Ninja Dash

About the Game

Ninja Dash is an original one-button climbing platformer with 50 handcrafted levels. Your ninja sprints on its own, turning around whenever it runs into a wall; a single tap does everything else. Tap on the ground to jump, tap while clinging to a wall to kick off the other way, and tap in mid-air for one double jump. Climb moonlit rooftops, bamboo groves, a crumbling temple, a fortress patrolled by spinning saws and finally the Shogun's tower, grabbing three secret scrolls on every climb. Spikes, ceiling spikes, springs, one-way bamboo ledges and floors that crumble under your feet keep every level different. The physics run at a fixed 60 steps a second with whole-number maths, so every run is exactly repeatable, and every level has been completed — with all three scrolls — by a route-searching bot on the game's own rules, which also sets the par time.

How to Play

The ninja runs by itself and turns around when it runs into a wall on the ground. Tap anywhere on the game, click, or press Space or the Up arrow to jump. Hit a wall in mid-air and the ninja clings to it and slides slowly down — tap to wall-jump away from it. Once per jump you can tap again in mid-air for a double jump (the first chapter saves this for later). Reach the red gate at the top to finish. Spikes and spinning saws end the run, and so does falling out of the level. Bamboo ledges can be jumped through from below, red springs launch you high, and sandy blocks crumble a moment after you land on them. Each climb hides three scrolls: finishing earns one star, collecting every scroll earns two, and doing it inside the par time earns three.

Controls

• Tap / click / Space / ↑Jump
• Tap on a wallWall-jump
• Tap in the airDouble jump
• RRestart · Esc / P — Pause

Features

• ✓50 handcrafted climbs in five chapters
• ✓One-button controls: jump, wall-jump and double jump
• ✓Spikes, saws, springs, bamboo ledges and crumbling floors
• ✓Three secret scrolls and a par time on every level
• ✓Every level completed by a route-searching bot on the game's own physics
• ✓Touch, mouse and keyboard controls

Gameplay Tips

• •Tap a moment early — a press is remembered for a few frames and fires as soon as it can.
• •Clinging to a wall slows your fall: use it to line up the next jump.
• •Save the double jump to correct a jump that is falling short.
• •Watch a saw's path for a moment before you commit.
• •Crumbling blocks hold for a third of a second — keep moving.

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