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Bicycle repair could make for a great puzzle gameI crave investigating faults and screwing up repairs
I crave investigating faults and screwing up repairs
Bike Mechanic Simulator 2023 – Official Reveal TrailerHere we have Bike Mechanic Simulator 2023Watch on YouTube
Bike Mechanic Simulator 2023 – Official Reveal Trailer
Bike Mechanic Simulator 2023’s workshop
I think bike repair could make for interesting and challenging puzzles with investigative diagnosis, careful procedures, some capacity for bodges, and the risk of screwing up. A bicycle is fundamentally quite a simple mechanical device: tubes, a few parts which spin or turn, then cable, chain, rubber, bolts, levers, and bearings to bind them and speed you along. In theory, this device should be simple to fix. In reality, ha!
My heart sank a little when Bicycle Mechanic Simulator’s trailer implied the game might automatically thread the chain through a rear derailleur (the bit which changes a back wheel’s gears) for you. If you can’t commit the rookie mistake of picking a wrong route through the spring-loaded jaws and not noticing until you hear a hellish rattlegrind, is it even bike repair? But again, I am only guessing from screenshots and short trailers.
Bicycle Mechanic Simulator trailerAnd this one’s Bicycle Mechanic SimulatorWatch on YouTube
Bicycle Mechanic Simulator trailer
My own top bodge: a substitute mudguard for one ride until a replacement arrived, made from a cut-up protein powder tub sewn together with picture wire and daubed with kewl branding in nail polish. It’s terrible and I am delighted every time I stumble across this photo
