Dave the Diver creator and Mintrocket CEO Jaeho Hwang has discussed the studio’s plans for the future of its smash hit IP, stating that he wants to “expand” with new games focusing on different characters. Dave the Diver burst onto the scene in 2023 when it was released for PC in June, followed by a Nintendo Switch port in October and a PlayStation version in April 2024, and has since launched multiple DLC expansions with even more content still to come.To fans, it’s no surprise that the single-player adventure RPG was so successful, but Hwang has previously said he didn’t expect Dave the Diver to go so viral when it was launched last year. Now, well over one year on since the game’s release, Dave the Diver has gone on to collaborate with Godzilla and fellow fishing adventure game Dredge, with three more crossovers in the works. The first of which will be with Balatro, the hugely successful indie title that took the gaming world by storm earlier this year with its roguelike deck-building mechanics. Followed by collaborations with Potion Craft and YouTuber Mxmtoon​​​​​​. Related Stardew Valley's Future Could Lie in One Trend Among Games Like Dave the Diver, Balatro Games like Balatro and Dave the Diver have showcased a trend that Stardew Valley could get involved in, to potentially great benefit.1 Dave the Diver Creator Wants to Expand the IP While Mintrocket is already hard at work on new Dave the Diver collaborations, the game’s creator, Jaeho Hwang, doesn’t want to just expand the IP with DLCs, he says he’s interested in spin-off titles spanning multiple genres. In a new interview with VGC, Hwang said he wants “to expand [the] Dave the Diver IP itself,” explaining that Dave the Diver “didn’t go really deep into the personal stories” as the studio wanted to keep the game very casual. He goes on to explain that besides the upcoming DLC, he wants “to make separate games about each character to show how they met, what they did before coming to the Blue Hole.” Close Its surprising mix of genres is one of the many reasons Dave the Diver received rave reviews from critics, but Hwang has now said that he wants to expand the IP into even more genres. While Dave the Diver is already an adventure, RPG, management hybrid, Hwang tells VGC that his proposed spin-off titles could actually differ quite drastically in terms of genre. “Maybe one day, if we start to make a Dave’s backstory game, we could make Dave [another profession]. He’s always been a diver, so we really haven’t thought about how we should move with Dave,” Hwang explained.Dave the Diver is filled with exotic recipes, vibrant fish, and hard-working employees, but it is the game’s characters that really make the title such a unique experience, which explains why Hwang is eager to reveal more of the character’s backstories. Dave the Diver’s creator explains that he would love to show how Dave grew up and how he became a diver before arriving at the Blue Hole. He also notes that Cobra, one of the game’s characters, is from a previous project known as Evil Factory. “He was an arms dealer who had his license revoked, and after that, he retired and enjoyed his life, and something happened, and he decided to come into the Blue Hole. So I really want to tell this kind of story in other games,” Hwang said.