WoodDash: Lumberjack Arcade

WoodDash is a free, offline lumberjack arcade game with side-scrolling in portrait mode: a classic lumberjack in a red wool cap with a pompom, a beard and a red shirt runs through the forest, fells trees against the clock, jumps over hazards and racks up meters and points.

HOW TO PLAY
No on-screen buttons. Tap anywhere to jump. Tap on the tree to swing the axe. That is all: you can play with your thumbs, in short runs of 1 to 2 minutes.

TREES, LOG BY LOG
Every tree is a tall stack of logs, with leafy branches, that drops with each axe swing. Trees come thin, medium and thick: thick trees take more hits and pay more points. When the last logs are cut, the tree topples with its crown, dust and a screen shake.

HAZARDS THAT WARN YOU FIRST
- Steel rings: chopping from the ground makes the axe bounce off and leaves the lumberjack tired and slow. Jump and chop above the ring.
- Nests: the chick chirps and the nest falls. Jump at the right moment to dodge it and earn bonus points.
- Squirrels: faster than nests, they crouch to warn you before they leap.
- Groundhogs: some wave from the ground, others pop out of a hole at the foot of the tree and charge at you. Jump over them or lose precious time.
Hitting a nest or a squirrel ends the run and sends you back to stage 1, so stay sharp.

POWER-UPS FOR YOUR AXE
- Strong axe: more damage per swing and more points per hit.
- Fast axe: shorter delay between swings.
- Boots: higher and longer jumps.
- Hourglass: extra seconds on the clock.
- Shield: absorbs one hit from a nest, squirrel or groundhog per charge.
Items upgrade up to 3 levels and carry over between stages, but they are lost when a run ends.

STAGES, MILESTONES AND COMBO
- Each stage has a distance goal in meters and a countdown clock.
- Milestone posts and the finish line at the sawmill give bonus seconds.
- Chain trees without mistakes to raise your combo multiplier, from x1 up to x4.
- Difficulty keeps rising: more thick trees, more hazards per tree and trickier groundhogs.
- Four biomes in a cycle: summer, autumn, winter and night.

FEATURES
- A classic lumberjack who breathes, sways the axe and blinks while waiting.
- Original pixel art, sounds and music.
- A quick tutorial on your first run, which you can replay any time.
- English and Portuguese (Brazil), switchable in the settings.
- A switch to turn all sounds on and off.
- Your progress is saved on your device: finish a stage, close the game and continue from the next one. Your high score and best stage are saved too.
- Play offline, anytime. No ads, no in-app purchases and no account needed.
- Optional news notifications, which you can turn off in the settings (Alerts).
- The game pauses by itself when you leave it.

WoodDash collects no personal data; the internet is used only to receive optional notifications.

Beat your best time, fell the whole forest and reach the sawmill before the clock runs out. Happy chopping!

Recent changes:
News notifications: WoodDash can now let you know about game events and news. Turn them off anytime in Settings > Alerts.