Anyone who has experienced the multiplayer role-playing survival game "SCP: Secret Lab" will know how chaotic and stressful it can be to navigate nearly identical pathways while being chased by monsters. While the number of learnable layouts is limited, some players instead use manual mapping tools to find their way.

SCP: The Secret Lab offers a variety of roles, but the D-class group is by far the weakest. Starting in a random cell surrounded by light, the players must avoid manipulated SCPs and fully armed soldiers as they make their way through the lab's three zones to get out and free themselves Each of the three containment zones is similar, making it easy to get lost.

For a long time I relied on my half-baked sense of direction to get through each zone, which is clearly not an option for Reddit user SpaceBug173." I made a mapping tool (manual) because it doesn't do shit and I always forget what room I just passed."

The video is sped up, but the intent is to show how quickly you can build a map of a zone while tabbing in and out of the game. It's a cool concept and sounds like a fun idea to try, but I don't find this amazingly useful, especially since it requires looking away from the action, which can be deadly, even if only for a moment.

Nevertheless, SpaceBug173 points out that it is possible to move around in the game, as the map is open to shortcuts, and SCP: Secret Lab can be built at the cost of a couple of lives to respawn as a different role after death He says: "If you are class D, you can easily figure out the layout of the light (containment) just by looking at the first two rooms. After that, you just need to place the special rooms."

Currently, however, SpaceBug173 is not ready to release this manual mapping system into the wild, so this is the only test of whether it will work. Says SpaceBug173, "The current version is pretty slow, but honestly, I've already died many times as a Class D and I'm worried about what would happen if I gave Peanut a map." For those who don't know, Peanut is the nickname of one of the SCPs, which can chase players around at light speed.

While this mapping tool can certainly be abused, it is not exactly cheating; many players already use similar methods, whether on Canva or just using paper and pencil. But I would still continue with the mundane method of memorizing the layout and taking chances.