--- key: mechanic/game-mechanics--gm-elevators type: mechanic id: game-mechanics--gm-elevators lang: en title: Elevators summary: >- A moving platform connects levels and carries the character between them. Calling, waiting for and leaving it should be understandable. updatedAt: '2026-10-21' status: active url: 'https://gamemechanics.pro/en/knowledge/mechanic/game-mechanics--gm-elevators/' jsonUrl: >- https://gamemechanics.pro/api/v1/knowledge/en/mechanic/game-mechanics--gm-elevators.json markdownUrl: >- https://gamemechanics.pro/content/knowledge/en/mechanic/game-mechanics--gm-elevators.md aliases: [] tags: - Game design techniques - World interactions - Worldbuilding sourceIds: - source-db6eec3d6788a5c9 - source-e4f1b686cf531108 - source-54dd192271dd9274 - source-0f22efa6d5a92c32 sources: - id: source-db6eec3d6788a5c9 title: 'Game Mechanics: Elevators' url: 'https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/elevators' verifiedAt: null - id: source-e4f1b686cf531108 title: 'Hitman: Codename 47 (2000)' url: 'https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/elevators/game/hitman-codename-47' verifiedAt: null - id: source-54dd192271dd9274 title: Half-Life 2 (2004) url: 'https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/elevators/game/half-life-2' verifiedAt: null - id: source-0f22efa6d5a92c32 title: 'F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin (2009)' url: 'https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/elevators/game/f-e-a-r-2-project-origin' verifiedAt: null relations: [] placements: - catalogId: game-mechanics id: gm-elevators title: Game design techniques url: 'https://gamemechanics.pro/en/mechanics/game-mechanics/#gm-elevators' categoryIds: - gm-category-worldbuilding - gm-category-world-interactions supersededBy: [] attributes: preview: updatedAt: '2026-10-21' title: Elevators description: >- A moving platform connects levels and carries the character between them. Calling, waiting for and leaving it should be understandable. image: src: images/mechanics/traversal-elevators.webp width: 600 height: 354 game: 'Hitman: Codename 47 (2000)' sourceUrl: 'https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/elevators' originalUrl: 'https://cdn.gamemechanics.org/hitman_47_elevator.webm' sourceFrameSeconds: 10.31 credit: IO Interactive; clip via GameMechanics.org rights: >- © respective game rights holders. Clip source: GameMechanics.org. All rights reserved. caption: An elevator cabin and its controls alt: >- Hitman: Codename 47: Agent 47 stands in a grated elevator cabin beside a button panel, with the shaft visible beyond. markers: - x: 51 'y': 45 label: Elevator control panel - x: 19 'y': 49 label: The cabin’s grated doorway tips: - Show whether the platform is moving and which level it occupies. - Check entry and exit without getting caught in the doors. examples: - title: 'Hitman: Codename 47 (2000)' url: 'https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/elevators' endsAt: null provenance: >- Editorial reference index based on the 199 public Game Mechanics pattern pages checked on 2026-10-20. Original concise RU/EN definitions by gamemechanics.pro; pattern names, category associations and game-reference URLs retained from gamemechanics.org. The source gallery includes a film analogy. Linked materials retain their original rights; references are upstream attributions, not independent verification. license: CC-BY-4.0 codeLicense: MIT attribution: gamemechanics.pro contributors catalogKey: catalog/game-mechanics --- # Elevators id: game-mechanics--gm-elevators type: mechanic key: mechanic/game-mechanics--gm-elevators lang: en status: active url: https://gamemechanics.pro/en/knowledge/mechanic/game-mechanics--gm-elevators/ A moving platform connects levels and carries the character between them. Calling, waiting for and leaving it should be understandable. ## At a glance ![Hitman: Codename 47: Agent 47 stands in a grated elevator cabin beside a button panel, with the shaft visible beyond.](https://gamemechanics.pro/images/mechanics/traversal-elevators.webp) [Hitman: Codename 47 (2000)](https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/elevators) · © respective game rights holders. Clip source: GameMechanics.org. All rights reserved. [Source recording](https://cdn.gamemechanics.org/hitman_47_elevator.webm), 10.31 s 1. Elevator control panel 2. The cabin’s grated doorway - Show whether the platform is moving and which level it occupies. - Check entry and exit without getting caught in the doors. - [Hitman: Codename 47 (2000)](https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/elevators) ## How it works A moving platform transports the character between elevations. ## Variants ### How the technique works - A moving platform transports the character between elevations. ## Context and limits All 199 Game Mechanics entries at the check date: player actions, systems, presentation techniques and contested patterns. Entries are grouped by their first source-card category; all categories appear in their descriptions. Definitions use original wording. References link to game-specific galleries; images and videos remain at the source. ## Connected materials ## Sources and provenance Editorial reference index based on the 199 public Game Mechanics pattern pages checked on 2026-10-20. Original concise RU/EN definitions by gamemechanics.pro; pattern names, category associations and game-reference URLs retained from gamemechanics.org. The source gallery includes a film analogy. Linked materials retain their original rights; references are upstream attributions, not independent verification. - [Game Mechanics: Elevators](https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/elevators) (id: source-db6eec3d6788a5c9) - [Hitman: Codename 47 (2000)](https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/elevators/game/hitman-codename-47) (id: source-e4f1b686cf531108) - [Half-Life 2 (2004)](https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/elevators/game/half-life-2) (id: source-54dd192271dd9274) - [F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin (2009)](https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/elevators/game/f-e-a-r-2-project-origin) (id: source-0f22efa6d5a92c32) CC-BY-4.0 · gamemechanics.pro contributors