DASH: Danger Action Speed Heroes News

Hello all DASHers!



The latest build has received a lot of good feedback and there are only a short list of bugs which should be fixed in this patch.

• Fixed crash when new player has 0 diamonds or records
  
• Fixed crash in Hero Menu (bad typing)
  
• Implemented all Heroes' "wait" animations in the Heroes menu.
  

I hope this patch works otherwise drop by the Discord and let us know! ► Discord invite

Welcome to update 2002! The final one where we are testing pre-Early Access build in the community. This article summarizes the updates and reveals new implementations and fixes. Get ready for some DASHing!





Fixes and implementations:

• Worldwide leaderboards: See the Top 5 World Record holders and Top 5 creators, as well as your own position in the list
  
  
  
  
• Default playlists in Custom filter in Play Menu: Beginner Levels and Example List. To help new players learn about playlists and DASH World
  
• Updated Heroes menu: Amount of diamonds collected and WRs displayed relative to Hero
  
  
  
  
• Default motion is now Sprint instead of Walk, meaning the two mechanics have been swapped. You are now always running and when you hold Ctrl/Z/R1/RB you Walk. Walk can be used to sneak past sleeping enemies (only Sploders for now). Later a crumbling tile will be implemented where it will crumble faster if you are sprinting, so you will have to walk carefully over it otherwise you will fall through.
  
• Explanation in Play menu over level slots
• Difficulty added to level slot in Play menu (ex.: [Easy] or [Extreme])
  
• New particles: I took the time to get rid of all non-low-res particles so that all dust clouds, farts, fire and smoke clouds are spawned with a handmade sprite to fit the overall theme. It’s amazing how a detail like this (which is so important) really ties everything together even more.
  
• Rich Presence: Make sure to add DASH to your games library in your Discord user settings! DASH now has Rich presence meaning that it will show Playing DASH: Danger Action Speed Heroes under your logo when you play the game
  
  
  
  
• New ghost/WR ghost polish: the ghosts are now more transparent as the player is closer and becomes up to 90% transparent as it gets further away from player. It finally feels good and not as if the ghost is in the way.
  
• Set directions of tiles: you are now able to adjust the starting direction of Slappers, Spitters, Slapbats (up and down too) and moving platforms.
  
  
  
  
• Polished player scoreboard design in Main menu: redesigned to indicate the data more clearly
  
• All in all we have done a lot to meet the feedback from build 2001, where players did not understand the diamond display. Several design features are implemented to help the understanding of the record system
• Confetti when celebrating level uploaded or new world record!
  
  
  
  
• Rating displayed in pause menu, so there is even more info on what you are playing
  
• New design with more graphics to support the power of the Play menu.
• Help in Editor: while working on a level, new players can easily learn the names of all individual tiles. A small text overlay appears at the bottom of the screen now.
  
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This build (2002) is the final release before the official Early Access release. We will patch this build but there will be no more features implemented until we are live with all the new players and streamers Q2 2019 (announcement coming soon).


Things which will be finished and put in patch next week:

• Short intro sequence
  
• Handling offline player
  
• Last animation touches
  
• New tile set
  

We know that there are plenty of stuff which we would have loved to have in the build BUT remember: Early Access is all about implementing stuff on the go. Just like we have been doing since August 2018 :) But now the very basic game box is solid and polished. Because we have been playing, testing, implementing and updating for so many months we really feel that everything is set and ready to roll. Of course we have the nasty back-of-the-drawer note with bugs that are rare but mean. These we will make sure are on the spot as we go live.

We will be announcing the official release date (dadadadaaaa…) very soon

And one more thing: LOOK AT ALL THESE EPIC LEVELS LISTED!!!



Much respect and appreciation to the community of DASHers! We're almost there!

- The DASH Team, Copenhagen

Especially excited to share this build and hear what feedback and bugs you'll find Date: April 7th 2019
Build: 2001 patch 00

JOIN OUR DISCORD TO GIVE FEEDBACK AND SHARE BUGS



Watch trailer ►

https://youtu.be/rBmau59iySQ

Updates & Implementations

- Vertical levels: create tall vertical levels. New details to background layers added to this format to make it interesting.

- New load slot design: easily get to see which Heroes have made the levels and which records you have. Rating also displayed on load slots now.
- New display in main menu showing how many diamonds and world records you have

- User hub in main menu showing how many levels you have uploaded and how many plays your levels have

- Set the cam on the World Record ghost to watch the replay. Controls to do that displayed in Pause menu when selecting WR Ghost ON/OFF

- Change Hero menu in Pause menu now displays Hero info: name and stats to more easily get into which hero you wish to use (especially for new players)

- Editor’s Settings menu polished (still working on Water and Weather)

- Polished Settings menu (in main menu) with new option to change controls to different scheme: Choose between Controls Setting A and B now (especially for controllers where you want the buttons to be opposite of the default setup).

- New Gameboy-inspired-4-colors-only-shader. Select it in the Settings menu

- Terminal velocity set to 25 instead of 30 to make the fall of a player less fast when peaking vertical speed variable.

- Changed The Raider’s diamond to blue instead of orange. Gave Duffie the orange (and yellowish) diamond instead.

- New yellow tile in Rooftops to spike things up!

- Polished backgrounds and extra layers. For some months the backgrounds have not been drawn properly, due to updated game engine (Game Maker 2.2.2) which handles backgrounds differently than the prior version (GM:S 1.x).



- Next week we are implementing the final new stuff. After that there will be no more *big* implementations until Early Access release 2019.
- From about a week from now, we are launching an intense campaign to get new streamers to play DASH! If you know (of) anyone who might be interested or know someone who would definitely love DASH, send us their contact!

DASH ON!

- The DASH Team

22nd of March 2019
Early Access 2000 p. 03
(Due to an error where the 2000 p 03 update article wasn't uploaded, I am posting both patch 03 and 04's log)
You will be playing patch 04
Join our Discord server to give feedback and discuss level design and game machanics!


New build containing more polish and implementations is live on the test branch! Let your Steam client update the game.
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For a detailed view of update 2000 p 03 go to ► https://www.indiedb.com/games/d-a-s-h-danger-action-speed-heroes/news/discord-key-included-last-chance-to-join-the-testing-before-early-access
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Patch 03:

• Fixed music error: when selecting hero from pause menu the music stopped.
  
• Fixed music error: on Fridays the Editor’s Theme wasn’t playing (there’s a theme for every day in the week)
  
• Backgrounds are dynamic in Level Menu (relative to which tileset and bg you are selecting)
  
• Polished Level Menu
  
• Polished Hero Menu (new hero stats graphics to give a more solid impression of their stats)
  
• Corrected more fonts (only three fonts are in the game now - more clear design)
  
• New splash screen with music to set the mood! Different sprite/illustration relative to week day
  
• Changed diamond color to be relative to which hero is running (each hero has their own diamond)
  
• Implemented new “Exploration Mode” in Filters in Play Menu: explore levels you haven’t played
  
• Added comment option in DASH World - when viewing and editing lists you’re now able to rename them and add a description which will appear in the game.
  
• Indie DB
  
• [Discord + key included] Last chance to join the testing before Ea...
  
• DASH allows players to create and compete in easy-to-build worlds of enemies, spikes, power-ups and a wide variety of unique tiles and tools. With the Early Access release on Steam getting closer, it is time to present some more fixes and implementations...
  
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• Polished Play Menu: now more enticement for players to visit DASH World (remember there is also a share function in DASH World where you can share your lists with other users!!)
  
• Polished Main Menu
  
• More random levels in the box as Main Menu backgrounds (dynamic)
  
• Fixed issues with calling server multiple times. Server functions and workflow now as tight as ever. Super little to none load time + super tight data delivery/fetch! Even on an old school modem you should not experience any real delay or lag between levels. Also fixed error when choosing next or previous where game would call per step player was pressing button, allowing multiple calls to happen. Now fixed to only call once.
  
• Rating is showing on DASH World!! Have a look at how your creations are doing.
  
• Polished Save As text box and instructions to take good screenshot
  
• Discord emotes all updated to fit the new design!
  
• Cool idle animations in Hero Menu (only for Duffie and Raider for now. Rest is coming)
  
• Concerned is back!!!!
  

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27th of March 2019 Patch 04:
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• Fixed bug causing game to crash when rating a level
  
• Removed level's thumbnail in Level Menu to prevent memory leak
  
• Young Dragon has a new double-jump animation!
  

DASH ON!

Hey all DASHers!
New build containing upgraded animations, effects, backgrounds and more is live on the test branch! Let your Steam client update the game.



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New stuff : (for a detailed description of each new feature go here ► https://www.indiedb.com/games/d-a-s-h-danger-action-speed-heroes/news/dash-2d-precision-platformer-creation-tool-open-for-testing#articlesform
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- DASH Level Hub overhaul! (http://dashworld.babyduka.com/)
- Sploder sleep mechanic
- New explosions
- Rubble when wallsliding
- Hero animation polish
- Enemy animation polish
- Game tools (trigger and crates) polish and new sprites
- Random Spikebox sprites
- New logo and fonts
- Power up effects enhanced
- New box art and concept art
- Hero-centric record system (records are now individually related to each Hero)
- 'Previous level' option in 'pause menu'
- Background polish
- Training and limitations to use Max Leap removed
- New load and splash screens
- New Main Menu

All feedback and game play experiences are needed! Please let us know if you are streaming the game too!! Leave feedback here on our test server on Discord.

DASH on!!



- Baby Duka and Leary