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Smooth Operator by Tad

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made by Tad for Ludum Dare 48 (JAM)

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Screenshots

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You are an elevator operator

You work at a luxurious underground hotel. The guests are very picky about moving between floors, and it's your job to make sure they make it to their destination before they get upset and complain to your manager!

How to Play

What to do

Move between floors, picking up passengers and automatically dropping them off when you stop at their desired floor. Be careful how you prioritise passengers, though, because you can only carry six at a time, and they will complain to your manager if you take too long to service them!

The game is over when too many complaints have been logged against you.

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Controls

| Control | Description | |--------------------|--------------------------------------| | Up Arrow | Move the elevator up | | Down Arrow | Move the elevator down | | Left Arrow | Invite a passenger onto the elevator |

Who Made This?

Team Members

| User | Credits | |--------------------|--------------------------------------| | @quandtm | Programming | | @robert-van-duursen| Programming, UI | | @tad | Art, Music |

Extra Credits

| Credit for | Credit to | |---------------------|--------------------------------------| | Coolvetica (Font) | Raymond Larabie | | Park Lane NF (Font) | Nick Curtis |

Lyrics for "Elevator Operator"

Sung by "Cole Teleporter" and distributed by Elevator Music International (EMI)

Elevator operator,
where are you going to now?
Accelerator, actuator,
take us deeper underground, somehow.

Elevator operator,
come on and level with me:
will the rotor, or the stator,
of this elevator give up suddenly?

[Chorus] Take us high above,
to somewhere we can see the sky.
In your gilded box
you will convince us we can fly.

When I call you to me
a sudden joy fills my soul,
and I'll tip you handsomely
when I finally,
finally reach my goal! [/Chorus]

In New York, they prefer pork;
in London it's beef they like.
At the end of the meal, whether fish or veal,
the elevator saves us all from a hike!

Stairs dismay us, and delay us,
from getting to our floor on time.
Any tower, without power
for an elevator is a war-crime!

[Chorus and musical solo]

Elevator operator,
I hope you don't give me the shaft!
Floor curator, level aviator,
It lifts me up when I see you working your craft.

Elevator operator,
I like it best when it is non-stop.
Smart dumb-waiter, person-freighter,
Take me up, right to the top!

[Chorus]

Elevator operator,
where are you taking us now.

Link https://quandtm.itch.io/smooth-operator
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/48/smooth-operator

Ratings

Overall 756th 3.605⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Fun 598th 3.553⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 1133th 3.053⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Theme 1681th 2.842⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 973th 3.632⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Audio 92th 4.184⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Humor 415th 3.368⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Given 8🗳️ 5🗨️

Feedback

Usenrame
26. Apr 2021 · 21:54 UTC
Elevator operator ( ˘˘з)♬♪
🎤 Tad
27. Apr 2021 · 05:55 UTC
@Usenrame now that you've posted this, I realise I should have added a whistling part to the song!
KepperSnapper
28. Apr 2021 · 04:33 UTC
Really really charming game! I loveee the mood and the concept! Personally feel that if would be great to have more control when stopping at floors! Overall still good work!
paetramon
28. Apr 2021 · 04:34 UTC
Very cool idea, good execution! Loved the music too.
plo
28. Apr 2021 · 04:35 UTC
why havent more people played this
pedrohph
28. Apr 2021 · 04:35 UTC
I loved the music! I could play a lot listening this music :smile:

I feel that more guest kinds that bring challenge to the game were missing..

Anyway, nice concept. It's fun operate a elevator. Good job :smile:
Steven Glenski
28. Apr 2021 · 04:39 UTC
The song for this was absolutely amazing well done. Also really enjoyed the characters changing animations based on how long they were waiting. The help info graphic was very detailed and helpful. Only thought is to have the info graphic in a help menu so that it cannot be missed. Very well done and great jam!
Ayced
28. Apr 2021 · 04:50 UTC
The music is great, gameplay is nice and simple, great for a jam. Art is consistent but perhaps could use just a bit more detail around the elevator itself, looks pretty odd floating like that and could use some sort of door/gate idk :slight_smile:
tengusheath
28. Apr 2021 · 04:57 UTC
I liked the idea for this game, but I think the execution could have some more polish. The elevator acceleration and deceleration made it too hard to stop on the right floor. It makes it difficult to stop in the right floor position especially when you have to look up at the top to see which floors you need to stop at.

The art was really nice and the sound was fitting. Just needed a little more polish on the gameplay mechanics.
phil_lesnar
28. Apr 2021 · 05:20 UTC
Fun idea and excellent mood. I had some weird scaling issues on my monitor, but overall an enjoyable experience.
OgelGames
28. Apr 2021 · 05:30 UTC
Cool game, the elevator was a bit hard to control, but I still had fun! Also the music was great, don't usually see (or rather hear) so much work put into music far a jam game!
Madbarron
28. Apr 2021 · 05:33 UTC
Fun concept! Love the music. The UI is a little weird because you can/should just look at the two 2d indicators, and totally ignore the actual 3d world, even though it looks nice.

One issue is that the queue indicator goes off the bottom of the screen when in fullscreen on my ultrawide monitor. Also, when I restarted, it reset the complaints to 0, but not my score or the people waiting.

For controls, it might feel more like an old school elevator or interesting if you had to use a brake instead of pressing the opposite direction to slow down. Is that how they used to work? IDK.

I would try ramping up the difficulty over time. Probably by slowly increasing the rate of customers. I got to $1000 without any complaints.

So I think you have room for improvement, but you made a fun game and the mood is great. You should be proud of your game :)
Rashcan
28. Apr 2021 · 05:44 UTC
Made it to 1200 before I had to call it, lol. Would like difficulty to ramp up over time. Otherwise, very simple and fun!
Mololo
28. Apr 2021 · 06:14 UTC
Interesting concept, nice art design, and a very good looking tutorial image.

I love the song, and the gameplay is fun.

I got to 2500 score but the difficulty was the same, maybe make it scale a bit, nevertheless, I played more than I wanted cuz of the music :)

Good job.
David U
28. Apr 2021 · 11:32 UTC
Cool idea, love the original music. I agree with the criticims about the controls - they add to the challenge, but it doesn't feel as smooth or as satistfying to play as it could do. Overall, a very nice game.
2rek
28. Apr 2021 · 12:05 UTC
Quite challenging game to be honest.
I like how you can't really stop at the ends directly.
Makes you more careful with driving.
More tolerance with floors would be nice but overall i like this game.
Graphics look good and sounds fit just fine.
mind0o
28. Apr 2021 · 14:33 UTC
Good music and fun gameplay.
Madbarron
01. May 2021 · 05:15 UTC
If you haven't seen it yet, here is a game where they figured out how to show all the stuff you need to know in the game world, so you can look at the cool art instead of extra HUD/indicators. I doubt their music is as good though :smile:

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/48/hellevator-operator