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{{quote|''Let's Dust!''}}▼
'''''Dustforce''''' is an acrobatic 2D platformer produced by indie developer Hitbox Team. You play as the Dustforce, a band of the [[Almighty Janitor|most athletic cleaners in the world]]. Your objective is to dash, [[Double Jump]], [[Wall Jump]], [[Wall Crawl|wall run]] and somersault through twisting Parkour racecourses while cleaning up all the dust that litters its obscure corners.▼
▲{{quote|Let's Dust!}}
▲Dustforce is an acrobatic 2D platformer produced by indie developer Hitbox Team. You play as the Dustforce, a band of the [[Almighty Janitor|most athletic cleaners in the world]]. Your objective is to dash, [[Double Jump]], [[Wall Jump]], [[Wall Crawl|wall run]] and somersault through twisting Parkour racecourses while cleaning up all the dust that litters its obscure corners.
The game is [[Le Parkour]] at its finest as you will have to pick the optimal path to take you past all the dust and use dizzying combinations of [[Prince of Persia]] 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).
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The game also features beautiful environments, smooth animation and soothing music, giving it a very airy and light atmosphere.
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 [[Nintendo Hard]] 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 Be warned though that this prototype is out of date, running on an entirely different engine and having much more temperamental controls than the final product.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]{{Dead link}} [https://www.gog.com/game/dustforce_dx and sold] in [[GOG.com]].
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* [[All There in the Manual]]: The characters have names. You would only ever be able to find them out if you look through the game's files. For the Dustforce, blue guy is Dustman, red is Dustgirl, purple is Dustkid, and green is Dustworth. For their [[Mirror Boss]] counterparts, their respective names are Dustwraith, Leafsprite, Trashking, and Slimeboss.
* [[Almighty Janitor]]: The main cast are basically some of the most literal interpretations of this trope, being street sweeping ninjas.
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* [[Mirror Boss]]: The Dustforce has an opposing team of dust-spreaders with similar acrobatic skill sets. Each is playable in Multiplayer King of the Hill and Survival matches.
* [[Mooks but No Bosses]]: The boss-looking [[Evil Counterpart|Evil Counterparts]] are actually multiplayer characters.
* [[Nintendo Hard]]: 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. [
** 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 [[Up to Eleven|make Giga Difficult look simple.]]
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