REDMOND – As part of their celebration of indie games, Among Us developers Innersloth have announced that smash hit Dave the Diver will have a costume in their game, but only when playing as the Impostor.
“In a field full of indie classics, we think the game really sticks out as a great pretender,“ explained developer PuffballsUnited. “We wanted to include ‘Dave’ because it proves that the future of indie games is a high budget and lack of independence. For fans of the game, being Impostor is like diving, but if you were hunting other players rather than fish. Those who aren’t familiar can just use the costume to be the Impostor every round – we know that’s what people want anyways.”
Fans of ‘Dave’ have been calling the update unfair to those who want to represent the diver, given the guarantee of playing the villain.
“I tell all the other players that I’m just working my day job to run a sushi restaurant and they all vote me out anyways,” says Lex Hart, an avid fan of both games. “I’m at an unfair disadvantage while none of the other fans even know how to play the game right. I don’t think I’ve ever once seen an Undertale skin kill anyone, even when they’re the impostor. Every one of the Castle Crashers skins just vote in unison, no matter what role they are. Don’t get me started on the Goose Game skins, they sabotage more than I do but get let off by honking.”
Yeon-min Choi, a member of the team that developed ‘Dave the Diver,’ finds the inclusion extremely disrespectful to their hard work.
“It’s a terrible compromise that shuts us out just because we have access to abilities the other games’ crewmates don’t,” complained the developer. “Just because we have a financial backer doesn’t mean that we can unhinge our jaws and snatch people with tentacles. In the time it took to develop our game, we’ve only had the occasional maintenance man mysteriously disappear,” recounted Choi, walking towards a vent on the floor. “This interview is over – there’s a fault in electrical and I’ll be overseeing the intern that has to fix it.”
The inclusion serves as a harrowing reminder to Geoff Keighley, who has to virtually come face-to-face with Dave whenever he plays Among Us as himself.
