Elevators, or as we Brits call them, dangleboxes, get a fair showing in gaming. Very few FPS titles will let you reach their final bossmonster without having had at least one go on the world’s slowest ride, giving you a moment’s pause, before they inevitably shudder to a halt as you’re ripped out of the side of the building by something with more tentacles than manners. But until now (to my knowledge at least, inevitable person who knows of a game on the Amiga) they’ve yet to receive a game dedicated just to them. And that’s what we have in the Half-Life 2 mod, Elevator: Source. YES.
Created by the undeniable geniuses at Pixeltail Games, Elevator: Source is a no-holds-barred elevator simulator, that requires Half-Life 2: Episode 2 and Garry’s Mod be installed on your machine. And I really suggest you do.
Because right now I’m in the lift with a man called Lizard Wizard, someone called Barney whose head is on fire, and a skellington called Jaykin. Watching through the elevator doors as a factory line of dancing pixel robots go past, over a pit of fire. Before the doors close and we’re off somewhere else. Barney and Jay keep giving each other furtive glances. And now we’ve stopped at the seaside, where Derek in his yellow rubber ring and blue suit has just got on board.
This is bloody brilliant. For the first time in my life, I desperately want to play a game in multiplayer. It has made me laugh out loud so many times.
Not convinced? Here are a group of people playing it together for 45 minutes.
Huge thanks to John B for the tip.
16/01/2012 at 16:53 Chalky says:
Game of the year 2012. Calling it now.
16/01/2012 at 16:59 King Toko says:
Maybe contender for mod of the year.
16/01/2012 at 19:00 Fierce says:
It won Mod of the Year 2012 Runner-up, at the very least, the moment “Build That Wall” started playing.
(Timestamp 16:03 for the impatient)
17/01/2012 at 22:22 Machinations says:
and here I thought it was a remake of elevator action…
boo
16/01/2012 at 16:54 King Toko says:
Is it basically like a virtual museum/ride?
16/01/2012 at 16:54 Ginger Yellow says:
Does it have the music from Mass Effect?
16/01/2012 at 17:27 King Toko says:
Its faster than Mass Effects lift at least.
16/01/2012 at 16:55 King Toko says:
I love the emotes coughing, watch action etc.
16/01/2012 at 16:56 Richard Cobbett says:
It’s like Incredible Games: The Game!
(Also: Elevator Action, and to a lesser extent Sim Tower.)
16/01/2012 at 17:05 King Toko says:
Thanks that video made me feel sick.
16/01/2012 at 19:05 OtioseNexus says:
Oh that brought back memories. Old, old memories..
16/01/2012 at 20:04 frenz0rz says:
Oh. My. God.
Cobbett, you fucking star. I’ve been trying to remember what that program was called for literally years.
19/01/2012 at 21:58 Was Neurotic says:
Also the C64 game, Painter, which had you painting houses, some with lifts in them.
16/01/2012 at 16:57 Unaco says:
Elevator Action, and its sequel (Elevator Action II). An old (early ’80s?) Arcade action/platformer.
Youtube video of the 1st level.
16/01/2012 at 17:24 AlwaysRight says:
Mission Elevator on the Atari ST!
16/01/2012 at 17:31 King Toko says:
Elevator Rush.
16/01/2012 at 19:15 Fiwer says:
John should be fired for not thinking of Elevator Action.
16/01/2012 at 20:06 ElPoco says:
Elevator action wasn’t exactly dedicated to elevators so John isn’t completely wrong but it had elevator in the title and they played an important part (especially in the first game, Elevator Action Returns was a really nice platform/shooter but Elevator it’s less about elevators) so he should have least have mentioned it.
16/01/2012 at 16:59 John Walker says:
No one else has said it yet?
This game will really lift your spirits.
16/01/2012 at 16:59 Ed123 says:
Get out.
16/01/2012 at 17:00 King Toko says:
Thats so bad. This ones better, I did a fart in a lift the other day. It was wrong on so many levels.
16/01/2012 at 17:00 Richard Cobbett says:
Yeah, but then it’ll floor you.
It’ll push all your buttons.
The download is quick because there’s a maximum wait limit.
It’s the game where getting shafted is the whole point.
And it’ll open doors for you.
16/01/2012 at 17:07 King Toko says:
Going down?
16/01/2012 at 17:44 BooleanBob says:
Seems Rich is looking to ESCALATE this pun war!
Wait, shit.
16/01/2012 at 17:55 Tams80 says:
My spirits do not feel elevated.
16/01/2012 at 18:10 westyfield says:
You’re a-door-able.
Sorry, I didn’t want to descend to that level but it was all I could think of.
17/01/2012 at 06:37 MajorManiac says:
*Stairs in disbelief*
17/01/2012 at 09:57 Frankie The Patrician[PF] says:
oh, you must be cabin me!
16/01/2012 at 17:05 Mashley says:
Urrgh I wanted to play this but then I saw it needs Gary’s Mod :( Woe is me
16/01/2012 at 17:59 RagingLion says:
Dammit!! Me too. Now I regret never having picked up Garry’s Mod when going for ridicuously cheap in some sale. I did not foresee these circumstances. :(
16/01/2012 at 18:19 jonfitt says:
Yeah. I don’t have (or really want) GMOD. Pity.
16/01/2012 at 20:46 utzel says:
I can clearly remember myself sitting there during the steam holiday sale: “Mhh, I won HL2 Episode 2. I don’t play Gmod anymore, let’s just give it to a friend.”
The video is only loading slowly right now, so how good is the elevator music?
17/01/2012 at 00:19 zeroskill says:
HOW can you not have Gmod. Thats depressing… ;___;
17/01/2012 at 08:21 Marar Patrunjica says:
I have most of the Source games, including HL2:EP2, but no Garry’s Mod sadly, never did find it interesting to be honest, too bad, I always like these kinds of mods.
16/01/2012 at 17:05 olemars says:
Is it so difficult to stand still for one full second?
16/01/2012 at 17:13 dsi1 says:
Pro tip: Bring up watch & slap to toss them up into the air (even unlock secret areas!)
16/01/2012 at 17:22 Danny says:
I’ve spent a large proportion of the last hour of my life watching this, and I have no regrets.
16/01/2012 at 17:22 BAshment says:
49.59 in fact.
16/01/2012 at 17:24 Moni says:
I feel like it would be funnier if the elevator was half the size and you could collide with other people, and a stop button on the control panel.
Also a fart button.
16/01/2012 at 17:26 MiniMatt says:
“Elevators, or as we Brits call them, dangleboxes, get a fair showing in gaming. Very few FPS titles will let you reach their final bossmonster without having had at least one go on the world’s slowest ride, giving you a moment’s pause, before they inevitably shudder to a halt as you’re ripped out of the side of the building by something with more tentacles than manners.”
Just wanted to say that the first two sentences of this article are why I come to RPS.
16/01/2012 at 23:29 Fire_Storm says:
Yes!
I will now translate “elevator” to danglebox for all of my American friends.
Every time I read that line I involuntarily chuckle. Thanks RPS.
16/01/2012 at 17:45 McDan says:
Thanks John, I really thought I was going to get some work done today. What a fool I was.
16/01/2012 at 17:56 moondog548 says:
The climax was so worth it.
THRILLS! :D
16/01/2012 at 17:58 rammeoxxornms says:
Sweet gibley giblets! Now I know why my coal conversion gave me a 33% off Valve coupon – to buy Garry’s Mod and play this masterpiece! Oh benevolent Lord Steam, you work in mysterious ways. Anyone fancy a game tonight?
16/01/2012 at 18:03 Hurion says:
Someone should RP this.
16/01/2012 at 18:04 Nero says:
The mod and that video is great. I think they should put this quote on their umm boxart: “The most fun part of this game is realizing you have a cough and then wait five minutes so you can do it again.”
16/01/2012 at 18:12 n1zm0 says:
i hope they add more floors!
16/01/2012 at 18:21 Tei says:
I want to see a quickrun of this gaemz.
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Wow, nice mod :D
About 1 hour playing, haha. So random :D
16/01/2012 at 18:27 hobblinharry says:
I copied the addon zip into my sourcemods folder but cant get the game to show up :(
16/01/2012 at 18:58 Snuffy the Evil says:
This is for Garry’s Mod, it’s not standalone! If you own it, merge the addons folder with your steam/steamapps/username/garrysmod/garrysmod/addons folder, and merge the gamemodes folder (it’s a separate download!) with the gamemodes folder.
When you get in-game, click on the Elevator map, then the wrench icon, and set the game mode to “Elevator”. Then you can play.
16/01/2012 at 19:10 Hodge says:
So this is getting an official RPS server, right?
16/01/2012 at 19:19 PredOborG says:
Is this mod russian? I am pretty sure the game plays you here…
16/01/2012 at 19:21 YanDaik says:
this game needs more fun ways to die.
16/01/2012 at 19:41 Muzman says:
Box quote:
“Slightly more game than Modern Warfare 3” – John Walker
16/01/2012 at 20:15 Mrice says:
I just spent the better part of the last 4 hours, trying and failing to set up a co-op game with a friend.
How on earth the men in this video pulled it off i will never know.
16/01/2012 at 20:54 JaTochNietDan says:
This is some really cool stuff, I never thought of this idea before.
It gave me some really interesting ideas for a game with actual game-play based on an elevator and a series of rooms. I think I might look into making some sort of small source game out of it :p
16/01/2012 at 21:41 PredOborG says:
There is same idea in the movie “Inception”. It may started since the creation of the elevator.
16/01/2012 at 20:58 Tei says:
Very fun mod, the reactions of people hare hilarious.
16/01/2012 at 22:08 michal.lewtak says:
Directed by M. Night Shyamalan.
16/01/2012 at 23:53 Servizio says:
why have I watched 15 minutes of this
17/01/2012 at 03:16 DevilSShadoW says:
15? HAHA!
I’ve watched the full video and enjoyed every second of it.
17/01/2012 at 05:29 Kaminobob says:
The reference to the fantastic Lost Planet 2 LP at 18:15 absolutely slaughtered me… with laughter.
17/01/2012 at 07:15 KantusDemon says:
I’ve made a Facebook page for the mod by the way.
link to facebook.com
17/01/2012 at 08:57 MeestaNob says:
I watched all the way to the end, and I’m amazed a wrecking ball didn’t go through the apartment as a grand finale.
17/01/2012 at 10:01 Frankie The Patrician[PF] says:
I cannot wait for some mod with more British appeal – cross-country train transportation! Oh, some white collar forgot his notebook with unencrypted government data again…
17/01/2012 at 10:03 faelnor says:
BTW, it’s not a HL2 mod, it’s a Garry’s Mod mode.
17/01/2012 at 13:04 Wild_Wolf says:
TV part was awesome :D
17/01/2012 at 13:39 Eraysor says:
My day was made a thousand times over when I realised one of the elevator tracks is an a capella version of the Mystic Cave Zone music from Sonic 2 ^_^
08/02/2012 at 02:54 Beardy says:
I’ve never owned, or wanted, Garry’s Mod. But now I have it, just so I can play this (and also because I still had a 50% off Valve products voucher left over).