PAST SHOULD NOT EXIST

by empeurman

PAST SHOULD NOT EXIST

After an incident, old tech is now forbidden to avoid another one.

As a tech repair shop owner, you can't afford to STOP NOW :
Keep repairing while avoiding the police

CONTROLS

- W / A / S / D to move
- Mouse to look around
- E to interact
- Mouse wheel to switch the held item (tool belt, which includes the phone)
- Esc to pause or resume

Phone (while holding it)
- ↑ / ↓ to move the selection or scroll long text
- Enter / → to select
- Backspace / ← to go back

Repair station
- Mouse to point
- Left click to pick up a tool
- Esc / E to leave the station

Intro
- Space / Esc to skip

Menu
- Esc to pause

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CREDITS

Developer : Eduardo (Empeurman)

ADITIONNAL CREDITS :
- Assets

ShareTextures https://www.sharetextures.com

Kenney https://kenney.nl/assets

Comments11

tenthousandfireants19 Oct 2026, 22:56

I like the graphics, the atmosphere has that old horror feel

Frizifrench20 Oct 2026, 09:17

The intro is "goatesque", its simple but work well. The controls are a bit weird i think. The game could be improve a lot in the future with more interaction, a real shop and go on.

Zectalier20 Oct 2026, 12:59

Original and fun premise! The game does feel a bit light on content, as if some features were left out due to time constraints. The controls were also a little hard to figure out without checking the description. That said, I can really see this game becoming something great with a bit more development time. Lots of potential!

DingoHLM20 Oct 2026, 13:48

I struggled a bit with the controls, for exemple with the phone, which isn't explained in the game, but aside from that, the gameplay loop is really enjoyable and the lore is cool

jathurshandev20 Oct 2026, 14:18

Generational intro

The game is original and makes you feel like a criminal who just wants to help people with their old tech.

Controls are correct, repairs were easy.

Had a great experience, overall good game !

Scorpioffi20 Oct 2026, 14:20

Once you understand how the phone works, the game is quite enjoyable with a time challenge.

VokietisLt20 Oct 2026, 14:23

I mean. it gives vibes like schedule one. You might be onto something. But neeeds a lot of polish. Funny how the cops looked.

FireSlash20 Oct 2026, 20:30

I had trouble grabbing some of the tools, I had to be at a specific spot when I used the bench to actually be able to grab them.

A tutorial would go a long way in onboarding, even looking at the controls list I found it a bit overwhelming. The phone was also pretty hard to read, I like he idea/mood but popping the screen out into a larger panel would improve visibility.

Overall I like what you have here from an idea/mechanics perspective, it just needed a bit longer to bake. Solo Jam entries do be like that though. Might be interesting to do a post-jam version that has a proper tutorial/onboarding flow to get people into the rhythm, once you get past at it's quite good.

Nice work!

AO-8520 Oct 2026, 22:16

Awesome, your game is magnificent! I had a blast playing it, really cool stuff

rat-balls20 Oct 2026, 22:57

Very cool. Premise is interesting, I loved the intro cinematic, had alot of personality (and blew my ears out).
The gameplay feels a bit undercooked, but I can see the vision, very nice.

Nurakim21 Oct 2026, 09:18

Intro custscene is cinema.
And had little problem you need to look at table in correct angle or otherwise you cant grab tools to use it