Leapling

How to play

Leapling climbs the Wildroot Tree one short level at a time. You clear a level by reaching its Heartbloom. Thorns, lava and other dangers send you back to the last lantern flower you touched, which works as a checkpoint. There are 999 levels in 10 worlds, with a boss at every hundredth level up to 900.

In Simple controls, Leapling runs by himself and walls turn him around. Tap, click or press Space to jump, and hold for a higher jump. Swipe, drag the mouse or press X to dash. Classic controls in Settings let you run with the arrow keys or WASD, or a D-pad on phones. R restarts and Esc or P pauses.

Tips and tricks

• Your cape shows your dash. You get one dash per jump, and landing gives it back. Springs, dew crystals and snow puffs refill it in mid-air.
• Sun Seeds only count once you land safely or reach a lantern flower, so do not grab one and then fall.
• Medals depend on your time. A fast clear gets gold. Assist mode in Settings can slow the game down, but Assist runs get no medal.
• Secret move: dash along the ground, then jump mid-dash for a SUPER JUMP.
• Beating the boss at level 100, 200 and so on up to 700 frees a new hero. Their special move only works in their own Hero Trial world. In the climb, every hero moves the same.
• New levels and Sun Seeds pay coins for Seedpods, which hold outfits, trails and heroes. One Seedpod is free every day.

What makes it fun

Leapling is played with almost one button, yet each world adds a new idea, like wind, mud, slippery ice, gravity orbs that make you fall upward, or Sun and Moon blocks that swap each time you dash. The early levels are gentle, and the late ones ask for near-perfect timing. You can also race ghosts of other players and build your own levels.