PowerWash Simulator News

Hey everyone!

Welcome to our latest weekly developer log! Last time we highlighted the upcoming changes to the UI and also the key and controller rebinding system a lot of you are waiting for! You can read more on these here: https://steamcommunity.com/games/1290000/announcements/detail/3007826910713243896

Today, we're showing off the new challenge modes coming in 0.5, we're still a few weeks away but will keep slowly dropping teasers, so be sure to keep an eye on our socials too!



This time we have 2 new challenge jobs with a longer level, Back Garden, and a super quick one with the Dirt Bike. We'd like to note again that the main focus of our game is on the satisfying chilled out act of washing, these challenges are just an added extra to give some replayability and extra fun. (4 normal jobs are coming to Career and Freeplay modes in 0.5)

We're excited to hear feedback from having a larger level, especially for the timed challenge mode!

This time, the loadout is slightly tweaked with the Urban X U2 being the power washer equipped, so it may even be a new twist on the map for players that haven't already taken it on in Freeplay mode. Plus, it will make it so it doesn't take quite as long as it does in career mode and you'll be able to get quite a few runs in. Here's the loadouts and times/water for these levels. (These may be tweaked before the 0.5 launch, please let us know your thoughts below!)

Timed



Water



We hope everyone will be madly spraying around the Back Garden or very carefully squirting and taking their time to conserve water in the next patch!

With the Dirt Bike, it is something very quick and small that will be able to be restarted and done in very quick succession. We're definitely excited to see the lowest time on this one as it could be really low! Here's the loadouts and times/water currently.

Timed



Water



Overall we hope these two levels will offer some interesting challenges and we look forward to revealing new modes in future updates!





We'd like to remind everyone of the winner of the last community map request vote which is the Steam Locomotive. We'll be developing this level and it will come in a later update! Who's excited to see this in-game? (This joins the Mini Golf Course which won our first round)

We took all of the job options in the votes from this thread: https://steamcommunity.com/app/1290000/discussions/1/3112530528183413533/

Where the community then voted on their favourites. We have now re-opened that thread for more community suggestions! We'll take ideas from this to put together a 3rd and final vote for a community suggested map to be added to the game. (Please note, the next community vote is for a large vehicle or similar sized level to the fire helicopter.)

Join our Discord ahead of the next vote and to see how all of the other votes panned out:
https://discord.gg/powerwashsimulator



[h3]Finally Hotfix 0.4.2 [/h3]

• Minor asset changes
  

That's all for dev log #23, we'll see you next time for #24! Are you ready to call 'bingo' yet?

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Hey everyone!

Here's just a couple of PowerWash Simulator community updates:



Steam Locomotive has won our latest community map request vote!



We have now also opened up map requests again to potentially get your idea into the game, submit your ideas here: https://steamcommunity.com/app/1290000/discussions/1/3112530528183413533/

This is where all of the ideas we were all voting on came from! :)



To celebrate over 10,000 Discord members on the official PowerWash Simulator server we're giving away Steam codes of the game to 10 lucky winners!

To enter join the Discord here: https://discord.com/invite/powerwashsimulator

Go to the #giveaways section and the instructions to enter are there. Giveaway closes, August 6th 10AM GMT+1!



Thanks for reading, we'll see you all on Friday for our weekly Dev Log! :)

Hey everyone!

Welcome to our latest weekly developer log! Last time we spoilered some of the new levels coming in the next update and gave an early look at multiplayer which is coming later in Early Access. Take a glance at all of these tantalising teasers here: https://steamcommunity.com/games/1290000/announcements/detail/3007826277543013699

Today, we're showing off the shiny new UI we've been working on, the ability to rebind the controls and more.



We wanted to get key rebinding in the last update but it needed some extra time in the oven to further test and iron out.

Take a sneak peak below at what that extra developmental baking has done!



(There's no soggy bottom here)

You will be able to rebind your keys or buttons to all of the actions in the game. We hope this helps lots of players in the process!



To match this new rebinding we also have a shiny new UI for the options menus, to better lay out the options. Here's a quick look at the easier to use menu:





We have been running a vote on maps for us to develop and add into the game. The maps were originally community requests in this thread: https://steamcommunity.com/app/1290000/discussions/1/3112530528183413533/

We have now reopened that thread, if you have any more suggestions you can add them in there and they may even make it into our third vote. So far, in vote 1, the community has decided that we will be making a mini golf course for you all to clean!

Vote 2's final is a Submarine VS Steam Locomotive! One of these will be made, who's the winner? You decide!

To join our Discord and submit your vote, click here: https://discord.com/invite/powerwashsimulator

There's a channel called #community-map-votes with instructions on how to vote in the pinned posts. You can vote on each group and one of these will be made for the game!

May the map with the dirtiest potential knock out its foes and rise victorious in muck! Let us know who you would like to win below!

That's it for this dev log, we'll see you all in the next one!

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Hey everyone!

Welcome to our latest weekly developer log! Last week was all about looking good, as we covered potential upcoming washer skins. You can read all about these cosmetics and more here: https://steamcommunity.com/games/1290000/announcements/detail/5631172529428126617

We also fixed several bugs and tweaked the washers to better remove rust this week in a hotfix patch, more info: https://steamcommunity.com/ogg/1290000/announcements/detail/3007826277538888864

Today, we'll be covering new map teasers, opening Community Map Request - Vote 2 and giving a sneak peek at multiplayer.



Lots more levels are still to come during Early Access, in the next patch we've got 4 maps planned. These images are from two of those maps, put your wildest speculations in the comments below as to what these maps are! We'll also continue to tease with more and more details over the coming weeks leading up to that content patch on socials and here.

Spoiler 1

Mosst you tease us like this?



Full video of this here: https://twitter.com/PowerWashSim/status/1417875227497934852

Spoiler 2

Who is hungry after a long day of power washing?



Spoiler 3

Show us your true colours



[h3] Glimpse at Multiplayer[/h3]

We also gave a funny glimpse at the multiplayer element of the game, it has come a little way since these images but had a good laugh at the current bean. To be clear, this is not coming in the next update but a future content drop as it needs more time in the oven! If you don't know multiplayer was coming, take a look at our Early Access Roadmap:



Can you make a meme out of this?



Bean can wash!





Mini Golf Course is victorious in Vote 1 and will be made exceedingly dirty to be put into the game in a future update! Thanks to everyone who voted and made this vote fun! Also, whilst the maps that lost aren't planned before launch, who knows past 1.0, some of the ideas could make an appearance.

Vote 2 is now open with round one lasting until Monday 26th July at 2PM GMT+1 and all of the filthy options to choose from are as follows:



To join our Discord and submit your vote, click here: https://discord.com/invite/powerwashsimulator

There's a channel called #community-map-votes with instructions on how to vote in the pinned posts. You can vote on each group and one of these will be made for the game!

May the map with the dirtiest potential knock out its foes and rise victorious in muck! Let us know your favourites in the comments below!



Hey all, we wanted to give more insight on our buff to the Prime Vista 1500 and Urban-X red/turbo nozzle against rust which came in hotfix 0.4.1.

Here's an explanation from Lead Designer Dan:

Originally posted by Dan

It has been our intention that all jobs can be completed using any of the pressure washers, including the very first one that you start with. Based on the community feedback on how hard rust was to remove (especially with the earlier pressure washers), we investigated and agreed. As such, the red and turbo nozzles for all pressure washers have been made more effective for all dirt types! The effectiveness of all other nozzle sizes remains the same.

That's it for this dev log, next week we'll be covering more dirty upcoming features for our next regular Early Access content update!

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Hey everyone!

We have just launched a hotfix to help with removing the rust and to resolve several other issues that came with the 0.4 update. Thanks for all of your reports and patience with these issues!

• 0 degree nozzle on light and medium duty washers given a 100% & 150% boost to clearing tier 6 (Ingrained – rust) dirt types
  

This change has been made to both bring the power washers more in line with where we want them on the 0 degree nozzle with rust and should also resolve the issue with being unable to clean it.

We will be looking to fix the higher FPS options lowering some of the cleaning like in this instance with rust but that requires more work and we are aiming to add a resolution to this in the next patch.

Please note, the Prime Vista 3000 is still the best washer for removing rust, with the option of also removing it relatively quickly with the yellow nozzle.

• Mars Rover job does not reset correctly if there was any progress made in 0.3
  
• Previously-equipped washer not being remembered in Career mode when Challenge/Special is played. (This led to people having the Prime Vista 1500 equipped and that made the rust issue worse!)
  
• Completed subtask notifications may become stuck if multiple are triggered in (very) quick succession.
  
• Incorrect button glyph (tip) shown to refill soap when using a controller
  
• Ultra-wide monitor resolutions not being available
  

Thanks again everyone for helping us track all of these issues down as quickly as possible and we hope you all have a great time washing!

If you want to keep in touch with us and the developers directly:

[h2] Join The Community On Discord[/h2]

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