Dave The Diver took over my PC round Christmas in 2023. I discovered Mintrocket’s splendidly charming restaurant supervisor/ocean explorer a pleasure to flipper across the depths of, battling large fish, discovering historical civilisations, after which returning to the floor to do some sushi waitering. I’ve actually not thought of returning shortly, however the contemporary look the devs have simply provided at their upcoming Within the Jungle DLC has me very a lot pencilling one in.
Within the Jungle, as its title suggests, sees Dave, chefman Bancho and co head to a location with plenty of bushes. Reasonably than his free roaming being largely restricted to deep-sea delvage, the diver’ll be capable of wander round a jungle village and surrounding forest serving to out the locals in an array of Stardew Valley-esque methods, together with knocking coconuts out of bushes and shredding riffs in a loveable on-the-nose Guitar Hero parody.
Lest you assume you are staying dry, there is a large jungle lake to overcome the depths of by battling the likes of crocodiles, piranhas, and eels. To take these out, there is a new jungle gun, which might swap between firing nets, shotgunning, and sniper rifleing on cue. Along with these beasties, the lake’s dwelling to a litany of freshwater fish which might’t be eaten uncooked. Cue a swap from Bancho Sushi to Bancho Grill – that being the restaurant the chef opens up within the jungle village. Reasonably than serving a row of hungry people, Dave’ll be wandering between tables, including an additional problem to his plate-plopping gig.
General, the DLC affords a way more freeform Davely divering expertise, proper all the way down to the hours filling by in real-time, relatively than days being segmented into morning, midday and night time. As of proper now, the growth stays and not using a concrete launch date, having been pushed again into 2026 as of June this yr.
So, loads of time to dive again into Dave’s authentic journey and work out whether or not the crossover beasties like Godzilla are nonetheless ready within the depths someplace. To be truthful, you’d assume in that particular case, he beast’d be sufficiently big to identify from afar, particularly if you happen to bellow one thing provocative like “Is that this an indie recreation?“
