DAVE THE DIVER News

Hello, This is MintRocket 🚀

As we revealed our Early Access date (Oct 27th, everyone!) through our dev interview,
we are happy to announce that we are participating in The MIX Next 2022 Showcase!

MIX Next is a digital showcase revealing fresh games and announcements,
bringing together lots of developers and publishers from around the world!


So check out if you're interested, as lots of other cool games are also in the showcase!
And again, thank you always for supporting Dave The Diver 🌊 🌊

If you want to read more about the event, you can do so at the link here:


[h3]Showcase Schedule[/h3]
October 27th, 10 am Pacific | 1 pm Eastern | 7 pm CET


Stay tuned for our upcoming Early Access,
and don't forget to wishlist our game!

See you soon! 🤿

Hey Divers! 🥽🚀

This is MintRocket, and we'd like to thank all of our followers who took interest in our game & community.

As we finally announce the date of our Early Access (Check our Dev interview!),

We are also having a special event,
to pick a few of our participants to appear in Dave the Diver's In-game Cooksta app! 🐟


Your ID / desired nickname will be shown in the cooksta app,
as one of many delighted customers who have visited Bancho's Sushi bar! 🍣🍣


Share our Dev interview, and don't miss out on the opportunity to become a unique part of our game!






[h3]Event Date[/h3] October 16th, 11PM PST to October 23rd, 7AM PST

[h3]Event Prize[/h3] Winners will appear as a reviewer in an in-game app(Cooksta)

[h3]How to enter[/h3]
Step 1) Share our Dev Interview video on Twitter with a tag #DavetheDiver
Step 2) Join our official Dave the Diver Discord and message the tweet link & wished ID to Event_CM!



[h3]Notes[/h3]
1) Participants without a Twitter link won't be counted
2) Winners will be announced shortly afterwards
3) ID can only contain letters & numbers (maximum 15 characters)
4) Inappropriate words may be exempt from listing


[h3]Event Winners[/h3]

1. 김**#7554
2. Streamin**#0001
3. imoimoi**#3018
4. 밀*#2341
5. Yos**#2624
6. Sven Viki**#9241
7. mintyfreshd**#4584
8. holllowb**#8146
9. Mori**#1096
10. 미**#6446

Hi, this is MINTROCKET.

We are here to share the good news aside from participating in the gamescom2022 event.
We are excited to reveal release news that many of you have shown great interest in.

[h3]‘DAVE THE DIVER’ is headed to Steam Early Access release in October 2022![/h3]

We are in the middle of preparing the release making our game with incredible improvements based on your feedback before the official launch so please participate and give great interest in ‘DAVE THE DIVER’.

More news will be shared with you through our Discord, Steam community, and Twitter so stay tuned!
Please check out below trailer link including our early access news for more details!

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We look forward to your continued interest and participation until then!

Also, don’t miss out on a chance to play our demo specially opened for participating in gamescom 2022 which is available until 8/28 7PM (PDT), 8/29 11AM (KST).

Thank you.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1868140/

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Hello, this is MINTROCKET.

The ‘DAVE THE DIVER’ Demo Play opened at gamescom2022 where you can have a glance at the game closed on 8/28 7PM (PDT), 8/29 11AM (KST), as per the schedule we announced previously.

Once again, we would like to appreciate your participation in Demo Play and gamescom2022.
This demo release was a meaningful time when we could feel your great interest and deep love for the game.

Your precious feedback will be referred to our development process, and we will try our best to come up with an improved version of the game for the official release.

Further news regarding the official launch will be announced in our official community.
We kindly ask for your continued interest and visit.

Thank you.

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Hello, this is MINTROCKET.

As we have announced previously, the ‘DAVE THE DIVER’ demo will be available online along with the gamescom2022 event. Please refer to the following for details.

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[‘DAVE THE DIVER’ Demo Play Available Time]
Notice release date ~ 8/28(Sun) 7:00 PM(PDT)

[Updates from Previous Demo Version]
1. Chinese (simplified) has been added as one of the in-game languages. You can play the demo in simplified Chinese by selecting the language from the in-game Settings > Language.
2. The following bug fixes and content improvements reported from the previous demo have been applied.

Originally posted by author

1) Improved frame rate and graphics option have been added
- The frame rate has been increased to 60 FPS.
- Graphics section was added to the in-game settings, and window mode is now supported.

2) Contents related to Bancho Sushi Restaurant have been improved
- The control of Dave’s movement has been improved when serving food.
- The ease of purchasing interior has been improved.

3) Improved harpooning and fish AI movement
- Harpoon movement bugs have been fixed.
- Fish AI has been improved to move more naturally.

4) Added apps to phone menu
- The calculator/mail/album/music apps have been added to the phone menu.

If you have any questions about the game or difficulties experienced during gameplay, please share them on the discord channel. Demo content can be streamed and shared on social media.

Once again, thank you so much for waiting to play our demo, and please enjoy our game.
Thank you.

Hello, this is MINTROCKET.

We are pleased to announce that ‘DAVE THE DIVER’ will be featured online at gamescom 2022, one of the world’s largest game events! gamescom 2022 will be held from August 24th to August 28th.

New game news will be released during the event. Also, in order to make it up to those who could not participate in the last demo release, a demo version with bug fixes and resolution updates will be provided for a limited time.

If you want to play the demo before that, just apply for the streamer event!
Please check below for more details.



[h3][Event Information][/h3]
Application Period: 8/10~8/16 (PDT)
Who can apply: Owners of streaming or VOD channels on their accounts (video platforms such as YouTube, Twitch, TikTok, etc.)

Eligibility:
☞ Gaming Content creators or Streamers who are available for live streaming and VOD production for DAVE THE DIVER from 17th August 2022 to 17th September 2022.

Demo playable date: from 17th August 2022 (PDT)
If you are selected as a tester, we will provide the necessary detailed information and Steam Key to the email address you submitted as a participation application.

[h3][Event Tester Selection Guide][/h3]
① Around August 17th (PDT) we will send a Steam key for the demo.
② When early access is released in the future, through an additional selection process, we will send a steam key so that you can play the early access version free of charge.

※ Please note that there will be no separate e-mail or notification sent to those who are excluded from the tester selection.
※ We will select the desired participants and support broadcasting on the DAVE THE DIVER Steam store page. If you wish, please mark the check box in the relevant question.

For Streamers who use Keymailer/Creator, please apply with the below link.
👉The applications are now closed.

For Streamers who do not use Keymailer/Creator, please apply with the below link.
👉The applications are now closed.


NOTE
1. Those who are selected for the event will be notified separately via an e-mail regarding the key.
2. Those who enter their personal information incorrectly may not be eligible for the event.
3. This event may be updated and modified.
4. If there is any change, we will notify you separately through a notice.



We will inform you of more details of the event through the discord channel, so please join our global discord server.

Thanks to your continued interest in our game, we were able to re-release the demo and participate in gamescom2022. Once again, thank you so much!

Also, if there are people around you who haven't played DAVE THE DIVER yet, we would very much appreciate it if you could kindly spread the word about our game. :)

We hope a lot of content creators can participate!
Thank you.