How to play Roblox Grappler Swing

Grappler Swing is a platformer experience that lets you swing from one platform to another using flexible cords. This experience is a parkour-centric title, where the objective is to make it as far as possible using two types of navigation. Despite its simplistic controls, there is a level of mastery to be attained for seamless traversal between checkpoints, which gives the game some mechanical depth.

Here’s how you can get started in Grappler Swing and run, swing, and zip your way across the different stages.

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An overview of Grappler Swing

Official cover art for the game (Image via Roblox)

As the name suggests, Grappler Swing relies heavily on its cords for physics-based traversal. You will be swinging and zipping from one point to the next while shooting a single cord out wherever your reticle is. The better your aim and timing, the quicker you travel from point A to point B.

There are two main ways to use the cord: swinging and zipping, just like Spider-Man. By default, swinging is mapped to the R key on your keyboard. Press and hold it to have a line connect to any surface and swing from it in a pendulum-like motion. The pendulum arc becomes larger if you swing with some forward momentum. Being a physics-based traversal system, when you let go of the swing key in the pendulum arc determines the velocity you have moving forward.

The other main traversal mechanic is the cord zip, which pulls you to a surface and grants plenty of directional speed in the process. Use the E key on your keyboard to cast a line to any surface and launch yourself to the desired area. The cord zip is perhaps the more important traversal tool of the two, being the mechanic that governs your momentum at any given moment.

You can use the zip mechanic for horizontal or vertical momentum. This can easily cause you to lose control and fly off the edge, making it important to time your usage of the mechanic well.

Note that the game is still in the early stages of development. Everything in the experience is subject to change as the developers add more mechanics, stages, and gameplay elements to it.

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Featured Gameplay Elements

Checkpoints

A Checkpoint is indicated by a yellow arrow (Image via Roblox)

Checkpoints dot the level design of this game, separating the different sections of the platforming puzzles. They act as safety nets, being the reset points that help you start where you left off upon death or exiting the game.

While it is possible to skip checkpoints, we recommend aiming for them since they serve as transition points for the different sections of the game.

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Momentum Conservation

Swinging through a course (Image via Roblox)

The first step to mastering Grappler Swing is to learn how to manage your momentum. Thanks to the cord zip mechanic, you can reach ludicrous speeds in no time. At the same time, poorly managing your momentum can lead to death or high fall damage.

Conserving momentum is a matter of managing your reticle’s position using the Mouse. Combining this with the judicial use of both the swing and zip mechanics can help you reach from one checkpoint to the next within seconds. Simultaneously, you can come to a quick halt without suffering any fall damage or death with these mechanics.

This applies to forward and vertical momentum equally, since a large chunk of the game’s level design emphasizes verticality.

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Fall Damage

Sustaining fall damage (Image via Roblox)

Fall damage is present and accounted for in this experience, causing you to sustain damage if you fall far enough. The fall damage threshold is rather low, with even minor falls taking off a small chunk of your health bar.

Telling when you sustain fall damage is simple: your avatar stops moving, the screen flashes red, and your avatar enters a recovery animation. The harder you fall, the longer the recovery animation, and the more damage you sustain. It exists as a consequence of performing the platforming sequences incorrectly and giving your daring stunts a true sense of danger.

Falling too far will lead to an instant death, be it through falling into the void or slamming onto a platform.

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FAQs

What is Grappler Swing about?

This experience is about parkouring your way through the levels using your cord for swinging and zipping.

Is Grappler Swing free to play?

Yes, the game is mostly devoid of any premium features, save for a level skip feature that costs 15 Robux.

How do I swing in Grappler Swing?

You can perform a swing by aiming the reticle at a flat surface and holding the R key on your keyboard.