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CTOnews.com, July 19 (Xinhua)-- Dave the Diver, an independent game, has been praised by many players for its excellent content and playing style, and then it is reported that the title of this game is to pay homage to a deceased Australian diver of the same name.

▲ Tuyuan "Diver Dave" Steam store page recently responded to the game director Cobra, he said: "We have heard about the tribute rumors, the answer can be said 'yes and no'. We didn't know the story when we designed the character at first, but when we learned about it, we felt that the game could indeed show some respect to it through its name. Although the story itself has nothing to do with this event, I am glad to make more people remember him through this work. "

CTOnews.com inquired that Dave Shaw, an Australian amateur diver, found a human remains during a dive in South Africa in 2004, but could not be recovered due to environmental restrictions at that time. Dave Shaw later learned through search clues that the owner of the remains was 20-year-old South African diver Deon Dreyer.

In 2005, Dave Shaw assured Deon Dreyer's family that he would bring back the remains of the dead diver, but was eventually killed in the process. Search and rescue teams found Dave's body 20 meters underwater, and the bag next to him was Deon's remains, which was eventually filmed as a documentary "Dave Not Coming Back" in 2020.

▲ Picture Source "Dave Not Coming Back" movie poster "Diver Dave" is currently well received by "Diver Dave". According to the SteamDB database, the number of online users of "Diver Dave" has reached a peak of 98480, ushering in a craze of nearly 100000. According to previous reports, the game has sold more than 1 million copies on Steam and will release a Switch version in 2023.

▲ source "Diver Dave" Steam store page

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