Introduce flooding or droughts

[techno_letsgo]

Once their factory is established, people can easily get comfortable with what they've got. As long as they keep polution in check and have some turrets near their borders, everything is fine until you build that rocket. But I'm thinking, what if you couldn't get comfortable? Or you have to have better planning to make sure everything setup is permanent? Due to how powerful the steam engine is both early and mid game people tend to settle near water bodies, both large and tiny. So, how about having some downsides to getting comfortable? What if the water could run out if you over-pumped it, or even if the water overflowed and broke nearbye machinery! It would give more incentive to finding an alternative to steam power, because right now the only thing keeping players from just using more steam engines is pollution and coal use.

[Tekky]

What if the water could run out if you over-pumped it

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