Nexon (CEO Jeong-heon Lee) released the first new game ‘DAVE THE DIVER (hereafter Dave)’ of its game sub-brand ‘MINTROCKET’ on ‘Steam’ on the 27th of this month in Early Access. ) announced on the 17th.
‘Dave’ is a hybrid marine adventure game set in a mysterious blue hole with changing ecology and terrain. The game features an ‘adventure’ element in which the main character ‘Dave’ explores the sea expressed in a unique graphic that combines 2D pixels and 3D and captures marine life, and a ‘tycoon’ element that runs a sushi restaurant with ‘Cobra’ and ‘Bancho’. It has a unique gameplay that is combined.
In Early Access, you can play 3 chapters with various mini-games and story missions as well as core content such as ocean exploration, sushi restaurant management, and boss missions. You can meet 100 types of marine life while exploring the ocean, and it is possible to catch them using 50 types of weapons.
In addition, you can enjoy various tycoon contents such as sushi sales and employee recruitment, and VIP guests who request special orders will appear, further enhancing the fun of the game. In addition, various bosses such as a giant squid boss appear, and you can perform a mission to catch the boss by using various weapon combinations and strategies.
‘Mintrocket’ will hold various events prior to the early access release of ‘Dave’. First of all, from the 19th to the 25th, the ‘Wish to Wish Event’ will be held in the Steam store, where 30 users will be given a game through a lottery among users who wished ‘Dave’. You can participate by posting a screenshot of your wish list with a hashtag within the period on Twitter and sending the link to the Discord event manager (CM).
At the same time, a user participation type event where their ID can appear in the game is also held. You can participate by sharing the developer interview video and related phrases released on Discord by the 23rd on Twitter, and then sending the link and ID to the person in charge of the Discord event. The selected 10 IDs will appear as guest NPC IDs for the virtual SNS content ‘Cook Star’ that affects the reputation and level of sushi restaurants in the game, providing special fun.
More information about ‘Dave the Diver’ of ‘Mintrocket’ can be found on the official brand page and on the Steam page.