Complete Guide

Welcome to the Offspring Fling Complete Guide.

Achievements

Steam

Starting an Adventure! - Clear a level. That's it!
Complete a level.


Dinobaus Defeated - Take down that darn Dinobaus before he chows down
Neutralize the final boss at level "100 - Foe" - unlock the 2nd cutscene.


Flower Champion - Earn 100 standard blue flowers
Complete 100 levels.


Golden Champion - Earn 100 illustrious golden flowers.
Collect 100 yellow flower. Unlock levels 101 to 110.


Rainbow Champion - Earn 100 supremely awesome rainbow flowers.
Collect 100 rainbow flower time. Unlock levels 111 to 120 and the Father character (allowing to jump just after a parry).

Full Parry - The beast unleashed!
Complete the last level "120 - Daigo".


Crown of Motherhood - Prove yourself to be an excellent mother!
Collect 120 blue flowers. Unlock the 3rd cutscene.


Crown of Supreme Motherhood - Your motherly skills must surpass the toughest tests!
Collect 120 yellow flowers.


Crown of ULTIMATE Motherhood - Become the absolute paragon of motherly love!
Collect 120 rainbow flowers. Unlock the Ninja character and the 4th cutscene.


All Clear - Uncover the very last secret of Offspring Fling!
This level has many utilities.

In-Game Awards

Longest hang time
In seconds.


Consecutive air catches
In times.


Consecutive air parries
In times.


Dinobaus champion
Neutralize the giant dinosaur.


Flower champion
Complete 100 levels.


Golder champion
Collect 100 yellow flowers. Unlock levels 101 to 110.


All star champion
Collect 100 rainbow flowers. Unlock levels 111 to 120 and the Father character (allowing to jump just after a parry).

Challenge champion
Collect 120 blue flowers. Unlock the 3rd cutscene.


Parry champion
Complete levels 111 to 120 involving the technique "parry and jump".


Supreme champion
Collect 120 rainbow flowers. Unlock the Ninja character and the 4th cutscene.

Gameplays

Characters

Mother
is the initial character, she can run, jump, catch, throw, drop and parry. You can not catch babies or stones if there is a structure above your head.


Father
is the second character, unlocked by collecting 100 rainbow flowers. He has the ability to jump just after a parry. Useful to use ennemies as platforms. Levels completed with the father are recorded on your own save file and also on the online database.


Ninja
is the developer ghost until you unlocked him by collecting 120 rainbow flowers. He is as swift as the wind and has infinite jumps. Consequently it is possible to enable or disable the developer's ghost. Levels completed with the ninja are recorded on your own save file but not on the online database.


Lost Offspring They are childen to gather in a safe place before the worse happens. You can throw them (only horizontaly) in the door or wear them on your head. Otherwise, when they are on the ground they jump 1/2 square high every 2 seconds. In addition, between 2 babies to catch, this is the last one implemented in the level who will have the priority. A stone will always have the priority face to a baby.

Ennemies

Gator
Walk from one end to the other of a platform. Can be stun with a baby, stone or parry.


Plant
Shoot horizontal acid bullet on the right only during all the level, or left. Bullets can be stoped by any mechanisms, mechanisms or a parry. However you can not parry a plant (but you can touch it without diying) to stunt it, but it will work with a baby or stone.


Spike
Run in the character direction when he is in his vertical or horizontal detection area. Once he has reach the maximum distance, he comes back slowly on his initial position. Can be stun with a baby, stone or parry


Hornet
Sleep in air unless the character enter in his detection area. Can be stun with a baby, stone or parry

Mechanisms

Exit
The safe place for a family. The character can not enter in the door until his offsprings is in it.


Stone
Can be catched, droped and thrown on deflectors, stun ennemies and destroy acid projectile. In addition, between 2 stones to catch, this is the last one implemented in the level who will have the priority. A stone will always have the priority face to a baby.


Structure
Unbreakable and infranchissable block.


Breakable
Destructible block by throwing babies or stones on it.


Switch block
Block appearing and desappearing according to the off/on state.


Switch button
Button activated by character, baby and stone weight.


Switch crystal
Button activated by baby and stone thrown.


Weight platform
Platform needing enough weight to fall down slowly (a character with a baby or stone, or 3 babies or stones).


Deflector
Change the baby and stone angles after being thrown.


Hazard
Liquid toxic killing the character and his offspring but not ennemies.


Weed
Cosmetic plant volatilizing while walking on it.


Bugs
Cosmetic insects moving while jumping on it.

Flowers

Blue
Finish the level saving all lost offsprings and the mother.


Yellow
Finish the level with a decent time.


Rainbow
Finish the level egalazing or beating the ninja time / developer time. If you are close enough to his time, his ghost will appear.

Techniques

All of these aptitudes can be seen in the " best time / top files " from the " Import > Internet " section of the game.
★ = very useful abilities

Elementary character's actions

Up
"↑" - cosmetic move.

Left and Right run
"←" , "→" - allow to run according to the weight carried by the character.

Jump
"x" - allow to jump among a wide range according to on the time pressing the input and on weight.

Catch
"↓" - allow to catch babies and stones while freezing the character position briefly.

Throw
"c" - allow to throw babies and stones while freezing the character position briefly.

Drop
"↓ + c" (simulteneaously) - allow to drop babies and stones while freezing the character position briefly.

Parry
"← / →" (quick impulse towards an ennemy or projectile) - allow to stun ennemies 5 seconds and destroy projectiles.

Advanced character's actions

Parry and jump ★
"←/→ , x" (only with the Father or Ninja character) - allow to jump just after a parry. Required for levels 111 to 120.

Jump and catch ★
"x , ↓" - (quickly on babies or stones, while in air just above the floor) - allow to jump higher than a catch (from the floor) and jump.

Aerial drop and catch ★
"↓ + c , ↓" - long suspension in air.

Edge catch
"↓" (on the edge of babies or stones) - delay the weight gain thus speed loss.

Jumping baby catch
"↓" (while 1 square above a baby after he jumps 1/2 square upward) - avoid to go down to take him, but babies jump every 2 seconds. It also makes easier multiples jump and catches in a row.

Roof boost
"x" (bang the roof) - give a short horizontal and falling vertical acceleration. Sometimes this negative vertical acceleration do not allow to perform a long jump to reach an area.

Drafting boost
"x" (jump into a lateral opening 1 square height without touching the top and down edge) - give a short horizontal acceleration.

Catch boost
"↓ , ↓ , ..." (very quickly between two/three babies or stones) - reduce considerably the time needed to catch.

Inertial turn back
"←/→ , →/←" - keep an inertia in the initial direction.

Non-inertial turn back
"←/→ , ← + → , →/←" - erase the inertia.

Curved trajectory
Allow to accelerate sooner rather than an angular trajectory by not sticking vertical walls.

Advanced character's actions on environment

Elevator boost ★
Place babies on an elevator with identical jump cycles in order to accelerate the falling.

Stop swtich block ★
Stop a switch block (red and blue structure) by placing on it the character, a baby or a stone before his activation.

Edge structure ★
Jump or catch a baby on the edge of a stucture, even if there is a structure or switch block above.

Edge switch button
Activate a switch button while jumping on his corner.

Edge switch crystal
Activate a crystal button by throwing a baby or stone on his corner keeping his trajectory.

Edge breakable structure
Destroy a breakable stucture by throwing a baby or stone on his corner keeping his trajectory.

Edge acid bullet
Throw a stone on the edge of an acid bullet results in the destruction of the bullet but not the stone.

Levels

Story

Cutscenes
They inform you about your parental duty !
• The 1st is unlocked automaticaly at start.
• The 2nd is unlocked after thrashing Dinobauss.
• The 3rd is unlocked at 120 blue flowers.
• The 4th is unclocked at 120 rainbow flowers.

Garden
Clicking on the white and blue flower (maximum count 240) launch the garden. This is a training level filled by babies and flowers according to your progression.


Novice journey
Gather your scattered offspring through levels using progressivly elementary actions.

1 to 10	11 to 20	21 to 30	31 to 40	41 to 50
1 - Tutorial 2 - Intro 3 - Too tall 4 - Hey chuck 5 - Restart? 6 - A button 7 - Two buttons 8 - Button up 9 - Tight fit 10 - Down doom	11 - Hazard 12 - Drop the baby 13 - Hold the door 14 - Pick up 15 - Hold it down 16 - Square switch 17 - Switch bridge 18 - Through fast 19 - Switch wall 20 - Crossing pond	21 - Toss and go 22 - Break it down 23 - The island 24 - Room for two 25 - Right spot 26 - Hit switch 27 - The descent 28 - Predators 29 - Baby stun 30 - Danger below	31 - Trust fall 32 - Deflection 33 - Get around 34 - Rotate it 35 - Round about 36 - Spiral switch 37 - In harms way 38 - Upsidedown 39 - Stack em hight 40 - Play catch	41 - Just made it 42 - Airlock 43 - Split second 44 - Uppercut 45 - Diggin up 46 - Triplets 47 - Danger catch 48 - The seeker 49 - Keep it moving 50 - Fix the track

51 to 60	61 to 70	71 to 80	81 to 90	91 to 100
51 - Bee bridge 52 - Acid spit 53 - Heads up 54 - William tell 55 - Trap door 56 - Three shots 57 - The stone 58 - Stone it down 59 - Into danger 60 - Distonesable	61 - Throwaways 62 - Heavy blocks 63 - Sinking stone 64 - Sinking step 65 - Going down 66 - Sliding doom 67 - Block catch 68 - Sneak around 69 - Ole billy tell 70 - Falling sky	71 - Toggle time 72 - Deadly toggle 73 - The flow 74 - Devil's pit 75 - Save the day 76 - Destiny button 77 - Narrow way 78 - Elevator 79 - Chip away 80 - Saving throw	81 - High stakes 82 - The hunted 83 - Synchronize 84 - The flood 85 - Falling fate 86 - Zipper up 87 - Switch ladder 88 - Button roll 89 - Down and up 90 - Switching aim	91 - Jump rope 92 - Foresight 93 - Double hit 94 - Dance of doom 95 - Leap of faith 96 - Dramatic toss 97 - Circular 98 - Tricky toss 99 - Quick hits 100 - Final foe

Master journey
Some children are missing ! You will find them through levels fitted for the advanced techniques, from the parry (and jump) to the aerial drop and catch.

101 to 111	111 to 120
101 - Hang time 102 - Jump n grab 103 - Rise and shine 104 - Mad ups 105 - In the walls 106 - Sharp edges 107 - Dominoes 108 - Amazing race 109 - Stonehenge 110 - Free fall	111 - Gnarly 112 - Tubular 113 - Way cool 114 - Awesome 115 - Groovy 116 - Mondo 117 - Outrageous 118 - Funky 119 - Savage 120 - Daigo

Community

They can be played through the wrench icon, downloading them from the official website or from your computer.

Winks

Level names

111 to 118
Gnarly, Tubular, Way Cool, Awesome, Groovy, Mondo, Outrageous and Funky refer to the 8 Super Mario World star levels.

119
Savage is an homage to the wrestler Macho Man Randy Savage. In this level we have to parry spikes in a vertical area.

120
Daigo, is an homage to a Street Fighter 2 legendary player. In this level we have to parry a lot of ennemies.

Ennemies

Aligator
May refer to the Donkey Kong Country crocodile.

Plant
May refer to the Super Mario carnivorous plant.

Hornet
May refer to the eponym Donkey Kong Country ennmy.

Spike
Mary refer to The Legend of Zelda blade traps.

Hidden

The cake is not a ...

Speedruns

Times

The framerate can be displayed on the upper right corner of the screen after pushing the tilde key "~". The value should run around 60 fps.

Mono segmented chrono
Total time played in levels (garden included), no matters if you leave the game.


Multi segmented chrono
Total best times through completed story levels (community levels not included), from 1 to 120. It is possible to reach sub 20 minutes for all 120 levels.

Levels

You can watch the world records at http://www.speedrun.com/Offspring_Fling#any%25

Dinobauss run - fastest any %
It is not necessary to do the 99 levels before facing the boss at level 100. It only requires to collect 100 blue + yellow flowers (not rainbow). Thus the mimimum is 50 levels completed, which implies to plan his itinerary according to shortest time spent in levels and in the main menu. It is possible to reach sub 9 minutes.

100 levels
All 99 levels then the Dinobauss. It is possible to reach sub 24 minutes.


120 levels
It needs to reach 100 yellow flowers to activate levels 101 to 110 and 100 (over 110) rainbow flowers to activate levels 111 to 120.

120 rainbow flowers - 100%
Follow the ninja steps on each levels ... everywhere !

Character

No Death
Do not let your character or offsprings die.


No jump and catch
Do not use the jump and catch technique shattering the logic of levels.

Save

When the game saves, it automatically creates a back up of your previous saved game. In your saved game directory you'll find a series of back up saved game files. They're all named something like this: "save_1392059033" The numbers are a time stamp of when the particular file was created. If for some reason your save file gets corrupted, you can replace your save file with one of the back ups to attempt to restore it.

Saved game data is stored in your application data directory
Windows XP : "Documents and Settings\*USERNAME*\Application Data\offspringfling\Local Store\"
Windows 7 : " "Users\*USERNAME*\AppData\Roaming\offspringfling\Local Store\"
Mac OSX : "~\Library\Preferences\offspringfling\Local Store\".

To restore a saved game using one of the back ups, first make sure that the game is not currently running. You can then rename your current "save" file to something else. You can rename it to "poop" if you want. Then take one of your back ups (one of the save_13390510972 files) and rename that to "save" When you launch the game it should now load from your back up that was renamed to "save"

Level Editor

Software

The level editor[share.offspringfling.com] can be downloaded in the eponym section from the official website
or directly from the game.

Files

Save level as PNG
Take a raw picture of your level.

Bind devtime replay to level
Rainbow flower time.

Level settings

Width and Height
Level resolution.

Gravity
Earth acceleration.

Rising Acid
Acid speed tsunami.

Partime
Yellow flower time.

Title and Author
Names.

Music track
Numerals accordings to the track list[infiniteammo.bandcamp.com].

Background/Sky/Ground color
Hex color code[en.wikipedia.org].

Layers

Solids



Objects





Backgrounds
Cosmectic ground.

Foregrounds
Cosmetic ground.

Tools

Pencil
Paint solid square.

Paint bucket
Paint solid area.

Paint rectangle
Paint solid rectangle.

Rectangle select
Select rectangle.

Color picker
Select ground color.

Cursor select
Select item.

Selections

ID
Bind items for deflector, switch button, switch crystal and switch block.

Start on
Activated at start.

Continious
Need to stay on the switch button to activate it.

Clockwise
Turn deflectors in the clockwise direction.

Upside down
Reverse to the bottom.

Inverted
The red structure becomes blue and can not be activated at the same time with a red structure, for the same ID switch button or crystal.

Turn left
The Gator at start of the level will go left instead on the right.

Shoot left
A Plant will shoot all the level on the left intead on the right.

Updates

1.0.0

March 30th, 2012
The first RELEASE!

1.1.0

May 11th, 2012
Added internet replay sharing support.
Blocks now wait for enemies to move out of the way before turning on.
Fixed some object interaction problems for the level editor.
So many fixes that I forgot how many.
Added ".momma" extension for replay files.
Various minor bug fixes.
Updated the menu items on the level select screen.
Added support for loading Offspring Editor levels.
Tried to fix the "complete level and die in the same frame" bug.
Added controller support for MAC OS X.
Added early version of controller support for Windows.
Added awesome weather effects!

1.1.2

May 14th, 2012
Fixed a bug with shooters shooting each other.
Added an automatic check for Joystick failure on Windows.
Fixed a bug with the mouse using the 4:3 mode and text pop ups.
Added a build check. Hold TAB on the title screen to see what build you're running
Added a performance check button. Press "~" on your keyboard to view your FPS and memory usage.
Fixed the thunder sound not being affected by volume settings.
Added the ability to disable the controller from a file to resolve tech issues.

1.1.3

January 12th, 2013
Fixed a super embarrassing bug that let you kill the boss instantly.
Fixed cutscenes not reading input from the controller.
Added the ability to play in "slow down" mode. Push F12 to toggle it on or off.
Made the game window resizeable. The game will scale with the window.
Fixed (I think) the "die and exit on the same frame" freeze.
Updated the game's version of Adobe AIR.
Fixed replay opacity being ignored at the end of a ghost replay.
Fixed screen position getting messed up by screen shake.
Fixed loading custom levels with malformed data having wacky results.
Added the ability for the mac version to disable the controller.
Updated the FAQ with more information.

1.1.4

Soon - early 2014 - beta branch
Should fix gamepad dectections issues, steam achievements on mac, running game on Windows 8 / XP... and maybe last well hidden glitches.

Goodies

Tissues

Cuddly
A cute official teddy bear[www.etsy.com] made by FrankNstitch[www.etsy.com].


Scarf
An official warm throat protector[www.etsy.com] made by FrankNstitch[www.etsy.com].

Steam cards

Lost Offspring
These little rascals are scattered about the forest. Hopefully Momma can get them all home soon!


Momma Flinger
The main hero from Offspring Fling. She wont rest until all of her children are safe again!



Full Parry
A secret warrior rumored to travel the forest saving offspring in need.



Mysterious Ninja
Legends tell the tale of an ancient motherly spirit that will show Momma's in need the ways of the ninja.


Hungry Gator
The Gators are hungry, and they'll snatch up anything in their path.



Acid Spitter
The most aggressive plant in the forest. Not to be confused with a zombie!



Spiky Cuddler
They only want to be close, but the spikes make it difficult.



Angry Hornet
Once it picks up a scent, this Hornet will stop at nothing to get to its prey!



The Mighty Dinobaus
The big, mean dinosaur of the forest. He's always looking for a midnight snack.

Steam smileys

:offspring:
The tiniest offspring from Offspring Fling.


:pinkheart:
A pink symbol of love.


:bflower:
A blue flower from Offspring Fling.


:gflower:
A golden flower from Offspring Fling!


:rflower:
An ultra rare rainbow flower from Offspring Fling!


:dogface:
"dog face no space"

Steam backgrounds

Stack of Offspring!
A Momma proudly stacks her children from Offspring Fling!


Offspring Fling Forest
The forest background from Offspring Fling!


Acid Parry
The most secret technique in Offspring Fling! (Well, maybe it's not a secret anymore.)


Spikies Everywhere
The cuddly spikies from Offspring Fling!


Offspring and Dinobaus!
The Offspring and Dinobaus from Offspring Fling!

Fan Arts

Musical arrangements

This Is The Day (piano version).

Flinging High (piano version).

Mothers Day (piano version).
By Brent Kennedy[www.brentkennedymusic.com], also know for The Binding of Isaac Piano Collection arrangement[dbsoundworks.bandcamp.com].

Illustrations

Reception[i.ytimg.com]
By Sara Gross.(Twobitart[twobitart.tumblr.com]).



Love ball[endlessfluff.wordpress.com]
By Carolina Moya[endlessfluff.wordpress.com], the Valdys Story[www.valdisstory.com] (game) illustrator.



Mosaic[sleepdepjoel.deviantart.com]
By SleepDepJoel[sleepdepjoel.deviantart.com].



Family stroll[philllchabbb.deviantart.com]
By Philippe Chabot[philllchabbb.deviantart.com].

Credits

The game

Kyle Pulver - game design, illustration, sound effect and programmation[offspringfling.com]
Also known for Snapshot[www.retroaffect.com] (game), his whole work can be discovered on his website[kpulv.com] and newsworthy on twitter.


Alec Holowka - music[infiniteammo.bandcamp.com]
Also known for the music of Aquaria[www.bit-blot.com] (game), his whole work can be discovered on his website[infiniteammo.ca] and newsworthy on twitter.


Matt Thorson - ogmo editor[www.ogmoeditor.com]
Also known for Towerfall[www.towerfall-game.com] (game), his whole work can be discovered on his website[www.mattmakesgames.com] and newsworthy on twitter.

Informations

Official website[offspringfling.com]
Demonstration[offspringfling.com]
Manual[offspringfling.com]
Email[offspringfling.com]

The guide

GlobZOsiris : the mother ! For texts, pictures, and smiles.
Ballom : the father ! For re-reading and sparks.
Kyle Pulver : and... the ninja ! For secret hints and winks.

[Gao Li]

Awesome guide, thank you for that and all the explanations on inputs. You just need someone to smoothen out the spelling errors and grammatical mistakes.

[ErBaut]

Amazing guide. Thank you so much

[rookie87]

Good guide

[GlobZOsiris]

A complete guide for an awesome character control.

Amusez-vous bien Jlebel et Belg@ ^^

[Seed Vault Pilgrim]

This is an incredibly detailed guide; nicely done.

[Belga]

Great guide ! Good job

[GlobZOsiris]

The shiny journey begin !