Black Paradox

Released: May 2, 2019
Platforms: WindowsmacOS
Last updated: 07 Sep 2026, 12:29 GMT

Updates & announcements

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03 Jun 2026Developer post
The Reloaded Update is here — free for everyone who owns Black Paradox
Seven years after the original release, Black Paradox gets its biggest update ever. The Reloaded Update is now live, and it's completely free for everyone who owns the game. This is the version we always wanted to ship. Same time-jumping bounty hunter shoot 'em up at the core , b
Seven years after the original release, Black Paradox gets its biggest update ever. The Reloaded Update is now live, and it's completely free for everyone who owns the game.
This is the version we always wanted to ship. Same time-jumping bounty hunter shoot 'em up at the core , but rebuilt to feel right for 2026, for newcomers and veterans alike.
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What's in the Reloaded Update
Fully redesigned visuals - Every sprite, every effect, every UI element has been reworked from the ground up. The neon-soaked retrofuture aesthetic is now where we always wanted it to be.
Rebalanced difficulty - We listened to seven years of feedback. The learning curve is smoother, the early hours more inviting, and the late game still demands everything you've got.
New Endless Mode - Survive as long as you can against escalating waves. A new way to play, designed for "one more run" sessions that turn into entire afternoons.
Plus: countless quality-of-life improvements, performance optimizations, and tweaks based on community feedback.
New price — permanent
Alongside the Reloaded Update, we've also lowered the base price of Black Paradox to $8.99. We want as many players as possible to experience this version, and we believe the new price reflects exactly what the game offers today.
What's next
Black Paradox will be participating in Steam Bullet Fest from June 8-15, with a special launch discount. If you've been on the fence, that's the moment.
A note for long-time players
The Reloaded Update changes a lot, and we know some of you have years of memories with the original version. If you want to play the 2019 Black Paradox exactly as it was, it's still there for you on the ClassicBlackParadox branch.
To switch: right-click Black Paradox in your library → Properties → Betas → enter access code ClassicBlackParadox → select "ClassicBlackParadox" from the dropdown. Switch back anytime by choosing "None" from the same dropdown.
A note from Fantastico Studio
Black Paradox started as a small Italian indie project in 2018. It found its publisher, traveled the world, and now comes back home to us, fully ours again, fully reimagined. Thank you to everyone who has been part of this journey. The best version of the game is the one you're getting today.
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17 Jun 2024Developer post
BLACK PARADOX RELOADED
To celebrate the fifth anniversary of the release of Black Paradox, we are excited to announce a remastered and enhanced version: Black Paradox Reloaded. Thanks to the valuable feedback from our community of players, we have worked hard to enrich the gaming experience graphically
28 Aug 2019Developer post
Black Paradox Wiki is live!
Delighted to share the news that Black Paradox now has an official wiki page! You can find it here: The devs at Fantastico are in the process of populating the page, but they would love any budding bounty hunters to get involved as well. If you'd like to help update the wiki, jus
02 May 2019Developer post
Black Paradox blasts out of Early Access – here’s what’s in V2.0
As of today, Black Paradox is no longer in Early Access and the full, final version has now launched! During the 279 days the game has spent in EA, the fantastic team at Fantastico Studio has worked incredibly hard improving and polishing Black Paradox, adding 16 new power-ups, 1
As of today, Black Paradox is no longer in Early Access and the full, final version has now launched!
During the 279 days the game has spent in EA, the fantastic team at Fantastico Studio has worked incredibly hard improving and polishing Black Paradox, adding 16 new power-ups, 13 new enemy waves, 11 new music tracks, 6 new power-up combos, two new weapons, and one new boss. On behalf of the Fantastico team, we’d like to thank everyone who has played the game so far.
And we hope you’ll be excited to hear about a couple of new, significant features that have been added to the full version: Chip Storage and Darkness Mode.
Chip Storage: Instead of only being able to carry the chips you have equipped to the Star Phoenix, this new storage option allows you to keep up to nine unused chips as well.
Darkness Mode: Beat the game to unlock this new boss-rush mode. It takes place in the alternate ‘dark’ dimension and you get to play as the ‘dark’ Black Paradox, rather than the ‘light’ version of the hero that features in the main game. You face alternate, more powerful clones of each of the bosses, all of which use a modified and deadlier version of their attacks.
Those aren’t the only additions/changes/tweaks to the game, here’s a full rundown of the updates you’ll find in the full version:

Level presentation map
Level unique backgrounds
Chip storage system
Chip restock system
Darkness mode (unlocked by clearing the game)
2 new power-up combos
New enemy drop (in addition to health pick-ups, enemies also now drop a blue tank that charges your ultimate move by 20% when collected)
Visual upgrade on bullets
Visual upgrade on enemies
Full text language support added for Simplified Chinese, French, Spanish, German, Russian, Italian
Bug fixing
Typo fixes
New achievements
Balancing
UI upgrade
Improved performances
And here’s a final tally of some of Black Paradox’s key features:

20 weapons, 37 powerups, 13 deadly drones, 8 amazing power-up combos, and the ultimate space-bending move: the "Black Paradox"
62 different enemies, each with its own attack patterns
14 deadly bosses with unique attacks + 1 secret boss
As well as the full version launching on Steam, Black Paradox is also now available on PS4 and is coming out tomorrow, Friday 3 May, on Xbox One and Nintendo Switch. Tell your console-owning buddies or grab the game on Switch and discover the portable pleasures of playing Black Paradox in handheld mode.
Thanks for reading and we hope you have an absolute blast with Black Paradox.
Matt | Digerati
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12 Apr 2019Developer post
Early Access Departure and Announcing Consoles
Heya folks, We are super excited to announce that Digerati has teamed up with Fantastico Studios to bring Black Paradox out of Early Access and to consoles! Thank you for all the support through the Early Access. The full game to go live on Steam May 2nd with new content and upgr
27 Nov 2018Developer post
Weekly Update #14
We haven't had an update in 2 weeks because we were working on something bigger! Updates from now onwards won't be weekly, but will be way bigger! New contents Let's start with the simple things. one new combo joins the rank! Antisymmetric Combo reverts a certain powerup's negati
We haven't had an update in 2 weeks because we were working on something bigger! Updates from now onwards won't be weekly, but will be way bigger!
New contents
Let's start with the simple things. one new combo joins the rank!
Antisymmetric Combo reverts a certain powerup's negative effect.
Then there's a new drone, the Moroder Drone!
We have a new Soundtrack for the levels and the boss fights too!
Also there's a new boss in the game! The boss is kind of a secret boss, and there's a chance to meet him after each boss is defeated! When defeating him the player will get access to some unique powerups that can't be coillected otherwise.
The powerups are:
Paradoxal battery: makes the Black Paradox charge faster
Mk.2: Gives the Black Paradox a new, deadly attack!
Patch Notes
Boss

A new Secret Boss has been added
New unique background for the boss fight
Soundtrack

New soundtrack added
Weapons/Powerups

Paradoxal Battery has been added
Mk.2 has been added
SDF's and Drones factory's kamikaze drones have slightly increased damage
Darts Punk's damage has been slightly lowered
Combos

Antisymmetric Combo added
Misc

Triple Shot now works with every weapon
Rear Shot now works with every weapon
Drones and missiles wouldn't target Quantum Black due to a bug. fixed
Update discussion
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The new boss should give the game a bit of variety! Right now we're working on some new big features, that will come at a later time as a big update! Get ready for them!
Thanks for reading!
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05 Nov 2018Developer post
Weekly Update #13
This week we're bringing you 3 new enemy waves, a new weapon, some new cool art and solved a bug in the soundtrack. Soundtrack After we added the new track last week, a bug made only the first 2 tracks play... We fixed it now, so you can hear all the old and the new track now! Ne
This week we're bringing you 3 new enemy waves, a new weapon, some new cool art and solved a bug in the soundtrack.
Soundtrack
After we added the new track last week, a bug made only the first 2 tracks play... We fixed it now, so you can hear all the old and the new track now!
New contents
4 new waves are here to bring you down! A lot of them are laser focused and will be a real obstacle!
Also we hadn't added a new weapon in a while. So here's a new one for you, the Moroder!
Patch Notes
Weapons/Powerups

Moroder has been added
Music

all tracks play properly now
Enemies

4 new enemy waves added
Update discussion
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This update expands the current gameplay with more variety in both the weapon and waves department and we hope it'll increase the fun of the game!
Thanks for reading!
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29 Oct 2018Developer post
Weekly Update #12
Last week we said we were working on a new mechanic. And as we tested it we really loved it! So we have a new feature, the combo system. Some powerups will create cool combos that will powerup the player further. Sondtrack We also have a new soundtrack added to the game! Soon we'
Last week we said we were working on a new mechanic. And as we tested it we really loved it! So we have a new feature, the combo system. Some powerups will create cool combos that will powerup the player further.
Sondtrack
We also have a new soundtrack added to the game! Soon we'll update the soundtrack DLC too!
New contents
Oh also a new powerup joined our ranks!
The Lucky Dice gives the player a chance to come back to life with some health when dying.
Also as for the combo system 5 combos will be available for now, but we plan to add more! Each one of them requires the player to collect 2 specific items, but we'll keep which items a secret for now not to spoil the fun in finding them all.
Minimega Combo increases the player's attack by 20%
Safe Haven Combo upgrades a certain drone's defensive capacities
Corrosive solution Combo upgrades a drone to corrode your enemies
Wombo Combo makes your black paradox last 20% longer
Life Master Combo makes a certain powerup trigger more often
Patch Notes
Weapons/Powerups

Lucky dice has been added
Blasting Rocket's damage has been slightly reduced
Boomerang's range has been slightly increased
Music

new level and boss tracks added
Combos

Minimega Combo added
Save Haven Combo added
Corrosive Solution Combo added
Wombo Combo added
Life Master Combo added
Misc

Triple Shot now works with Missile chips
The chip shop is more likelly to spawn different chips when they change
Update discussion
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The Combo System adds a lot of possibilities for expanding the game! We want to add other combos to make less useful items more viable and to make the game way more interesting!
Thanks for reading!
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19 Oct 2018Developer post
Weekly Update #11
So it's friday again (and soon it'll be the weekend gladly!). We've got some new contents, a few bug fixing and are testing a possible new in game mechanic. If it works as intended we'll add it in the game soon, but let's keep it as a surprise feature for now. New contents We hav
So it's friday again (and soon it'll be the weekend gladly!). We've got some new contents, a few bug fixing and are testing a possible new in game mechanic. If it works as intended we'll add it in the game soon, but let's keep it as a surprise feature for now.
New contents
We have 2 new powerups this week!
The Supersize Me is kind of the opposite of last week's Mini Me: it increases the player's size, but in doing so it will increases his HP and Attack.
The Shark Loan, on the other hand, makes you gain more money when you kill an enemy!
Patch Notes
Weapons/Powerups

Supersize Me has been added
Shark Loan has been added
Axysimmetric Solution can now be found multiple times, if collected twice it will revert the controls and work normally.
Tesla Drone has slightly increased accuracy
some of the rarest powerups have a slightly higher chance of appearing
Enemies and bosses

Reaper moves a bit faster
Misc

Added new kinetic particles to the enemy explosions
The cargo (the enemy dropping the weapon) now appears around 5 seconds sooner
When progressing to a new level the correct weapon will now be equipped
Bugs

Solved a bug when disconnecting a controller while in the main menu
Game was freezing for a sec when using the Black paradox in the tutorial. Fixed
Laser and Railgun's audio was bugging out when SFX volume was low
Update discussion
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We're really hyped about the possible new feature, and one of our devs is hard at work to make it work, still it'll need to go through testing and approval before deciding if it will make it to the game or not. Cross your fingers everyone!
Thanks for reading!
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12 Oct 2018Developer post
Weekly Update #10
We're back guys! This week we've worked on a lot of stuff. New contents Let's start with the juicy bit. A new track was added to our amazing soundtrack! We'll also soon update the soundtrack DLC with all the missing tracks! Then we have the extra game content: 3 new scripted wave
We're back guys! This week we've worked on a lot of stuff.
New contents
Let's start with the juicy bit. A new track was added to our amazing soundtrack! We'll also soon update the soundtrack DLC with all the missing tracks!
Then we have the extra game content: 3 new scripted waves that will make the game more variated and more balanced and a new upgrade, the winner of September's monthly design contest the Mini Me by the user Parbus!
Patch Notes
Soundtrack

1 new Level track added
1 new Boss track added
Weapons/Powerups

Weapons, powerups and drones icons have now a small pulsating effect to be easier to spot when on screen
The Darts Punk now interacts properly with both Rear Shot and Triple Shot chips, more interactions with these chips will be checked in future updates
Mini me added: it increases the player speed by 30%, while decreasing his attack by 10% and size by 20% making it easier to dodge bullets. A complementary upgrade will be coming soon...
The Salvager's visual effect has been improved. Also we've lowered the power cap but made it easier to reach
After hitting a meteorite with the Asteroid Volley it will become immune to player attacks making it deadlier against enemies
Kamikaze drones now only attack enemies making them more useful
all Drones range has been slightly buffed
Chips

the Dodge Chip has been reworked and upgraded. Say hi to the new Parry Chip! Instead of blocking a single bullet the chip now makes the player ignore damages for 0.5 seconds when triggering from a bullet hit, making it way more useful! Also we added a visual effect to show the invulnerability duration.
The Vampire chip's effect wasn't very clear for many users who thought the green particles flying at them were enemy bullets. It has been reworked to only play a small healing particle on the player
Enemies and bosses

Angry Bones meteorite attack stops his movement for a shorter time
Quantum Black's charge attack moves a tiiiny bit slower
3 new waves
One of the recently added waves (the one with the mines) has been slightly buffed
Misc

Kinetic lines were added to the player
Weapon switching SFX's volume has been slightly raised
The algorithm generating the chips in the shop has been balanced a bit.
Collecting a new weapon with 2 weapons equipped will now discard the equipped one instead of dropping it
Bugs & typos

Small bug fixed on the background stars that weren't properly looping after 15+ minutes of playing in the same level
Fixed a typo in the pause menu in single player
Fixed some typos in the tutorial
Update discussion
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There's a lot of stuff this week! And we plan to make future updates have a lot too! We're considering skipping a week to make one big update with a new mechanic or feature at a later time... Stay tuned to know more!
Thanks for reading!
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01 Oct 2018Developer post
Weekly Update #9
Today we have a smaller but significant update! It came in a bit late as we discovered a big bug just prior to publishing it. All the new waves have been balanced out to better fit with the old ones. This should make the game run smoother and feel fairer! As for this week, as we'
Today we have a smaller but significant update! It came in a bit late as we discovered a big bug just prior to publishing it.
All the new waves have been balanced out to better fit with the old ones. This should make the game run smoother and feel fairer!
As for this week, as we'll be attending the Milan Games Week in Milan, we will skip the weekly update. Anyone around there is welcome to come and meet us!
Patch Notes
Enemies and bosses

All around balance of the new waves
Update discussion
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Should address some balancing problems with this update! Hope you have even more fun while playing Black Paradox!
Thanks for reading!
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21 Sep 2018Developer post
Weekly Update #8
Who said balance??? Oh wait I did! To balance off the game we've added 3 more scripted waves. Also we've worked a bit on the other waves to better integrate with the new ones. More work is needed, but were keeping it up! Oh also we've made the demo a bit more balanced too! New co
Who said balance??? Oh wait I did!
To balance off the game we've added 3 more scripted waves. Also we've worked a bit on the other waves to better integrate with the new ones. More work is needed, but were keeping it up! Oh also we've made the demo a bit more balanced too!
New contents
So as I mentioned we have 3 new waves and a new powerup, the Advanced AI, a powerup that incerases your drones attack power!
We're also working on a restock function for the chip shop, though it'll still take some time to have it in the game.
Bugs
A few items weren't interacting correctly. We fixed the issues!
Patch Notes
Weapons/Powerups

The Laser didn't correctly work with the Cheat Shell
The Machinegun max spread is now slightly wider
The Machinegun's sound has been slightly lowered
The Geyser didn't properly damage some enemies. problem fixed
Advanced AI added
Chips

The Missile Chip now has a slightly higher chance to fire missiles with weapons with a low fire rate
Enemies and bosses

3 new enemy waves
The small enemies in the 4th level have had their health slightly increased
All around balance of many waves
Warlock's machinegun attack had a long downtime. shortened it a bit
Update discussion
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How'd you like this new update? There's new stuff as always, but also a lot of balance! But we have even more in store! See you next week!
Thanks for reading!
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14 Sep 2018Developer post
Weekly Update #07
One big update coming right up! We wanted to focus on the balance again this week, but even though we worked on it too we ended up having other priorities. I'll talk about them in a second. New contents As I mentioned last week we were working on a new chip and now it's here for
One big update coming right up!
We wanted to focus on the balance again this week, but even though we worked on it too we ended up having other priorities.
I'll talk about them in a second.
New contents
As I mentioned last week we were working on a new chip and now it's here for you guys! The Vampiric chip!
Want more? We also implemented the winner of the August design contest!
Asteroid Volley: your bullets will push asteroid away giving them high damage when hitting enemies.
Soundtrack
We love Black Paradox's soundtrack, so we expanded it with 2 new tracks, a game and a boss one! We'll add them to the Soundtrack DLC next week.
Bugs
Some bugs had sneaked past us, but our testers are always there for it!
We fixed them in a jiff!
Patch Notes
Weapons/Powerups

Geyser damage lowered. Also the Geyser bullet used to cover the enemy bullets making it hard to dodge. Problem solved!
Buffed the Frag Shot by adding one more bullet on frag
Now Hedgehog is a rare weapon while the Granade Laucnher is uncommon
Asteroid Volley added
The Charge Shot had a bug that made it useless. Not it works correctly!
Increased the accuracy of the Laser Drone
Chips

Vampire Chip added
Soundtrack

New game track
New boss track
Same track won't be selected in 2 consecutive games
Enemies and bosses

New drill formation has been balanced
balanced some waves
Angry Bones now has less downtimes and a little bit more health. If you get behind him he will use selected attacks to mess you up
Shadow has less downtimes
Warlock's laser attack is now faster
When getting too close or behind Reaper he will now move towards the player
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There's a lot of juice here. Have fun exploring new builds with the new chip and save the galaxy!
Thanks for reading!
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07 Sep 2018Developer post
Weekly Update #6
Balancing update incoming guys! This time we gave priority to the game's balance. We know that the RNG can be savage at times, and we worked on making it more stable. There still will be some savage situations, but they should be a little less frequent, also we'll keep giving bal
Balancing update incoming guys!
This time we gave priority to the game's balance.
We know that the RNG can be savage at times, and we worked on making it more stable.
There still will be some savage situations, but they should be a little less frequent, also we'll keep giving balance priority for a couple updates.
We're also adding a few new fixed pattern waves to reduce the random factor in the game.
This week we have 4 new ones, hope you have fun learning their patterns!
A lot of people asked for new chips.... And a new one is coming soon!
We have it ready and are testing it and balancing it.
We should add it in next week's update if no problem arises!!!
Get ready for the Vampiric Chip!
New contents
So like I said a second ago, we have 4 new enemy waves, we changed one of insane brothers' attacks (it now spawns enemies instead of throwing proximity mines) and we have a new powerup!
As for the powerup:
Adrenaline burst: when launching the Black Paradox the player will heal a bit.
Bugs
Found some minor bugs. Fixed them. usual routine!
Patch Notes
Weapons/Powerups

Adrenaline Burst added
Enemies and bosses

4 new patterned waves.
A bit of balancing on a few waves (mostly late game ones)
Insane Brothers now spawns enemies instead of launching proximity mines with one of his attacks
Slight increase in Quantum Black's health
Bugs

The Mines' explosion's damage area used to last longer than the visual suggested. Reduced the time to match the visual
Small visual bug on the Rear Shield fixed
the Geyser + Radial Rage combo wasn't working. We fixed the problem
the Geyser + Cheat Shell combo wasn't working. We fixed the problem
Misc

When a player dies his controller won't vibrate from stuff exploding around the screen
The waves spawning script is now slightly more balanced to better avoid having too many or too little waves at the same time
Update discussion
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So balancing is really hard, but that's why we are and will keep working hard on it.
Hopefully this update makes things a bit more fair.
Thanks for reading!
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31 Aug 2018Developer post
Weekly Update #05
Here comes a new weekly update! So August's over and so is summer vacation for most of you (and all of us). Did you enjoy a good vacation? Hope you did! This week we're coming back with a bigger update than the last one! 2 new upgrades, 2 extra tracks added to our amazing soundtr
Here comes a new weekly update!
So August's over and so is summer vacation for most of you (and all of us). Did you enjoy a good vacation? Hope you did!
This week we're coming back with a bigger update than the last one! 2 new upgrades, 2 extra tracks added to our amazing soundtrack (which will soon be added in the soundtrack dlc too!) and many fixes!
New contents
This once both upgrades are for defense focused builds. We want the tank option to be a viable one as much as the attack ones.
The powerups are:
Spare Parts: I'll spend a few lines explaining this one as it doesn't have a visual effect so it might be hard to understand. After getting this powerup it'll be twice as likely to find healing tanks. Too powerful? Yes it is! that's way there's a downside! Your maximum health will decrease by 20% for getting it.
Corrosive Rage: this powerup's effect is pretty obvious once you collect it. see it for yourself ;)
Balance
Some light balancing was done on a couple enemies and a few boss attacks. Also we tweaked some weapons and powerups effects. The most notable one is the radius shot which now keeps shooting in the last direction the player moved towards.
Oh also we realized some achievements were pretty crazy to get and made them a bit easier!
Bugs
As usual fixed some minor bugs (and a couple typos).
Patch Notes
Weapons/Powerups

Radius shot now locks the last direction it shot toward after you stop moving
the Machinegun's spread grows slower.
Corrosive Rage added
Spare Parts added
Salvager's power now increases after every 20 enemies killed (previously 25).
Fixed a typo in last week's new powerups' names
Barbed Wire's damage has been increased by 20%.
What the drone is now guaranteed to never spawn the same drone in 2 consecutive levels.
When the player dies all drones get destroyed.
Music

New game track added.
New boss track added.
Enemies and bosses

Made more consistent a late game wave that wasn't really consistent.
When Insane Brother starts going insane his weapon will now explode.
A couple of Warlock's attacks were too long lasting. Now they are shorter (and one has a bit more range).
Misc

Asteroids now have a small chance to drop health tanks.
Contest results and a new contest coming!
So this month's design contest is over. And we have our first winner! There were some really cool ideas! But in the end the one we liked the most was.....drum roll...
Nero's idea of an Asteroid Volley! We think it could spice up the game and have some ideas on how to implement it. So Nero if you want to get inserted in the game's credits feel free to contact us at [email protected]
As for when the Powerup will be added in the game I'll say during one of September's updates. Our schedule is a bit busy so we'll fit it in as soon as possible but can't promise miracles.
September's monthly design contest should start tomorrow.... But I'll be a bit busy tomorrow, so I'm launching it a day early! If possible I'd like to have people who already posted to post different ideas to keep things changing! Also, not only game owners are restricted to post their ideas, maybe someone wants to buy the game but haven't yet and still has some nice ideas. Everyone is free to post! Just know that we won't consider ideas that aren't doable or fitting in the game and follow the contest's rules!
Update discussion
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This update was a lot fun to make and to test! Hope you guys have fun playing it!
Thanks for reading!
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24 Aug 2018Developer post
Weekly Update #04
How was your August? I hope everyone had some nice vacations and hopefully enjoyed Black Paradox! We're back into action! This update is a little smaller but adds 6 powerups to the game! New contents 6 powerups! They are upgrades for the player stats in 6 different combinations.
How was your August?
I hope everyone had some nice vacations and hopefully enjoyed Black Paradox!
We're back into action! This update is a little smaller but adds 6 powerups to the game!
New contents
6 powerups! They are upgrades for the player stats in 6 different combinations. The effect is self explaining so I won't go into details and just drop them in the Patch Notes.
Patch Notes
Powerups

Item Hp/Att up added!
Item Hp/Sp up added!
Item Hp/AS up added!
Item Att/Sp up added!
Item Att/AS up added!
Item Sp/AS up added!
Update discussion
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Hope the new upgrades make your runs more various! I already have a new upgrade in mind for next week!
Also remember the August Design Contest closes on the 27th!
If you have ideas you'd like to post and haven't posted yet do so now!!!
Thanks for reading!
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10 Aug 2018Developer post
Weekly Update #03
Update day again! Are you ready? This week we've focused on adding a bit more content, balancing a bit and fixing a couple bugs. As I mentioned before next week there won't be an update. We need some summer rest and will get back to updating the game in 2 weeks ;) New contents So
Update day again! Are you ready?
This week we've focused on adding a bit more content, balancing a bit and fixing a couple bugs.
As I mentioned before next week there won't be an update.
We need some summer rest and will get back to updating the game in 2 weeks ;)
New contents
So we have a new weapon, a new Powerup and a new Drone!
I won't spoil you the effects, just know they're all uncommon, so you might not find them right away.
The names are:
Weapon: Geyser
Powerup: Paradoxal Rage
Drone: What The Drone?
Balance
This time around we've buffed some of the less useful weapons, buffed a chip's effect and buffed a couple enemy waves that were underpowered and all around done some slight changes. I'll go into more detail into the Patch Notes.
Bugs
Fixed some minor bugs. Again, read the Patch Notes for more info!
Patch Notes
Chips

Dodge chip's effect has been doubled. Now max dodge caps at 40% with all max level dodge chips. I'm thinking of maybe buffing it further if it's still not viable as a build.
Weapons/Powerups
Weapon Geyser added!
Item Paradoxal Rage added!
Drone "What the Drone?" added!
Granade Launcher's damage has been slightly increased.
Railgun's damage has been slightly increased.
Hedgehog's damage has been slightly decreased.
Tesla's bounce damage now decreases less per bounce (from 20% per bounce to 15%).
When firing a weapon that slows you down you can't rapid tap the button to avoid slowing down anymore. the slow down persists for a fraction of the recharge time.
Blade drone's damage has been increased and its collider is now slightly bigger, making it a more viable powerup.
Enemies and bosses

A few late game waves had long wait time between enemies. Made it a little shorter to avoid moments when there are no enemies.
Bugs

Solved a bug that made background's elements not appear correctly when playing.
Some bosses had some sound effects that would get stuck. Still haven't found out what makes them get stuck, but forced the sound to shut down after a few seconds of getting stuck.
Update discussion
Want to discuss the update with the devs or with other players?
There's a forum just for you!
Press/Media
Are you a videogame journalist, a Steam Curator, a Youtuber or a Twitcher and you want to make a review/video of Black Paradox? We have a Distribute and a Keymailer account! So contact us there!
Hope this update adds a bit of juice to the game and unlocks new build options!
Thanks for reading!
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03 Aug 2018Developer post
Weekly Update #02
Friday is gonna be your favorite day! It's update day! Another thing you're gonna love about Friday is our Mixtape , Galaxy Radio, featuring part of the update contents and letting you listen to good synthwave music. This time around our main focus was mostly on Backgrounds and b
Friday is gonna be your favorite day! It's update day!
Another thing you're gonna love about Friday is our Mixtape , Galaxy Radio, featuring part of the update contents and letting you listen to good synthwave music.
This time around our main focus was mostly on Backgrounds and balance, but we also have a new powerup joining the lineup!
Backgrounds
The game only had so many backgrounds... Well we added more! there's a whole new set of cool bagrounds that can appear in the game! Hope you like them and are looking forward to more in the future, since we're adding more in a few updates!
New Powerup
The "Life Hack" is now available as a new powerup. I won't spil the effect but let's just say it's pretty usefull... Hope to hear your opinions on it!
Balance
Our focus on balance was on weapons and chips this time around.
As far as weapons goes we buffed the darts punk and nerfed a few too powerful ones such as the laser and the hedgehog (I've personally seen players reach the last boss with just a couple chips and the hedgehog...).
Bugs
Some minor bugs were fixed too! this time around the only big bug was really big and we had an hotfix mid week to fix it.
Patch Notes
Chips

Chip's shop randomizer is now more likely to select stronger chips.
Triple shot chip change has been doubled. Now the max amount is 40% triple shot chance.
Rear Shot chip chance has been increased by 50%. Now the max amount is 60% rear shot chance.
Weapons/Powerups

Item Life Hack added!
Charge Shot now charges its effect faster.
Darts Punk now slows the players slightly less and has les delay from when the bullet is fired and when it takes off.
Tesla now deals more damage on the first hit, then decreases the damage on each bounce.
Laser damage has been nerfed.
Hedgehog has slightly longer cooldown.
Enemies and bosses

Enemies coming from the back of the player had their healt reduced.
Some enemies that come from behind used to stop too far on the left area and couldn't be shot at. Now they stop slightly further.
Bosses now deal slightly more "contact damage" than regular enemies.
Warlock uses his rings attack only when lower than 50% health.
After shooting missiles Shadow waits less before its next attack.
The machinegun deals a bit more damages.
General

New backgrounds!
When starting a new level you no longer start with the base weapon selected (still need to select the one you had, but for now it's not the main one at least).
Music doesn't bug anymore when fast pressing retry on gameover screen.
Main menu is now only controlled by player 1.
When a controller gets removed game will pause even with 2 controllers attached.
In Co-op mode when the first player dies there are less explosions as not to disturb the player left alive.
In Co-op mode the player pausing the game is the one controlling the pause menu.
If a controller gets disconnected the relative player will get keyboard controll assigned.
Update discussion
Want to discuss the update with the devs or with other players?
There's a forum just for you!
Press/Media
Are you a videogame journalist, a Steam Curator, a Youtuber or a Twitcher and you want to make a review/video of Black Paradox? We have a Distribute and a Keymailer account! So contact us there!
Apparently Early Access discount only lasts for a week, as we promissed Black Paradox would be discounted for the whole duration of the Early Access we're dropping the regular price to the same as the discounted one for all the EA duration. So you won't see that beautiful -25% there, but it's still 25% off the full price!
Hope this update makes the game more fun to play!
Thanks for reading!
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01 Aug 2018Developer post
Monthly design contest 01: August Edition!
Is everyone ready for our monthly contest??? Starting today and until August 27th we'll be running a contest to make your weapon/powerups/drones ideas a reality in the game and get a chance to appear in the end game's credits! We've opened a discussion in the forum for anyone int
31 Jul 2018Developer post
Hotfix. Level end bug
So some players have reported us a bug about the game getting stuck after collecting the end level powerup. Since the bug became game breaking for some of you guys we've proceeded to give it high priority. The bug is really sly, and we had a really hard time replicating it. We've

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