Diving Trunks

Diving Trunks is a casual dodging and shoot ’em up game about a seafaring elephant who has dropped his peanuts overboard. You guide Trunks into the deep ocean to collect them, gulping air bubbles to stay alive and avoiding marine creatures. You can shoot peanuts from your trunk to fight colossal sea monsters. The game has cartoony graphics and original music.

Game modes

The game has nine modes:

• Endless: collect peanuts and survive as long as possible. Boss Monsters with randomised features may appear, ranging from simple battles to total onslaughts.
• Challenge: collect a set number of peanuts before reaching the sea floor. Each playthrough differs, and completing challenges unlocks mysteries of the deep.
• Hunger: eat peanuts frequently to prevent rapid starvation.
• Numbers: gulp numbered bubbles in sequence; choosing the wrong number reduces your air supply.
• Fetch: collect a target star bubble and return it to the base. You receive air only when you return.
• Haste: move at a constant forward velocity and steer clear of danger.
• Patterns: navigate gaps as marine creatures swim in geometric patterns.
• Slalom: swim through a series of gates. A wrong or missed gate earns one of three strikes.
• Panic: avoid a fatal panic attack by staying clear of certain creatures.

Boss fights and power-ups

Boss Monsters have randomly generated sizes and defences. Use collected peanuts as ammunition to defeat them. You can also collect special abilities to help Trunks:

• Bubble Shield: surrounds Trunks with a protective bubble at the cost of his air supply.
• Boost: speeds Trunks up in his current direction.
• Repel: redirects enemy creatures away.
• Stun: immobilises all visible enemy creatures.
• Magnut: attracts nearby peanuts.
• Relive: grants another chance at life.
• Tank: refills the air meter to maximum.

Difficulty and unlocks

Six difficulty modes range from a basic challenge for inexperienced players to a serious test, alongside a mode with unpredictable mixed difficulty. Playing Challenge mode unlocks 15 game-changing mysteries, including effects and new marine creatures.

Scores and achievements

Each game mode has local high scores to beat. The game also has 28 local achievements; completing them all earns the title of Lunacy Champion.