Hellevator

by chispalbc

co-authored: @cosmicmocha, @nekuake

Overall★★★★★★★★★★4.02

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.74

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.79

Theme★★★★★★★★★★4.33

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★4.48

Audio★★★★★★★★★★4.00

Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.50

Mood★★★★★★★★★★4.26

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Make your way through the depths of the subsoil salvaging ancient relics and selling them for profit. But don't be greedy, or the catacombs may claim you forever.

How to play!

- LEFT CLICK TO INTERACT

- RIGHT CLICK TO ZOOM

In the elevator you will see different buttons:
- Close doors
- Open doors
- Descend
- Ascend and END YOUR RUN.

Description!

You can descend through the floors and play with your odds since all levels have a probability of ending you. Take a chance, win, and you can take the three treasures per floor that you can recover, or you can continue descending without opening the door to be safe and try on another floor with better odds. But be careful, if you skip too many levels you will run out of oxygen and you will be forced to open the door, even if you are very sure to find your death on the other side. And also, if you load your elevator too much, it will start to fail, it will skip floors for you, making you lose that precious oxygen.

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Credits!

- chispaLBC: Main programmer.
- CosmicMocha: 3D artist.
- Nekuake: Sound and auxiliary programmer.

EVERYTHING* is made from scratch and without the use of AI. From the models, which were created during the jam, to the sounds, which were recorded as fooleys and then edited with manual tools.

*The font for the elevator panels is Schindler Led Large by S-Prod

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Comments17

DonutShoes8 Apr 2025, 06:30

My score was $1572.00 Vibes were on point, very game show-esque lol

hernandack10 Apr 2025, 11:57

It looks very nice and the 3D representation as well, very well done

dreo10 Apr 2025, 12:32

nice game with good atmosphere.

missed a bit ability to drop items away from elevator when doors are open

3sSTheJammer10 Apr 2025, 17:50

Wow, nice one! Really loved atmosphere. Gameplay is simple, but deep enough and well-balanced. One of the best theme covering I've seen yet. Good job, guys!

ryusui14 Apr 2025, 00:31

Torn between "I wish the death animation looked a little less janky" and more "I'm really happy the death animation isn't genuinely terrifying" XD

Clever risk-reward thing you've got going on here, but what I really like is the graphics and presentation. I love how genuinely *alarming* descending while you're over your weight capacity is - all the sparks and steam everywhere as the elevator malfunctions. XD

jk500014 Apr 2025, 06:29

The visuals, sounds and atmosphere is really good. The gameplay okay. Overall a fine little jam game.

mactinite14 Apr 2025, 06:32

Very polished and a very nice mood. reminded me of lethal company!

Alex Mironchuk14 Apr 2025, 11:01

It's an interesting interpretation of the theme and I liked the vibe of this game.

Wolfier14 Apr 2025, 16:26

This game is an experiment in XCom logic. "Do you want an 80% chance to die while we refuse to give you any shops for the last 20 floors?"

Maybe that could be a thing, add a "shop chance" so players don't have to entirely blindly search floors.

Great Art btw.

Meowcuz14 Apr 2025, 17:28

Really liked the graphics, and it is a cool concept with how far down do you dare too go. I was a little bit expecting a jump scare but I was glad that I was spared from it. Great job!

block9716 Apr 2025, 02:48

Really cool atmosphere, my greed ensured my demise..

crid62616 Apr 2025, 02:50

I loved the mood and feel. The ambient audio was a bit loud. The text or font was bit hard to read. A quick time event to prevent death may have been entertaining. Great job!

Natahan17 Apr 2025, 17:28

I went down to level -41 and then I ran out of oxygen and found myself on a level with a 90% chance of dying... so I retired with 4930$ 💵

Very good game and nice atmosphere 😊

macs18 Apr 2025, 02:50

Excellent concept and commentary on greed. Well polished execution. No feedback I can think you add, you nailed it with this one.

Braeden18 Apr 2025, 23:03

Loved the vibe, Graphics were really nice. I liked the line that goes down the screen like a CRT TV.

Noice 👍

MoonDweller19 Apr 2025, 00:11

Probably my favorite entry this far!
I love the job done on tuning post effects.
Spatial audio adds significantly to the immersion!

I died several times trying to reach floor -100, but each time I was killed by the monster somewhere around -66.
Until I accidentally misclicked and turned on the *Retire* button :D

P.S. That's a pity that you don't have a Web build.

So here are some GIFs for you guys:

coyotethursday23 Apr 2025, 06:18

Really solid entry! The russian-roulette style gameplay was simple but intense, and the moment of anticipation before the elevator door opened never went away. The graphics were also excellent--simple, with the perfect amount of grime. The oxygen system was an interesting way to create threat, on my second playthrough I was around level -50 with a bunch of really high-value items desperately looking for a shop, and needing to decide whether I should take the 20% chance now or see if a 0 or 10% chance comes up later was fun.