Ditto dives without drowning in the new Pokopia update

Pokopia's developer has announced a free update for August. The main new feature is that Ditto, the transform Pokémon, will be able to use the Dive ability to explore seabeds without suffering drowning damage. The mechanic expands the game's aquatic areas and gives a new use to this gelatinous creature.

Ditto partially transformed into a diver, its blue gelatinous body surrounded by bubbles as it descends among the ruins of an underwater temple, bioluminescent corals illuminate the seabed, showing Ditto using the Dive ability without breathing equipment, during a technical exploration, smooth adaptation process, fluid engineering visualization, turbulent water particles around its malleable form, rays of sunlight filtering from the surface, photorealistic cinematic style, dramatic ocean lighting, translucent creature textures, hyperrealistic detail of marine flora

How Ditto's Dive works on a technical level 🐙

The change modifies the character's state logic. When activating Dive, Ditto receives a flag that overrides the oxygen counter while in aquatic mode. The system detects the biome and applies a vertical scrolling animation. No special item is required; the ability is unlocked upon reaching level 25. The developers adjusted the collision physics to prevent Ditto from passing through the seabed, something that occurred in previous tests.

Ditto, the community's rubber octopus 💧

Now Ditto not only imitates other Pokémon, but also thinks it's a submarine. The community has already nicknamed it the rubber octopus. Some players report that their Ditto floats belly up if no enemies are nearby. Others joke that, finally, those duplicate Dittos that have been taking up space in the PC for years will be useful.