Black Paradox

Devlog

• Steam sale!
  July 23, 2019 by Fantastico Studio

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  #Black Paradox, #sale, #sales, #steam, #shooter, #2d, #pixelart, #indiegame, #indiedev

  Are you ready for an out of this world deal? ⭐ Black Paradox will be 50% off on Steam until July 29th 🤩🤩 Don't miss this chance, grab your copy here: https://store.steampowered.com/app... Continue reading
• Black Paradox iOS is and will be 75% off on the AppStore for the whole weekend!
  July 23, 2019 by Fantastico Studio#sale, #deal, #iOS, #shooter, #shmup, #roguelite

  Do you love sales? we certainly do! From now until the end of the weekend Black Paradox iOS will be 75% off on the appstore! Don’t have the game yet? Now’s the time to get it! buff.ly/2EuRPqO Join... Continue reading
• Black Paradox is coming to console!
  July 23, 2019 by Fantastico Studio#black paradox, #switch, #ps4, #xboxone, #pixelart, #indiegames, #indiedev, #retrogaming, #retro, #scifi, #80's

  Fasten your space seatbelts. Black Paradox is almost here! We know lots of you have been waiting for it, and finally our game is coming to console (30 April/1 May (PS4 NA/EU), 3 May (Switch/Xbox)) and... Continue reading
• Black Paradox Switch (America region) 50% off
  June 20, 2019 by Fantastico Studio#Nintendo, #Switch, #Sales, #Deal

  Are you an America region Switch owner? 🗽 Then we've got good news for you! 🎉🎉 Starting today until July 4th Black Paradox will be 50% off on America region's eShop.🥳🥳🤩🤩 What are... Continue reading

  
• Black Paradox blasts to console
  May 03, 2019 by Fantastico Studio

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  #Black Paradox, #Switch, #XboxOne, #Playstation, #Release, #Indiegame, #pixelart, #shmup

  Black Paradox has finally moved to the next step. Leaving Early Access and launching on Nintendo Switch, Xbox One and Ps4 the game has been greatly expanded with a lot of new features. So what's new?... Continue reading

  
• Weekly Update #14
  November 27, 2018 by Fantastico Studio#Black Paradox, #fantastico studio, #game

  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... Continue reading
• Weekly Update #13
  November 05, 2018 by Fantastico Studio#Black Paradox, #devlog, #indiegame, #indiedev, #shmup, #retro, #2d, #sidescrolling, #bulleth hell

  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 track... Continue reading
• Weekly Update #12
  October 29, 2018 by Fantastico Studio#black paradox, #indiegame, #indiedev, #shmup, #rogue lilke

  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 pla... Continue reading
• Weekly Update #11
  October 20, 2018 by Fantastico Studio

  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... Continue reading

  
• Weekly Update #10
  October 12, 2018 by Fantastico Studio

  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 wit... Continue reading

  
• Weekly Update #08
  September 21, 2018 by Fantastico Studio#Black Paradox, #indiegame, #indiedev, #shmup, #pixelart

  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... Continue reading
• Weekly Update #07
  September 14, 2018 by Fantastico Studio#Black Paradox, #SHMUP, #Pixel art, #Retro, #Game design, #Level design, #Indiegames, #indiedev

  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 conte... Continue reading
• Weekly Update #06
  September 07, 2018 by Fantastico Studio#SHMUP, #Black Paradox, #Pixel art, #Shooter, #Retro

  Black Paradox’s 6th update is here: https://steamcommunity.com/games/858680/announcements/detail/2901896660864899169 This week’s update was centered around balance, but we also have some extra con... Continue reading

  
• Weekly Update #05
  August 31, 2018 by Fantastico Studio

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  #Black Paradox, #indiegame, #indiedev, #retrogaming, #pixelart, #shmup

  Like every friday it’s update time! This is Black Paradox’s 5th update ! There are new game contents, some balance and bug fixing and….drum rolls…. 2 new tracks by Inward, Hanzo & Randie to a... Continue reading
• Weekly Update #04
  August 24, 2018 by Fantastico Studio

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  #black paradox, #shmup, #shoot'emup, #2d, #pixel, #80's, #kungfury, #synthwave, #retro, #future, #space, #spaceship

  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... Continue reading
• Reaper, the cosmosaur!
  August 17, 2018 by Fantastico Studio#pixelart, #boss

  Another Boss! An alien dinosaur that resembles a velociraptor. He travels on board of his spaceship, which is shaped like a dinosaur! Do you like it? Is it scary enough?... Continue reading

  
• Weekly Update #03
  August 10, 2018 by Fantastico Studio#Black Paradox, #indiegame, #indiedev, #shooter, #space, #de lorean, #back to the future, #ikaruga, #r-type delta, #shmup, #pixelart, #game

  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... Continue reading
• Weekly Update #02
  August 03, 2018 by Fantastico Studio#Black Paradox, #shooter, #2d, #pixelart, #indiegame, #indiedev, #update, #retrogaming, #space, #delorean, #car, #future, #synthwave

  Friday is gonna be your favorite day! It’s update day! Another thing you’re gonna love about Friday is our Mixtape , featuring part of the update contents and letting you listen to good synthwave... Continue reading

  
• Nintendo Switch!
  August 02, 2018 by Fantastico Studio#Nintendo, #Nintendo switch, #indiegames, #indiedev, #blackparadox, #black, #paradox

  Leaked footage from Fantastico Studio's secret lab. Apparently work on Nintendo Switch's version of Black Paradox is still ongoing! Stay tuned!... Continue reading
• Poll #01
  July 30, 2018 by Fantastico Studio#indiegame, #indiedev, #shooter, #black paradox, #pixelart, #2d

  Today we’ll open an official Black Paradox poll! We had a few players give us feedback on how the player car is too big for a Shmup. Some others said it felt just right. What’s your take on this?... Continue reading

  
• We're on Steam!!! (and we made a mess)
  July 28, 2018 by Fantastico Studio#blackparadox, #indiegame, #indiedev, #shooter, #2d, #pixelart

  So a few hours ago Black Paradox was finally released on Steam!!! https://store.steampowered.com/app/858680/Black_Paradox/ Since it's our first time publishing on Steam we made quite a mess with prici... Continue reading

  
• Omega Radio
  July 28, 2018 by Fantastico Studio#blac paradox, #indiegame, #indiedev, #shooter, #pixelart, #synthwave, #podcast

  The official Radio for bounty hunters was born. Every update of the game will be accompained with a new episode of Black Paradox’s official podcast. Hosted by it’s official speaker, Night Shades... Continue reading

  
• Black Paradox now available on Steam!
  July 27, 2018 by Fantastico Studio

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  #black paradox, #indiedev, #indiegames, #gamedesign, #shooter

  Black Paradox now available on Steam! So today is the great day! Black Paradox is finally available on Steam! we’re really hyped and hope you are too! To celebrate we’ve put up a little podcast fo... Continue reading

  
• Weekly Update #01
  July 26, 2018 by Fantastico Studio

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  #Black Paradox, #shooter, #shmup, #pixelart, #indiegame, #indiedevelopers, #fantastico studio

  Hi everyone! The game’s not out yet, tomorrow is finally the great day when Black Paradox sees the light of release, yet there’s already an update? Well yes. We received many feedbacks on the game... Continue reading

  
• Crazy space biker, Warlock!
  July 23, 2018 by Fantastico Studio#Indiegames, #indiedev, #gamedesign, #blackparadox, #shooter, #2d, #pixelart

  Here's a sneak peek at Black Paradox's third boss, Warlock. Warlock is where the game starts to get difficult. He might not have so much health, but he hits HARD. He uses his chain, a shotgun and t... Continue reading

  
• Crazy Black Paradox's Demo! 😎
  July 20, 2018 by Fantastico Studio#demo, #pixelart, #pixel-art, #indie, #landflix

  Has everyone tried Black Paradox’s demo? You can find it here on itch.io! The demo features the third level and the third boss in Black Paradox. As normally you’d get there with some kind of power... Continue reading
• Powerups picking is fundamental to reach endgame
  July 18, 2018 by Fantastico Studio#Black Paradox, #shooter, #shmup, #pixelart, #2d

  Here’s a first look at Black Paradox’s powerup system. Once a boss is defeated the player will be able to choose between 2 powerups. This choice is fundamental to progress smoothly in the game! In... Continue reading

  
• Rocket hell!!!
  July 16, 2018 by Fantastico Studio#Shooter, #shmup, #black paradox, #2d, #pixelart, #indiedev, #indiegames

  Here’s one of the coolest looking weapons in Black Paradox, the Rocket Launcher! We really love how the final trail particle has come out! Though they look cool now we had lots of problems with bala... Continue reading

  
• Angry Bones
  July 14, 2018 by Fantastico Studio#black paradox, #shooter, #indidev, #indiegames, #gamedev

  In this GIF you can see a boss fight against the space pirate “Angry Bones”, one of the strongest bosses in the game. To try and defeat it the player uses his special skill, the “Black Paradox... Continue reading

  
• Insane Brothers slamming hard on some asteroids
  July 11, 2018 by Fantastico Studio#Shooter, #2d, #sidescrolling, #blackparadox, #black, #paradox, #pixelart

  Today we’ll give you a sneak peek of Black Paradox’s first boss. Insane Brothers is the easiest of the 7 bosses in the game, but don’t understimate them, we’ve seen many testers lose to their... Continue reading

  
• Infective weapon causing a massacre in Black Paradox
  July 10, 2018 by Fantastico Studio

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  #black paradox, #shooter, #2d, #sidescroll

  Here's another one of Black Paradox's cool weapons. The Corrosive shot was originally intended just as a corrosive weapon that deals damage over time, but a bug made it spread to enemies close to the... Continue reading

  
• Kicking some asses with the Tesla gun!
  July 07, 2018 by Fantastico Studio#shooter, #devlog, #indiedev, #indiegame, #2d, #shoot'em up

  Here’s a sneak peek of one of the many weapons in our new game, Black Paradox . The weapon is the Tesla , as you can see in this video it can shoot electric bullets that propagate through enemies... Continue reading

  
• Shadow
  June 15, 2018 by Fantastico Studio#Black Paradox, #black, #paradox, #shooter, #shoot'em up, #2D, #pixelart, #pixel, #art, #indiegame, #indie dev

  Today we'll show you Black Paradox's second boss, Shadow. He travels through space riding a metal steed, an hybrid between a motorbike and a horse, equipped with automatic gatlings. He's dressed as... Continue reading

  
• Insane Brothers
  June 09, 2018 by Fantastico Studio#black paradox, #indiedev, #indiegames, #shooter, #shoot'em up

  Today we show you the first “hellraizer” boss: “Insane Brothers” 😱 A space dwarf controlling his muscle-braines brother. 💪🤟 He travels on board a spaceship designed in the likeness o... Continue reading

  
• Bosses
  June 08, 2018 by Fantastico Studio#Black Paradox, #bullet hell, #shooter, #shoot'em up, #side scrolling, #2d, #pixelart, #indiedev, #indiegame

  Black Paradox is a rogue-like shooter with random-generated levels that puts the player against different waves of enemies and hazards everytime. It features 7 different stages with 7 pre-determined b... Continue reading

  
• Black Paradox
  June 06, 2018 by Fantastico Studio#black paradox, #blackparadox, #indiegame, #indiedev, #shooter, #shoot'em up, #pixelart, #game, #gamedesign

  Today we introduce you the main character of the game: Black Paradox! Bounty hunter, able to travel in time by manipulating black holes’ energy. On board his car, the Star Phoenix, enginereed to fly... Continue reading

  
• Black Paradox gameplay teaser
  June 02, 2018 by Fantastico Studio#BlackParadox, #Scifi, #shooter, #Shoot'emUp, #Pixelart, #retrogame, #indiegame, #indiedev, #videogame, #game

  Update time! Black Paradox's development is processing smoothly, and this week we've finished a beta version! Soon we'll land on Steam with our prelaunch page! Stay tuned!... Continue reading
• First contact
  May 25, 2018 by Fantastico Studio#black, #paradox, #blackparadox, #smp, #shooter, #switch, #ps4, #xbox, #nintendo, #microsoft, #sony, #pixelart, #retro, #scifi, #space

  Are you ready to sail through many galaxies with Black Paradox? We at Fantastico Studio are! Right now we are working on our background generator and creating some really cool galaxies! The game's dev... Continue reading