Power Wash Simulator - Warhammer 40k, Spongebob Squarepants and PC VR in 2023!

[StumpyJohn]

I found that the white, 40 degree nozzle was normally good in those circumstances.  I just roughly re-go over the area until I dinged that final 'invisible' bit of grime

[Ry]

And done. 

 

The three way power wash was a godsend for the last few missions. 

[glb]

Tried a couple of the smaller vehicle challenges. Haha, nope.

 

Turns out I’m not so efficient with the time spent power washing. Just glad there isn’t an cumulative meter for all the water used in career mode.

[Garwoofoo]

The tree house is interminable. I never want to see another wooden railing in my life.

[MattKB]

Man the last level is huge. Almost impenetrably huge. 

[Mr Do 71]

37 minutes ago, Garwoofoo said:

The tree house is interminable. I never want to see another wooden railing in my life.

Finished that earlier thankfully.

[Ry]

1 hour ago, MattKB said:

Man the last level is huge. Almost impenetrably huge. 

 

It's very time consuming but one of the less frustrating levels. 

 

The Ferris wheel is just a pain in the arse. 

 

Train station is the best. (Also time consuming on the same level as the last)

[cassidy]

Day 4 and the ancient remains dirty.  Good god. 83% though. The end is in sight. 

[moosegrinder]

All the ones that felt awful the first time round weren't too bad this time. The treehouse I did methodically making sure I did the underside first because looking up and washing is a pain in the arse.

 

I've just got to the subway which is as far as I got on PC. How many more stages after that are there?

[StumpyJohn]

16 minutes ago, moosegrinder said:

All the ones that felt awful the first time round weren't too bad this time. The treehouse I did methodically making sure I did the underside first because looking up and washing is a pain in the arse.

 

I've just got to the subway which is as far as I got on PC. How many more stages after that are there?

There are 38 in total in career mode

[StumpyJohn]

11 hours ago, Ry said:

It's very time consuming but one of the less frustrating levels. 

 

The Ferris wheel is just a pain in the arse. 

 

Train station is the best. (Also time consuming on the same level as the last)

Thinking back after completing everything I think my favourite career mode stages have been the helter skelter and the underground toilet.  My favourite overall has got to be the mini golf course in the specials section

[TehStu]

I'm looking for things to power wash in real life. I've got a little bit of stained concrete. The side wall of the house, perhaps. Starting to wonder if this game was funded by the International Association of Power Wash Manufacturers.

[ilpostino]

I've just finished the main "campaign". I love how the little text messages start out as a bit of atmosphere to the jobs all come together in the end. 

 

What a wonderful game. Brilliant. Now to do the challenges!

[glb]

Yes mate.

 

[glb]

Treehouse done. That was a pain.

[Garwoofoo]

On 29/07/2022 at 15:27, TehStu said:

I'm looking for things to power wash in real life. I've got a little bit of stained concrete. The side wall of the house, perhaps. Starting to wonder if this game was funded by the International Association of Power Wash Manufacturers.

Same here. I spotted this yesterday and developed a bit of a twitch. I’d get the green nozzle on that pronto. 
 

[TehStu]

Drat. 99% on the detached house, I can't find the window frame I haven't cleaned, even while selecting it. There's no flashing blue indicator anywhere. Although that said, it's a terrible color because I also had trouble seeing which wooden trim I'd missed. Needs to be bright pink or something. I game each window another good wash just to see if I caught the right one, but no. Even pointed the cursor at every window frame to make sure it had no progress bar left.

 

Will move on and hopefully sort it later.

[glb]

9 hours ago, TehStu said:

Drat. 99% on the detached house, I can't find the window frame I haven't cleaned, even while selecting it. There's no flashing blue indicator anywhere. Although that said, it's a terrible color because I also had trouble seeing which wooden trim I'd missed. Needs to be bright pink or something. I game each window another good wash just to see if I caught the right one, but no. Even pointed the cursor at every window frame to make sure it had no progress bar left.

 

Will move on and hopefully sort it later.

I had similar with the caravan. The indicator would only flash intermittently, and couldn’t see any orange grub. Crouching and getting under the trims with the swirly nozzle turned out to be key. 

 

Subway station is very satisfying to clean (those tiles!) but loooooong. Happily the ‘clean the van with only the red nozzle’ is a doddle with the pro washer. Took a couple of minutes.

[glb]

My cleaning style on this is so erratic. Logic would suggest cleaning from the top down but I just spray liberally at whatever is in front of me.

 

Reached the point where things are starting to link together…

 

Spoiler

…does the volcano erupt and cover everything in ash, ready for another loop of cleaning?

 

[TehStu]

I couldn't tear myself away from this last night. It's almost like meditating. I realized the whole time I was playing I was thinking of nothing, completely zoned out. 

 

Without noticing I had the 40 stars and $2k for the heavy duty washer, so grabbed that and I could almost feel the recoil from the orange nozzle based on the noise it makes, compared to the previous washer. Whipped through the achievement for washing the van with the red in minutes. I find myself routinely checking the achievements before starting a new level now, something I don't really bother with in other games. I mean, sure, sometimes it's fun to browse them and pick out a few you fancy doing, but I find myself wanting to do these.

 

Started the skateboard park and am really enjoying it. Nice to have essentially all flat surfaces to wash without any daft nooks and crannies. Realized holding the washer at an oblique angle causes the water to have a greater cleaning surface area while maintaining the pressure, so starting to do that to sweep the floors instead of my usual thing of walking up and down in straight lines with it more or less pointing down.

[TehStu]

On 02/08/2022 at 17:02, glb said:

My cleaning style on this is so erratic. Logic would suggest cleaning from the top down but I just spray liberally at whatever is in front of me.

 

Yeah I just do whatever takes my fancy. Starting to get logical about it causes me to think and I really don't want to do that.

[glb]

1 hour ago, TehStu said:

Yeah I just do whatever takes my fancy. Starting to get logical about it causes me to think and I really don't want to do that.

Agree. It’s the perfect game for just completely relaxing into. Like you, I find the experience pretty meditative, even if I have a film on the iPad while playing.

 

And, oh my, one of the later nozzles is a beast.

 

Spoiler

…behold the trident of power!

Still working through the subway station but at 62% now, so should have it sparkling in a session or two.

[TehStu]

On 01/08/2022 at 08:12, TehStu said:

Drat. 99% on the detached house, I can't find the window frame I haven't cleaned, even while selecting it. There's no flashing blue indicator anywhere.

Argh. I recleaned all the windows about 4 times before I noticed a window high on the side wall of the house.

 

You really earn those 50 gamer points for doing the fire station without the scaffolding. Enjoyed that.

[Rex Grossman]

I’ve been reading this thread and instead  of inspiring me to buy the game it inspired me to finally buy a power washer.

 

Thought I’d get one now before the inevitable hosepipe ban from Thames Water.

[moosegrinder]

All throughout the game I've basically been Quick Resuming and carrying on with no problems. After a few long sessions I finished the last level, only for it to bug out on the job completion and wouldn't let me open the tablet.

 

"No worries," says I, "It saves frequently and even if it hasn't done the last 20% or so we'll be fine." And closed the game to restart it.

 

When I go back to the job it's only 22% complete. Meaning it's not saved for about 3 days.

 

I'm fucking livid.

 

[TehStu]

Gah. Is that a game bug or QR thing?

[moosegrinder]

I think the two are related. There must be something about extended GR use that fucks the game.

[glb]

Think I’ve reached the last level.

 

Damn. That’s a big old thing to clean.

[moosegrinder]

Triple nozzle and judicious use of changing the barrel length is your friend.

[SF-02]

Councils should use this as a tool to get people cleaning local areas. They'd have ample volunteers