General Information
It's the day of the SAGE of Speed, a festival held to honour the fastest thing alive, and eight would-be heroes have set out to meet him!
Welcome to the SAGE 2023 demo of Dashbounce!
A 2D Puzzle-Platformer about going fast and intentionally abusing physics quirks, you'll be charged with seeking the goal in each level before the clock hits zero - despite the distinct handicap of being unable to jump!
You'll have to use your surprising speed and bouncy body to turn every object and obstacle into an advantage!
In this demo, you'll get to experience a selection of stages from throughout the full version of the game, alongside a brief story constructed solely for SAGE!
There's 15 levels to be played - called Acts in this demo - with a total of 45 collectibles to be found through challenges, speedrunning and clearing levels.
The game supports keyboard or Xinput gamepad controls, whichever you find most comfortable!
For those not confident in speed games, there's a zero-punishment Easy Mode available with significantly more lenient target times, as well as options to swap the handedness of keyboard controls and to automate braking functions for added comfort.
Additionally, for those that are indeed comfortable with speed games and want to inflict maximum pain upon themselves, there's also a hard mode with extremely strict time limits designed for experienced players!
The difficulty can be changed at any time, so just have fun!
For those that clear all challenges, a speedrunning mode is also included that times a start-to-finish run of the entire demo, subtracting loading times and level transitions to ensure an even field for all players!
If you enjoy the demo - check out the full game of Dashbounce on Steam!
The full game offers an additional 50 levels to play, an original story and an overworld constructed with unlockable paths and bonuses!
In addition, you'll be able to make your own custom stages that save down to easily sharable several-kilobyte text files!
Thanks for checking out the demo!
Installation Instructions:
-Extract the contents of Dashbounce-SAGE2023v3.zip to a folder
-Run DASHBOUNCE.exe
-Extract the contents of Dashbounce-SAGE2023v3.zip to a folder
-Run DASHBOUNCE.exe
System Requirements:
Windows XP 32/64 bit or higher with at least Direct X 9.0 (Though extremely old hardware/software combos might experience graphical issues)
A GPU newer than the Radeon X600 SE (From 2004)
A x86 or x64 processor faster than 1.60GHz
1GB RAM or higher
(Seriously it'll run on a toaster with a processor, though not particularly well if it's an old toaster)
Windows XP 32/64 bit or higher with at least Direct X 9.0 (Though extremely old hardware/software combos might experience graphical issues)
A GPU newer than the Radeon X600 SE (From 2004)
A x86 or x64 processor faster than 1.60GHz
1GB RAM or higher
(Seriously it'll run on a toaster with a processor, though not particularly well if it's an old toaster)
