Twelve Floors Below. - Descend to Your Doom in this Claustrophobic Elevator Horror Game! (3 Endings)

[@1.618_Murphy]

I always find it "cute" when ABG nodes or shakes mc's head with mouse when asked a question in the game! 😅🙏

[@shadyone6620]

Devs even accommodate him by reacting to nodding.

[@btkeller93]

That was excellent. Top notch voice acting. The first ending was a tad confusing but I'll just assume it was some totally other random person who actually wanted to make a friend... or maybe she/he/it kills you too because they are probably just as hungry as the 3rd ending chick.

[@threebuckgames]

You got it! That's what that was, and we'll be adding some text to the letter in a patch coming later this week, that will make it clearer for players that Laura is her own separate person from the other two. Thank you for your kind words!

[@KyokujiFGC]

@@threebuckgames At 26:49, the word you want there is probably "humanely", not "reasonably".

[@Agnes1439]

@@KyokujiFGC well, depends. If we translate the text she is saying reasonably, not humanely. Do you mean that this is a phrasing that sounds incorrect to a native english speaker?

[@ellieblack8028]

@@Agnes1439 reasonably and humanely are 2 different definitions. i think you got it right!

[@threebuckgames]

@@ellieblack8028 thank you! Yes, I mean I understand humanely sounds like the obvious wording at first but.... I wouldnt call any of this humane, they're not trying to be humane. There is absolutely not one thing stopping them from sending food down there in some kind of chute or something. The problem here is that to them, the infected arent human so who cares? It's just a problem the public can never find out about.

[@deployedkitty]

i liked this game a lot especially the first ending which seems to be the best most positive one and the swedish voice acting was so good!

[@deployedkitty]

oh and it was also a funny playthrough when you've seen alpha beta gamer play a lot of games you know there'll be happy faces when you get to nod or shake your head in the game

[@bryantan4228]

There are logical hints to determine consequences for each choice: 1. The zombie is right, it wouldn’t make sense for the government to let you out and risk a pandemic. 2. The zombie states they feel hunger but they willingly have stayed underground for a long time. That doesn’t make much sense.

[@yueshijoorya601]

But why? They said the infected can't stand light. They'd be fucked everyday at sunrise.

[@emanuelmaldoileacont8253]

It s not a zombie

[@dsagent]

There was something like this for in Gmod. An elevator that went down and the players had to survive until the bottom.

[@boodle399]

I get the comparison but in Elevator source it's literally impossible to die, only NPCs get taken/killed

[@-0rbital-]

I usually don’t like games where there’s a massive info dump at the beginning, but the story and atmosphere is so good that I was loving every minute of it! Good voice acting too. I don’t know the language, but the emotion conveyed was very obvious. On the negative side, I didn’t really understand the first ending. What happened? Did he meet the same woman he meets in the 3rd ending? If so, how is she in both places at the same time? It’s kind of confusing. Also, what an amazing set up for a game! And then…no game. :-( I’m really hoping that this is just a teaser. Because the writers and actors are very talented. I’d like to play this game. But right now, it’s just an beginning and some endings without any game in between.

[@redlightu]

The language is Swedish

[@MastapieceX]

totally agreed

[@SM-ce1uy]

@@redlightu thought so, happy to say I recognized it despite not understanding a single iota

[@mugwump7049]

Uhhh... you don't know? I mean, all the identity papers on the office floor state Swedish as nationality...

[@R421Excelsior]

The voice acting is great. The Swedish is so soothing.

[@threebuckgames]

Hey, thank you for playing our game! Really appreciated :)

[@Thatfoxdreamer]

Swedish people know how to put choices in anyone's hands, damn, i really like the game.

[@Agnes1439]

@@Thatfoxdreamer Thank you so much 💕

[@Thatfoxdreamer]

@@Agnes1439 no worries mate!

[@MastapieceX]

can you explain the first ending?

[@threebuckgames]

@Masterpiece The one with the letter? For sure! Thats a separate woman. The Lady in the elevator said there were a few people moving around on the different floors, and this is a separate, english speaking woman who also lives down there, and gives you the option to meet her, and then see what happens. I wanted to leave it open to the player wether or not she's a good or bad person, and what happens. This comment section has made it clear to me I probably should've added some extra sentence to the letter making it extra clear that she's not the woman from the elevator, so thank you for this feedback :)

[@Switcher1972]

ABG LOVES body langague. This was a game made for the youtuber. :D

[@jacksonpeds5298]

So what happened in the first ending? If the 3rd ending character was elsewhere who was the character that wrote the english message in the first ending?

[@-0rbital-]

Yeah, I didn’t understand it either. I assumed the girl who talked to you left that message, but apparently not.

[@AlphaBetaGamer]

I think it's a different girl. The one in the first ending is friendly and the one in the third ending is the one that talked to you on the way down.

[@jongrey1916]

@@AlphaBetaGamer - It has to be the women from the PA system in the elevator since she's hid away in the "camera and control room" and is likely trapped down there to monitor things alone so she implants the idea you shouldn't use the stairs but opens the doors for you in the hopes you will use them to come up and join her so she won't be lonely anymore. The moment I saw the note saying she was in the camera and control room I thought it was obvious it was meant to be the women from behind the camera.

[@yueshijoorya601]

@@jongrey1916 Her superiors gave her a script to lure the player into the second ending, but she uses the doors to hint at us to join her.

[@lunatic0verlord10]

@@AlphaBetaGamer The devs have actually made a comment saying that they're gonna implement more to the first ending to clarify things. Which includes the fact that Laura really *is* a completely different person from the intercom voice and the infected of the 12th floor.

[@gingerayyle]

I am incredibly impressed with how good a game with such bare bones gameplay mechanics is-the atmosphere and voice acting are impeccable, and they show just enough to leave enough for the imagination. I was on the edge of my seat worried that some scary monster was going to come out with how little they were telling us but this game was done perfectly. 10/10

[@basteqss8859]

I just love her soft and girlish voice! She sounds like an angel. 🙂

[@teslacoil5697]

This is a cool concept but pretty boring in practice. Most of this is “stand there doing nothing while someone explains stuff to you, The Game.”

[@electricperfume7870]

Yeah these bug me. I'm not against narrative driven horror but a lot of them would be better off as novels or short stories.

[@criticastrike]

So basically watching video essey of game?

[@DillaCat]

Hey but 3 whole endings! Lmao

[@andrada9506]

better than stupid cheap jumpscares

[@yueshijoorya601]

Wait, so are we infected? Why would the operator lady hint at us to join her if we are? And if we're not, why were we tricked into custody?

[@somecharacter01]

If you noticed the operator lady is using a script. Could be because she thought that I would lead to our freedom or demise. Demise know that if we did we just became a lab rat Another thought is she’s known everything from the start and (I’m speculating that…) she could also be infected (considering you’re infected) but more tame compared to the one you meet at floor 12 this could be one reason she is luring you as a lab rat since she may be looking for a cure for herself but cannot do so. I’m speculating she’s (the operator) also infected since she seems to have brute forced the door at the stairway leading to the “control room”. If it even is a control room. Lots of mysteries on that end but it could be that the operator is dead and someone else is waiting, is being forced to do this, luring you into her trap, or just feels lonely and wants company.

[@binterwinterboyii1095]

I forget what it's called, but I think there was a creepypasta with a premise that sounds like it could connect to this game If so, super glad someone is doing something with that premise (EDIT: It was called Self Preservation and I think I was also mixing it up with Persuaded, idk I really like the idea of talking and conscious zombies)

[@isopodslug6365]

is there a way to get to the bottom floor cause it sounds like there may have been one more floor

[@georgeofhamilton]

The third-ending woman has a nice ASMR voice.

[@grzesgagatek9622]

If there were more endings and more papernotes to read the story. They should add minigames in the elevator. I would really enjoy playing.

[@michaelhaydenbell]

Minigames in the elevator???

[@moth-corpse]

@@michaelhaydenbell yeah bro, the monochrome elevator gets very boring after a few minutes

[@coastal_breeze557]

The blood dripping from the ceiling, makes it so obvious that he's not going to make it out alive.😳.. .. or I could be wrong 😞, but I like how you showed all of the endings of the game.

[@f7rouge]

Loving the Swedish games!

[@francescobruno-bossio537]

What a beautiful game. Here is a metaphor about the terrible conformity of our lives, the prison we are trapped in, not so much a physical one, as one of our psyche and spirit by the opposing forces of the world which seek the same end for us. The one represents the false sense of security in what convenient governments and institutions give us with morality and the chance to "pursue our own happiness." This is an allegorical false light, an allegorical false heaven. The other is the absolute darkness and coldness of our carnal desires- the greatest being lust. Here is another kind of conformity in which every day outside forces lurk to tempt and enflame us for our exploitation and inevitable doom. In a way the digital manuscript we live under is designed for surveillance and to convince us in one of two directions. We are all in a long vertical canal of loneliness and longing. Interestingly, this comes out during COVID times to talk about the true quarantine of our lives- our culture. The interactions we have with our computers and cell phones are not different in being sterile and alienating than the cameras here. We can't really converse back with the dazzling array of the parasocial that confronts us on the internet. The only way is to forge our own path with some inner faith. I want to snuggle with Laura in the dark and read together those passages of Nietzche with our innermost light. I want to read those poems of Blake, and those stories of Anderson- fire up the old flames of flight with the works so long entombed by our modern conveniences and invisible oppression.

[@threebuckgames]

Thank you so, so much for this, and for taking the time to really think about the story ❤ I am one hundred percent showing this to the other person working on Twelve Floors Below, cause I am honestly just so moved by the way you describe this thing we've been working on throughout covid. Thank you ❤

[@francescobruno-bossio537]

​@@threebuckgames Wow! I am deeply flattered that my review would touch you so. I am endeavoring to be a gaming critic with a focus on retro and Indie. I do not really want to work for AAA publishers. I am trying to get my foot in the door and find opportunities to bring constructive criticism to this world. Different from how the field is dominated today I bring my literary background and work to unpack the literary significance of this new medium, as to me without a literary significance what holds us to the game? We have to care about the characters and their experiences. If you develop anything else I will be happy to look into it and write my thoughts. I have currently one article posted online for anyone interested in my work: theoldschoolgamevault.com/blog/articles/jersey-devil-our-opinionated-praise-for-a-playstation-classic I also have written a lengthy examination of both the indie games "Odallus" and "Super Win The Game." I just haven't found a place to post these yet.

[@Ryuhoshi7]

Sooo cool! I love the simplicity of the concept and yet so deep in the way of playing. Fantastic game! owo

[@AntipaladinPedigri]

"Klaemrisk" Better watch out for those pesky clams, ABG!

[@AntipaladinPedigri]

So your options are: be sent to level 11 with no cooties but sadly albo no coo chie. 2. Go to level 12 and give everyone the cooties. 3. Go back to the earlier level and get both zombie cooties AND coo chie.

[@jbritain]

Does anyone remember that Roblox map called the normal elevator or something which was kinda similar

[@iddan1205]

Can anyone translate for the papers from 10:54?

[@powerart1]

This would make a good vr game.

[@adityathakur6435]

I hate elevators due to this particular reason

[@The-Man-On-The-Mountain]

Some spambot issues in this comment section.

[@gomez7166]

Fun idea, far more better if you can do more though... How about try entering in one of the floors for more flavour?

[@96Wezi96]

It's a concept very well explored, I'd play more games like this one. The only thing it doesn't convince me (the unpopular opinion) is the voice acting. The woman didn't sound to me like a person trapped for months and a little scared for the risks and feelings of talking to other person, and the employee sounded very unprepared for the situation and not professional at all. I fell like the roles where not well stablished. But is something that can be redone easily, the rest of the game has a lot to offer.

[@96Wezi96]

Let me be more clear with an example. I didn't buy that the employee focuses more in justify what's going on in that building when the protagonist didn't question it. If that information compromises the company, then she would avoid the topic and just focus on convince the protagonist to get out.

[@codyTHEEstallion]

wtf, so we were gonna die or get caught either way??

[@hotpikachu]

in the ending where you read the note you dont, you end up hiding with the infected woman but not the one who spoke to you, you hide with the girl who rips cameras

[@rydu1353]

@@hotpikachu Laura is a separate woman from the other two

[@hotpikachu]

@@rydu1353 thats literally what i fucking said

[@rydu1353]

@@hotpikachu you dont hide with girl which rips cams

[@009013M3]

Holy shit. I'm all for avant-garde storytelling and I love me some atmospheric, narrative-heavy walking simulators. But this is about as interactive as a short film. Maybe even a bit less. At least there, you can pause and come back to it later. It's hard to know whether the devs are trolling, or just completely up their own ass about this.

[@michaelhaydenbell]

Or they had a simple idea with a single complex choice to make, and it is what it is. Highly doubt they claimed it to be some kind of triple-A studio epic saga, and not every piece of art/multimedia has to fit neatly into the category you demand it to be. God damn, cranky ass, lol...

[@009013M3]

@@michaelhaydenbell What complex choice? This is literally "Wait in an elevator for for 20 minutes, then choose ending A, B, or C".

[@michaelhaydenbell]

@@009013M3 Buddy. Complex choice as in the the process of sousing out which is the "correct" choice to make based on who you think is telling the truth...not complex because of what fuckin literal buttons you have to push gameplay-wise or whatever. What are you not understanding here? You're pissed off because you think it's somehow misrepresenting itself to you by not being something it never claimed to be. And I already explained why that's stupid, but you do you bro, be mad about it, real healthy shit.

[@TwenteeEight]

Holy shit that ending.

[@AngryK1tty]

But…. What if you go down the stairs at floor 11?

[@somecharacter01]

Well, the two given choices are pretty much ones you cannot trust. Either Go to the elevator become a test subject or become food for the one who hungers. Basically, the choices are either death or captivity as a lab rat. The choice is your reasoning of life or death. The staircase one tho couldn’t get that

[@threebuckgames]

Hi, so I think it's fair to admit we are 100% lurking in these comments to read about what people are saying about our game 😅 If you want we could tell you what our plan was to convey with the staircase ending? Basically, we wanted the player to be able to try and find a place of community in the dark situation they had ended up in, and to really higlight that even in a situation where you can see nothing but darkness, hopelessness and depression, humans will always find eachother. In the end, we don't know if Laura is just like the lady on the bottom floor, or if she's the love of your life, or if you guys will even end up liking each other. But, in a situation like that, jumping in and deciding afterwards if it was a good idea might be your best shot. We didn't communicate this as clearly as we'd like, people seem a little bit confused in general and it is our first go at a story based game... ever, but that was what we were trying to convey. Thank you for checking out our game :)

[@threebuckgames]

Oh! And an addition to the previous message, laura is a separate woman from the other two. We'll be adding a sentence or two to her letter in a patch coming in a few days to really highlight this, as people have been getting confused about this.

[@dinossower2560]

@@threebuckgames This is a pretty interesting game, well... we don't really do much, yet, even so, i personally think its still enjoyable, the World building for the game seems amazing and i would love to see more of it, even a movie like this would be fantastic.

[@threebuckgames]

@@dinossower2560 thank you, that's so kind of you to say!

[@somecharacter01]

@@threebuckgames Oo I appreciate it! It’s quite interesting even for your first go at a story based game since there are a lot of ways to go and lots places to conclude. I’m quite excited for your upcoming updates and/or games :))

[@jubran7469]

House floor.

[@thevoidwalkerbr]

Mid floor.

[@LeftWithTheNorthernMoney]

Last floor.

[@necrolog3797]

Well done

[@YoonaLinx]

5th floor.

[@Thatfoxdreamer]

28:30 wha

[@lukea7688]

6:25 Hmmmm.....

[@LeftWithTheNorthernMoney]

First floor.

[@SashaTheOneAndOnly]

Ground floor.

[@spacefuse3108]

Is this German? Edit: The game said it was Swedish, and Holonyaa also said it so my question is now answered thanks

[@holonyaa]

Swedish.

[@kyle5025]

penultimate floor

[@nathanisland]

lol

[@MisterDraken7609]

Is this half life spin off?

[@recrutagame3722]

Salv

[@veryconcernedjesus2584]

This.......was just scraping the bottom of the barrel. Ya mind as well read a book or a creepypasta than play this

[@rprince418]

Not gonna lie, I skipped ahead quite a bit but I feel like I still missed nothing.

[@J-M777]

Do you find it funny to laugh at Our Lord?

[@ZenithalPoint]

First three minute and already boring

[@nihilisticpancake308]

Shame I don't speak Japanese...

[@yuenakagawa]

Was there Japanese in this? The spoken language is Swedish

[@J-M777]

@@yuenakagawa r/woooooooooooooooosh

[@yuenakagawa]

@@J-M777 my bad, just thought I'd chime in to help because foreign languages are difficult. I didn't recognize it as swedish at first, and wasn't sure originally what it was

[@rprince418]

Wayyyy too much talking in this.

[@ilyabykov2437]

Disgusting language spoils all impression right from the beginning.

[@Nairda00]

if only sweden existed

[@AntipaladinPedigri]

You're right. Even in zombie apocalypses they shouldn't swear. Kids might be listening in on their conversations.

[@hotpikachu]

@@AntipaladinPedigri who gives a fuck, the game is in a world where its going to shit theyre all dying anyways