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Unbelievable
I came here to write a review but honestly, I can’t even begin to think of the words that do this game justice. Is amazing really, It doesn’t even feel like a game, it feels like a teaching tool almost, like I’m getting something out of it and making myself better. Lot of deep mental thoughts for an App Store game I know, but it deserves it. I was on the App Store looking for a new game to try and this one caught my eye immediately. The quick witted one liners through the levels when you’re trying to figure things out is a nice touch. (Woah there cowboy was prob my fav so far.) I normally don’t put money into a mobile game, but I had no choice but to get more levels and send my support for this team. Excellent game, easy 10/10. I feel better off by playing it and I hope many more can feel that way too.Show lessThatguyjosh568
Hard to figure out and etc
I’m not buying more puzzles. I’m still worried about the Face ID and more about my private information. Regardless, I feel like the game just pushes you for the hint credits. And the way the wording for purchases and sentences throws me off and makes me feel guilty for not donating or purchasing the puzzles. No sense of directions for many puzzles. I get like a couple, 2 or 3. Other times Im screaming in the mic, moving the camera around so clueless about what to do touching the power buttons, up and down volume buttons etc. but I do feel like people who have a bit of broken phones or glitched phones are at a high disadvantage. These people may not have the time or money to fix their phones just to play this game which would drive them away. The level design is simple but a lot of them are locked behind a paywall.
If you give our information away to third parties you’re a complete selloutShow lessDwippo
Absolute genius
Playing iPhone games can be frustrating when part of the screen is broken and won’t respond to your taps. So when I heard about a free game that you didn’t really have to tap to play, I thought “What the heck? Let’s try it.”
I love it. I think it’s brilliant.
In spite of advertising that “Many start, few finish,” Blackbox rarely feel threatening. In fact, it sometimes feels a little more like a toy you have to use your imagination to play with. You’ll find yourself shaking the phone, moving it around like your trying to take a picture of something invisible, asking for a charger while your phone is at 80% battery, and laughing and thinking to yourself, “Wow, I bet I look like a lunatic.”
But most of all, the game embodies the kind of quirky outside-the-box thinking that sets puzzle games apart from every other kind of game.
Be warned: There’s not really a clear tutorial so you will have to experiment quite a bit, but as far as I’m concerned, that just makes it better. I can’t wait to see what Blackbox has in store for me next.Show lessPencraft1
Amazing and addictive
Okay so in this comment I’m going to address some of the things others are talking about.
1: “There being no instructions”
This game is made to test the limits of the brain and challenge you. There has been a study that more and more, people are Challenged less and less. This game is a good way to bring make that Challenge and find out what you need to do. It’s similar to life in that regard, you weren’t born knowing what job you’ll get, so find out as you journey
2: “The game is creepy and asks for too much control”
To start off with, I’m still alive, writing this comment. The game needs these to help challenge you. An example would be the voice level. It’s one of the harder levels and gives a slight change and the game makes you think more, without the permissions the game has lost the ability to become as great as it could be! Even if you aren’t comfortable giving them permissions there are still base levels you can play. If the game were trying to steal your money (or whatever) all the levels would have these limitations.
Please get this amazing game! The creator clearly has worked hard on this awesome app and the game is fun (sometimes frustrating) and challenging.Show lessIdea_Introducer
Accessible fun game (details added
I can't tell if my changes are going through or not. This game is clever and almost completely compatible with VoiceOver. Ryan I see your response but now it's not letting me click back in to respond back. There are a few challenges, and I do mean a few as in like three, where the thing that makes it look different from other challenges isn't described or reads weird, but this game is more accessible than both my high school's and my college's websites. Which is pretty sad, but still good for Blackbox. I also have a weird problem with the teal-colored challenge where the screen is covered with shifting black and white squares. I know what makes the squares change size, but I ac't seem to get enough of it ato activate the challenge. There's no specific reason why I didn't rate the game five stars. I've just always kind of felt weird rating things five stars because there's always room for improvement. The game is fun, challenging, humorous and clever and I will definitely tell my blind and sighted friends about it.Show lessKeel haul
Developer Response
Thanks Keel! If there’s anything I can do to make my game 5-star worthy let me know. And if you ever have voice over feedback please email me at a11y@growpixel.com Update: Thanks so much! And unfortunately in the App Store world ratings are pretty much 1 or 5 stars and it takes something like 22 five star reviews to offset one negative one so it helps a lot :) Can you email me at a11y@growpixel.com where I can help better with your questions? 🙂Insane game!!!
At first, I didn’t think this game would be challenging. I have played other games that weren’t challenging because either the questions weren’t hard or I have already seen the questions on another app, but this app is different and unique. I have to admit though, some of the levels are going to take a while to accomplish. I have a few ideas for Ryan, the person who makes the game. So I think you should add an icon that allows us to design our own levels to give to you. There are some creative people who have ideas and also it would help if we don’t want to type a comment. Also, I think that if we want to buy the extension pack we should get to know what kind of levels there are. Obviously you can’t give us like a few levels to try because you aren’t making money. The only reason I say this is because I have gotten a free app before and paid to get the extension but it wasn’t much different from the free part. It wasn’t worth the money I paid. One last thing, you should add, which you might’ve already added I just haven’t gotten to it, but you should add maybe timed or memory activities. Maybe every 3 seconds there will be an object in one of the boxes and a new one will show up every 3 seconds. Then, after the sequence is over, you have to choose what was shown. Maybe a symbol would stand for whatever was shown. These are just some ideas to extend the game because I would definitely be disappointed if you didn’t add anymore levels.Show lessFameCraze
So much fun in a such a small box
I actually stumbled across this app when I got my iPod touch 5gen and remembered it the other day only to not remember the name only that it had to do with box and last night I looked up puzzle box apps and after some searching I found it and got it on my phone played laughing at all the funny notes after figuring something out and finding things
But it all soon ends when you can’t unlock the ones you need to pay for as well as the ones you just can’t figure out what you need to do but you know you’ve seen the symbol before or you need to wait and you just want to get it done cause your very impatient
It’s so fun playing it and figuring things out as well as finding things you didn’t know you could do with your phone or just relearning things you forgot you could do
Looking forward to figuring out more of these challengesShow lessCheshire Katt
Amazing with only a tiny issue
I love this app! It challenges you in ways I never thought were possible on my phone! I love the developers humor ( I love any clever humor) The challenges are extremely clever and fun but I have one tiny issue: some of the challenges are just too hard. I have to look it up online and I would have never thought to do that had I not looked it up. I also feel like the app wants you to spend a lot of time on it because on one of the challenges, you have to be on the app one time every hour of the day. I am not staying up until three a.m. just because of that challenge! I also think the app should give you 5 free hint credits just to try out if you get stuck on a level. You have to pay for the hint credits and you have to pay just to unlock some levels! I don’t want to pay for an app if it is just some game. I just don’t think it’s worth it. However overall, BlackBox is an amazing app and I have been recommending it to everyone who will listen! I absolutely love BlackBox and don’t regret downloading it!Show lessLc Ren13
No game like it
Honestly, at first I was skeptical. I was browsing through the app store looking for games to play since I became bored of the ones I had, and I stumbled across BlackBox.
Let me tell you. This will probably be one of the most if not hardest puzzle game you will ever play. This is not like any other game that I have seen or played before, and let me tell you, it’s a breath of fresh air. This has helped me think outside of the box, trying to come up with different solutions, some of which included me looking like a complete weirdo with their phone. I also greatly enjoy the social aspect of this, it doesn’t force you to play with others, but it does give you a chance to be more social, which is another thing that I like about this game. Most games want your time and to be constantly on it most times of your day, however it encourages you to put your phone away and walk away from the puzzle to come back to it another time.
Here’s your chance, challenge yourself and test your wits against others! Have fun and remember, think outside of the box!~Show lessWinniePiko
There is nothing like this game
This is probably the greatest puzzle game on mobile devices, it makes you really think where the rules start and end. The thinking is not restricted to the game like most other games even on computers, but it encourages out-of-box thinking that you won’t get in many other games. When you complete a puzzle you really feel accomplished, and it makes you think about the other puzzles more thoroughly. There was a time where I couldn’t get a puzzle for months, didn’t touch the game for I don’t know how long, then just booted up the game and got it on the first try. It can seem too cryptic at times but that makes completing the puzzle all the more rewarding. I give this 5 stars only because of its uniqueness and lack of competition, I would want to see this sort of thing expanded upon for the pc.Show lessMadOwl Maniac
