Highlights
- Dave The Diver director, Jaeho Hwang, desires of collaborating with video games like Subnautica and Dredge for potential crossovers, citing their distinctive fish that may mix nicely with their sport’s Blue Gap.
- Hwang jokingly expresses his private dream of inviting Strong Snake from Steel Gear Strong to Bancho Sushi in Dave The Diver, promising higher meals than the jungle’s uncooked fish.
- Hwang took inspiration from video games like MGS: Peace Walker and the Like A Dragon franchises for Dave The Diver’s sport design, combining administration techniques, mini-games, and strong gameplay mechanics with sushi and diving.
Dave The Diver director Jaeho Hwang has revealed his dream crossovers for Mint Rocket’s smash hit indie sport, together with the likes of Steel Gear Strong, Subnautica, and extra.
In a latest interview with DualShockers, which will likely be posted in full early subsequent week, Hwang expanded on his latest request for sport builders to achieve out for a possible crossover. Throughout a developer replace video earlier this month, Hwang ended by saying “if any devs are watching this, please be at liberty to contact us for a possible crossover.”
I lately had the prospect to talk with Hwang and requested him if any devs had reached out but, and what his dream crossovers for Dave The Diver can be. “I feel collaborating with Subnautica or Dredge can be actually cool. They’ve fairly distinctive fish in every sport in order that it could mix nicely with our Blue Gap,” Hwang revealed.
“My private dream is to ask Strong Snake to Bancho Sushi. I can guarantee you that we will serve him significantly better meals than the uncooked fish he needed to eat within the jungle,” Hwang joked. Though the crossover between Dave The Diver and Steel Gear’s Strong Snake might look like an odd alternative, Kojima’s Steel Gear franchise was truly a part of Hwang’s inspiration for Dave The Diver.
When it got here to the general sport design, Hwang says he was “massively impressed by video games like MGS: Peace Walker and the Like A Dragon franchises.” He went on to specific that the mix of administration techniques, mini-games, and strong gameplay mechanics impressed him to create an analogous sport with sushi and diving.
Dave The Diver first launched in early entry again in 2022, earlier than a full launch took the web by storm earlier this 12 months. It is at present obtainable on PC, however Mint Rocket has confirmed {that a} Nintendo Swap model is at present in improvement, though a agency launch date is but to be confirmed. The studio is at present specializing in releasing frequent hotfixes to handle bugs and basic quality-of-life enhancements.
