Everything is Multiplayer

Play Everything is Crab in local two-player co-op on one shared screen. Two connected gamepad controllers are required to play.

Features

• Spawns a second playable character for local co-op.
• Gives each player independent movement, aiming, attacks, dashing, health, temperature, and charm ownership.
• Centers the shared camera between both living players and zooms out as they separate.
• Expands the nighttime visibility area so both players remain illuminated.
• Replaces the single-player HUD with health, cooldown, DNA, charm, timer, progress, event, and boss information for co-op play.
• Shares XP and level-ups, with player-one mutation choices applied to both players.
• Allows enemies to target either player using the same distance-based rules.
• Treats creatures charmed by either player as allies of both players.
• Keeps the run active while either player remains alive.
• Lets player one revive player two from the level-up screen by spending DNA.
• Disables friendly fire by default, with an optional toggle in the homepage LOCAL CO-OP menu.

Installation

Install with Thunderstore Mod Manager or r2modman. The required BepInEx IL2CPP pack is installed automatically with this package.

For a manual installation, install BepInExPack_IL2CPP version 6.0.755 or newer, then copy Everything_is_Multiplayer.dll to:

Everything is Crab/BepInEx/plugins/Everything_is_Multiplayer.dll

Getting Started

1. Connect both gamepad controllers before launching the game.
2. Launch Everything is Crab through your modded Thunderstore or r2modman profile.
3. Use the first controller for player one and the second controller for player two.
4. Start a run normally. Player two spawns beside player one after gameplay begins.

Player one uses the game's normal controller bindings. Player two uses:

• Left stick: move.
• Right stick: aim.
• Right trigger, right shoulder, or south face button: primary attack.
• Left trigger or west face button: secondary attack.
• North face button: tertiary attack.
• D-pad left/right: additional attacks.
• Left shoulder or east face button: dash.

Co-op Rules

• XP earned by either player advances the shared level-up flow.
• Player one selects mutations and specializations; the selected upgrades are applied to both players.
• If player two dies, the run continues with player one. A REVIVE P2 button appears on level-up screens and costs 3 DNA by default.
• If player one dies, control of the run and camera transfers to player two.
• Friendly fire is off by default and can be changed from the homepage LOCAL CO-OP menu.
• Player one handles explicit interactions and singleton-driven menus.

Configuration

After the first launch, player settings are written to:

BepInEx/config/local.everythingiscrab.multiplayer.cfg

Common settings include:

• General.Enabled: enable or disable local co-op.
• Input.PlayerTwoGamepadIndex: select the zero-based gamepad index used by player two. The default 1 selects the second connected gamepad.
• Gameplay.FriendlyFireEnabled: allow players to damage each other. Default false.
• Gameplay.PlayerTwoReviveMutagenCost: DNA cost to revive player two. Default 3.
• Gameplay.PlayerTwoReviveHealthFraction: health restored when player two is revived. Default 0.25.
• Gameplay.SharedNightVisionEnabled: keep both living players inside the nighttime visibility area. Default true.
• HUD.ReplaceStockHud: use the multiplayer HUD. Default true.
• Visuals.TintPlayerTwo: tint player two cyan for identification. Default true.
• Visuals.LabelPlayerTwo: show the P2 label above player two. Default true.
• Camera.*: adjust shared-camera follow, zoom, and padding behavior.

Current Limitations

• Mutation and specialization choices are shared rather than selected independently.
• Explicit interactions, tutorials, and non-gameplay menus remain controlled by player one.
• Player-two controller bindings are fixed and do not use the game's rebinding menu.
• Two gamepad controllers are required; keyboard-and-gamepad co-op is not supported during normal play.

Support

Report issues at DakotaOberon/EverythingIsMultiplayer.