Grappling Hook

Grappling Hook is a first-person puzzle-platform game set on alien space-stations. It is focused on giving players a strong sense of acceleration and speed. The game is played as a first-person shooter, but a large amount of puzzle-solving is involved.

A malicious artificial intelligence forces the player to complete increasingly difficult stages. To complete a stage the player has to collect pass-codes and reach the portal. Most stages require the player to use the titular grappling gun to pull or fling himself, to climb or to activate triggers. The stages feature obstacles like defensive turrets, which fire at the player-character, health-depleting electrified panels, moving platforms and compactors. Especially later stages require precise aiming and timing with the grappling gun to fling oneself with the right amount of speed into the right direction. Some shots even have to be performed mid-air.