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Case study · 100 build-credit budget
Retro Repair Café
A broken console. A better business idea.
Ady's concept for the Lovable × Contra challenge: a repair shop that stops losing its day to interruptions, paper bookings and "is it ready yet?" calls — and becomes a place nostalgic gamers actually want to hang out.
Why / 01
What was built.
Food & seats while you wait
A café counter turns waiting time into a reason to stay.
Drop-off, post or collection
Three hand-over routes, shown as a concept journey.
Live repair tracking
Customers check status online instead of phoning the shop.
Community nights
Retro gaming evenings that bring nostalgic players together.
Marketplace concept
A space for refurbished consoles and parts, shown as an idea.
Working in the app
Booking and repair tracking run on a real backend. The jobs you see are fictional demo data, not real customers.
Concept only
Café ordering, post/courier collection, community nights and the marketplace are presented as ideas. No real payments or couriers are connected.
How / 02
The eight-step build.
- 01Problem & conceptRepair shops lose time to interruptions, paper bookings and status calls. Pair the fix with a café people want to visit.
- 02ChatGPT / Codex planningShape the page map, booking flow and copy before spending any build credits.
- 03Lovable pages & bookingBuild the site, booking form and repair-tracking screens in focused prompts.
- 04Generated visualsCreate a consistent café, food and repair-bench look for the pages.
- 05Backend & fictional jobsStore bookings and repair status in the database, seeded only with fictional demo jobs.
- 06Higgsfield B-roll + Runway musicGenerate atmospheric café shots and a retro soundtrack for the presentation.
- 07Edit in FilmoraAdy cut the 1m53 presentation, walking through the problem, app and concept.
- 08Publish & submitPublish the app and submit it to the Lovable × Contra challenge.
A 3D exploded-console explorer and a busy-café hero are later preview enhancements, not part of the verified submitted app.
Watch / 03
The project presentation.
Ady walks through the idea, the working app and the Retro Repair Café concept in this Lovable × Contra challenge video.
Café B-roll sample.
An illustrative generated clip of the kind of busy-café B-roll used to give the presentation its mood. It is not the full presentation video.
Free download / 04
Unlock the workflow.
- Printable eight-step guide
- Reusable adapted prompt pack
- Visual consistency tips
- Backend privacy & testing checklist
- Competition submission checklist
Tools / 05
Build your own.
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