- Duck Paradox - 10 Tricks the Game Doesn’t Tell You - 9 April 2025
Duck Paradox is a fast-paced roguelite where every bullet is a threat — including your own. In this video, we break down 10 essential tricks and hidden mechanics that can change how you play the game. Whether you're a new player or halfway through fixing the timeline, this guide will help you master some of the game's most confusing (and coolest) systems. We'll cover everything from vulnerability frames during your dash, to how to unlock new Duckling Upgrades, travel between dimensions, and even craft the secret items needed to beat the final boss. These are things the game doesn’t explain directly— but once you know them, everything clicks. If you’re looking to survive longer, unlock more Ducks, and discover all the hidden content in Duck Paradox, this video is for you.
- We are making a new game... - 16 January 2025
We’re cooking up our next game, but we need YOUR help to make it amazing. Tell us: What did we nail in Duck Paradox? What sucked? Take 5 minutes to fill out this quick survey Your feedback will shape what we make next. Thanks for being awesome. Let’s make something epic again, but better. -Diego, Studio Director at Magic Games (Additionally, here is a video of me getting to lvl 80 just to die to final boss)
- Duck Paradox in the Steam Awards - 3 December 2024
Hello everyone, The Steam Awards are going on and I hope you will consider nominating Duck Paradox for the “Best Game You Suck At Award”. Our intentions for Duck Paradox were always rooted in difficulty, actually as near as impossible as we could achieve. We wanted to express the dedication to a fruitless pursuit, one that is so crucial to your existence, that there is no other choice than to persist. Dr. Paraducks must save her pet, Quark. There is no other choice for her. Thank you so much for your support of Duck Paradox. Your feedback, endless runs, and support mean the world to us! We appreciate your vote! Diego & the Magic Games team
- Steam Autumn Sales and Bundles! - 27 November 2024
Hey Ducklings, The Steam Autumn Sale is here, and guess what? Duck Paradox is 25% OFF! So if you've been wading (pun intended) to jump in, now's the time! https://store.steampowered.com/app/2058150/Duck_Paradox/ There are also a few bundles if you want to pair Duck Paradox with some other fantastic tiles. Ducks and Bugs Bundle - this bundle may sound cute but these titles are all quite deadly! All three will bring you challenging play and vicious creatures across diverse settings. Midwest Games Bundle - A pairing of recently released indie games from publisher Midwest Games. Why grab just one awesome game when you can get a whole pond full of fun? Snag them, play them, and let us know what you think! - Duck Paradox Team
- How To Beat Duck Paradox! - 15 October 2024
Greetings ducklings, We've heard some feedback asking for a quick guide on how to unlock and beat Duck Paradox. So we've put together exactly that - you can check it out on the Midwest Games' YouTube Shorts channel. Let us know if you manage to beat the game and what your best time was! Also feel free to join our Discord and let us know how you are finding the game! - Duck Paradox Team
- Duck Paradox 1.0 OUT NOW!!!! - 9 October 2024
Greetings Ducklings, TODAY is a huge day after years of hard work and incredible community support and feedback we're excited to officially launch Duck Paradox into 1.0 today. Patch Notes: Additions: New Dimension: Duckwash Dimension ( 12 new Levels) Final Boss “El Pato Paradoja” New Item: Pocket Duckinator New System for Unlocking Ducklings → Find them in the secret paths in the Levels and collect them at the Nest Tree at the Hubworld New Story Illustrations for beginning and Ending of the game + something else? maybe a secret? Enhances visuals of the entire game Added The Time Loop Puzzle Map to the Hub World (This is Dr. Paraducks' map of the time paradox and how to escape it!) Game is translated and localized to multiple languages (Spanish - Latin America, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Korean, German, French, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian) Added Steam Cloud Save func…
- Duck Paradox Music Video, Release Date, and New Demo! - 18 September 2024
Ducklings, Today is a big day! We're excited to announce that Duck Paradox will be leaving Early Access and fully launching into 1.0 on October 9th! Thank you all for your support and feedback throughout Early Access—we’re really looking forward to watching you play the new content and experience the full game in just a few short weeks. In the meantime, we've released a brand-new demo, which is playable right now on Steam. We've focused on improving the tutorial and onboarding for new players, so if you haven’t jumped in yet, now is a great time! It could also be a great refresher if you haven’t played in a while. We like to think Duck Paradox is quirky and unique, so we wanted a release date trailer to match. That’s why we put together a music video featuring an original song, some great cosplay, and in-game art. The original song, "She's Unstoppable," was created and performed by Midw…
- Patch Notes 0.7.1 - 16 July 2024
Greetings Ducklings, Thank you all for the awesome feedback on the Disco Dimension update. We have a patch out now that covers some of the feedback we've received as well as some bug fixes. General Improvements: Refactored several game mechanics for better performance. Improved visuals for various tiles. Enhanced Quark pathfinding to better react to gates, breakable tiles, and rift walls. Gameplay Updates: Improved lightsaber damage mechanics to affect bosses and enemies with more than 1 HP. Reworked a level to prevent enemies from dying in lava unnecessarily. Bullet Mechanics: Updated bullet mechanics to ensure better collision handling. Major Bug Fixes: Fixed the player character not being able to damage or kill Cannon Ducks in some levels. Fixed explosive bullets passing through breakable tiles. Addressed the issue of Quark not following the player through doors properly. Resolved an…
- Disco Dimension Update! - 26 June 2024
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2058150/Duck_Paradox/ Hello Ducklings, Today is an exciting day as we introduce a new addition to Duck Paradox - The Disco Dimension! This update adds 12 levels, new and exciting mechanics, secret areas, and a second boss. The Disco Dimension is a whole new world to explore, along with the initial Lab Dimension (which has also seen some updates.) From Diego Lenero, our lead developer: “The Disco Dimension started out when our Audio Engineer and Composer, Adam Brown, said he wanted to make disco music. We got to work on a main mechanic - the Mega Disco Ball. Inspired by Atari's "Breakout" but with the bullet hell difficulty of Duck Paradox, we wanted to create the feeling of being inside a groovy pinball machine…while 40 corrupted ducks try to kill you.” You might be asking - “How do I get to the Disco Dimension?” Great question, we've broken it down he…
- Duck Paradox 0.5.2 Update - 16 May 2024
Hey everyone, The team has been hard at work on some updates that are going live in Duck Paradox today. As always we want your feedback. Feel free to drop any notes or thoughts in our Discord or over in the Steam Discussion tab. https://store.steampowered.com/app/2058150/Duck_Paradox/ New Duckling Upgrade: Druid Duck - All Kronits recharge +5 more energy to the player New Enemy: Demon Duck - The higher level you reach in a run, the more chance these enemies have of spawning from an explosive egg. They can also be found in the Lab sandbox, so you can practice taking them down! New “Peek” Mechanic - Hold “Down” to move the camera lower, so you can see the dangers you may or may not be jumping into! New stat tracker - At the end of every run, a pop-up appears to notify the player how well they performed. Certain stats (bullets shot, enemy ducks killed, etc.) will have their totals tracked…
- Duck Paradox Endless Replayability Fest and Community Challenge - 13 May 2024
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2058150/Duck_Paradox/ Hello everyone! This week Duck Paradox will be on sale and participating in Steam's Endless Replayability Fest! We also have an updated demo available today that you can play and give us any feedback either in our Discord or over on the Steam Discussions tab! Lastly, we have a challenge for you all - we want to see those painfully fun moments of defeat and the triumphant victories. Show us by using #duckduckdeath on your social media channel for a chance to be featured in an upcoming video! We thank you all for your continued support and look forward to seeing your reactions and hearing your feedback. - Magic Games and Midwest Games Team
- April 5th, 2024 - New Patch! v0.4.2 - 5 April 2024
New Hubworld Location: "The Lab" -- a "safe" place to experiment with upgrades and mechanics outside of a run! Balance adjustments to the Boss level for World 1: "EL Alicanteronte" Upgrades Added new B-rarity Duckling Upgrade: "Neo Duck" (Allows player to move faster while Krono-Time is active) Balance adjustments to a number of upgrades Visuals New Dash Pixel Art Animation New Triple Red Duck Enemy Pixel Art New Animated Background New Visuals and SFX for the 2 Cannon types (One of them is a Duck Butt) A DUCKton of Bugfixes! Improved game stability and controller support. Improved version control for demo save files. And more!
- Duck-Lite Update v0.3 - 14 March 2024
Small update to disable debug commands.
- Major Duck Paradox Update and News! - 14 March 2024
Hey Duck Paradox Crew, We are thrilled to share some quacktastic news! 🦆 Today we are dropping a massive update that's going to shape the future of our game. On March 14, Duck Paradox will release the first build of a brand new world and transition from a free to a paid game in Early Access. But here's the deal: For all of you already dodging bullets and saving ducks as part of our community, you're already in. We have ensured that this update will be our gift to you, as a thank you for your early adoption, constructive feedback, and invaluable support. So, do not purchase the game again! If Duck Paradox is already in your library - simply download the update, and you're all set. You will continue to get new builds for free all the way through our 1.0 release. Think of what you've played so far as just the tip of the beak! We are enlisting more help to bring fresh adventures, big chall…
- Disco Dimension Reworked!! - 23 December 2022
https://media.giphy.com/media/8P1BnaJSRTlQcw8mBR/giphy-downsized-large.gif -Reworked all WORLD 2 (Disco Dimension) Levels -> less bugs, more fun! Changes based on your feedback :) -Improved Tutorials a lot! (Animations display how to play) -PauseMenu and tutorials recognize if you are using Controller or Keyboard and shows controls accordingly -Made a lot of SFX and music performance improvements. you are going to love the SlowMo effect even more now... - A new explosive egg type was introduced to the game
- Patch Notes (Disco Dimension) - 6 October 2022
We hope you are having fun playing the Disco Dimension! While you were at it, the dev team sat down and bug-fixed some of the things that were causing you to die or rage-quit the game. We believe that the gameplay experience is at beak point (kekw) right now and would be super excited to know if you think the same! Here are the changes inside the patch: DiscoBoss´s graphics are 100% crispier! After the release, we noticed that the DiscoBoss was being rendered a bit blurred by the Disco Dimension... Maybe the mad scientist that trapped us there was behind it? Anyways, you can enjoy a better look of him and other characters in the world now! Unlock Disco Dimension right away! We noticed that some players didn't have access to the Disco Dimension right after updating on Steam, even if they already had completed the first dimension. From now on, you can always access the first level of both…
- New Disco Dimension Update is OUT NOW on Steam! - 1 October 2022
Dear Duck Paradox community: The response to this game has been amazing ever since we started working on it for a Game Jam, and we are happy to announce an entire new dimension with more levels, mechanics, enemies and surprises you have not seen before! It would mean the world to us if you gave it a chance one more time, especially because YOU helped us build the game into what it is today. For the last couple of weeks, our Discord community has been extremely helpful playtesting, debugging and sharing great new ideas and scrapping our bad ones. We are so grateful for this, and really want to thank every single user that played the game, talked with us or participated during the creation of this new dimension. We are really looking forward to sticking with this project, and taking care of it together with you guys. Duck Paradox will remain FREE and Early Access on Steam while we put tog…
- First Duck Paradox Update Rundown! - 10 September 2022
Good evening dear Duck Paradox community! While we are working on the new world and major update coming on September 30th, we have fixed several issues within the game and added some new features. We invite you to watch the video where Dylen (Game Director) shows the changes inside the patch: Join the Discord and build the upcoming features with us! Here are the changes inside the patch: Controller Support! We are taking feedback to decide on the final button layout, but the whole game is playable with a controller! Menus still need mouse input, but we will add that later. We wanted to have players testing this as soon as possible :) New Weapons! You can now find 2 special weapons hidden on some of the Levels. If you find them, you will unlock them permanently to use on any level! New enemy Type! Duck-Looking-Cannons will shoot bouncing bullets at you as well, be careful! Improvements t…
- First Duck Paradox Update! - 9 September 2022
-Controller Support! We are taking feedback to decide on the final button layout, but the whole game is playable with a controller! Menus still need mouse input, but we will add that later. We wanted to have players testing this as soon as possible :) -New Weapons! You can now find 2 special weapons hidden on some of the Levels. If you find them, you will unlock them permanently to use on any level! -New Enemy Type Duck-Looking-Cannons will shoot bouncing bullets at you as well, be careful -Improvements to every single Level based on Player Feedback Levels have some new secrets and have more of the fun stuff and less of the frustrating stuff -4 In-Development Levels for playtesting There is a "secret" portal hidden in Level 1 where you can access these early prototypes of future levels. Please let us know what you think! Your opinion will shape what our next significant expansion will p…
- Duck Paradox Launch! - 19 July 2022
This is our first game, we are determined to learn as much as possible to become better at making games and that includes working on different projects. This game was born in a game jam and we decided to continue working on it because we realized how much fun it can be and how much more it can become. If the community wants more of it, we will be happy to expand on it before moving on to another project. That is precisely why we included an endless survival mode apart from the 10 Story levels, we want to give players enough playroom to imagine what else this game could be and then carefully listen to them to decide what to do next.
