Thank you Adriano,
Your words weren't wasted. I took your advice and checked out the other submissions. And yeah man, I needed to remember how cool things are made by people every day. That completion is possible and creation is absolutely worth it.
I also checked out Deathlike. The corrupted minions are a wild sight. But there's so much stylistic cohesion, my immersion never once broke. I dutifully fulfilled my role as a corruption culling messenger.
You and your team did a fantastic job.