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Paradigm

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Paradigm
Paradigm cover
Developers
Jacob Janerka
Engines
Visionaire[1]
Release dates
Windows April 5, 2017
macOS (OS X) April 5, 2017
Linux June 23, 2017[2]
Reception
Metacritic 85
OpenCritic 89
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Microtransactions None
Modes Singleplayer
Pacing Relaxed
Perspectives Side view, Flip screen
Controls Point and select
Genres Adventure
Art styles Cartoon
Themes Comedy, Eastern Europe, Post-apocalyptic
Paradigm on HowLongToBeat
Paradigm on IGDB
Paradigm on MobyGames
Paradigm on Wikipedia

Paradigm is a singleplayer side view and flip screen adventure game.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Epic Games Store
DRM-free after installation through Epic Games Launcher (notes may include more details)
Windows
GOG.com
DRM-free
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Humble Store
DRM-free
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Steam
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
A demo for Windows and macOS is available.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %LOCALAPPDATA%\Jacob_Janerka\Paradigm\config.ini
macOS (OS X)
Linux $XDG_DATA_HOME/Jacob_Janerka/Paradigm/config.ini
This game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %LOCALAPPDATA%\Jacob_Janerka\Paradigm\Savegames\
macOS (OS X)
Linux $XDG_DATA_HOME/Jacob_Janerka/Paradigm/Savegames/

Save game cloud syncing

Video

General settings
General settings

Graphics feature State WSGF Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Pillarboxed 16:9.
Ultra-widescreen
Pillarboxed 16:9.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
Character animations have low framerate. Effects and movement update with screen frequency. FMVs are 25 FPS.
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Input

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Controller types

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Voice, Sound Effects, Music
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Closed captions are included with subtitles during dialogue.
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Spanish
Fan translation, download.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
OpenGL
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Audio OpenAL

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) Vista
Processor (CPU) 2 GHz dual-core
System memory (RAM) 2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 5 GB
Video card (GPU) 512 MB of VRAM
OpenGL 2.0 compatible
DirectX 9.0c compatible
Other Integrated graphics are not recommended.
The game also runs in Windows XP SP3.[3]
macOS (OS X)
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 10.7 (Lion)
Processor (CPU) Intel Core 2 Duo 2 GHz
System memory (RAM) 2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 5 GB
Video card (GPU) 256 MB of VRAM
A 64-bit operating system is required.
Linux
Minimum
Operating system (OS) Ubuntu 12.04
Processor (CPU) 2 GHz dual-core
System memory (RAM) 2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 5 GB
Video card (GPU) Dedicated
1 GB of VRAM
A 64-bit operating system is required.


References

  1. Talking Paradigm: A Surreal New Adventure Game - IGN - last accessed on May 2023
  2. I'm working on an update, Linux version coming. :: Paradigm General Discussions - last accessed on May 2023
  3. Verified by User:Quiet Bob on 2023-09-23
    Tested in Windows XP Home.