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- “What kind of messed up thing are you?”
- ― The Crawler, upon seeing Simon Jarrett[src]
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AmyRobot Theta Construct Crawler Infected |
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| Actor | Kosha Engler |
The Crawler is an unused enemy found in the files of SOMA.
Description
The Crawler is an unused enemy that was intended to appear in the Upsilon Shuttle Station. It would fall out of a vent and pursue the player when certain conditions were met; what these conditions were, however, is unknown.
Concept art refers to it as "Theta Construct", implying it was originally intended for use in Theta instead of the Shuttle Station. The Crawler has animations for leaping and killing the player, however the coding for the player to take damage from it had been removed.
Biography
The Crawler was a Mockingbird containing the brain scan of Amy Azzaro, who can also be found in the Upsilon Shuttle Station. It may have been slated to appear should the player choose to kill Amy.
It appears that the Crawler's Amy consciousness still believes that she is in the pilot seat and will often act like it is talking to Carl Semken when it can hear the player moving around. Upon seeing Simon Jarrett she will ask him "what kind of messed up thing" he is and begin to slowly crawl after him.
Fate
While the Crawler was ultimately cut, the map is still set up for its appearance, though the event was removed in the final game.
Behind the Scenes
While it is most likely a bug, the Crawler is capable of opening the shuttle door and following the player onto it and can even ride on the shuttle until it crashes, at which point it becomes stuck inside the shuttle. And when spawned in-game, it will move sideways. This can be corrected by changing it's rotation offset in the .ent file.
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