Hey everyone!
Welcome to dev log #7 'Rewind, Ladders & Highlights'
This weeks dev log will let you travel back in time, climb to the tallest building and find the grime hiding in plain sight.
Last week's developer log is available here where we talked about getting repeat customers in familiar areas, map zones and dirt game design!
Onto this weeks content heavy log!
Rewind
After finishing a job, you'll be able to see a replay of your power washing exploits unfold before your very eyes.
At the moment this is a sped up video of your washing. To achieve this we added a fixed camera to each job which records whilst washing to then compile into your replay.
We hope that people could get creative with it, especially with washing art in a time-lapse and potentially even creating rudimentary dirt gifs with the system.
We'd love to hear your feedback on this feature and if it is something you like!
Highlight
With large, intricate and sometimes obscured dirt in the maps we've added a system to highlight any unwashed grime to you with a yellow flash. This is done at a tap of a button and can quickly lead you to that 0.1% of a job you still need to complete.
This also goes alongside the details menu which lists each part and the percentage of dirt you've already washed off of that area.
The highlight feature was available in our itch.io demo but has only just been reinputted back into the game ready for an Early Access launch. Though, we're still fine tuning it and can't wait for some more feedback soon!
Ladders
We've shown off scaffolding before which can be placed and climbed but we haven't revealed the more sophisticated ladder. The ladder, due to its precise angled nature and extra gravity related safety considerations is set to snap to pre-set ladder locations.
As you can see here:
Allowing you to get to roofs and other relatively high spots.
Are you ready for a climb?
Mega Scaffolding
Some of the structures in PWS are rather taller than simple houses and to wash the outside of them requires some equally large structures... meet the mega scaffold.
Note: this is WIP but for now you can get to the top of the fire station's tower to clean all of the exterior. We just thought this would be fun to show off so let us know any of your feelings below!
Turbo Nozzle
Something else we've teased recently in our social media is the turbo nozzle! This rotating pencil jet is ideal for blasting away some of the toughest dirt. It's rotations are also great for making perfect circles and have a lot of potential for grime art!
How satisfying is that?
That's All Folks
As always we'd love to hear feedback on anything shown today, so please let us know any of your thoughts in the comments below! :)
That's all for this content rich developer log, we've got even more great additions to show in the next one!
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