I thought it was interesting but the choice of which elevator to take or whatever never felt that compelling to me. The oops! all elevators! floor made me think there was a hint with the art or something but that didn’t seem to be the case? I think I failed to beat hard by like a few seconds, alas… Obviously sound and music would go a long way. Solid effort though!
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I think you're right on the money. It was an increasingly simplified version of a wider original idea, that we ultimately just didn't have the time needed to execute. I actually spent several hours during a final crunch attempt, trying to get sound going, but I just didn't like the results I was producing and scrapped it.
On the 20th floor (all elevators) there actually is a hint, though it is admittedly incredibly subtle. There's a section with red writing on the wall, and one elevator in between the only squiggles that are mirrored on both sides and the closest one the art pack had to an "up".