Gourdwell
Every Reward Gourd becomes Maxwell the cat. Left-click while holding him to pet him: your hand strokes down his back and he purrs.
About this mod Author’s original text
Big Walk — Gourdwell
BepInEx 6 (IL2CPP) mod for Big Walk.
Every Reward Gourd becomes Maxwell the cat. Pet him.
Features
- Replaces the Reward Gourd model and texture with Maxwell, everywhere one appears
- Left-click while holding him to pet: your hand strokes down his back, he squashes, and he purrs
- Petting is suppressed while you are aiming at anything interactable, so it never steals a click
- Plays a theme when a gourd is opened or raised
- Maxwell's facing is adjustable in the config and applies live, without a restart
Controls
| Input | Action |
| --- | --- |
| Use (left click by default) while holding Maxwell | Pet him |
The bind is read through Rewired, so rebinding use carries over, and menus that disable
gameplay input suppress petting automatically.
Install
- Install BepInEx 6 IL2CPP for Big Walk
- Extract so you have BepInEx/plugins/BigWalk.Gourdwell/BigWalk.Gourdwell.dll
- Restart the game
Installing with Gale or r2modman is recommended and handles this for you.
Config
BepInEx/config/BigWalk.Gourdwell.cfg after the first run.
| Setting | Default | Notes |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Enabled | true | Master toggle |
| ScaleMultiplier | 1.05 | How big Maxwell is |
| UpAxis | +Z | Which way is up |
| Spin | -180 | Which way he faces. Applies live, try steps of 90 |
| PetEnabled | true | Left-click petting |
| PetVolume | 0.7 | Purr volume |
| PetHandAnimation | true | Hand stroke along his back |
| PetHand | Right | Which hand pets |
| PlayThemeOnOpen | true | Theme when a gourd is opened |
| PlayThemeOnRaise | true | Theme when a gourd is raised |
| ThemeVolume | 0.6 | Theme volume |
UpAxis and Spin are re-read while the game runs, so you can nudge his orientation without
restarting.
Multiplayer
Client-side. Everyone sees their own Maxwell, and petting is local: you see and hear your own
pets, but other players do not. Nothing is sent over the network, so it is safe to use in a
lobby where others do not have it installed.
Uninstall
Delete BepInEx/plugins/BigWalk.Gourdwell.
Credits
Maxwell ("dingus") model by the original creator of the meme. This mod only loads it at
runtime; nothing about the game's own assets is modified on disk.
Install & use Install: follow the bundled instructions
- Unzip the archive from playbuff and read the bundled readme / instructions first.
- Most mods rely on the game's mod loader — the usual route is a community mod manager (such as r2modman): pick this game, install, and it handles the loader and dependencies.
- For a manual install, put the mod files into the matching Mod / plugins folder inside the game directory.
- Launch the game to confirm it loaded; mods with listed dependencies need those installed as well.
Install locations vary a lot between mods — the bundled readme is the most reliable guide.
Install these first, or the mod will not work: