Shaftfall — an accessible Elevator Action tribute Ride the elevator, collect the documents, escape through the parking garage. How to play Goal. Ride the central elevator from the rooftop to the parking garage. Collect every hidden document before you reach the garage. Enemies get tougher the deeper you go. Controls (PS4). D-pad Left/Right to walk. X to shoot, Circle to jump. Outside the elevator: Down crouches, Up stands. Inside the elevator: Up moves up, Down moves down. Options pauses. Share toggles Watch Mode. Controls (keyboard). Arrow keys, X = shoot, C = jump, Enter = pause, M = toggle Watch Mode. Audio cues. Elevator engine plays while riding; a distorted engine means you are standing on top of the elevator, which is dangerous. Short beeps as the elevator passes floors with undiscovered documents. Positive melody on document pickup. Somber melody on defeat. Descending whistle if you fall down the shaft. Ascending whistle on jump. Player and enemy gunfire have distinct sounds. Sounds are panned left or right to match position. Watch Mode. The character plays the level automatically. Press Share (or M) again to take back control at any moment. Be warned though, watch mode won't earn you any rewards. See if you can unlock the two hidden cheat codes. https://elevator-echoes-quest.lovable.app/
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Question on controls
I do not have a PS4 or PS5 controller, I do have a Logitech PC controller, however, with a very similar controller layout. Including of course dual analog sticks, two bumper and two trigger buttons at the top, a start and select set up buttons, or view and mode if we're talking Xbox here, as well as a large button which I assume is the "sharing" button?
Anyways, my question is can I use that to play this, or do I absolutely have to have a PlayStation controller?
Edit: I forgot to ask if this is only playable on iOS, or can it be played on PC as well?
TIA!
I'm not familiar with that kind of controller
You can always just try and see if that controller works. If not, I could always try to implement support for it. Just know that I am unable to test the functions of such a controller.
PC.
I believe it should be able to work on PC just fine. Just click the link and try, though I can't verify from my side.
At Brian
Logitech pc controller support implemented, at least according to the AI lol. Let me know how it goes. You can now press square to recall elevator when it's drifting.
Cool
I will give this a play through later today, and see how it works on PC. Sadly, I don't have a controller or keyboard for my iPhone. And I do not own an iPad. I wonder, however, would an Xbox controller work with this on iOS? If so, then I wouldn't be too worried about playing on PC. Though if I am being honest, these days I prefer playing games on my PC. 🤷
Xbox should work
At least according to the AI, Xbox controllers should work.
iOS
how does this work for iOS users without a controller or keyboard? I understand it’s a web browser based thing. But from the description it doesn’t sound like it works without those things. I mean no offense to the person who put this out here but I didn’t see any commands for swipes or taps for iOS users.
There isn't
There are labeled on screen buttons, but they won't help much. The game is ment to be played like a console game. VoiceOver only helps with menus.
Re: Xbox controllers
Just got home a little while ago, and I'm quite beat. I think I will give this game some attention tomorrow, and see how it goes. I'll let you know how things go with connecting a wireless Xbox controller to my iPhone, and also whether or not your game works on PC. 🙂
This sounds really fun
This sounds really fun! I love seeing more accessible games like this being made. I’ll definitely have to give it a try.
this game
Well I tried playing it on my windows pc and of course it doesn't work. was using firefox as the brouzer if that makes any difference.
Ornella
Will try to implement windows pc and firefox. Can't test it though.
Re: this game
Well, thanks for saving me the trouble I guess. I'll see if I can't figure out how to connect my wireless Xbox controller to my iPhone, and go from there...
Will try
Will try to get a controller some time but i don't know if i should get it just for 1 game or if its used for lots of games will see.
Hopefully, Firefox and Windows PC are fully implemented.
I asked the AI to implement Firefox and Windows PC, so let me know if it works. Also, I made it more forgiving to step out of the elevator onto the correct floor. Try to align the elevator precisely with the beep before stepping off.
Its playable
Its playable now but I have no idea what i'm doing. I just hear the beeps and clicks when i move left or right sometimes.
How to play
From the start, go right into the elevator, you will hear the engine starting as soon as you are inside. Press up or down to move the elevator. Since you start at the top, you will want to go down, so go down and listen to the beeps. Low beeps indicate empty floors with only enemies, while high-pitched beeps on your left or right will indicate a special floor containing a document. The goal is to align the elevator precisely with beeps, get out of the elevator, kill all the enemies guarding the floor/document, retrieve the document and return to the elevator and go down to get the next one. If you can successfully retrieve all documents and reach the ground floor of the building, you will escape and drive away. If you reach the ground floor and still need documents, you will need to go back up to get them. If you stay on a floor for too long, the elevator will start moving away. A low tone means that the elevator is docked and ready to access, a medium tone indicate that the elevator has moved partially downward and only the rooftop is accessible. Do not step onto the elevator roof, otherwise you will get crushed on its return trip. The high tone will indicate that the elevator is completely gone, and you will fall down the shaft if you try to access the elevator during this period. Wait for the elevator to return, or press the button to call it back. Since I can't test your own gadgets, you will have to read the controls manual to see which button is what.