Jet Dancer

Jet Dancer is a retro-inspired action platformer with beat ’em up elements. You play as Jenna Delgado, a nanomachine-infused synthetic being created in a project to develop humanoid weapons. After learning she was intended to serve as both bodyguard and concubine to the highest bidder, Jenna escaped and became the superheroine Jet Dancer, using her abilities to protect the innocent.

Jenna’s fight

The project’s head, Serin Drakonis, has found Jenna and sent a machine army and her predecessors to bring her back under his control. Jenna must protect her own quality of life and put an end to the project.

The story is told through text and hand-drawn cutscenes, which you can skip. A reasonably skilled player can reach the end in less than three hours.

Kicks and dashes

You move through varied levels, traversing obstacle courses and fighting enemies with kicks, an uppercut, powerups and high-speed dashes. Foes include gun-toting snipers, wall-mounted turrets, shielded bulwarks and walking bipedal tanks. Jenna’s rocket-powered boots let her leap and travel long distances horizontally and vertically, though she cannot fly. You can chain kick combos, dash-kick or stomp enemies, then use the explosive force to rebound from targets and gain height.

The controls are designed for responsive movement through the air, between enemies and away from danger. The game has one difficulty level at first, but powerups appear more often when you take damage, and you can spend coins at the Game Over Shop after losing all your lives. Its temporary boosts increase Jet’s health, attack power or energy gain, and the shop also sells extra lives. Each purchase raises the cost of the others.

Scores and rewards

The game includes scores, lives and continues. Playing well and finding bonus coins throughout the levels can improve your chances of victory. Skilled players and completionists can also work through the in-game Accolades.