DASH: Danger Action Speed Heroes News

Build 252 patch 02 07-11-2018

Let the client update and press PLAY



This new build should fix

- the resoultion issues with the shader and Pause Menu. Surface should now strect according to window size

- the Linux-controller-crash-issue: The game should not crash when playing with controllers on Linux. The game might not read the proper input yet and it might display a wrong icon referring to the wrong type of gamepad but it should work all the way through!

We are super excited to present build 252 for you! ːurbansocialː

This update includes both large improvements on DASH World as well as polish and optimized mechanics in game

Let your client update the game before pressing PLAY

Hold tight 'cause it's another makeover update with plenty of game-changing news and ground-breaking implementations!




GAME:
- New death sound (a spring sound effect making death more fun!)
- New rating system (rate level before you skip it or when you complete it)
- Updated spikebox graphics
- New emote :bg: (bad game!) on the Discord server
- New block type in blocksets: heavy detail tiles! Make more detailed and stylish levels
- Toggle ghost on/off in Pause Menu with enter/confirm button
- You're now able to cancel the Change Hero option
- Preventing player from pressing pause and opening pause menu during end level sequence
- Enemies become furious when being head-jumped (Furios= no fear of heights, walks faster, looks angry/furious!)
- Slappers slap crates with their tongue which destroys them when furious (metal crate takes three slaps)
- Spitters spit triple loogers which which destroy crates and fly faster :spitter: :spitter:
- Metal crates now animates a shaking motion when receiving impact from bullets and loogers :cratemetal:
- Pause screen should now scale and fit with the game window (also windowed)
- Pause Screen now displays level title, level creator, Controls and level description
- Updated Game Settings Menu: Set shader to "Oldschool" or "Clean (off)". Oldschool being a nice rgb offset which looks like old TV smudge, new controls legend in menu
- Game now saves your settings (for example if you turn down the music in the Settings Menu and close the game it will start with the music turned down the next time you run the game)



DASH WORLD:
- Up, down and delete now in line in lists
- Polished design
- Description now gray
- Add level-button underneath thumbnail (toggle levels while looking at thumbnails and easily one you like without having to go down in the list below to add it)
- Polished list system
- New rating column: 1-100 (1 = bad rating; 100 = good rating) Players rate levels (1 vote each which can be updated) from the game either during a level or when it is completed



- Baby Duka

Alpha build 251 is live. Let the client update the program and launch!
The new splash screen will tell you a bit about the new DASH World.



Introducing Worlds:
- When launching the new update you automatically are signed into DASH World (http://dashworld.babyduka.com)
- In DASH World you can create lists of levels - called *Worlds*
- A world consists of multiple levels in a series
- You can edit the lists on the site and finally see them in the game as you enter the Play menu (also referred to as Run menu)
- If you are not logged in through the game you will not be able to see our edit your lists
- Once you launch the game it only needs to log you in once as long as you keep your cookie in your browser. If you lose the cookie it will generate one automatically again, so everything should be smooth and painless
- A set of default Worlds is automatically in the game. These can be deleted, edited or updated in DASH World too
- In the Run Menu you will have an option to view custom Worlds or the default filters set by us

New Menu and UI Design:
- New Splash Screen design
- New Main Menu design
- New Hero Menu design - removed the Story tab
- New Menu and Level Name font
- Updated main title graphics in Main Menu and Run Menu
- New *action* text font (as you complete levels this text will appear)

Mechanics:
- The overall gravity for the game is now lowered by 0.1 - meaning that the Hero's fall speed is a little slower
- The creator now is the one to suggest a Special power up. Before it was the player who set his/her Special in the Story tab (which is now removed). You turn on a special power by snatching an Elemental stone.
- New Elemental Stone system instead of previous Special system: you can max carry 2 stones - for now we have the Blue stone (air) and the Red stone (fire) - you can either have 1 blue and 1 red, or 2 red, or 2 blue. Each blue stone gives you an extra dash and each red stone adds to your dash of fire (creating a wider ranger of fire). One red and one blue is double dash with dash of fire!
- New graphics to show the special power is on and to make more of the power's awesomeness

Upgrades & Fixes:
- Removed the "P" as the pause button and made Esc the global pause button. More intuitive and needs no legend to explain
- Fixed error in animation when dashing down. Before it would be off to either side with several pixels when dashing downward, making it look like the 'dash cloud' was next to the Hero instead of right behind the Hero
- Duffie has a new rubbery jump sound (after all he is half man half rubber duck)
- Hero's ammo now displayed relative to unique weapon during runs

Resetting user (locally):
- In order to test some new implementations and to get feedback on starting the game in this new state, we will reset all accounts so that local medals will be 0 and your level folder will be set as a new one. You still have the levels in the previous build folder and online if you uploaded it
- You still keep your world records online

New audio:
- New theme in Run Menu ("Get Ready For Runnin' by Baby Duka")
- New button SFXs in Run Menu
- New Special SFXs

Notes:
- Some levels might be strange to play with the new Special Power feature (triple dash)
- Gamepads still don't function 100% on Linux
- Large levels with over 300 tiles can take several minutes to compress and save on a medium computer
- Erasing the goal tile will in some cases remove an unwanted tile instead
- Walking enemies can strand licking the wall
- Erasing the goal tile will in some cases remove an unwanted tile instead
- Walking enemies can strand licking the wall

There are some surprises (which I won't mention here which I want you to discover yourself) in this build constructed especially to show our appreciation to the community of unstoppable DASHers!

- The DASH Team ːurbansocialː

Alpha build 250 p. 06



Friday 19.10.2018 we uploaded a patch including a new tweak on Heroes' current stat while also introducing a new one

We noticed that Cleo didn't have that many high scores and we figured it was because of her too all-around stats. Players didn't pick Cleo because she was too all around. We have now made her the fastest hero (Speed = 8/10) with a slightly weaker jump and a little more slidy! Cleo is now the speedy one with very small jumps and a bit more out of control.


(Cleo with new speedy style)

General:

Fixed the dash so that it is harder to "jerk" the dash when accidently fumbling w control.

Introducing a new Hero stat: The Dash Reflex stat

- So far all the Heroes have had a varied dash power (length of the dash) and one "ramp up" time period before the dash was triggered
- Now each hero has an individual so-called dash reflex meaning that each Hero takes each their time to load up for a dash (Cleo being the fastest to add to her personality as the speedy one! !)
- The Raider seemed to have too many advantages (though the stats are based on a matrix) so now she has the least dash reflex meaning she dashes the slowest yet furthest.



Next week will be super exciting!

DASH ON!

IT'S LIVE: Build 241 p. 03
Watch update trailer here
Let your Steam client update the game, then hit PLAY



News & Fixes:

- Updated level website !
- DASH TV every day from the studio
- Make larger levels !
- Optimized game performance !
- World record holder now displayed during runs
- First mini-map sketch
- Toggle list of levels more smoothly

!! THERE'S A SKETCH OF A NEW MINI-MAP in the level editor. For now it does not display your tiles - Only the selector!

Known Errors:

- Gamepads may not function on Linux
- Large levels take a long time to save and compress
- New Record screen and Pause screen can be out of scale

We have worked hard to make this optimization and the new system to create larger levels