Fishing sim-cross-deep sea exploration game-cross-restaurant administration gem Dave the Diver has reeled in a reasonably expansive replace, with new content material updates, efficiency enhancements and varied bug fixes.
The main replace is headlined by a number of latest issues to do within the 2023 indie standout, together with including a bunch of latest sub-missions to later-game areas, which have been beforehand extra centered on wrapping up its important story.
There’s additionally new mechanics within the type of crabs and lobsters, plus crab traps for catching them. There’s apparently a devoted crab-catching system to play with as you watch for a crustacean to chew.
Arguably probably the most thrilling/mysterious addition is an occasion referred to solely as a “Lobster Party”, which guarantees to point out off new species however is in any other case left for us to find for ourselves.
Most helpful, maybe, is the choice to automate your farming utilizing a useful MC Sammy to assist out with chores. On high of that, there are new units that can support with storing eggs and feeding chickens, turning your farm right into a ruthlessly environment friendly machine. (Probably.)
Out on the water, you’ll have the ability to encounter a brand new occasion boss when all Marinca playing cards have been collected. Those playing cards are additionally cut up into a brand new Nocturnal class, with the addition of latest fish that can solely seem at evening to stability the truth that many daytime fish present up as soon as the solar is down regardless.
Elsewhere, there’s a Wandering Merchant, who will return to your Bancho Sushi restaurant if served a “particular” dish, promoting gadgets together with new substances.
Behind the scenes there’ll be enhancements together with general efficiency enhancements and quicker loading occasions, the choice to purchase seeds from Gumo on the seaweed farm and varied bug fixes. Oh, and also you’ll now have the ability to get Steam buying and selling playing cards too, which is good.
The chunky replace is reside now, delivering on devs Mintrocket’s promise in August so as to add some new content material after some quality-of-life enhancements together with the choice to show off button-mashing and resize the sport’s UI for the Steam Deck and smaller screens.
Dave the Diver has already hooked in over 1,000,000 gamers because it launched earlier this yr, so it’s good to see it proceed to develop and enhance – whilst its creators transfer on to one thing decidedly much less healthful.
