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Starlight & Moonlight

A mother and daughter at sea

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Off the Manx coast · dusk
Score0
Fish0
Leaps0
Hearts♥♥♥
Time1:30
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A minute and a half · three hearts

Swim the coast together.

Moonlight and her daughter Starlight are real bottlenose dolphins who live off the Manx coast. Swim the coast at dusk as one of them: catch fish, leap the lobster-pot lines, dodge the litter and give every boat plenty of room.

Press Start, then hold to swim up and let go to dive.

KeyboardSpace / ↑ / W Swim upP / Esc PauseMouse: hold the button down on the sea

Touch and hold the sea (or the Swim up button) to swim up. Let go to dive.

How to play

Fish, leaps and plenty of room.

  1. Hold to swim up, let go to dive. Hold Space, the Up arrow, the Swim up button or the sea itself. The other dolphin of the pair follows a moment behind.
  2. Catch fish. Swim through a shoal. Each fish is a point.
  3. Leap! Dive deep, then swim up fast to leap clear of the water. Every graceful leap well away from boats is a point, and leaping is the only way over a lobster-pot line.
  4. Mind the litter and the lines. Bottles, cans, bags and pot ropes each cost a heart. Lose all three hearts and it’s time to rest.
  5. Give boats plenty of room. Keeping clear of boats is the whole idea. Stay deep while a boat passes over and earn 3 bonus points. Leaps near a boat don’t count, and bumping one costs a heart.
  6. Gentle mode is slower, with more space between hazards.

P or Escape pauses, and so does switching tab or scrolling away. Best scores stay on this device only, kept separately for each difficulty. Free to play: no account and no adverts.