History VideoGame / Dustforce

* NintendoHard: Many of the gold-key levels fall into this category, as well as the aptly-named bonus levels, unlocked by getting an SS on every gold-key level: Kilo Difficult, Mega Difficult, Giga Difficult, and so on, going all the way up to [[SerialEscalation Exa Difficult and eventually Zetta Difficult and Yotta Difficult.]]

* NintendoHard: SS rankings require getting every piece of dust without breaking your combo (or dying), which may take several minutes in longer levels. Due to how the level hub is designed, certain later stages are difficult to even ''access'', let alone beat.
** The prototype [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vabPMTwY-ME Difficult]] stage requires pixel-perfect platforming to stay alive, let alone achieve this. The final version of the game includes [[UpToEleven Kilo, Mega, and Giga Difficult]], later updates adding [[SerialEscalation Tera, Peta, Exa, Zetta, and Yotta]].

* PlatformHell: Many of the gold-key levels fall into this category, as well as the aptly-named bonus levels, unlocked by getting an SS on every gold-key level: [[NintendoHard Kilo Difficult, Mega Difficult, Giga Difficult]], and so on, going all the way up to [[SerialEscalation Exa Difficult and eventually Zetta Difficult and Yotta Difficult.]]

A PlayStationVita port was released on February 4, 2014.

* GoodBadBug: It is rather easy to jump off of spiked slopes if you hold on the down button. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-AuNPVWawW0 Demonstration]]

* HubLevel - A separate hub for each world, as well as a main hub to connect them.

* LimitBreak: It takes the form of a multi-hit flash step attack...thingy...that you charge up by dusting.

* NintendoHard: SS rankings require getting every piece of dust without breaking your combo (or dying), which may take several minutes in longer levels. The "Difficult" demo stage requires pixel-perfect platforming to stay alive, let alone achieve this. [[http://bit.ly/a3dQHu Just take a look]]. And there are plenty more where that came from in the final version.
** An update in early May 2012 reworked the hub levels so that it's now more difficult to get to more difficult stages. Actually reaching gold key levels to unlock them can be quite difficult, now.
** The same update introduced five new levels that [[UpToEleven make Giga Difficult look simple.]]
** [[SerialEscalation And then they updated it again once it was introduced to the Humble Indie Bundle 6 to add two more levels, making even Exa Difficult look easy.]]

* GroundPound: One of the moves that's possible to execute.

* HitboxDissonance: A source of frustration for players is being unable to tell where exactly is the edge of a cliff of a jump with respect to the four characters while moving, causing players to waste their double jump prematurely.

The game was released on Steam on January 17th 2012. An extensive prototype demo was released a while back, including a set of levels and a full level-editor. Each level has a different character, with some emphasizing acrobatics, others smooth combo-building, and one showcasing some NintendoHard platforming. Be warned though that this prototype is out of date, running on an entirely different engine and having much more temperamental controls than the final product. [[http://www.indiepubgames.com/game/Dustforce You can find the prototype here]].

* MarathonLevel: The latest update adds two new levels, one of which is Yotta Difficult, a combination of parts of all 7 previous Difficult levels. The first recorded SS run took about 2.5 minutes, which is very long compared to the minute or less it takes to complete most other levels.

** RyuAndKen: They also share this dynamic as well.

The game is LeParkour at its finest as you will have to pick the optimal path to take you past all the dust and use dizzying combinations of PrinceOfPersia style wall-running to keep you on track. The game is focused on flowing gameplay, with a scoring system that awards not only dust collected but combos, meaning you will need to use seamless platforming to avoid stopping collecting dust. Only a perfect run, collecting all the dust without stopping, will net you the highest SS ranking (S+ in the prototype).

* FollowTheMoney: Dust both boosts your score and guides you through levels. Collecting it is also the objective in-story, making this an excellent example of [[GamePlayAndStorySegregation Gameplay and Story Integration]].

* TemporaryPlatform: Dust can form these, forcing you to erase the ground under your feet. ItGetsWorse when you have a complex sequence constructed out of these platforms over a bottomless pit.

* BottomlessPits: Plenty of levels have them.

* NotTheFallThatKillsYou: In the demo there is actually an invisible death zone under the stage that kills you if you fall off. If you neglect to put this into a stage you made with the editor the player will fall a very long time until they hit the edge of the huge map area and die.

* BookEnds: Sort of. [[spoiler:The tutorial stage and BrutalBonusLevel share a tileset and music track.]]

* PlatformHell: Many of the gold-key levels fall into this category, as well as the aptly-named bonus levels, unlocked by getting an SS on every gold-key level: [[NintendoHard Kilo Difficult, Mega Difficult, Giga Difficult]], and so on, going all the way up to [[UpToEleven Exa Difficult]] and eventually [[BeyondTheImpossible Zetta Difficult and Yotta Difficult.]]

Dustforce is an acrobatic 2D platformer produced by indie developer Hitbox Team. You play as the Dustforce, a band of the [[AlmightyJanitor most athletic cleaners in the world]]. Your objective is to dash, DoubleJump, WallJump, [[WallCrawl wall run]] and somersault through twisting Parkour racecourses while cleaning up all the dust that litters its obscure corners.

** And then they updated it again once it was introduced to the Humble Indie Bundle 6 to add two more levels, [[BeyondTheImpossible making even Exa Difficult look easy.]]

* PlatformHell: Many of the gold-key levels fall into this category, as well as the aptly-named bonus levels, unlocked by getting an SS on every gold-key level: [[NintendoHard Kilo Difficult, Mega Difficult, Giga Difficult]], and so on, going all the way up to [[UpToEleven Exa Difficult]] and eventually [[BeyondTheImpossible Zetta Difficult and Yotta Difficult.]]]]

* LevelEditor: The prototype has one and the full game recently received one.

** Each level type in the demo has its own aesthetic and dust type. The dusty castle, autumn leaf valley and tron-esque computerscapes are all beautiful.

* TronLines: The tutorial [[spoiler: and final]] level has this aesthetic. It's a shame they didn't give this dust type a full level set because it looks very distinctive.

* PlatformHell: Many of the gold-key levels fall into this category, as well as the aptly-named final levels [[spoiler: [[NintendoHard Kilo Difficult, Mega Difficult, Giga Difficult]], and so on, going all the way up to [[UpToEleven Exa Difficult]] and eventually [[BeyondTheImpossible Yotta Difficult.]]]]

* PlatformHell: Many of the gold-key levels fall into this category, as well as the aptly-named final level [[spoiler: Giga Difficult.]]

* SpikesOfDoom: The only things that will be able to kill you, according to developers in a recent interview (though that may not include pits).

Let's Dust!