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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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 upgrades not seen before! Also look out for Black Paradox on PlayStation 4 on April 30/May 1 (NA/EU respectively), and Nintendo Switch™ and Xbox One on May 3.

Jakobsen | Digerati

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!

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!

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

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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!
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This week we're bringing you 3 new enemy waves, a new weapon, some new cool art and solved a bug in the 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!

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!

Weapons/Powerups

• Moroder has been added

Music

• all tracks play properly now

Enemies

• 4 new enemy waves added

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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!
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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.

We also have a new soundtrack added to the game! Soon we'll update the soundtrack DLC too!

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


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

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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!
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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.

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!



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

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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!

We're back guys! This week we've worked on a lot of stuff.

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!



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

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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!

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[www.milangamesweek.it] in Milan, we will skip the weekly update. Anyone around there is welcome to come and meet us!



Enemies and bosses

• All around balance of the new waves

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Should address some balancing problems with this update! Hope you have even more fun while playing Black Paradox!
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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!

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.


A few items weren't interacting correctly. We fixed the issues!



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

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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!