PyWeek - Dashman DX - feedback

a bit hard to play..

I really loved this lots of fun with a simple gameplay and graphics

Nice work :) Needs a bit more polish on wall control, and it will become a fast-paced cool little game

The animation was a HUUUGE improvement.

Cool animation and feel, but I could not get used to the controls, the wall jumping is always unpredictable and difficult to trigger.

interesting way of climbing walls :)

btw, when you move fast, the avatar looks like a padpole hehehe

Despite the simple graphics, I liked the movement of the stick man :)

A platformer though with a nice twist: the wall jumping. Unfortunately I found it rather hard and couldn't get past the third level, which unfortunately makes it less fun. Even if it had been easier, the game play elements seem somewhat minimal, so I wonder how much it would hold my attention.

Production values quite high: simple graphics, but music and even a level editor!

would have been a great game if spend more time on the gfx

Quite a straight forward arcade, but the wall jumps give it a twist and the stick man style is very nice.

It resembles the N (the flash game).

Fun game, although I really suck at wall-jumping!

Good game, but the controls were pretty touchy for me. I had a hard time getting him to do much, but what I saw I liked very much. Thanks!

for me the game was too tough to be fun but good idea and consistent style

Very fun game!! I really liked how you combined cool 2D physics with a nice puzzle feel to make a rather difficult little game. Could have definitely seem some real graphics here instead of stick figures :) but I totally understand on a one-man team. Good job overall, felt sorta like a flash game or something but kept me entertained for a while!

Very nice arcade music. The game had some slowdowns, which made it a bit difficult. Great editor also.

Whee, walljumping is fun! This game is excellent.

jumping feels hard to control, but otherwise fun.

Reminds me a lot of "N".

Hmm, not easy... I'll have to try harder later, I think I'll play this some more. :) Although I read the readme, it seems I get the best result from somewhat randomly pushing buttons. It seems I don't quite get the controls.

Fast and fun platformer. Nice stickigure walk cycle

Good game.. some of the jumping physics could use some improvement, but including as many levels as you did as well as a level editor is quite an impressive feat. Congradulations for an impressive entry.

WOW! Amazing game! One of my top favorites. A nice N-style game with a very enjoyable music loop and a very polished interface. The controls were a little fuzzy to get used to, as having two buttons for jump was a little odd. Still, it was quite fun, and I eventually mastered the controls in order to beat the game and have quite a bit of fun doing it. The level editor was extremely impressive to have been built in such a short amount of time, and the amount of polish put into the game really shows. Well done! Thanks for the great game!

I loved the graphics and gameplay

I really liked the game. It might be nice to have some leeway with the timing of your walljumps though, so that you didn't have to tap space so quickly after your jump. Maybe have the guy slide up walls with little or no friction.

nice idea. nice graphics, nice music.
gameplay needs to be improved a little bit.

Well, that's hard. Fun though. I'd play it again.

+ Nice "simple" game with graphics and music that fits perfect. Extra points for the level
editor. - It is a bit hard, level one and two are ok, the next one is not easy at all.

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
This game is infuriating. Controls aren't tight enough - I know what I want to do, but can't make the character do it at all.
Had me tearing my hair out, but I love the music.

Very fun game, but it could use some better artwork.

nice game but the controlling is still too buggy for a good playability (for such a game) - especially jumping when near walls

I liked the music and the idea. I would have liked to see moving obstacles or enemies

Pretty fun. Might have been better if the controls were a bit more responsive. Kind of reminds me of N.

Awesome game! Definitely the most fun game I played this comp. I liked the lvl designs also. Great game. I hope you finish toward the top.

The game engine has a lot of potential, but doesn't feel very finished, and the normal mode
levels quickly get hard and frustrating. I love the idea of fast-paced running and wall
jumping, but the guy gets stuck on walls a bit too often, getting high wall jumps is too hard and
the quite slow acceleration of the running doesn't fit the tight spaces and small platforms of
the levels. So overall I'd like to like the game, but as it is now, it's not easy. There isn't even
a level selection menu for the normal mode levels to ease the pain a little. The music is very
nice, and the animation fluid enough, but I'd also like to see upgraded graphics with more
detail and style. The level editor is a nice bonus.

fun. sometiimes the guy escapes the level. its fun trying to finish alevel from the outside. could not understand the physics of normal jumps and sometimes superjumps.

nice simple game. It was really fun playing this game :)

I'll admit, I was skeptical, but this game is WAY more fun than it looks. Good job, too bad about the stickman graphics though. Maybe in a future release?

This game is fun. Period. ;)

Sweet concept. I found the control somewhat difficult. I don't know why the jump and dash buttons were separate. That added to the confusion, you have to dash to wall jump but you have to jump first to dash off the wall. somewhat confusing. Try combining the two into one button. Well done.

Music really fits the game! Despite some parts in this game were really hard (for me after all... ^^), I liked it alot!

Pretty cool idea. A little fiddly to get used to. Perhaps at a larger scale it might be easier.
Dunno.

funny game, with interesting mechanics and unbalanced difficulty. Third level is really tough.

I didn't like how dashing was separated from jumping and put on a different key, I was expecting
controls to be a bit like N where many complex movements can be made with only one jump button,
but the game was still fun.

Fun. I Like the level editor capabilities. Graphics are ok, but bring a nice "cheesyness" feel to the game.

Dashman is pure gold. The controls take a bit long to understand at first, and the graphics are a bit sparse but theyuit the game. Excellent physics and level design make you keep scratching your head, and wanting to scratch your head, on how to complete some of the levels. Obviously you were stretched for time, but the level order seems rather sloppy. Many levels are exceedingly difficult, only to be followed by something that is extremely easy. The last level for instance gave me no trouble at all, while level 15 took many attempts. More levels (say 50 or so), and maybe some extra features in levels, such as enemies, moving platforms, sticky walls, or other things to spice it up would make this a very good complete game.

Cute, but very hard to get the hang of. I couldn't seem to get around the top left bend on level 2, no matter what I did.

Not exactly my kind of game, but cool none-the-less and very well done. Good music.

Good bit of fun. Nothing amazing with production or innovation but still above par.

Nice game...Probably more levels than I saw but it gets kinda annoying jumping up all the time...
Also nice touch with the level editor...Made a fun level :)

Nice one. The music is godd not annoying. The sound effects are a bit silent. It's a real space killer :)

Difficult and enjoyable.

Pretty fun but really annoying when you fall down!!! :)

Good fun! Some of the later levels are quite challenging. I really liked the game mechanic of
jumping up walls - often you had to plan you jumps, as a mistake could drop you down to the start. I
rarely used the 'dash' button except to jump up walls though. I would have been nice if I could
see the time during the game on a clock somewhere. Might add some pressure. A way to save high
scores would be good fun too. As for bugs; I fell through the wall once, which was handled by
restarting me at the start. I also had to be quite calm on the controls – they didn't always
work first press (might be an SDL thing). Music was a bit distorted, and the game threw an error
on closing (using the executable version).

Nice game, very challenging, it's just I've seen lots of games like it.