Elevator Hitch
A downloadable game for Windows and macOS
Elevator Hitch is a short 2.5D surreal horror/escape room visual novel with point-and-click and puzzle elements following the story of two co-workers suddenly finding themselves stuck together in a "Perfectly Normal" 70s office elevator.
They must explore each liminal-looking floor and find a way to
get off the elevator to their actual destinations.
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✄ Development & Story & Graphics ✄
> RachelDrawsThis
> Ekrix
☏ Composer & Sound Designer ☏
> BellKalengar
🗎 Features 🗎
> Original soundtrack
> 60+ CGs and 10+ backgrounds
> 3D map viewing + point-and-click style gameplay
> Character-driven story with lots of dialogue and choices
that effects your entire run> Infinite suffering by incomprehensible horrors
☢ Estimated Play Time ☢
> 1 hour ~ 1 hour 20 minutes
☠ Number of Endings ☠
> 15
[+ Different dialogue choices/interactions that can be found within the run]
Here's the official puzzle/ending guide
for anyone who may need it!
☠ Available Translations ☠
KR (Korean) by RachelDrawsThis
pt-BR (Brazilian Portuguese) by Tea Party Project
zh-CN (Simplified Chinese/Mandarin) by 青灯不弈
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NOTICE:
> There is no manual saving in this game.
> TWs include: graphic gore, blood, violence, disturbing imagery and audio, flashing/shaking images and eyestrain, shortly implied family abuse
This was a game completed in a month for submission in SpooktoberVNJam.
All tips and feedbacks are greatly appreciated.
Thank you for visiting and hope you enjoy the game!
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Development log
- PROTAG PLUSHIE PETITION (W/ MAKESHIP)Sep 28, 2023
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could someone help? No matter how many times i go back to get the scissors, co-worker never gives me the advice, and i just die all over again. Can anyone help
This game was genuinely so cool! I enjoyed it very much, even tho it refused to give me ending 14 even after i got all the other endings(inlcuing both 3rd floor variants and both 8th floor ones).
I also love the characters and the artstyle <3
i love gay ppl
Another Masterpiece Made By This Creator.
So, we've gotten the phone number but it won't let us type it in? We closed out the application and reopened it and it still will not allow us to type in the number.What am I supposed to do? Have I done something wrong?
Update: I had to press the 2 button to go down from 9 with the numbers on the side keypad area thing
For whatever reason the game just randomly freezes for me and then fucks with the save. Amazing game otherwise, just a shame I couldn't play it too much, only got a few endings
I love this game so much!!! It's my favorite one from the Studio Investigrave, I love the protag and the co-worker, it's such an interesting and chill but spooky game <3
I would have liked it more if they had kissed
You are sooooo~ right! (;o;)
For some reason I cant move my camera when I press Fn + arrow keys? Does anyone know how to fix it or if I'm doing something wrong?
You can only move the camera on one screen, the one right after you press to go to a new floor. Then you can look around the elevator
This game would be more fun if:
1) skip dialogue
2) if you accidently get a choice option, you can quit to not make a choice
3) i there wasn't bugs with leaving 'sticker wall'
4) if there was another passcode quest taht doesen't involve 'hole'
5) if there were more dialogue options with your colleuge, just simple talk? woud make game a little bit more replayable
6) if there were number of endings and how many you've already got or just a progress meter in percents
7) last but not least the last ending erases all the progress, it's inconvinient if you want to get all endings
Also, a second part would be great! Good luck! Hope this comment is helpful
P.S. Don't bother with mistakes, I'm not a native speaker
UPD: I know you wanted to makes endings more subtle , but some of them seemed too vague. Example: 'parents'. Maybe you should add some sound effects in each ending to make them more horrifying and impactful/ You can reverb sounds or layer one onto another to make something unique. Maybe you should use more sound alltogether to convey specific atmosphere.
Hey, I tried playing this game on the Mac, and I did manage to get into the game, but it just wouldn’t save. It just restarted me back at the beginning with no progress saved. This is a bit of a problem because, as I’ve seen with some online clips, you need to die at some points to continue the game, and I can’t do that without ending up back at the beginning. Any help?
I'm having the same problem :(
i followed the mac instructions but it still won't open :(
one thing i have is that when i go back to floor 8 to get the scissors, co worker never gives me the advice, so i can never get the scissors. Am i missing something
I think that you have to die first, maybe try that?
i love protag so much.. euuuu...
for me, opening "game.exe" on both cold front and this worked. have you tried it yet?
Yes... it happened to me also. Only the "Game.Exe" appeared from the Zip file and clicked on it and it worked just fine. (So it shouldn't be a problem. (/>o</) Don't question it if it works)
whenever I download the file, the file called "game" isnt there. theres game.exe but nothing else, also I tried to play cold front and had the same problem.
for me, opening "game.exe" on both cold front and this worked. have you tried it yet?
May i ask what i should click? I only see game.exe rather than "game"
for me, opening "game.exe" on both cold front and this worked. have you tried it yet?
WHAT IS THE SECRET 15TH ENDING. I CAN NOT GET IT. i cant get 14 either no matter how many times i play through it. mine is borken guys :((
there is no actual ''15th'' ending, ending 3 has two versions (3A and 3B) so that's why it says there are 15 endings in the game
try using the fanwiki of the game. it has walkthroughs
https://elevator-hitch.fandom.com/wiki/Endings
spooky!
when the part 2
I LOVED IT!!!!!!! best game ever :D i LOVED the creativity when it came to the floors; and i liked the 3D parts. and the artstyle is amazing! i admit, i had to use the guide at some parts, but overall: 10/10! also very attractive men
Gah this game is so cool, I love the escape room format!
I don’t have a FN key on my key borad so I can’t look around and it’s frustrating me a lot! I was wondering if there was any different key I can use to look around
I used my arrow keys I'm pretty sure!
Do you know if there are any other keys?? I use a Mac and using the fn key or the arrow keys doesn't work lmao
SO CLOSE TO 100% i keep messing up the 4th floor one by getting it right before getting the ending ;-;
Yo I did not expect this game to hit so much mentally at some points-
This is honestly a really cool game, it was fun! :D
everytime i download this game, i never see the game application ):
it always shows everything else, game.exe, four folders, credits etc. but not the game itself. plleeeaase fix this!! I wanna play this game so bad
yoo! i have the same problem! i thought i was the only onee
Use game.exe its what I did and I got the game to work. Hope this helps!
thxx!! i'll try itt!
Your welcome!
Whenever i enter the game it gives a error and tells me there's a bug. I hope this can be fixed it seems like a good game
my game dosen't work i'm stuck in the elevator and i cant do anything there is nothing i can interact with PLEASE HELP ME :,( i red the comments and it seems like a good game
have you tried clicking enter? but if that hasn't been working just uninstall the game then install it again
does anyone else have issues with the game's controls not working? I can't move the camera like it implies I can and it's blocking me from endings.
yea same, it keeps me on the warning note and doesnt load,idk if its my laptop cuz it is pretty old
for me I have windows and it won't let me look up or down. I don't know if I'm missing something or not because I originally just wasn't on the right screen to move :/
Same!
yup me too
I figured it out!! I dunno if it'll work for you guys, but on that screen when you first get to a floor, just look down, is the screen you look around in. when you look at the wall you wish to look at, then you press Z! I hope this fixes your guys' problem i'm just dumb lol
help i still don't know how to look up or down tho XD
You're amazing! Thank you!!
This was absolutely stunning. I am in loooooove~ <3 I haven't squealed over the game this much since the Stanley Parable game and this was *chef's kiss*
This game had all of my favorite things combined with gore and humor and tristed things. Peak cinema. 10/10. Had ranted to 3 of my friends over it already
Game felt super buggy. Just stayed on the same screen after the first option :(. I'd really like to play it but I cant even progress...Can someone please tell me what I'm doing wrong?
Loved the game but my friend and i have been playing for a literal span of four months trying to get the secret ending wondering what weve done wrong just to find out it wont work weve lost our minds gg chat :'(
Is there any plans for an android version of this game?
Fr we need
I downloaded on Mac but for some reason I cant open it. can someone help me ?
did you extract the file?
I did but it still says its cant be opened
I love the atmosphere of this game.
this was so trippy I loved it
On behalf of a small Mobile game publisher, would you be interested in further developing your novel with our Audio interns and developers to make a mobile game?
10/10
Save me coworker...
save me