DASH-DA-DASH DX

DASH-DA-DASH DX (or DDDDX) is an arcade dashing game developed by SILLYSLARDY.JPG. 
The game makes use of pre-existing assets for all visual and auditory content in-game, with Emma crediting themselves only for design and programming. It was available free of charge on a dedicated webpage, which also gave access to a free download of a "nonstop mix mini-soundtrack", containing 11 in-game tracks.  
==Gameplay==
Within the game, the player is set in control of a small craft, which can be moved around the screen by clicking in a desired location. Once the user has chosen the location, the craft will dash towards this location, which cannot be changed until it is reached. If bullets are encountered midway, they ship will explode, but if gems are encountered, bonuses are awarded.
The game has two modes: DX and EX. DX is the "Normal" mode, with a single life given to the player and a standard ruleset. In this mode, the player can only dash when the Dash Meter located beneath the craft is full. Grabbing yellow gems by dashing through them will rapidly increase the Dash Meter, while purple gems will clear the screen of obstacles while also boosting the Dash Meter. In EX mode, the Dash Meter is removed, allowing the player to dash whenever they please. In addition, instead of one life the player is given a total of three. To compensate for this, gameplay is sped up, and as a result more hectic and difficult.
In both modes, the goal is to outlast a particular, randomly generated boss. This boss has a health meter indicated as a shrinking bar at the top, which the player must attempt to outlast while dodging attacks from this enemy. To help with this, picking up purple gems will remove a small portion of the health bar at increased speed. 
==Song list==
===Included on Non-Stop Mix===
*Spor - Halogen
*Xilent - Uplift
*Pendulum - Through The Loop
*Exile - Silicon Chop (feat. Sub Focus)
*Exile - The Devil's Chimney
*Exile - Big Bad Purple Bad Boy
*DC Breaks - Babylon
*DJ Hazard - Death March
*Sub Zero - Spin Doc VIP
*Mistabishi - Enemies of Dorothy
*Krafty Kuts - Shake Them Hips (Drumsound & Bassline Smith Remix)
===Not included on Non-Stop Mix===
*Boys Noize - & Down (a short cut of this song is used as the main theme for DDDDX)
*Squarepusher - The Modern Bass Guitar
*Missill - Get Busted
*DJ Technorch - Boss on Parade
*Scott Brown - Detonated 2005
*Propellerheads - Bang On
*Teranoid - Bad Maniacs
*Xilent - Bombstep
*Aphex Twin - 54 Cymru Beats
*μ-Ziq - Grape Nut Beats Pt. 2
*The Prodigy - Everybody in the Place (Fairground Edit)
*The Mad Capsule Markets - Chaos Step
*Dillinja - Twist 'Em Out (DJ Fresh Mix)
*Monster X - Get Up To Kill
*16bit - Chainsaw Calligraphy (Kanji Kinetic remix)
*Cakebuilder - Necron the Hell God
*t+pazolite - to Luv me I *** for u.
== Bosses==
Each boss encounter is subject to random generation. There exists an essential "Top" half that remains consistently present, whereas the complementary "Bottom" half has the potential to emerge, though its appearance is not guaranteed. Bosses with only the top half are Single Bosses and the remaining bosses are Dual Bosses. Mechanics from both halves of the boss are used.
===Single Bosses===
==== Blue ====
Blue will shoot five blue bullets east, south east, south, south west, and west every few seconds.
==== Krak ====
Krak shoots many blue bullets in all directions.
==== Raam ====
Ramm slowly fills the screen with many blue bullets. In later stages he also begins to flood the screen with pink pellets.
==== Skul ====
Skul has the most unique attacks out of the cast. He uses a flood of blue and pink bullets, but also has a unique blue orb and a pink orb. The blue orb is large and moves directly south when launched. The pink orb oscillates to the left and right in a wide arc.
==== Turr ====
Turr is the most standard enemy, shooting a standard volley of blue and eventually pink bullets.
Turr's "bottom half" is utilized as the graphical basis for the bottom half of all other bosses classified as "Top Half Only."
=== Bottom Halves ===
Bottom halves will never appear independently; they always require a corresponding top half. The following are the graphical representations used for their design.
==== Drac ====
Drac will go left and right slowly at first, and picking up speed as the round continues.
==== King ====
King ventures deep into the play area. Contact will kill you.
==== Robo ====
Robo also ventures into the play area, though not as deep as King. Robo is also considerably faster than King.
==== Turr (Bottom Half Only) ====
Turr is the standard bottom for all single bosses. It is rather standard, oscillating left and right at a reasonable speed without venturing into the play area.
==== Wing ====
Wing does not venture into the play area, but is the fastest to oscillate left and right.
===Dual Bosses===
==== Blue Variants ====
===== BlueDrac =====
===== BlueKing =====
===== BlueRobo =====
===== BlueSpin =====
===== BlueWing =====
==== Krak Variants ====
===== KrakDrac =====
===== KrakKing =====
===== KrakRobo =====
===== KrakSpin =====
===== KrakWing =====
==== Raam Variants ====
===== RaamDrac =====
===== RaamKing =====
===== RaamRobo =====
===== RaamSpin =====
===== RaamWing =====
==== Skul Variants ====
===== SkulDrac =====
===== SkulKing =====
===== SkulRobo =====
===== SkulSpin =====
===== SkulWing =====
==== Turr Variants ====
===== TurrDrac =====
===== TurrKing =====
===== TurrRobo =====
===== TurrSpin =====
===== TurrWing =====
==2023 Fan Patch ==
In July of 2023, a fan patch of Dash-Da-Dash DX was released on https://ddd.dylanbanta.com/ with a functional scoreboard available here https://ddd.dylanbanta.com/ddd_index.php.
The fan patch is an updated version of the source code available from https://mulengine.itch.io/ddddx
The High Scores now track which bosses were defeated during the run.
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==Trivia==
*Although no longer accessible, a scoreboard was available, where players could submit their scores online using a code generated in-game. 
**See 2023 Fan Patch for live scoreboard.
*Although the sequel, DDDDX2:DD: FM JAMS, has a soundtrack which can be found on Bandcamp, the game was lost in a format, https://www.reddit.com/r/lapfoxtrax/comments/2at8wb/shooterhouse/cj0243d and no further work towards it will be done. Footage of it can still be found in the SILLYSLARDY dev reel. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXn_ImcLbx4
*The known characters of the DDDDx2:DD game are Janesaw, Rosewell, Emmarald.
==External Links==
*New webpage on itch.io
*Official webpage prior to being shut down
*Download for the v1.3 of the game
*Download for the mini-soundtrack
==References==
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