WhenPowerWash Simulatorcame out of Early Access, it became quite ahitamongst the team here at Eurogamer.
I enjoy it a lot.
Bertie expertly summed it up inhis review.
“This is not a game about rushing towards an end,” he wrote.
It’s relaxing and calming, and that’s a powerful quality."
But this inevitably got me wondering about theotherend of the gameplay spectrum in PowerWash Simulator.
Speed and efficiency, rather than leisure.
I’m talking speedwashing.
Was there anyone out there playing like that?
Speedrun.com has a feature where you could see the last time a user logged in.
And every single mod hadn’t logged in [over] two months."
“There were like 40 runs waiting to be verified.
But ever since then the community has grown so much.
The mechanics are so simple that there’s little to exploit.
Fireball and eiphaYstos both told me that soap was a powerful tool in 0.3, but was subsequently nerfed.
So, how can you become a pro speedrunner?
Yes, you read that right.
For career mode, everything is included in your time.
Time spent in menus, taking a break or doing real life things?
Still, 21 hours playing non-stop is an impressive achievement on its own.
He’s an experienced speedrunner, having done runs forCeleste,Super Meat BoyandSuper Mario 64previously.
Futavega cited streamers and YouTubers as a huge influence in the speedrunning community’s origins.
I too hope that PowerWash Simulator’s speedrunning scene continues to grow.
