Pearls of Wisdom by JHax
Explore the ocean depths on the hunt for treasure and inspiration!
Dive to the ocean floor, searching for clams that contain the answers to the mysteries of life, the universe, and angling.
Features:
A whole sea to scour for hidden tresasure!
10 pearls to hunt down, containing words of wisdom that will challenge your very worldview*!
Unlockable upgrades to allow you to search even deeper and bypass locked doors!
Fish! (Not fishing, just fish. I realise the angling comment above might have set some false expectations.)
worldview challenging, or wisdom, or even sense, not guaranteed

| Link | https://github.com/JHax-94/JHax-GameJams/tree/build/LD48_Submission/LD48 |
| Link | https://jhax.itch.io/pearls-of-wisdom |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/48/pearls-of-wisdom |
Ratings
| Overall | 878th | 3.534⭐ | 31🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 989th | 3.296⭐ | 29🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 939th | 3.185⭐ | 29🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 729th | 3.786⭐ | 30🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 1197th | 3.411⭐ | 30🧑⚖️ |
| Audio | 812th | 3.321⭐ | 30🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 925th | 2.654⭐ | 28🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 797th | 3.577⭐ | 28🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 30🗳️ | 26🗨️ |
Glad you enjoyed it!
Also, it's pretty hard to control and i always being drawned.
Overall, I like it, keep on!
Also, it's pretty hard to control and i always being drawned.
Overall, I like it, keep on!
But I think that the controls are a bit slow and unaccurate. Nevertheless it's a good game^^
I like the art style, the map menu looks great, the music is very calming and a lot of things are very intuitive!
I noticed a few thing:
- air bubbles don't give you back enough oxygen for them to feel worth it.
- air bubbles sprite go over the oxygen UI.
Great job and thanks for the game 💕
I think the graphics could have used a boost to better fit the style and power of the gameplay, though the direction it's going in is great. The controls took a few tries to get the hang of, so maybe a more engaged tutorial might help. Though, once I got the feel for it, the drag and momentum made it feel akin to controlling a real diver who can push against the water but needs to be careful too.
The audio could also use a boost, to be honest, to better convey the tone you're going for. As is, the tone seems a bit lost.
Overall, an interesting game!
It is quite hard to control the player, which made the game a less enjoyable.
I found it also a big confusing needing the arrow keys, space, other keys and the mouse. I think it would have been better if I didn't need the mouse and would be able to use the same keys when diving and in selecting the map
Was quite hard to find the last key since all the maps where pointing to the location of the last pearl, but not of the last key. Didn't get any ending either ?
https://youtu.be/bDsxxURqUQM
I would have liked to find some more challenges or things to pick to add variations to your gameplay loop, but hey, it's a jam game and it is cool like that, well done!
