Steam Locomotive - Dev Log 55

Hey everyone - welcome to dev log 55!

Last week we announced Update 0.9 would release on May 19th, PWS's birthday and what is coming; more on that here: https://steamcommunity.com/games/1290000/announcements/detail/3224024423343901085

If you want a localised time of the next release you can join our discord and see the announcement there or the event at the top of the server. Here: https://discord.com/invite/powerwashsimulator

Today, Artist Andrei walks gets us on track with insights into the smallest community level coming next patch, the Steam Locomotive!

Steam Locomotive

Last year we opened a Steam thread to get community map requests, for which we received hundreds! We then shortlisted these ideas and put them to a public vote on our Discord server. With over 2500 votes and beating a submarine, we got our first of 3 Community Maps coming in 0.9. Thanks for voting and making that so fun!

Andrei's insights:

The steam locomotive was one of the more popular community requests. We spent a fair amount of time going through all sorts of references, from the streamlined art deco engines of the 1940s to the more, well, 'steamenginey' ones from the late 1800s, ultimately settling on a combination of elements from various locomotives from the latter period.

The initial plan was to plop the engine inside a hangar. However, we realized that it looked rather weird; we needed a plan B when we did that. Looking at the locomotive itself, I thought it looked like something out of one of those old Spaghetti Westerns. I asked design whether they would be OK with a Wild West theme, which would also be a bit of a departure from the more grounded(ish) environments we usually go for - thankfully, they liked the idea, and that's what we wound up going with!

Due to the modern-day setting of PWS, the environment was set up as a sort of road-side Wild West Exhibit, with a not-so-subtle nod at mayor Jeff Jefferson's ancestor, who may or may not have been every bit as supposedly shady as his (in)famous great-grandson.

These new Community Levels will not be a part of the main career as they are outside its narrative arc. However, with the Free Play payout change, you will be able to earn Muckingham Dollars for washing these exhibits. Plus, they are still grounded in the PWS universe.

Weekly Meme

Each week we usually release a PowerWash version of a popular meme format. We haven't got one this week, sorry, but please enjoy this picture of May 4th Gnomey!

Have fun!

That's All, Folks!

Thank you to everyone for reading, we'll be back with spoilers of the Steam Locomotive, and we hope you will tune in next week! :)

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