Paradox Embrace is a puzzle platformer Flash game with 9 huge organic levels, patrolling enemies, special keys that unlock different doors and unique perspective-changing gameplay. It is a casual game of exploration and discovery in a multi-directional platforming style.

Awards and Mentions:

• ByteJacker's Free Indie of the Week for 1/21/10 (see the nomination)
• NewGrounds.com Daily Feature for 01/07/2010
• "There's a lot to like about Paradox Embrace." - JayIsGames.com (archives/2010/01/paradox_embrace.php)
• AVClub.com gave it a nice mention - avclub.com/articles/january-25-2010,37429/

Want more on the game? Read how to play, hints and tips, the story behind it. Play on Newgrounds.com to track your ingame achievements, or on Kongregate.com to compete against others for fastest Game Time.

Sponsored by Newgrounds.com. Design and Programming by Steve Castro of EntropicOrder.net. Art by Jay Ziebarth of Zeebarf.com. Music and Sound Effects by Caulder Bradford of Diverge.ws.

How to Play Paradox Embrace

• Use arrow or WASD keys on your keyboard to move left and right. Press up arrow or Spacebar to jump.
• Press Down arrow or S key near a Changer to change yourself and the world around you. Watch as obstacles once in your way are now passable, and items you need become ghosted and temporarily unattainable.
• Learn when and where to change to traverse the world, find the keys, unlock the doors and work your way to the trophy at the end of every level.
• Hold Down or S to lower the camera to look down below to see what you're getting into before taking a leap.
• Stand still near a door or a key to get a hint in the form of a thought bubble about what you need to unlock or pick up that item.
• Press ESC at any time to return to the map or to the menu or skip the cutscenes. Press ESC or P during the game to pause.
• If you are a returning player and want to get back into the game quickly, you can just mouse click the game to activate it and the press space to skip the loading screen, main menu and level camera pan.
• For smaller monitors, press F11 on your keyboard to put your browser into full-screen mode to prevent the game from getting cut off.
• For older computers, press the Q button in game to lower the game quality for better performance. This is recommended for computers with less than 1GB of RAM.

Paradox Embrace Game Tips and Tricks

• There are 3 kinds of keys and 3 types of doors. Yellow keys unlock wooden doors, red keys unlock pearly gates and flasks open purple barriers. Each key can only be collected in its corresponding mode, but once you have it you can open its door in any mode. Keys you cannot pickup in the current mode will appear transparent like a ghost.
• Once you beat a level, replaying it will display a timer so you can complete a speed run, earning you achievements and bragging rights to challenge your friends. Make sure to dodge enemies though, as getting hurt will add 10 seconds to the timer!
• The game automatically saves your progress so you can close your browser, return to the site you first played it on and pick up where you left off. To delete the save and start the entire game over, click on the "Clear Saved Data" button on the upper left of the main menu.
• Each level gives you a quote once you pass it telling a little piece of the story. Try dieing on each level too get a differnet quote to put the whole thing together!

Story of embracing the paradox