This could have potential, but at the moment it's not at all satisfying to play. Initially, I really loved the idea of a game where you get to take apart, clean, repair, and put back together toys, but the execution is not even remotely there. I enjoy games like House Flipper and Crime Scene Cleaner, and was expecting something more along those lines. In those games, you get to choose what item you think is best for the job, and have to direct those cleaning items over the areas you wish to fix up, with a percentage showing how much you've completed of 100%. This game is point-and-click only. It holds your hand through the entire process to the point where it practically does it for you. You don't even have the option of picking the wrong method of repair.
When it comes to cleaning and painting the toys, you just waggle the mouse cursor over the item, within a small, set area of movement, until it's finished. The ultrasonic cleaner and sticker printer are an even worse experience in terms of expectations vs reality. On the ultrasonic cleaner, you just press a single button so you can watch some animated bubbles for a few seconds, and nothing more, and printing the stickers is also button with the addition of a very boring drag-and-drop interaction, only for the stickers to simply appear on the item where they're meant to go. You don't get to place them on your own.
I really think this game has potential in terms of its premise, but as it is now a four-year-old could play it. I really wanted details, autonomy, and the ability to make mistakes that impact the end result and amount you get for the item, as well as customer satisfaction and reputation earned. Like if you turn a screw too hard or lever a chisel in the wrong direction, you risk breaking the toy and having to pay for new parts, and enter another more costly (time wasted penalty, vintage parts replacement penalty, extra resources used penalty) repair process.
Most of all, I really wanted something viscerally satisfying, like scrolling a mouse wheel or rotating a controller's joystick to turn a screwdriver, for example. Being able to turn a project and scrub various parts of a toy to get rid of all that grime, or using specialized tools to get into crevasses, or choosing paint colour, sticker style, where to place the stickers (with accuracy bonuses and penalties) etc, etc.
Another thing that would be cool is if there was a system of ranking or renown, so that the better you get the more access you have to complex, lengthy projects. Getting commissoned by museums or vintage enthusiasts to fix up their collections would be really cool, too.
This game needs details. Right now, I wouldn't recommend it at all.
