Web Crawler

About Web Crawler

A hacker hits a 404: the page he wants has been moved again. You are the web crawler he sends after it, a little spider made of light that must scuttle through a private network guarded by eighteen intrusion-prevention rooms full of deadly lasers.

Every room is a different hand-made trap drawn entirely in a shader: spinning fans, pulsing rings, sliding blocks, rippling waves, fractal patterns and more. Watch the rhythm, wait for a gap and slip through. Touch a laser and you restart from the last green checkpoint line, so progress is steady and each new room feels like a puzzle solved by timing. Four difficulty levels change how fast the traps move, and a hidden speedrun timer is there for the bravest crawlers.

Originally created by kostik1337 and lampysprites for js13kGames 2020 as eggog CHOCH.

How to play

Move the spider up the corridor and through each room without touching the red laser shapes. Crossing a green line saves a checkpoint, and touching a laser sends you back to it. Reach the glowing page in the last room to finish the hunt.

Controls

Arrow keys / WASD

Move the spider, navigate the menu

Drag (touch or mouse)

Move the spider with a floating joystick

Enter / Tap

Choose a menu option, skip or start the intro

Esc / Menu button

Pause and open the menu

T / R

Toggle the speedrun timer / restart a speedrun

Tips

• Stop just before each room and watch one full cycle of the trap before moving in.
• The white walls are solid but harmless, so you can rest against them while you wait for a gap.
• If a room feels too fast, lower the difficulty in the menu: it slows down every trap.
• Use resume in the menu to pause safely; your checkpoint is kept.

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