Elevator Panic!

by buzzwerd

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.33

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.30

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.33

Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.30

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.59

Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.73

Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.20

Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.24

LDJam 37 Entry: WIP

Play the latest version here: https://wefiends.itch.io/elevator-panic

Bless Nathaniel Milburn's little heart for helping us out with some art this time around. Most of his stuff didn't end up in the Jam submission, but it'll be in the updated version. http://nathmilburn.com/

Theme: One Room

Controls: Up and Down Arrow Keys, Space to Release Break

Premise:

You're in an office and everyones busy and they need to get where they're going. Luckily they've got a really neat, definitely not dangerous, certainly a room, totally safe elevator that will get them there quickly.

Sadly, you're the one controlling it, and who knows what you might do. Hopefully you'll try and get them to their location safely. Maybe you'll kill them. Who cares.

Score points, stay alive, all that good stuff that's in games.

Credits:

Steph Fung: Music
Nick Barrios: Programming
Kevin Barrios: Art
Nathaniel Milburn: Art

Genres: action

Tools: Phaser

Comments11

PeachTreeOath13 Dec 2016, 04:57

Game should end with 0s left, and panic induced with no death and less length of time from last scare should reward more. Overall fun though!

Mike Mezhenin14 Dec 2016, 11:46

Nice idea, but I think it'd work better if it was more challenging from the beginning.

Luis_Antonio32714 Dec 2016, 20:14

Where's the game over screen? The game doesn't have a ending, but the elevator theme is creative

Garris14 Dec 2016, 21:18

This was a really fun game, but I wish there were more reason to try to use the brake release button. There was no real hurry to get these people to their proper floor, so there was really no reason to risk using the brake release to get them there faster. I played this game for way too long! I couldn't stop! It was a little hypnotizing! Over all, I really liked it, but wish there were more consequences for being too slow.

Zarkonnen15 Dec 2016, 21:29

I had fun playing the world's least safe elevator operator. As others have said, the lack of a loss condition is a bit odd.

David Cookie17 Dec 2016, 14:32

Really all that I expect from a game jam entry: a very nice concept that fits the theme really well and executed perfectly! Well.. not perfect as there are some things missing, but I can definitely see a great potential in this one! And the music is great too :)

wowa_u17 Dec 2016, 20:16

Very simple and oddly satisfying. Very well done :)

tinyworlds18 Dec 2016, 01:40

Really fun little game, the music is just perfect! :D
I felt guilty in a good way when I hit the brakes to late!
Great game!

Ednei18 Dec 2016, 02:00

good game!!

Xwilarg21 Dec 2016, 23:45

Nice game, but it would have been more challenging with characters comming at a faster rate. I didn't understand why people would use the brake button but... I had fun using it ><.

Jupiter_Hadley10 Jan 2017, 20:16

Nice graphics, well made game! I included it in my compilation video series of the Ludum Dare 37 games, if you’d like to take a look. :) https://youtu.be/3MOSAwxK9LQ