Retro Gadgets

Retro Gadgets is a sandbox where you build, code, and customize gadgets inspired by old-school electronics.

Retro Gadgets is a early access, puzzle and logic game developed by Licorice ehf and Studio Evil and published by Licorice ehf.
Released on November 30th 2022 is available only on Windows in 8 languages: English, Italian, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Portuguese - Portugal and Simplified Chinese.

It has received 422 reviews of which 399 were positive and 23 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.7 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 16.99€ on Steam and has a 15% discount.

The Steam community has classified Retro Gadgets into these genres:

Early Access Puzzle Logic Programming Automation Simulation Difficult Electronic Retro Building 1990's Education Typing 1980s Singleplayer 2D Sandbox Coding Game Development Hacking

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Requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows

Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS *: Microsoft Windows 8 / 8.1 / 10 (64 bit)
Processor: Intel Core2Duo 2GHz or AMD equivalent (or better)
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: Intel HD series 5000 (or better) or discrete video card
DirectX: Version 9.0c
Storage: 300 MB available space

Reviews

Explore reviews from Steam users sharing their experiences and what they love about the game.

Oct. 2024

If you're here, you're probably here because you want to be able to easily build retro style gadgets and are wondering if this game is REALLY what you think it is. Well here's your answer: It is. It's a sandbox that lets you build whatever you want, provided you're actually able to code it. Think you are capable of coding DOOM in lua? It's possible.

Oct. 2024

Retro gadgets doesn't HELP you learn LUA. It helps you get better at it. It won't hold your hand (but it has great documentation) If you like coding, Lua is quite a simple language if you don't know it. Retro Gadgets has a great aesthetic, you just make your own challenges here, whatever project you can think of, it can be made. The limitation of the "consoles" you make bring out new, creative ideas. I'm personally keen of this mix of freedom and limitation In the end, if you like coding you must try this out, it's a really fun game. :)

Sept. 2024

I have ZERO coding experience but I figured this would be a fun way to learn. Only 1.2 hrs at the time of review but I have learned so much already and am excited to put many hours into this. Anyone who likes coding and wants to unleash their creativity with the physical devices and the coding projects should consider this one. :)

Aug. 2024

This game is not for everyone Yeah, as it sounds, this game is not really for everyone. If you do not have any programming experience nor the desire to learn so, do not buy this game. This game is really fun to play, i am a self-taught programmer and i love doing new stuff with this game. But without knowing at least basic LUA (the programming language used by this game) you can not do anything, at best you can only play gadgets made by others. However, it is not really hard to get started with it. If you spend a few days and maybe over 10+ hour, you can really get the grasp of it. 10/10 Game

Aug. 2024

I started this game with 0 knowledge of Lua or any other programming language. After some basic tutorials and looking through a lot of other gadgets to see how things worked, I eventually made a basic game on a Switch-like device I put together where you walk around as a cow and eat grass. Nothing special. However, this did spark my interest in programming in Lua to the point where I bought Pico-8 and spent a week making my own shooter where you go through different levels as a cow and defend crops from various enemies. Overall, if you're a fan of solving logic-based puzzles then Lua isn't too bad. Retro Gadgets will always have a special place in my heart as it was my comfy starting point. It has nearly everything you need built in including a sprite editor, coding stuff with auto-completion, and the ability to design your own Retro device. Will pro-devs like this? Prob 50/50 depending on how big your game idea is. But for neat little gadgets and basic games, it fits perfectly. As for intro devs or people with 0 idea whats going on, I recommend it! Just don't get frustrated quickly and instead enjoy the learning experience, you'll figure it out with time I promise.

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-15% 19.99€ 16.99€

8.7

399

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Developer

Licorice ehf, Studio Evil

Publisher

Licorice ehf

Release 30 Nov 2022

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