantern faces replace Peppino's head.

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  Continuing a level, now with a evil pumpkin face!

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  Restarting a level, with a worried pumpkin face.

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  Exiting a level or returning to the title screen, with a smug pumpkin face.

Player HUD

Old HUD

The old HUD wasn't just about faces...

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  spr_inv
  Inventory slot for the key. Unlike most early HUD elements, this one survived all the way to Octobe22.

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  spr_pizzahealthbar
  The health bar, consisting of eight slices of pizza.

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  spr_speedbar
  A bar showing how fast you're going. It'll be at max on mach 3. The bar itself was tiled in-game by a few degrees.

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  spr_speedbarmax
  The bar rapidly flashing, showing you're in mach 4.

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  spr_shotgunbackup
  Display besides the inventory slot indicating you've got an extra shotgun, a mechanic that was used in the SAGE 2019 demo.

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  spr_fuelHUD
  A fuel display that went right under the score, which was used by the scrapped chainsaw move, which had limited time usage.

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  spr_bulletHUD
  A bullet counter that went next to the fuel display.

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  spr_pizzaHUD
  A reload system for the shotgun to show how long it would take before the gun was reloaded. In pre-release footage, it would have tracked the amount of Pizza Points you had, with single points (pizza toppings, defeated enemies) showing up as a single pizza slice on the HUD, and 10 points being shown as the number of full pizzas you had.

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  spr_pizzaHUDcomplete
  Usage is unknown, since it didn't show up after a reload.

TV

To do: Fix broken thumbnails for tvrevolver and tvchainsaw

The old HUD also had a TV! It was placed on the top-right side of the screen and it was used for displaying points, ranks, transformations and more! All these graphics went unused by the April 2021 build and removed from the game by the Eggplant build.

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  spr_tvdefault
  The default look of the TV. It would be showing the player score normally.

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  spr_tvbanana
  Shown when the player slips on a banana peel.

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  spr_tvbomb
  The graphic for the Bomb Transformation. Was also shown during the escape sequence.

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  spr_tvknight
  Shown when the player becomes a mighty knight.

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  spr_tvchainsaw
  The TV showing a chainsaw, was meant to be an alternative move to the revolver and the shotgun.

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  spr_tvrevolver
  Peppino rolling a revolver in his hand. During development Peppino could use the revolver at any time as long as he had ammo.

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  spr_tvrad
  The TV tellin' the player they're RAD indeed. Shown in the Halloween Demo when riding a skateboard.

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  spr_tvdook
  Peppino looking cool while smoking a cigar. Was shown after he collected a shotgun, the new HUD also has similar graphics.

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  spr_tvclap
  A pair of floating hands clapping, was shown when the player reached a checkpoint.

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  spr_tvtreasure
  Graphics for when the player collects a Tower Treasure.

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  spr_tvexit
  The TV telling the player to exit the level after Pizza Time started.

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  spr_tvskull/spr_tvtimeout
  The TV showing a skull. This happened when the Pizza Time timer ran out.

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  spr_tvhurt
  Graphics for when the player gets hurt.

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  spr_tvpillar
  Pillar John, leftover of a very old mechanic where you had to feed him the toppings in order to access the treasure room and start Pizza Time.

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  spr_tvescape
  A combination of spr_tvtalking1, spr_tvtalking2, spr_tvtalking3, spr_tvtalking4, spr_tvexit, and spr_tvbomb that would activate once Pizza Time occurs.

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  spr_tvtalking1
  Graphics for when the player gets hurt too much. Similar graphics were readded for the new HUD.

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  spr_tvtalking2
  Peps looking very angrily at you, even though he has no eyes here. They were also shown during the escape sequence.

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  spr_tvtalking3
  A pair of disembodied eyes and mouth in the dark.

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  spr_tvtalking4
  Now Peppino's mad for real, you're going to hell!

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  spr_tvnoise
  The TV saying "NOISE". Used during the Noise miniboss in Strongcold, with his health appearing in the empty area below the text.

Combos

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  spr_combo
  Combo graphics with different colored backgrounds.

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  spr_tvcomboresult
  TV graphics for an "OK" combo (x1).

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  An "Alright" combo (x2).

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  A "Good" combo (x3).

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  A "Very Good" combo (x4 and above).

Ranks

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  spr_tvranka
  Rank A graphics, was shown when the player collected enough points to earn it.

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  spr_tvrankb
  Rank B graphics.

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  spr_tvrankc
  Rank C graphics.

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  spr_tvrankstatus
  An animation which combines all three rank graphics.

Level Preview TVs

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  spr_tvdesert
  TVs used in the Desert build to show which level you are about to play. No graphic for the Freezer level exists, though.

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  spr_tvmansion

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  spr_tvsewer

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  spr_tvfactory

New HUD

Some animations were made for the new HUD that eventually went unused.

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  spr_tv_combo
  The combo icon that would be on the TV.

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  spr_tv_combo
  Old version of the above, directly from the April 2021 build.

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  spr_peppinobullet_collectible
  Also from the April 2021 build. This was used when Peppino had his pistol move in that build.

TV Bubble

Animations that were created for the TV's speech bubble, as mentioned here.

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  spr_tv_bubbleopen
  The TV bubble opening up.

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  spr_tv_bubble
  The TV bubble's neutral animation.

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  spr_tv_bubbleclose
  The TV bubble closing down.

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  spr_tv_bubbleclosed
  The TV bubble closed. This oddly uses the last frame of the closing animation.

Pizza Time HUD Element

These two sprites of a watch on Peppino's wrist originally appeared beside the bar that appears during Pizza Time as seen in old development streams. The code for animating the sprites still exists in the Create and Step events for obj_tv, but the Draw GUI event is missing the code to make the sprites appear.

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  Used throughout most of Pizza Time.

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  Used when time is almost up.

Boss Fight Elements

Timer

In eariler builds, fighting bosses would have a time limit, akin to Wario Land 4. Once the timer ended, the boss would be over. In some cases, the boss would move on to another phase.

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  spr_bosstimer_bar
  The boss timer's bar.

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  spr_bosstimer_bell
  The bell.

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  spr_bosstimer_hammer
  The hammer.

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  spr_bosstimer_barfill
  The texture used for filling up the bar.

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  spr_bosstimer_hammer
  The hammer hitting the bell. Used when a round or fight is over.

Round Counts

Alongside a timer, various characters, including the unseen Pizza Lady, would pop out the bottom of the screen to announce a new round and the first one.

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  The unused and unseen Pizza Lady.

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  Brick the Rat (or just a general Stupid Rat).

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  The Noise holding up Round 3's sign.

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  Pizzaboy makes a cameo!

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  Gustavo sponsoring Peppino's Pizza.

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  Pizzaface himself.

Old Character Cube

Sprites from an old character change cube object still exist in the final game, however the Noise's sprite for the cube still uses his color palette from the Peppino's Xmas Break demo.

Pizzahead Boss Fight Sketches

To do: Elaborate based on some of the stuff seen in the September 2021 build.

A good number of sketches created for the 2nd and 3rd phases of Pizzahead's boss fight are in the game's files as separate sprites created from cutouts. Not every attack seen here appears during the final fight.

Used Attacks

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  spr_pizzahead_transition1
  Pizzahead in the Pizzaface capsule, who controls it instead of sitting on a toilet.

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  spr_pizzahead_transition2
  Pizzahead jumping out of Pizzaface.

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  spr_pizzahead_look
  Pizzahead preparing to grab something from underneath.

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  spr_pizzahead_fishing
  Pizzahead grabbing something.

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  spr_pizzahead_sexypicture1
  Pizzahead grabbing a picture of himself.

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  spr_pizzahead_sexypicture2
  Pizzahead quickly hiding the picture.

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  spr_pizzahead_throw
  Pizzahead throwing something away, likely the gun loadout.

Unused Phase 2 Attacks

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  spr_pizzahead_bombrun
  Pizzahead with a bomb.

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  spr_pizzahead_bomb
  A bomb that Pizzahead drops.

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  spr_pizzahead_bombrunaway
  Pizzahead running away from the bomb.

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  spr_pizzahead_eat1
  Pizzahead holding a Stupid Rat.

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  spr_pizzahead_eat2
  Pizzahead eating the rat rather than throwing it.

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  spr_pizzahead_enguarde
  Pizzahead as a musketeer, ready for Peppino to come at him.

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  spr_pizzahead_portraitthrow
  Pizzahead throwing Peppino's face from the old HUD as mentioned above. Was likely adapted into the bouncing TV attack.

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  spr_pizzahead_surprisebox
  The only sketches with animations - Pizzahead using a surprise box from behind.

Scrapped 3rd Phase

One of the more bizarre things that these sketches reveal is that the final phase was going to play out a lot different than in the final game. Originally, Pizzahead wouldn't have pulled the floor bosses up for Peppino to rematch, but instead completely lose it with attacks depicting him frantically charging and punching Peppino. According to the developers and playtesters, this phase was scrapped as the developers didn't want to portray Pizzahead as an angry character, and instead be seen as nothing more than a clown. The proper sprites that were created for this phase never showed up in the game's files at all.

A couple of duplicate sketches exist as well in the form of spr_pizzahead and spr_pizzahead2.

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  spr_pizzahead_bigkickstart
  Pizzahead preparing to kick.

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  spr_pizzahead_bigkick
  Pizzahead launching a kick.

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  spr_pizzahead_bigkickhitbox
  Part of Pizzahead's big kick.

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  spr_pizzahead_dash
  Pizzahead dashing towards Peppino.

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  spr_pizzahead_groundpunch
  Pizzahead punching the ground.

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  spr_pizzahead_headslam
  Pizzahead slamming his head into the ground.

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  spr_pizzahead_headslam2
  Pizzahead damaging his face from the headslam.

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  spr_pizzahead_getout
  An attack in which Pizzahead screams at Peppino to get out.

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  spr_pizzahead_getoutprojectile
  The projectile that Pizzahead screams.

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  spr_pizzahead_giantpunch
  Pizzahead punching the ground from the other side.

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  spr_pizzahead_spinning
  Pizzahead spinning out of rage.

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  spr_pizzahead_spinningkick
  Pizzahead performing a spinning kick.

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  spr_pizzahead_spinningpunch
  Pizzahead performing a lariat.

Placeholder Flush Cards

There's crude placeholder versions of the flush cards seen in Fast Food Saloon that lack any animations. These were used in the Rework build, in the Pinball level.

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  spr_flush_facedownOLD
  Turned flush card.

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  spr_flush_pizzaOLD
  Flush card with a pizza.

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  spr_flush_ratOLD
  Flush card with a rat snout.

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  spr_flush_skullOLD
  Flush card with a skull.

Noise's Boss Fight Graphics

A few uncolored, non animated sprites for the Noise's phase 2 transition still remain in the files, and were used as a base for the finalized sprites. Both of the first frames are missing, as they were overwritten with the full final animations.

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  spr_noise_phasetrans2P
  Peppino looking at the flying Noise balloon.

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  spr_noise_phasetrans3P
  Peppino screaming.

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  spr_noise_phasetrans4P
  Peppino looking at the Noise.

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  spr_noise_phasetrans2
  The Noise looking at his flying Noise balloon.

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  spr_noise_phasetrans3
  The Noise screaming.

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  spr_noise_phasetrans4
  The Noise looking scared.

Miscellaneous Placeholder Graphics

Placeholder Horsey

A crudely drawn placeholder graphic of a horse used as a placeholder for Horsey in prerelease builds.

Cardboard Tank Placeholder

A very basic placeholder graphic for the Cardboard Tank.

Car Placeholder

An equally basic placeholder graphic for a car.

Placeholder Gabaghoul

A placeholder Sprite for the Gabaghoul enemies.

Placeholder Arrow

A placeholder for the Noise Goblins arrows.

Placeholder Jumpscare

A placeholder for the Halloween update's jumpscares that appear in hub areas. This sprite was added into the files during to the previously mentioned Halloween update.

Moving Platform Placeholder

A purple rectangle used as a placeholder for the moving platforms, as seen in the Rework build.

Totem Placeholder

A placeholder for the totem seen in Oregano Desert.

Mr. Pinch Placeholder

Placeholders for Mr. Pinch. These were used in the infamous Rework build, with Mr. Pinch's hand being the Grabby Hand sprite, which is not shown here.

Anchor Placeholder

A rough, out of shape placeholder for the anchors the King Cheese would possess in Pizzascare.

Door Spawn Point

A frame of Peppino's idle animation colored blue that was used as a placeholder for doors with spawn points.

Grabby Hand Dropspot

A frame of the Grabby Hand colored green that was used for indicating drop points in older builds.