ELEVATOR JAM

Elevate your gamedev skills and take horror to new levels.

WHAT IS THIS?

Elevator Jam is a short horror-themed game jam with one core rule:
Your game must involve an elevator in some meaningful way.

Does it take place in one? Use it as a puzzle mechanic? Is it haunted? Does it open to places it shouldn’t?

We’re here for all of it! The glitchy buttons, the flickering lights, the dread of slowly rising with something just out of view.

THEME
There will be 2 secret themes, only 1 is required. 

"Bones" and "Weight Limit Exceeded"

This jam is all about elevators and horror, but you can stretch that however you want.

PRIZES:
There will be prizes provided by Pizza Doggy. They are passionate about their PSX styled work, and have provided keys to some of their best packages. Take a look at their itch page here:

 
https://pizzadoggy.itch.io/

Some ideas to kick things off:

You enter an elevator and the floor numbers go... negative.

The elevator doors open to a different version of the world each time. 

There’s something in the mirror that isn’t in the elevator.

The buttons change while you're not looking.

You reach a floor that doesn’t exist.

You’re the elevator.

RULES

Solo or teams welcome.
Any engine, any art style. 2D, 3D, lo-fi, hi-fi, doesn’t matter.
You must start from scratch when the jam begins. Framework is okay.
You must include an elevator (or elevator-like thing) in some way.
NSFW games are allowed, but must be clearly marked.
No AI-generated art or audio.
Be chill. No hate speech, no harassment, no nonsense.


Discord: https://discord.gg/jRFmFvcGu8