Casual Gameplay writes: "From newcomer World Loom comes the latest resource management game to take the action out of the diner/restaurant/shop/airport: Fix-it-Up: Kate's Adventure. More of a business simulation along the lines of Build-a-lot, you must help Kate expand her profits by buying cars at low prices, fixing them up, and selling them for a hefty profit. The combination of time management and business acumen creates a delightful final product made even better by its whimsical art style and soundtrack."
Slam, bam, thank you ma'am, that's the bottom line when it comes to Fix-it-Up: Kate's Adventure, a new game for the Mac from World Loom. It's a nice, new entrant in the ever popular time management genre, but it's way too short.
GameZebo: "If you're bored of managing restaurants, beauty salons or fitness clubs, perhaps you'll be 'driven' to perform in a handful of auto repair shops. Such is the premise behind World Loom's Fix-it-up: Kate's Adventure, a challenging and gratifying business simulation for virtual grease monkeys.
As told by the nicely-drawn and well-written comic book sequences, the story introduces us to Kate who returns home from college only to find her dad's garage is in financial disarray. Kate decides to help her father out with his Nevada-based shop by cleaning cars, which makes them more appealing to sell, buying broken down lemons and fixing them up for profit and helping to make the rent in order to progress to the next day. Kate will have a limited amount of time to achieve her goals, and new ones will be continually added to keep this young woman on her toes."
