Ocean Diver by Soul Grinder
Take your boat and dive into the ocean in search for pearls and treasures. Trade pearls at the Shop of the Docks to upgrade your Dive Suit, which will increase the Oxygen timer, plus also increase your swim speed, enabling you to swim deeper and deeper each dive.
Collect all 8 Treasures to complete the game. A diving grade will be issued after the game is over on the results screen.

| Link | https://thesoulgrinder.itch.io/ocean-diver |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/48/ocean-diver |
Ratings
| Overall | 547th | 3.741⭐ | 29🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 885th | 3.37⭐ | 29🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 1194th | 3.019⭐ | 29🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 57th | 4.389⭐ | 29🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 1023th | 3.593⭐ | 29🧑⚖️ |
| Audio | 496th | 3.64⭐ | 27🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 953th | 2.619⭐ | 23🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 394th | 3.904⭐ | 28🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 23🗳️ | 31🗨️ |
Some suggestions if you plan to keep working on the game:
- When you've gotten a few upgrades, it takes a long time to get back up after diving. Maybe an upgrade to increase you diving speed could help.
- It can be difficult to remember how far out to sea you where during your last trip. Maybe a indicator ,like a buoy or some landmarks, like mountains in the distance, to help you remember where you where.
Great work!
I do think that the map is maybe a liiiiiiittle too wide though? Going back and forth took a lot of time, and I felt like I had experienced everything in the game after the first treasure or two. I don't fault the game for that though, given the time constraints.
I can definitely see this expanded in the future!! Looking forward to see where you take this.
(@nosfer) Ah yes that was a good Amiga game . Yes you can upgrade your swim speed by upgrading your diving suit, which also increases your oxygen tank, but these will be separate shop options eventually. I'm also going to add the ability to use oxygen as a thruster after the voting ends, might also help shorten long journeys to make it more interesting. Thanks for feedback
I wish there was something to do besides just swim to the bottom because over time the game becomes very repetitive and takes a long time to get to the shop again. Maybe having the shop at the boat would alleviate some of the wait but overall, a pretty solid title!