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Evil crawling thing

by hospital gaming · for Garry's Mod

Mwahaha. I escaped the void momentarily to deliver a weird spider thing, inspired by some stuff I've recently been seeing online with these sort of dynamic IK-based creatures. Nothing super crazy,…

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About Evil crawling thing

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Mwahaha. I escaped the void momentarily to deliver a weird spider thing, inspired by some stuff I've recently been seeing online with these sort of dynamic IK-based creatures. Nothing super crazy,…

Mwahaha. I escaped the void momentarily to deliver a weird spider thing, inspired by some stuff I've recently been seeing online with these sort of dynamic IK-based creatures. Nothing super crazy, just a fun random thing.

Should work properly in multiplayer, it has a proper brain (as compared to Terminus... ahem) and state machine (computer science degree might still be clutch after all lol)

Anyways. More soon. Love y'all, peace <3

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Spawning

Entities > Evil Crawling Thing.

  • Evil Crawler goes where you're pointing.
  • Evil Crawler (somewhere) goes somewhere on the map nobody can see.
  • [h2]Settings[/h2]
  • Spawn menu > Utilities > Evil Crawling Thing, for superadmins. Or the convars:
  • [table]
  • [tr][th]Convar[/th][th]Default[/th][th][/th][/tr]
  • [tr][td]evil_crawler_attack_players[/td][td]1[/td][td]0 and it leaves players alone entirely. Watch it eat in peace.[/td][/tr]
  • [tr][td]evil_crawler_struggle_time[/td][td]3.5[/td][td]Seconds a grabbed player has to fight free[/td][/tr]
  • [tr][td]evil_crawler_sedate_time[/td][td]10[/td][td]Seconds a grabbed NPC takes to go under[/td][/tr]
  • [tr][td]evil_crawler_digest_time[/td][td]10[/td][td]Seconds it leaves players alone after a meal, unless they've hurt it[/td][/tr]
  • [tr][td]evil_crawler_reroute_time[/td][td]0.6[/td][td]Seconds it stays over someone it can't reach before going round[/td][/tr]
  • [tr][td]evil_crawler_sated_time[/td][td]90[/td][td]Seconds a meal keeps it off NPCs[/td][/tr]
  • [tr][td]evil_crawler_hide_time[/td][td]30[/td][td]Seconds, give or take, it lies low after it's hurt[/td][/tr]
  • [tr][td]evil_crawler_escape_tighten[/td][td]0.5[/td][td]How much harder the coil gets for each time you got away[/td][/tr]
  • [tr][td]evil_crawler_show_scent[/td][td]0[/td][td]Marks the scent trails it follows on the ground[/td][/tr]
  • [tr][td]evil_crawler_burst[/td][td]1100[/td][td]Top speed of a dart[/td][/tr]
  • [tr][td]evil_crawler_sight_range[/td][td]4000[/td][td]How far it can see[/td][/tr]
  • [/table]
  • (respects notarget, noclip, ai_ignoreplayers and ai_disabled)

Highlights

From source data

Footprint

Rated a light load on a server.

Last update

Its author last shipped an update 3d ago.

Evil crawling thing on Nxeon

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One-click install
Supported on Nxeon Garry's Mod servers. We download it from Steam Workshop, place it, and restart the server.
Server load
light
Smallest plan we suggest
Garry's Mod — 2 GB (2 GB RAM). This follows our own load rating above, not a benchmark.
Latest build
2026-10-12, released 2026-10-12

Game versions by loader

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Workshop

From 1 recorded build of Evil crawling thing.

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What kind of mod it is

From the catalog
Listed on Steam Workshop as “Workshop”

Creatures & NPCs

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Compatibility

Game
Garry's Mod

Verified at the source

  • ✓Steam WorkshopOfficial listing, checked 2026-10-12Open ↗
  • ✓Authorhospital gaming, as published on Steam Workshop
  • ✓LicenseNot published by the sourceFree

Evil crawling thing, answered

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Is it free?

Yes. Evil crawling thing is free to download from Steam Workshop.

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