It's not all that glitter is gold
Half the story has never been told
                                ~ Led Zeppelin

Ever dreamt of owning a cozy retro console repair shop in a sweet, buzzling smalltown?

In Retropair you play as a repair person without money troubles: you are known in the neighbourhood which is inhabited by many gamers, and it's not uncommon for them to fall for buying a retro console or finding a long-lost but much beloved device in their attic.

And of course, the wheel of time or wear hasn't stopped at the darlings. So every now and then someone comes to see you to get some part repaired. And while there, they of course tell your their entire life's story.

Controls

This game can be played with mouse & keyboard only.

Binding	Action
Left Mouse Button	Grab/Release Device
Right Mouse Button	Grab/Release Part
Mouse Scoll Wheel	Switch Viewpoint
Spacebar	Advance Visitor Monolog

Gameplay

Your job is to accept your customers' consoles, repair them and give them back. The repair process involves deconstructing the console, identifying broken parts with diagnosis tools and replacing them while building the console back together.

Your central tool is the cursor, with which you can pick up, move and place consoles or console parts. Press the right mouse button to pick up a single part of a console, such as a power button, top hull or eject mechanism. Press the left mouse button to pick up the compound object, without detaching any part.

Parts can only be placed into specific slots on a console, so take care you get a context UI hint when placing a part on a console! If the part doesn’t slot in, it won’t be connected to the console.

For diagnosis and utility you have four devices at hand: a TV, the RetroScope 3000®, the Bottomless Pit and the Trash.

RetroScope 3000®

The RetroScope 3000® can scan exactly one piece of hardware for functionality. It doesn’t consider any parts attached to it, so in order to confirm that a system is fully functional, you will have to remove all parts and test them individually.

Your trusty TV

The TV can confirm that a console is up and running. It can’t test plastic parts or individual chips, only the mainboard and anything connected to it. Plugging a part to the TV can have one of these outcomes:

• Nothing happens. The part you’re testing doesn’t contain a mainboard.
• Blue screen. The TV is on, but doesn’t receive a video signal. Is the mainboard broken?
• Black screen. The TV received a black video signal. This most likely happens when the system works, but there isn’t a game cartridge plugged into it.
• Light blue screen. The system is running! Hooray!

Bottomless Pit

This is where broken parts go, never to be seen again.

Trash

The trash is a nigh-infinite source of parts. They might be broken, they might have parts missing, but they might also work perfectly.

Credits

Team:

Katharina "StumbleDuck" Broswik (itch.io)	3D Art, 2D Art
Daniel "Faulo" Schulz (itch.io)	Code, Tech Art, Game Design
Gregor Sönnichsen (itch.io)	Code, Writing, Environment Art, Game Design

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