RECALLOOPSTUDIO
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ABOUT

Recalloop Studio is a small studio where one person makes games. I do the design and the implementation myself.

No real names or designs are used. I make things that never existed anywhere, yet somehow look familiar.

Right now I'm making THE BACKLOG, a first-person sim set in a used-game shop after closing, where you return the cartridges piled on the floor to the shelf for each console.

  • RECALL

    You remember it out of the blue and come back for just one more round. That's why the ending is what I think about longest.

  • LOOP

    I look for a feel that doesn't get old with repetition. I build the core loop first, then expand from there.

  • SOLO

    As much as my hands can cover, at the pace they can manage. What I make gets posted to Ci-en and X as it's done.

GAMES

THE BACKLOG title screen NOW DEVELOPING

THE BACKLOG

Backlog: clear the mountain of cartridges!

  • PC
  • 1-4P
  • TBA

The shutter is down on a used-game shop. Cartridges that were appraised but never put back are piled all over the floor.

Pick it up. Read the sign. Slide it into the shelf for that console. That's all there is to do, with no timer and no game over. When the floor is clear, the exit door opens.

There are 20 fictional retro consoles. Every cartridge, disc and box has its own shape and size, so once it's in your hand you can guess where it goes. The shelves are the hard part: to know which shelf belongs to which console, you either read the sign or remember.

Genre
Simulation / Casual / Indie
Players
1–4 (online co-op)
Languages
日本語 / English / 简体中文 / 繁體中文 / 한국어 / Русский
Platform
Windows 10 64-bit or later. Keyboard + mouse / controller
Release date
TBA
The shop floor after tidying. The floor is visible and the shelves are full.
The shop floor before tidying. Cartridges are piled all over the floor.
BEFORE AFTER
Drag left and right to tidy the shop.
  • Cartridge
  • Card
  • Disc
  • 8 cm caddy
  • Floppy
  • Tape
  • Videotape
  • Cardboard box
  • Stick
  • Ultra-thin card
  • Stamp-sized
Sliding cartridges into a shelf. They line up face-out in the slot for the same console.
Games for the same console go in the same slot, face out.
The shop floor during co-op. Several players are tidying the same shop.
Up to 4 players. You can toss cartridges to each other.
THE BACKLOG title screen
The title screen.

NEWS

  • DEVLOGAdded support for Korean and Russian text.
  • NEWSThe official website is now live.
  • NEWSThe studio is now named Recalloop Studio.
  • DEVLOGAdded controller support. It works alongside keyboard + mouse.
  • DEVLOGAdded support for Simplified and Traditional Chinese text.
  • DEVLOGAdded support for English text.

CONTACT

X / TWITTER@Recalloop Announcements and screens from development CI-ENDevelopment log and support page MAIL[email protected]Inquiries

For inquiries, send an email or a direct message on X (@Recalloop).