Greetings all!
It's been a while since I've touched the Demo build of Hydro (and made an appearance here), but today I thought I would come up for air from working on the full version and instead quickly shoot across two small quality-of-life (QoL) updates which have long been included in the full version currently in development, but I feel that should also be in the Demo.
This update now takes the Demo to version v0.28d (you can verify your version on the Main Menu of the game).
These QoL improvements are:
Greatly increased 'authority' of the Generator RPM Governor lever - you can now reduce the RPM of the Generator down even further and this should help when the river flow is going a little bit crazy. You'll have much greater control over the RPM and this should help avoid the dreaded over-speed bells from continually tolling (and tripping-out the Generator) like it used to before.
Improved the running sound of the Generator - turn up your volume for this one: your Generator will now whirr and moan and whine more realistically because the sound is connected to the RPM - this also means you can hear as it starts to slow down or speed up and make RPM adjustments based off sound :-)
That's it for now. Please remember I am neck-deep in late-stage development of the full version of Hydro right now, so my primary focus and energies will continue to be that until 1st August release date.
There's a lot that continues to be added to the full version of the game, and I will set aside time over the coming weeks to either release another Dev Log on my YouTube channel or post an update here.
In the meantime. if you haven't already checked out the most-recent Dev Log #4 which describes some upcoming features of the full version, you can do that by clicking below: View game pageAs always, I welcome your constructive criticisms on the Steam discussion boards.
Until next time, happy generating!