Little Repair Shop (Demo)
A downloadable game for Windows and macOS
In Little Repair Shop you will receive requests from customers who will ask you to repair their beloved consoles.
After accepting the request, the order will arrive at your desk and the process can begin!
What you repair also becomes part of your collection and can be customized with new colors, patterns and stickers.
The game features a cozy and relaxing experience: take care of consoles and make them unique to create the perfect collection.
We'd love to hear your feedback and for you to join our little community. ❤️ Check the links down below!
Repair Experts! Consult this manual if needed:
Credits
Game Design
- Amedeo Favi
- Francesco Cocino
- Gabriele Ellena
- Gabriele Mansella
Concept Art, UI/UX Design and Art, Technical Art
3D Art
- Gabriele Musi
Game Programming
- Fabrizio Marongiu
- Simone Bernobich
Sound Design
- Luca Rizzo
- Samuele Nicosia
Promo Art by Noemi Frulio
Download
Development log
- Little Repair Shop- Wishlist it on Steam!50 days ago
- 1.32 ver.85 days ago
- NEW DEMO!87 days ago
- 10.000 Downloads: thank you!!!Jul 30, 2024
- Minor UpdateJul 27, 2024
- New Build + Mega Fixes!Jul 22, 2024
- Discord Server + THANK YOU!Jul 18, 2024
Comments
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Oh my!!! Thank you so much for your video 💓💓✨ Super happy you enjoyed our demo :3 Feel free to join our community on Discord to stay up to date with demo updates/release date/memes and more!
its really good, looking forward to the full release, though its a little slow but thats a-okay!
Hey hey!! Thank you so much : D if you want to stay up to date with demo updates/release date announcement and more (me rambling and sharing stuff about the development mostly) feel free to join our Discord!
As for the slowness: fully aware of that, we want to make animations more snappy and responsive and implement accessibility options that allow the player to choose the speed according to their needs!
So fun and pretty relaxing once you get the hang of it. The demo showed a lot of potential and looking forward to more things to fix!
So glad you enjoyed it and thank you so much for the video!! 💓 If you want to stay up to date with demo updates/release date, feel free to join our Discord Server!
Thank you for your video!! It was so fun to watch :'D Oh and, just between us... this is the image on the TV 👀
I loved this game it’s simple and easy to play and I enjoyable it I can’t wait for the full release
Hey!! Thank you so much for your video and your kind words :D
Feel free to join our Discord Server to stay up to date! We're currently working on the Steam page 👀
This was simply lovely!
Thank you so much!!! And thanks for the amazing video!
I REALLY enjoyed this!!
I was only sad I couldn't get even more requests done haha. Once I found the setting to turn off the auto-drag it was even more fun. These kind of relaxing repair games are right up my alley so I cannot wait to see where you guys take this and if it becomes a full game I would absolutely support it!
Thank you so, so much!! We're so glad you enjoyed it :3 Feel free to join our Discord Server to stay up to date !
really laggy on my laptop, but I'm sure it's a great game
Hey! Sorry for the late reply :( What are the specs of your device?
Plus: did you set graphics to minimum?
once you reminded me that I could change the graphics, I lowered them and now it's fine. I had fun playing it, thank you!
Yayyy!!! So glad to hear you had fun :3
It's fun, I feel like it could be even better if there was an option to make the game less handholdy. Right now the game manages all the components for you, and even though there is the option to drag and drop all parts, you can just click them which in my opinion makes the game slightly to simple.
Other than that, it's nice, comfy and fun.
Hey! Thank you so much :3
We decided to go for the "drag and drop from an anchor point to another" since it deeply resonated with our chill and relaxing mood.
In the "game" settings there's an option that removes the auto-anchor of the screwdriver, we could do the same for the auto drag and drop!
A fun little game, but the control for the screwdriver feels a little clunky to me, which given how much you use it can end up being a bit of a drag.
Hi! Thank you so much for your feedback :D Could you please help us by explaining what felt unnatural in the screwdriver to you?
We're working on polishing gestures as much as possible so it's super super appreciated!!
When using the scroll wheel to screw and unscrew things it's pretty much impossible to not have to consistently stop and restart the motion, just due to the way your fingers have to move to scroll. This inability to commit to one fluid motion for one action ends up making it feel rather slow.
How many language have this game?When only english well good idea be make more language(German Spanish Russian and another)
Hey! English is the only language available so far but we're working on localizing it in other languages as well. We should start around mid september!
This game is absolutely gorgeous.
Thank you!!!! : 3
Thank you so much for playing our game and for the video!
It was cute enough Just had an Issue and Also Not to you but Most Game devs Never show controls in game which I wouldn't mind cuz I dont wanna Really on the Game page cuz I forget easy, other than That had fun and a Bug when Battery wasn't considered changed.
Btw didnt help it was 12 at night and my brain cell's didnt work right or id do more
Hey! Thank you so much for your video, so sorry to hear it was overwhelming : (
Feedback heard loud and clear, we will find a suitable way to add the controls to the tutorial!
im sorry too I may Have been a bit too mean I was just tired as Hell when I played, prob should've played sooner rather than Later, also thanks for responding
This game was so cuteee! The last repair sent me to places tho haha, i love it!
Ahhhh!!!! Thank you so much for your video and so sorry the last console felt overwhelming 😭😭
haha its okay, I finally went back and played the last one. It wasn't as bad as i thought 😂
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Great relaxing game with a nice charm to it. However I encountered a few technical problems while playing, specifically trying to read the repair manual I was having trouble getting the pages to turn, I tried clicking the corners, holding the left mouse button down and dragging it across and even clicking the edges of the page, nothing, whenever I was able to turn a page it felt more like it happened out of chance. So a "turn page" button would be nice.
Also I feel as though some "photo" system would be nice to add as well, I can't speak for everyone here but whenever I repair something in real life I take a photo of each step I made so when I put it back together I have references to remember where things go. A function such as that would be very handy indeed.
Looking forward to trying out the full release everntually.
Hey! Thank you so much :D
And thanks for your feedback, we will work on making the manual's swiping more intuitive. The photo system would be super cool to implement! It's already a thing for customization (works a bit differently tho) so it could be doable and a nice touch.
Again: thanks a lot, if you want to stay up to date feel free to join our community on Discord!!
the game is cool but so far my main issue is the animations. these really need to be a lot more snappy, and in some places honestly there shouldnt be any animations at all (like the chips for example)
also, generally i do think everything is just too simple. same screw type, same chips, and same wires. little to no variation in anything here and lack of depth in many things.
i dont know if it should be super advanced or similar to actually tinkering around with these things irl (though, that would be fire) but it definitely needs just like... more. lol.
Hey! Thank you so much for your feedback.
As for the animations and improved feedback: yep, we definitely need to keep working on that.
As for the inside of the consoles: we chose to make the circuits similar to each other by simplifying and using modular pieces. So it shouldn't look like the real thing.
But we do need more variety in a full release! We want to add more tools and more stuff to do with the circuits :D
Awesome Game GG
Thank you so much!
I adored this game! I love the art style and the sound design is super fun! Movement at times could feel a bit slow or clunky, which bothered me at times, but it also helped me to approach things more methodically. I can't wait to see the full release!!
Hi! Thank you so much <3 We're planning both to work on the animations to make them smoother and to add a feature toggleable by the player to adjust their speed to play the game at their own pace.
That's awesome and sounds like a good compromise so that both speedy and slower playstyles have a way to play comfortably. Awesome work and thanks for the reply ^^
Wow, this game is so chill and adorable! It is so satisfying..
Thank you so much!!
it sadly wont let me play on my type of macbook :(((
So sorry to hear that :( I'm pretty sure the issue lies in Unreal Engine, which MacBook do you have?
it says that it is version 10.15.7
I'm pretty sure it's unreal + old version then :/ Again, so sorry to hear this and for my late reply
its okay!! thanks for letitng me know :))))
this was so stinkin cute!
Thank you so much!!!
i cant's seem to download it, it keep on saying that it's unable to be verified
Hi! Right click-> open, if you left click this message will pop up :)
little repair shop is such a cute game, reminds me of assemble with care, both are amazing!
Thank you so much!!! AwC was a huge inspiration for us:D
ugh I figured it out lol! sorry about that. Love the game!
No worries!! Thank you so much :D
Oh my gosh, this game is too cute. You should put it on steam, so cute!!! This is best game
Once we have a definitive demo we will! Thank you so much, so glad you liked it <3
If you want to join our community and stay up to date, feel free to hop on our Discord Server :D
Why does the screen of the Shikakuchi make the entire game lag as soon as it's removed
Thank you for reporting this bug! We'll be checking it out right now
I absolutely love this game 😭😭😭😭😭 Where was this my whole life
Ahhhh! Thank you so much!!! ;_; <3 <3
Loved this game so much hope it gets more content
Thank you so much and it definitely will!! We're (currently slowly- August is deadly!) working to add more content :3
Feel free to join us on Discord to stay updated!
i cannot play it it says "createfile2" can you fix this problem?
Hey! Can you please provide us with a screenshot of the error? :)
THIS GAME WAS AWESOMEE !!!! super cozy and really easy to just enjoy, i loved it i hope we get more
Ahh! So glad you liked it!! If you want to stay up to date with new additions to the game feel free to join our Disc Community :3
This game is so cute and cozy. I enjoyed this game so much :D
Thank you so much!! ;;_; <3
This is such a healing experience considering i MURDERED my 3ds when i was tryna repair it irl.... I still have the parts in a bag so I can hopefully reassemble it someday
hehehe my first attempts at repairing/modding old consoles went... pretty much the same lol I'm sure you will make it!
It doesn't work for me. i try to download but it says something is missing. does anyone in windows also have this problem?
Hey! Did you unzip the folder? If not unzipped it will show you this error
I installed this game via the itch.io app and the only compressed file I could find was a gz(ip) file with the file manifest in it having gotten this error (except that only the C++ Runtime was missing) - I'm not surprised as I have DirectX installed and given the dozens of games I have played on this machine I also have just shy of a dozen MS Visual C++ runtimes installed so either your one is very old (I've everything more recent, 32 and 64-bit) or the ones already installed are not being checked... this is an issue because there is a limit to the number of times I want this single library installed, thank you (especially since nothing is kind enough to uninstall it once they are done with it :( - least of all MS :( :(
As a quick fix I would recommend is downloading the game from the site instead than using the app! If you do that you should find a folder that, once unzipped, presents the .exe and 2 folders (picture below):
In the meantime me and one of the progs are trying to wrap our head around what happens when using the itch.io app- it's the first time we're hearing of something like this, so we're sorry for the inconvenience!
No problem, thank you for the workaround and apologies... it seems that the app is not so popular though it is pretty useful for my gaming needs! (I guess a lot of devs might not find it so useful? But for me it is a better version of Steam! :D - faster, simpler and with a better selection of good games ;)
Thank you again and once I've given the game a fair try I'll leave a review :)
Let us know if it works!! We are currently trying to address as many bugs and recurring issues as possible and- it's super understandable the itch app might be a better choice for many people!
Such a cozy experience
Thank you! We're glad you enjoyed it :3
Hey there! I had so much fun with your game. The atmosphere and overall color choice is so soothing. I loved the simplified but noticeable attention to detail when it comes to fixing consoles. I may have encountered a few bugs but it also may have been user error. Either way, I hope you don't mind but I made a Let's Play of my experience with your game. I can't wait to see more. 😄
Thank you SO much for your feedback and for your video! We love and appreciate it so much <3
We're currently working on fixing bugs/improving user experience/etc to make this core super solid, then we will start adding new consoles
If you want to stay up to date you're very welcome to join our Discord community!
Loved this game, the whole aesthetic was amazing!
Aaaaah!!! Thank you for your video and for your feedback <3
love this game!
Thank you so much!!
I really really loved this game! Such a shame it was only 3 consoles, I'd love to have more things to repair :') Thank you so much for your hard work! <3
Thank you!! We're using the summer to polish and expand this demo, as soon as it's super solid we will start implementing new items >:)
If you want to stay up to date you're welcome to join our community on Discord!