Power Wash

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Inspiration

Snappy moment to moment fun helped inspire us. But what really brought us together as a team, was when Ash invited Laex (Vidyuu), she had this ingenious concept of cleaning gunk off cars. It immediately made sense to Laex and they jumped feet first into developing Power Wash.

What it does

Power Wash lets you simulate cleaning and detailing cars. You can rank up to improve your power washer, and unlock new vehicles!

World Improvements

Improved World Performance (Using World Streaming)
Added 37 New Vehicles (more than double the original amount)
Added Ranks With Progress & Rewards
Added Colored Rank Prefix To Name Tags
New How To Play "Talking Head" UIs Help Onboard New Users
Added New Power Washer Model That Supports Reskinning
Reaching New Rank Unlocks Various Power Washer Skins
Added Avatar Scaling Ruler For Fun Moments
Added Avatar Emoji To Stats With Random Chance For Funny Character Emotes
Large Numbers Are Now Displayed With A Post Fix of "k," "m," "b," or "t." For Thousands, Millions, Billions, and Trillions.
You Can Now Upgrade Faster By Buying Up To 100k Power Levels At A Time (previously capped at 10)
New Sprayer VFX Applies Mist Making For A More Realistic Cleaning Experience
Haptics Now Only Play When Cleaning Gunk, Making It Easier To Identify Hard To Locate Gunk
Volume Lowered On Boombox To More Pleasant Level
Color Changer UIs, Power Washer Preview, Now Supports Texture

How we built it

It took us several months to build the first version. Half of this was just fine tuning the progression system so that users would have a satisfying experience, leveling up, increasing power washer efficiency, and unlocking new vehicles!

Challenges we ran into

Asset spawning was our original key to having numerous vehicles, but unfortunately it wasn't reliable and some users were unable to see the vehicles. We switched to having the cars in the world at all times, just invisible and non collideable. With this competition we are implementing World Streaming which has allowed us to keep adding new vehicles, which is something we had hoped to do for a long time.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

We are so ecstatic with the communities response, seeing users have such a blast and progressing to the highest levels has been quite the treat. We are also insanely proud of our VR and XS users getting along better than we have seen anywhere else in Horizon. And we personally love jumping between using our phones and VR headsets to play. A really incredible cross-device experience.

What we learned

We learned that progression systems are really hard to balance, and that having an end can stop users from coming back. To combat this, we implemented a "prestige" system that allows players to reset, but come back with a bonus multiplier that makes them level up faster and reach higher levels than before.

What's next for Power Wash

Our next big plan is to keep adding more vehicles, and listening to our users to see what they want added and improved. We also love doing seasonal updates, so expect something fun to come in the fall and winter!