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Dyna Boy is a pixel-art platformer about a small miner, a bag of dynamite and a lot of rock in the way. You work your way down through cave levels, and instead of a sword or a jump-on-the-head attack, your tool is the explosive you drop at your feet. Blasting is how you clear obstacles, and it is also how you deal with the enemies that share the tunnels.

Because the core action is placing something and then getting out of its way, a session has a different rhythm from a straight run-and-jump game. You look at the layout, decide where a charge will help, drop it, and move. It suits short sittings: a level is a compact puzzle of positioning as much as a test of reflexes. It loads in the page and needs nothing installed.

If you came to Low's Adventures 2 for tight little pixel platformers, this one fits the same shelf while asking you to think about timing rather than only jumping.

How to play

The arrow keys move the miner and make him jump. A separate drop key places a stick of dynamite; the game's About screen shows exactly which key that is, so check it there before your first level. The main menu also offers a 2 Player mode, which puts a second miner on the same keyboard so two people can share one machine.

In a round, move through the cave, use jumps to reach ledges, and place dynamite where rock or an enemy blocks your way. Then step clear, because the blast is the thing to avoid as much as the thing you are aiming at.

Tips

• Drop the charge, then move away straight afterwards. Standing next to your own dynamite is the classic way to lose a life in games built on this idea.
• Read the level before blasting. Clearing the wrong piece of rock can leave you with a longer route than the one you started on.
• In 2 Player mode, agree on who is placing charges. Two miners dropping dynamite in the same tunnel is a good way to hit each other by accident.
• Look at the About screen once for the key mapping instead of guessing; it saves a wasted first attempt.

Similar games on Low's Adventures 2

Duo Vikings also gives you two characters to control and works well with a friend, though it is about cooperation more than explosions. Level Devil is a very different sort of platformer, built around traps that punish assumptions. Red Ball 4 leans on physics and rolling rather than digging. Low's Adventures 3 is the closest step if you want more of the headline series.

Dyna Boy is a good pick when you want a quick platformer that is a bit more deliberate, whether you are playing alone or handing the second half of the keyboard to someone else. Keyboard play is the natural way to play it, since it uses arrow keys and a drop key.