Retro Gadgets

I bought it as part of a programming bundle and cannot recommend this game yet, it just has too many bugs. On first launch the print button was bugged and gadgets would not print so I thought I was doing something wrong for way too long. On second launch I accidentally moved part of the tutorial octopus gadget. Great way to learn the game I thought to try and fix it. But I did not manage to find how to view and edit the CPU program. When running the gadget it had a CPU error. The multitool was connected. The bottom screen of the multitool showed the cpu and source programs but the top screen still said, select CPU or program. Well, the cpu was selected so no idea if it was yet another bug or just not obious what I did wrong. Also not obvious why the multitool disconnects when flipping around the board? The cpu was on the back so I had to flip it, select it, and flip it back to connect with the multitool. It's just a connector cable supposedly and you can plug those in, in every orientation in real life. Then finally I wanted to close the game and even that was bugged with it running infinitely, force closing stopped the process but I could not relaunch, steam just said 'stopp…

Zero Tutorial. Clueless as hell. Absolutely no fun like that! And the worst part is the background application, that still runs on the computer even after uninstalling the game. Seriously, why add a damn taskbar background application in a game, that nowhere is mentioned and still runs in the background even after completely deleting the game?

I expected Retro Gadgets to be more polished than this. There is basically zero tutorial, you get thrown into the sandbox completely clueless about what you’re supposed to do, and there’s really no fun in it when you have no idea how anything works. I know Story Mode is coming and hopefully that will fix this, but right now the onboarding is just really bad. I also had the game completely freeze on me once, not just a normal crash either, it froze so badly that even Task Manager stopped working. Maybe it was just a one time thing, but still, that’s not really what I expected from a game that’s been out for this long. And then there’s the background application, which I don’t understand at all. Why does the game need some separate task running in the background, especially when it’s not clearly mentioned anywhere? Even after uninstalling the game, it was still running on my computer. The concept is really cool, but the actual game feels way less polished than I expected.

I should have looked through the comments section before purchase. This is buggy, fullscreen-only, and as another person mentioned, it adds an unwanted taskbar application. I cannot recommend it.

as a tech lover, and a lua coder, i love this gaaaame i just think this version of lua is really confusing lwk

Currently in a Humble Bundle for a fraction of the price of the "Progamming Fest" Steam sale it was part of. Pretty much right after the 2 week window for refunds. Et Tu Brute?