Unbelievable action-adventure recreation and administration sim (and a lot extra past that) Dave the Diver is getting extra free updates, together with a crossover with fellow fishing recreation Dredge. In its newest developer replace, recreation director Jaeho Hwang and recreation designer Nolan King from Mintrocket go over what we are able to count on from the December patch, which additionally consists of a number of different welcome modifications for considered one of 2023’s most pleasant video games.
The pair begin by expressing thanks for his or her current nominations at The Sport Awards, saying they felt “actually proud to be standing side-by-side with so many good video games” regardless of Dave the Diver not coming away with any wins. King provides a shout out to Robocop: Rogue Metropolis, a recreation he’s having fun with proper now, whereas Hwang addresses Dave the Diver’s inclusion within the indie class, saying he understands the considerations, however that the group is targeted on making the most effective recreation it may possibly no matter what style it’s thought of to be.
For the replace approaching Friday, December 15, the primary focus is the free Dave the Diver and Dredge collaboration. “The ambiance of Dredge is sort of totally different from our recreation,” King remarks with a smile, “so we added this new darkish and gloomy Dredge feeling to Dave the Diver.” He explains that feedback and fan artwork from gamers impressed the builders to work collectively, noting that each groups “are enormous followers of one another’s video games.”
With a purple mist descending over the Blue Gap, Dredge’s Travelling Service provider arrives to request that Dave monitor down the mutated ‘aberrations’ from Dredge, which seem on foggy nights. “You may truly navigate across the Blue Gap by working Dave’s boat,” King says, “one thing you haven’t been capable of do your self thus far.”
You’ll discover aberrated fish in three totally different areas across the Blue Gap, and Hwang says the newcomers have “distinctive and various assault patterns” to be careful for. To assist, you’ll get a brand new weapon – the drain gun. This weapon, King explains, “has a unique manner of dealing harm to the goal fish whereas additionally permitting you to replenish your well being,” which sounds fantastically helpful to me.
Maybe unsurprisingly, these weird creatures aren’t going to go down notably effectively together with your common clientele. As a substitute, on foggy days you’ll be visited by mysterious hooded figures – “these prospects have wholesome appetites,” Hwang says, “so it’s most likely a good suggestion to catch quantity of aberrated fish as a result of they constantly order till the restaurant closes.” He notes that, since common prospects don’t eat aberrated fish, it’s nonetheless necessary to recollect to organize your atypical vary of culinary delights for everybody else to get pleasure from.
There’s extra to this newest free Dave the Diver replace than simply the collaboration, nonetheless. Responding to suggestions that the Sea Individuals village is cumbersome to navigate, the Beluga taxi will now stick round if you name it with out charging you for its use a number of occasions – it’ll simply look forward to you everytime you go right into a constructing.
There are some new dishes to find, and additions to the Cooksta feed. You’ll now have the ability to cancel the celebration animation after carving an enormous fish, permitting you to maneuver out of the way in which if one other fish is attacking. The UI has additionally been improved to make it extra readable, which needs to be of explicit assist to gamers on moveable units, comparable to these of you enjoying Dave the Diver on Steam Deck.
In closing, Hwang returns to the Dredge collaboration, saying, “That is our first piece of crossover content material – we actually had enjoyable making it so we hope you guys get pleasure from it too. We are going to preserve searching for extra enjoyable crossovers to do sooner or later.” To have fun, there’ll even be a bundle to purchase the 2 video games collectively launched alongside the replace on Friday, December 15, good for anybody who’s but to select up both recreation.
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