You are a lowly gnome, making parts, earning shinnies, building (and repairing) machines on a quest to earn 1 million shinnies.

## About This Game
You are a lowly gnome (or mech-gnome) that needs to gather 1 million shinnies
to prove your worth and graduate from the Gnomish Inventor’s Institute. You
craft silly things, like gadgets and gizmos and then sell those crafts for
shinnies. But the task is grueling, and so you must make machines from those
silly parts to help you craft more gadgets and gizmos more quickly and
efficiently. However, machines break down and need repaired, and the machines
don’t work the way you might expect. Work your way through the objectives, to
generate 1 million shinnies and graduate from the Inventor’s Institute.

Crafting – You begin with a small assortment of various parts and use the
three crafting bins to combine those parts into more complicated parts.
However, the more complicated the part, the more its worth in shinnies. But
don’t be fooled, the crafting gets harder and more involved as you unlock more
recipes.

Machines – As you advance through the objectives which guide you through the
game, you will be able to build machines which craft parts for you. You will
need to use your shinnies to buy the blueprints in the shop, then craft the
parts to build the machine. Once built though, machines are partial to
breaking down and will need periodic maintenance. Machines can be upgraded to
improve their output and efficiency.

Resource Management – To be successful and graduate the Institute, you must
carefully balance your parts, shinnies and machines. Only widgets and
subsequent parts can be sold in the shop. So if you don’t have the parts to
craft widgets and no shinnies to buy parts, you might fail. Machines have a
tendency to over-produce one part or another, consuming valuable resources. If
your machines get out of hand, you might fail.

Shop – The game’s shop provide three categories, trade parts for shinnies,
shinnies for parts and upgrade machines and materials. You can even upgrade
the materials used for your parts, like Iron, Steel and Titanium, to get more
shinnies per part. Careful planning and knowledge of the store’s components is
key to success.
## About the Author
I am a teacher of 14 years and have always wanted to publish my own game. The
main idea behind this game goes back to my childhood working on cars in the
garage with my Dad, where the language was “Hand me that doodad so I can get
this thingamajig out of the whatchacallit”. But I have to admit, the drive to
publish this game came from the growing unease of my student loan debt. All
revenue made from this game will go towards my student loan debt and saving
for my 4 kid’s college as well.

Thanks in advance for purchasing and playing Widgets and Gidgets.

Widgets and Gidgets