Thank you!
I ripped this player control from a failed attempt at a more in depth entry, in which I did hope to explore that mechanic a lot more. Unfortunately within the bounds of this game's mechanics there's not really anything I can do to force the player to use that mechanic - any gap that can be crossed with a normal jump into a midair dash jump can also be crossed with a dash jump into a normal jump, and this game doesn't have any hazards I could put in the way to force the player to use the normal jump first.