Step 1
Read the request
The request tells you what the cab needs. Focus on the labeled Needs, not just the flavor text.
RachTim.com Night Shift
After Hours Elevator
The building keeps calling the elevator after midnight. Each stop is a request, each request wants the least wrong floor, and every decision leaves a residue in the cab that changes the feel of the rest of the night.
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How to play
Route each request by matching tags
Quick guide
Three steps to a clean stop
Read, match, watch calm
Quick guide
Three steps to a clean stop
Step 2
Match the floor tags
Compare the request's needs to the directory. A floor with more matching tags is usually the better stop.
Step 3
Watch the cab's calm
Exact stops calm the route, close calls keep it moving, and rude detours make the building talk.
Outcome rules
How exact, close, and detour work
2 tags is best
Outcome rules
How exact, close, and detour work
Exact
2 matching tags
Best stop. The request lands cleanly and calm rises the most.
Close
1 matching tag
Survivable, but slightly off. Calm rises a little.
Detour
0 matching tags
Wrong floor. Calm drops and the building notices.
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Worked example breakdown
Match 2 tags for the best stop
Needs
Exact
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Detour
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Stop 1 of 6
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Listening
No daily record yet
Current request
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Shift tools
Needs
Cab is carrying
Latest ruling
What the cab learned
Listening
The cab has just woken up.
The brass still thinks this might become a normal night.
Shift closed
Summary pending
Pending
Last stop
Pending floor
Night seal
Pending seal
Calm
+0 calm
Exact stops
0 exact
Rude detours
0 detours
Night archive
Stats and ledger
Shifts completed
0
Remembered by this elevator.
Best calm
No record
Highest overnight score so far.
Perfect nights
0
Runs the cab would willingly repeat.
Today's best
No daily run
Best result so far for tonight's route.
Recent night ledger
A shifting night route, remembered quietly between visits.