Grapple Swing
Swing a little monkey from vine ring to vine ring over a river of lava. Hold to grapple, release to fling, chain smooth swings for flow bonuses and spend fruit on upgrades.
Grapple Swing is a one-button physics swinging game set in a sunny jungle above a bubbling lava river. Hold the button and your monkey fires a rope at the best vine ring ahead, swings through a real pendulum arc and slowly reels in for speed. Let go and momentum carries you forward, so the whole game is about timing your release on the upswing and catching the next ring before gravity wins.
The first stretch is gentle, with evenly spaced rings hanging at a friendly height. The further you travel, the wider the gaps become, pink rings start bobbing up and down, and cracked wooden rings snap a moment after you grab them, dropping you if you hang on too long. Releasing while moving forward and upward counts as a clean swing, and three or more in a row build a FLOW combo that adds bonus points. Fruit floating between the vines adds ten points each.
Every fruit you collect is also banked after the run and can be spent on the title screen on three upgrades: a longer vine reach, a fruit magnet and a lava leaf that bounces you out of the lava once or twice per run. It suits anyone who enjoys short, rhythmic arcade runs with a little progression. Tip: let go just after the bottom of the swing to fly far without losing height.
How to play
Press to hop off the starting tree, then hold to grapple the highlighted vine ring ahead and release to fling yourself forward. Travel as far as you can without touching the lava; distance in metres plus fruit and flow bonuses is your score. Releasing while moving forward and upward chains a flow combo. Cracked rings snap after a moment and pink rings move. Fruit you collect is saved and can be spent on upgrades on the title screen.
Controls
- Hold Space / Up / W / mouse: Grapple the highlighted ring, release to fling
- Hold the screen: Grapple on touch screens, lift to fling
- 1 / 2 / 3 or tap a card: Buy an upgrade on the title screen
- P / Esc: Pause
- M: Mute
- R / Space: Restart after game over
Category: Arcade games
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