Hey Product Hunt 👋 I’m the solo developer behind The Lift. Before becoming an indie developer, I spent more than a decade working in C-level roles. The idea for this game actually appeared 8 years ago when I was working as a CTO. Our office was in a tall building with 8 elevators, and every day there was the same situation — standing there waiting and watching elevators move up and down, trying to guess which one would arrive first. At some point I started thinking: What if this was a puzzle? Passengers appearing on different floors, an elevator moving through the building, and the challenge being to plan the optimal route to deliver everyone to the right floors. I wrote the idea down… but never had time to build it. Over the years my career changed quite a bit — I eventually became CEO of the company. But the game idea stayed in my notes the whole time. Recently I stepped away from the company to take a break and think about what to do next. So I decided to finally build that old idea. To make it more interesting, I set myself a challenge: build the entire game in just 7 days using AI tools. AI helped throughout the whole process: • Coding — I built most of the game in Cursor using Opus 4.6 Max • Graphics — generated with ChatGPT, Nano Banana and pixellab.ai, then refined in Aseprite • Planning — ChatGPT basically acted as my project manager and kept the development on track The result is The Lift — a retro-style puzzle where you plan the elevator route to deliver every passenger to the correct floor. It’s basically a tiny logistics puzzle inside a building. Would love to hear what you think — and happy to answer any questions about: • indie game development • building games with AI • vibe-coding workflows Thanks for checking it out 🚀

The Lift

A retro elevator puzzle built in 7 days with AI

A retro elevator puzzle built in 7 days with AI