History VideoGame / PCBuildingSimulator

* VideoGamePerversityPotential: The games <span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">allow you to use your images as your in-game PC's background. Naturally, some players have started using RuleThirtyFour<span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> artworks as their in-game wallpapers.

** You can also [[VideoGameCrueltyPotential pull off a prank on your clients]] by changing their regular wallpapers into NSFW wallpapers ''[[FailedASpotCheck and they wouldn't even notice]] [[CaptainOblivious or complain about it at all.]]'' Heck, this is an easy method to identify repeat customers in story mode for the base game and all the [=DLCs=].<ul style="border-left-color: rgba(128, 128, 128, 0.5); list-style-type: square;">This was [[SubvertedTrope subverted]] in the E-Sports and IT [=DLCs=] as some clients require you to set up specific wallpapers as a part of their hidden objectives to earn extra cash and [=EXPs=].

PC Building Simulator is, as its name suggests, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin a game that allows you to build PCs in a virtual world]] from Claudiu Kiss and The Irregular Corporation, which is exactly what you get in free-build mode. The career mode however is more of a PC repair simulator- you have inherited a repair shop from your uncle who had just retired, and will be tasked with repairing and building [[Platform/IBMPersonalComputer PCs]] for cash. How you spend the cash you earn from the repairs would be up to you, but it ''is'' advisable to stay out of the red- even if your bank is generous enough to give you an overdraw limit of $1000, dip below that and they start charging a daily loan interest. Aiding you would be several upgrades that will make your life easier. You also start the game at level 1, with experience coming in as you complete repair and build tasks. Gaining levels would allow you access to better components and better paying jobs.

On August 4, 2020, the eSports Expansion was added as paid DLC to provide a second career mode where you play as a tech for one of multiple eSports teams. Your role is to to maintain the gaming machines while juggling side jobs for the players, owners and team sponsors, getting your team in shape for the tournament at the end of each week and influencing the outcome through your skills.

On October 12, 2022 the official sequel ''PC Building Simulator 2'' was released via the Platform/EpicGamesStore. This game adds dozens more real-life PC products as well as new features like the ability to install and program RGB case lighting and spray paint the PC case different colors, and to install and use thermal control and power management software as well as the ability to customize your shop with custom wallpaper, carpeting, furniture, and posters.

* FourOneNineScam: One quest arc in the first game is written in the style of one, from an alleged African prince's secretary (from the "Royal Duarte Bank") asking you to do jobs for no labor cost (though you will still be reimbursed, at cost, for any parts you used) [[spoiler:Ultimately subverted, as if you accept and complete them, you get a third job with $4000 labor cost, and that one ''does'' indeed pay out.]]

** The game really simplifies some of the errors you may encounter while troubleshooting hardware. In real life, troubleshooting hardware isn't always that easy.

* AcquiredPoisonImmunity: In the IT Expansion, Ira T. Elster has poison injected into himself every few weeks to build up an immunity. He tries to do the same thing to his computer by pumping it full of viruses, but finds out the hard way it doesn't work like that.
* AntiFrustrationFeatures: Instead of being built-in, several upgrades you can buy are things to reduce fiddle factor, like an extra workbench or automatically plugging in external cables.

* AwesomeButImpractical: Watercooling. It cools your CPU and watercooled GPU at the lowest temperatures possible, which is very handy for overclocking, but you need a case that can fit enough radiators, it's trickier to assemble, and it's much more expensive than using an aircooler or even an AIO cooler.
* BlandNameProduct: DFL is probably one for DFI corp. Also, PC-Bay.
** The competitors in the E-sports DLC play ''[[VideoGame/{{Hearthstone}} Heart of Stone]]'', ''[[VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends Guild of Guardians]]'', ''[[VideoGame/{{Fortnite}} Fortfight]]'', ''[[VideoGame/RocketLeague Soccar]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/CounterStrike Strike Back Go]]'', but real games (including these) are often mentioned in the main mode.

** Unless a request requires you to meet a minimum criteria, to use a certain brand or type of component, or to not use used parts, you can just use the cheapest parts available, and you only need to install the bare minimum required to build a PC: a case, a motherboard, a CPU, thermal paste, a cooler, a drive, a PSU and a GPU, anything more is just a neat bonus.
** Aircoolers are the cheapest and simplest way to cool your CPU, provided you don't overclock it and your PC case has enough height clearance, which most mid-towers and all full-towers do, Whereas both AIO coolers and watercooling are more expensive, and there must be enough fan space for their radiatiors to fit in.

* GISSyndrome: A lot of the wallpapers found on your clients' [=PCs=] seem to be lifted off google images. A feature was later patched in where the player's own in-game PC would use their actual background image. The sequel uses the player's own PC wallpaper by default.
* IncompetenceInc: The player's uncle ran what could generously be called a cowboy operation. Routinely forgetting thermal paste on the CPU, never running tests before releasing a fix, and keeping barely out of the red before stealing some money from the business's limited bank account for gas as a final act before dumping the ailing business without telling the clients and skipping town. The business's [[BlandNameProduct not-Yelp]] reviews are rock bottom and a couple of the first scripted fixes are send-backs from disgruntled customers claiming the repairs didn't fix anything. Fortunately he was small-time enough too few people heard the bad buzz to stop you turning it around.

* ProductPlacement: The main draw of the game. The game prominently showcases products that you can buy in real life and there are posters of real magazine covers plastered all over your workshop. Likewise, almost all the game titles mentioned in the game really exist on Steam[[note]]Feudal Fantasy XIII is the one entry that doesn't exist[[/note]]. Likewise, there are several [=DLCs=] centered around the real life Original Equipment Manufacturers (NZXT, Asus' ROG, Gigabyte's Aorus and Razer, to name a few)
* UngratefulBastard: Every single one of the professional gamers that you work with in the [=eSports=] expansion is one of these. They'll demand expensive parts just because someone else had their computer repaired, the computer will need to be repaired because they broke it in a fit of anger, and not meeting their non-performance upgrade requirements will result in them getting ''pissy''. Not to mention the fact that they can somehow manage to ''completely destroy'' a computer ''while competing'', forcing you to spend through the nose for parts to be delivered immediately. And your thanks if you support them? They view your change to another team to be a betrayal.
* UnintentionallyUnwinnable: Your own office PC has parts like any other PC in game, and can be disassembled. This is intended to allow you to "trick out" your rig when you just feel like spending some money (or some awesome-looking used parts you may happen to find), but you may even downgrade your PC to help fulfill customer requests or to recoup some cash (it may help you get through EarlyGameHell in hard mode). However, if you are dumb or careless enough to sell enough parts that you can't build a PC anymore, you'll be stuck without any way to access your email or shop.

PC Building Simulator is, as its name suggests, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin a game that allows you to build PCs in a virtual world]] from Claudiu Kiss and The Irregular Corporation, which is exactly what you get in free-build mode. The career mode however is more of a PC repair simulator- you have inherited a repair shop from your uncle who had just retired, and will be tasked with repairing and building [[UsefulNotes/IBMPersonalComputer PCs]] for cash. How you spend the cash you earn from the repairs would be up to you, but it ''is'' advisable to stay out of the red- even if your bank is generous enough to give you an overdraw limit of $1000, dip below that and they start charging a daily loan interest. Aiding you would be several upgrades that will make your life easier. You also start the game at level 1, with experience coming in as you complete repair and build tasks. Gaining levels would allow you access to better components and better paying jobs.

Starting off as a free proof-of-concept game, the game was later sold on Steam as an early access title. The game is written using the Unity game engine. The game was released with full proof-of-access on Windows, Mac, and Linux in 2018 followed by a port to UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch, UsefulNotes/Playstation4, and UsefulNotes/XboxOne in August 2019.

On October 12, 2022 the official sequel ''PC Building Simulator 2'' was released via the Epic Game Store. This game adds dozens more real-life PC products as well as new features like the ability to install and program RGB case lighting and spray paint the PC case different colors, and to install and use thermal control and power management software as well as the ability to customize your shop with custom wallpaper, carpeting, furniture, and posters.

** Aircoolers are the simplest way to cool your CPU, provided you don't overclock it and your case has enough clearance, wheareas with both AIO coolers and watercooling, you need to make sure their radiatiors can fit in your case.

** The competitors in the E-sports DLC play ''[[VideoGame/{{Hearthstone}} Heart of Stone]]'', ''[[VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends Guild of Guardians]]'', ''[[VideoGame/{{Fortnite}} Fortfight]]'', ''[[VideoGame/RocketLeague Soccar]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/CounterStrike Strike Back Go]]'', but real games (including these) are often mentioned in the main mode.
** In the IT Expansion, there is the company Irratech Corp, PC Toolbox Magazine, the [=TikkIT=] app, and the Dekor website.
** The posters in the sequel are for TV shows, video games, and movies that are fictitious.

* FourOneNineScam: One quest arc in the first game is written in the style of one, from an alleged African prince's secretary (from the "Royal Duarte Bank") asking you to do jobs for no labor cost (though you will still be reimbursed, at cost, for any parts you used) [[spoiler:If you accept and complete them, you get a third job with $4000 labor cost, and that one ''does'' indeed pay out.]]

* PercussiveMaintenance: The printer in [=IrraTech=] has one of the ways to fix it if turning it off and on again doesn't work. Hitting it five times to fix it gives the "[[Film/OfficeSpace PC LOAD LETTER]]" achievement.

* FourOneNineScam: One quest arc in the first game is written in the style of one, from an alleged African prince's secretary asking you to do jobs for no labor cost (though you will still be reimbursed, at cost, for any parts you used) [[spoiler:If you accept and complete them, you get a third job with $4000 labor cost, and that one ''does'' indeed pay out.]]

On October 12, 2022 the official sequel ''PC Building Simulator 2'' was released. This game adds dozens more real-life PC products as well as new features like the ability to install and program RGB case lighting and spray paint the PC case different colors, and to install and use thermal control and power management software as well as the ability to customize your shop with custom wallpaper, carpeting, furniture, and posters.

** In the sequel, the player's uncle caused an accident that burned down the shop seen in the first game, and you are the one in charge of a new shop and are teaching your uncle how to do tasks properly.

On October 12, 2022 the official sequel ''PC Building Simulator 2'' was released. This game adds dozens more real-life PC products as well as new features like the ability to install and program RGB case lighting and to install and use thermal control and power management software as well as the ability to customize your shop with custom wallpaper, carpeting, furniture, and posters.

** In the sequel, the player uncle caused an accident that burned down the shop seen in the first game, and you are the one in charge of a new shop and are teaching your uncle how to do tasks properly.

* GISSyndrome: A lot of the wallpapers found on your clients' [=PCs=] seem to be lifted off google images. A feature was later patched in where the player's own in-game PC would use their actual background image.

* UnwinnableByInsanity: Your own office PC has parts like any other PC in game, and can be disassembled. This is intended to allow you to "trick out" your rig when you just feel like spending some money (or some awesome-looking used parts you may happen to find), but you may even downgrade your PC to help fulfill customer requests or to recoup some cash (it may help you get through EarlyGameHell in hard mode). However, if you are dumb or careless enough to sell enough parts that you can't build a PC anymore, you'll be stuck without any way to access your email or shop.

* UnwinnableByInsanity: Your own office PC has parts like any other PC in game, and can be disassembled. This is intended to allow you to "trick out" your rig when you just feel like spending some money (or some awesome-looking used parts you may happen to find), but can also be downgraded to help fulfill customer requests or to recoup some cash (it may help you get through EarlyGameHell in hard mode). However, if you are dumb or careless enough to sell enough parts that you can't build a PC anymore, you'll be stuck without any way to access your email or shop.

* UnwinnableByInsanity: Your own office PC has parts like any other PC in game, and can be disassembled. This is intended to allow you to "trick out" your rig when you just feel like spending some money (or some awesome-looking used parts you may happen to find), but can also be used to fulfill customer requests or sold (it may help you get through EarlyGameHell in hard mode). However, if you are dumb or careless enough to sell enough parts that you can't build a PC anymore, you'll be stuck without any way to access your email or shop.

* UnwinnableByInsanity: Your own office PC has parts like any other PC in game, and can be disassembled. This is intended to allow you to "trick out" your rig when you just feel like spending some money (or some awesome-looking used parts you may happen to find), but can also be used to fulfill customer requests or sold (it may help you get through EarlyGameHell in hard mode). In particular, if you sell enough parts that you can't build a PC anymore, you'll be stuck without any way to access your email or shop.

* UnwinnableByInsanity: Your own office PC has parts like any other PC in game, and can be disassembled. This is intended to allow you to "trick out" your rig when you just feel like spending some money (or some awesome-looking used parts you may happen to find), but can also be used to fulfill customer requests or sold (in particular, it may help you get through EarlyGameHell in hard mode). In particular, if you sell enough parts that you can't build a PC anymore, you'll be stuck without any way to access your email or shop.

* UnwinnableByInsanity: Your own office PC has parts like any other PC in game, and can be disassembled. This is intended to allow you to "trick out" your rig when you just feel like spending some money (or some awesome-looking used parts you may happen to find), but can also be used to fulfill customer requests or sold. In particular, if you sell enough parts that you can't build a PC anymore, you'll be stuck without any way to access your email or shop.

On October 29, 2021 the IT Expansion Pack was released which expanded the game to include a second career mode where the player now has a job at an IT company. The player must fix multiple [=PCs=], can team up with coworkers for jobs, has a ticketing system for queueing jobs, and sometimes has to travel offsite for a job.