Dave can't dive! Help!

[liz.mayhew]

On the first task of the game you have to move Dave to the pink arrow using the w a s d keys. So far so good. But then he won't get in the water. I tried assigning the action key to the space bar. Didn't work. Tried arrow keys, enter, etc. Stuck.

[Kurato]

are you at the end of the boat?

[Onyx]

I tried assigning the action key to the space bar.

The default Interact key is the space bar, so you shouldn't need to assign anything. You need to be at the very end of the boat, on the little step down.

[Twelvefield]

The only scuba diving joke I know:

Q) How come scuba divers sit on the edge of the boat and fall backwards into the water?

A) Because if they fell forwards, they'd still be in the boat!

[Maroliver]

Originally posted by liz.mayhew:

On the first task of the game you have to move Dave to the pink arrow using the w a s d keys. So far so good. But then he won't get in the water. I tried assigning the action key to the space bar. Didn't work. Tried arrow keys, enter, etc. Stuck.

Originally posted by Onyx:

I tried assigning the action key to the space bar.

The default Interact key is the space bar, so you shouldn't need to assign anything. You need to be at the very end of the boat, on the little step down.

I ran into the same issue when I started the game. You have to press and HOLD the space bar rather than just press it. No where does it tell you that.

[Goldtooth™]

When you press it, it comes up with progressing bar that disappears when you let get go of it

[Dimensional Traveler]

Originally posted by Overtyrant™:

When you press it, it comes up with progressing bar that disappears when you let get go of it

To expand on this answer a bit, once you are at the end of the boat and the upside staple icon appears, you have to press the space bar and hold it down until the white outline completely fills at which point Dave will enter the water.

[liz.mayhew]

Thanks everyone for all your help. Dave finally took the plunge and caught some fish.
But I don't think I can manage this game. I'm old and it's all a bit fast and stressful for me.

[Stealth-Boy 3000]

Originally posted by Twelvefield:

The only scuba diving joke I know:

Q) How come scuba divers sit on the edge of the boat and fall backwards into the water?

A) Because if they fell forwards, they'd still be in the boat!

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