As anyone who’s played PowerWash Simulator will tell you (your mileage may vary), it’s got some of the best lore since FromSoftware went all enigmatic about a king/dragon/wizard with a big hat on the back of a spell scroll. Amid all that squirting, it brought us mysteriously missing cats, dodgy politicians, golden age Hollywood heroes, enterprising toilet entrepreneurs, long lost Atlantean civilisations, and more. So it’s big hoorahs all round as developer FuturLab confirms there’ll be plenty more where that came from in its upcoming PowerWash Simulator 2.
FuturLab has been talking lore in the first of its PowerWash Simulator 2 developer blogs, confirming its sequel picks up several years after the events of its predecessor. In this brave new, post-volcano world, the Ancient Statue activated toward the end of the first game has continued to beam its enormous laser day and night, much to the annoyance of Caldera County’s local residents. They’re not especially happy it’s become a paranormal hotspot either.
Meanwhile, our beloved Powerwasher protagonist’s life goes on. “Obviously it was great to be involved in preventing an apocalyptic volcanic eruption by washing down the Sea Temple of an ancient civilisation, but saving the world doesn’t always pay the bills,” FuturLab writer Mark explains. “So they’ve continued to get their head down to save up for a swanky new Home Base, which they’ve just moved into as the new game commences.”
But new HQs don’t come cheap, and the Powerwasher will need to hit the road again and complete more hose-based jobs if they’re going to earn enough to re-purchase the equipment they had to sell. New jobs, of course, means new lore and players can find a Caldera County map and pinboard back at base (which serves as a hub in FuturLab’s sequel) that’ll slowly be adorned with newspaper snippets as Career mode continues. “This will fill in some [lore] gaps and help players stay invested in the story in a frictionless way,” Mark revealed.