Secret Floors by Quetzakol

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made by Quetzakol for Ludum Dare 48 (COMPO)

You're leaving work, but your elevator skips the ground floor and leads you deeper, to the Secret Floors. A strange man contacts you on your phone to help you. Will you manage to reach the deepest level and escape?

The game consists mainly of a short story driven by dialogues on the phone. To reach deeper level, you have to find the right codes to use on the elevator's panel, using the hints given to you by phone.

I mainly focused on the mood, music and graphics rather than gameplay. But I hope the game makes sense and you will enjoy it :grin: You can download the soluce if you're really stuck.

Controls

  • Open/Close code panel: Left click on it
  • Enter floor number:
    • Enter it in positive form (e.g. 44611 for -44611)
    • Press "Go"
    • Press "C" to clear it
  • Open/Close the phone: Left click on bottom-right icon
  • Scroll on your phone: Mouse wheel / Arrows

Tools Used

  • Game Engine: Unity 2020.3.5
  • Graphics: Krita
  • Audio: Audacity (+ my ukulele)

Screenshots

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Ratings

Overall 111th 3.934⭐ 40🧑‍⚖️
Fun 185th 3.757⭐ 39🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 109th 3.905⭐ 39🧑‍⚖️
Theme 94th 4.149⭐ 39🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 190th 3.878⭐ 39🧑‍⚖️
Audio 248th 3.514⭐ 39🧑‍⚖️
Humor 32th 3.986⭐ 38🧑‍⚖️
Mood 60th 4.054⭐ 39🧑‍⚖️
Given 51🗳️ 56🗨️

Feedback

Baturinsky
26. Apr 2021 · 13:36 UTC
I could not figure the first tip:( But figured the last:)
mdotedot
26. Apr 2021 · 13:37 UTC
Very nice. I got some clues. Could use a bit faster on the reading/response. Well done.
Uzpykes
26. Apr 2021 · 13:40 UTC
Great writing! Autocorrect joke made me laugh :joy:
ROBOWARRIOR1982
26. Apr 2021 · 18:26 UTC
I like the humour and the graphics. The story caricatural of the society, work etc...And how you take the theme to make a point and click with enigma only with a phone and an elevator. And i like the button to shutdown the music (she's good but not very long time). Very good and original game !
John Gabriel
26. Apr 2021 · 19:59 UTC
I got stumped pretty quickly. I liked what I saw, though! The main character looked like a besuited Link...
Erkberg
26. Apr 2021 · 20:37 UTC
What a refreshing little game! The writing is great and made me smile, and the riddles are pretty clever! Also enjoyed the visuals, the music loop is a bit short though. And as stated above, the response time is a bit long sometimes, just a tiny animated typing indicator could maybe already help with this.
It's definitely nice to play a jam game and wish it was longer. Doesn't happen too often, but is totally the case here. Great job overall!
towergame
26. Apr 2021 · 22:20 UTC
I really liked the game, the text messages were pretty funny, I loved them. My one issue is that I had to peek in the solutions file (thank you for adding it to the downloads on itch.io, it's a really helpful thing for puzzle games) because the second code did not appear on the wifi code thing for me and I had no way of looking at floors above or below me.
Ladycerberus
27. Apr 2021 · 18:39 UTC
You got me with this game, is my favorite kind of gameplay I live for <3 Mood, story and Ukelele music is just amazing.
2nd code take me like 5 min thinking and is super rewarding discover hints. Thanks for make me happy playing it :D
Bastienre4
27. Apr 2021 · 19:03 UTC
My kind of game.
I loved it. I knew from the beginning the final code, It's nice you prepared a case for that.
Congratulation.
ImZary
28. Apr 2021 · 04:26 UTC
That's pog, i liked everything in the game from the art to the relaxing but still giving you some fear cause of the dark place down there i would say the second one the wi one tried to do it so hard, even went & counted the letters of the alphabet just to make sure, only to find out that it was wrong, good game over all :D
🎤 Quetzakol
28. Apr 2021 · 17:47 UTC
Thanks everyone for playing! I'm glad that the story was appreciated, most of it was writing under 2h and I was really not sure if it would make sense :grin:

@erkberg Thanks! I understand that the response time can be long. I lacked time to fine-tune that :confused: Initially I wanted the player to have other things to do while waiting for the answers.

@ladycerberus Thanks a lot, I'm glad it made you happy :bow: I'm also glad you liked the ukulele music, it's the first time I tried to have real music in a jam game ^^

@bastienre4 Damn, I think I implemented the code for that case in the last hour. I wasn't sure it would be worth it, now I'm really glad I did it :sweat_smile:
godsboss
28. Apr 2021 · 19:40 UTC
Very, very nice. Also "very deep" indeed, genius. ;-)
ladybenko
28. Apr 2021 · 21:19 UTC
I really like how the character that gives the code/clues speaks. The game is quite original, and I really loved the last code! My only "complaint" is that for the second one I had to reload the game to see the room that I missed because I couldn't find a way to "scroll" the screen. Other than that, quite fun and good job!
tylerkealy
29. Apr 2021 · 01:55 UTC
Loved it... honestly I think this was my favorite entry - really unique. Loved all the puzzles (2nd one a little bit too hard I had to check) but everything was great. Loved the music, loved the graphics. Great stuff!
🎤 Quetzakol
29. Apr 2021 · 16:51 UTC
@ladybenko Thanks! For the second one, it's actually possible to go back up, using the initial floor number where the elevator stopped (-93). It's mentioned in one message on the phone in case the user has forgotten it, but I guess it could be clearer.
Lazzor
29. Apr 2021 · 20:02 UTC
A solid 5/5 for me. Great game and humor!
cavedens
30. Apr 2021 · 01:30 UTC
Guess I'm to stupid to figure out this game. stuck on the 2nd clue
techsec
30. Apr 2021 · 01:32 UTC
cute game i really enjoyed it. It reminds me of the stanley parables in a way, and if that doesn't give you pride idk what will.
Brainloaf Studio
30. Apr 2021 · 01:47 UTC
Nice! I liked the puzzle solving, having to figure out where the next number is was fun (especially that last one). Also props for having the game recognize and react to you trying to use the last code first lol. Well done!
Shaymin
30. Apr 2021 · 01:55 UTC
Very great game! I was able to solve it till the end thanks to the extra clues from the cellphones. Great humor and story!
Braian996
30. Apr 2021 · 03:18 UTC
I had a lot of fun playing, absolutely a "deeper and deeper" game, the story is very interesting and it catch you from the beginning
🎤 Quetzakol
30. Apr 2021 · 17:23 UTC
@cavedens There's a soluce that you can download in case you're blocked. It seems the second code is the hardest one for most people.

@techsec I didn't think of Stanley Parable when making this game, but now that you mention it, I realize I must have been inconsciously influenced by it! I definitely won't complain that I'm compared to it :grin:
kfischer-okarin
01. May 2021 · 12:47 UTC
Very nice storytelling and writing :) I liked the little joking hints towards Steins;Gate I think?
I also had my problems with the second code and was not smart enough to check my old messages for code of the upper floor. Good job anyways :)
FranRF
01. May 2021 · 21:38 UTC
i liked the game, really well thought puzzle.
JaviCoder
01. May 2021 · 22:05 UTC
it's a great idea! very clever, I loved it
ChuChuGeralt
02. May 2021 · 13:03 UTC
I really did like this game! Loved the "hidden floor numbers" that you aren’t suppose to enter. The humour was superb.
The only thing which made me "mad" was, that the phone messages were the other way around, it would have made more sense to have the unknown person be red and you would answer in blue. Other than that - awesome game!
🎤 Quetzakol
02. May 2021 · 14:39 UTC
@kfischer-okarin I've never played Steins;Gate so if some things looked like a reference to it, it was a coincidence :shrug:

@chuchugeralt Oooh you're right, I didn't even realize that until now. Sorry for the confusion :sweat_smile:
blockerz
02. May 2021 · 15:50 UTC
I enjoyed the story. It was engaging and your drawings were nice. I am a fan of the style. It sets a great mood. Solid entry all around. Thanks for sharing it!
PSiv
04. May 2021 · 12:22 UTC
A really nice fun puzzle game, I enjoyed a lot. It's always tricky balancing the difficulty of puzzle games, especially in such a short time, but in my opinion you got it spot on, great job! For the second clue, judging from some other comments people work out they might need to go back up, but can't remember the floor number, or don't think to check the messages. I think making the starting floor 1 or 0, or even having a ground floor (G) button on the elevator panel to take you back up would be a more intuitive solution.
🎤 Quetzakol
04. May 2021 · 19:05 UTC
@psiv Thanks for the feedback and the suggestion! I think at some point I had considered making the starting floor -48 as a reference to LD48, which might have been easier to remember. I don't remember why I didn't do it in the end. But indeed a simpler starting floor would have been better.
txanevk
05. May 2021 · 19:37 UTC
I got it! It was very funny. Great job
PROJECTaroid
05. May 2021 · 19:45 UTC
Really cool game and funny. I really like the art style and the feel of the game. Really nice work!
StaNov
07. May 2021 · 19:18 UTC
Cool game!

SPOILERS AHEAD.

I wasn't able to go back up to see the different wifi password, so I needed to look into the solutions.

Nice graphics, nice music, funny messages, good lenght :)
andyem
08. May 2021 · 03:59 UTC
I'm in love with this game!! The storytelling, the funny messages, the art, the nice and chill music with the ukulele, the creative and clever puzzles... I loved every single thing! I laughed so much reading the guy's messages and had a lot of fun figuring out what the correct numbers were, thank you so much for this entry, finding this game and being able to play it was like a great present :laughing:
Lone_Wolf
14. May 2021 · 02:47 UTC
This is great. Deepest game I've come across so far, and one of my new favorites too.

I got stuck on the second puzzle like everyone else, checked the solution download (thanks) and then later slapped myself when I realized I had misread the bit about the special floor numbers working *at all times*, I also forgot the first floor was in my past messages too.
I take full blame for that, although if you ever continue this (something I'd love to see) it might be best moved up into the later (harder) levels
Brice Mahier
17. May 2021 · 02:38 UTC
Loved that game! Really nice entry!