R.E.P.O. Modding

R.E.P.O. is a co-op horror game where a squad of little robots hauls valuables out of haunted places. Its modding community on Thunderstore is huge, and cosmetics and new valuables are two of the most popular categories.

I’ve published two mods there under the name Embers, both with a Finnish twist.

Two Finnish hats for your robot.

A cosmetic mod with a black cap carrying the Karjala beer crest and, as a bonus, a red “liekkipipo” beanie with flames. It is by far the more popular of the two, with more than 100,000 downloads and seven other mods and modpacks that include it. Suomi perkele.

New loot to carry out without breaking it.

In R.E.P.O. the whole point is getting valuables out without breaking them. Ember’s Valuables adds my own: a case of Sandels beer that spawns in levels alongside the game’s own loot, with more planned.

It is a small mod, but it covers the whole loop of modding a game you don’t have the source for: modelling and texturing the asset, setting it up so the game treats it like its own valuables, and packaging and publishing it for the community.