Hellevator by MrManGuy

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made by MrManGuy for Ludum Dare 57 (JAM)

You've been hired as a maid at the Virtue Hotel. Your task is to do tasks for the patrons, following your moral compass (kinda).

A majority of the art was made by Shay Madeline. The main idea for the game was a combined effort, with the story also being done mostly by Shay. The implementation and audio was done by MrManGuy.

Ratings

Overall 833th 2.761⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Fun 832th 2.478⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 818th 2.457⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Theme 726th 3⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 706th 2.935⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Audio 550th 2.364⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Humor 483th 2.682⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Mood 708th 3.068⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Given 25🗳️ 21🗨️

Feedback

LDJam user 279715
07. Apr 2025 · 21:48 UTC
At first I thought it was going to be a bit horrific as I immediately fell for the hooded character, but in the end it's rather cute. :blush: good game :smiley:
Lingster
07. Apr 2025 · 21:51 UTC
I like the idea :)
sqqqwer
07. Apr 2025 · 23:47 UTC
Сute little game. Good entry! 👍
jver422
08. Apr 2025 · 02:57 UTC
cute idea. It looks like you can lock yourself out of anything else if you say no to both the hooded figure and the lady after returning from the lower floor with the wallet and eggs
🎤 MrManGuy
08. Apr 2025 · 14:21 UTC
@jver422 At this point that's a feature :laughing:. I appreciate your feedback, and I agree. Maybe a change as simple as tweaking the game over screen to read "You declined all the patrons requests, there is no one else to help"
Odronin
08. Apr 2025 · 14:32 UTC
Nice game. I can't imagine how you can refuse such a nice old lady.
NickNickolas
08. Apr 2025 · 15:05 UTC
Pretty cute game where you make different decisions, I liked that there are different decision options, it adds depth to the game.
Ryrumeli
09. Apr 2025 · 12:24 UTC
Cool idea to add some depth with choices. I wouldn't personally have used a dropdown for the choices, but definitely the idea of making choices here works well. A very cute entry!
🎤 MrManGuy
09. Apr 2025 · 15:29 UTC
@ryrumeli I appreciate your feedback! The method of choice could definitely be more engaging. You might not have any ideas, but I figure why not ask, how would you manage player choice?
DeepD2eam
09. Apr 2025 · 17:54 UTC
i like the idea, a cute game!
LDJam user 372635
10. Apr 2025 · 07:46 UTC
Super cute little game! I really liked the concept. Can see a whole big game revolving around this idea of getting up and down on an elevator. I really liked the experience so far and the art is super super cute! :) Good entry, very nice game! Keep up the good work! o\
ScoobySnacks
10. Apr 2025 · 08:50 UTC
I like the premise. This is the first game I've seen where dialogue choices are done with a dropdown menu, lol.
Also it is very easy to hard lock yourself if you say no.
David05
11. Apr 2025 · 23:37 UTC
Really simple yet fun game. I like the art style and sound/music of the game. I somehow found it kinda funny how you can just randomly lock yourself on a floor with nothing to do, almost like I'm trapped in one place for eternity as a result of the consequences of my own actions
Jacob Kreiner
12. Apr 2025 · 19:33 UTC
The cake is a lie! Why no eat cake with lady? Why no stab bad guy with knife? Why stuck on top floor with nothing to do? Jokes aside it's a good start, agree with others above about perhaps just having clickable text or something rather than a drop down to select choices. Ideally also selectable with keyboard since mouse isn't used for anything else in the game. Getting stuck was kind of annoying for me, would have preferred there to be multiple routes that end in different ways rather than soft locking. But I also realize this would have been hard to do in a 3 day jam.
mdsalomon
12. Apr 2025 · 19:43 UTC
A cute take on the VN experience, even though it was shockingly easy to softlock yourself. The depths idea applied to the many floors of a hotel is a clever one, I just wish it wasn't so linear, some random elements would go a long way
WhiteSeaSon
26. Apr 2025 · 17:48 UTC
Oh, a fellow elevator connoisseur! A cute game, but I agree with above authors, would be good to have some sort of ending if you decline both requests at some point. But a good start.