Leave a Review Blackbox
Incredibly fun, just the right amount of tricky!
As someone who loves puzzles but is usually pretty bad at them I was worried I’d be stumped by this game. However, it does a great job at giving you just enough information to solve while not making the answer obvious. Each puzzle could easily take days, or even just a few minutes and that variation is super fun- it’s exhilarating when you get it right away and really satisfying to rack after being stuck on one for a week. Those hints certainly help too tho lol!
I only gave it 4 stars as I’m playing on an iPad rather than an iPhone, and some puzzles are def more tailored for a more portable device, and one that doesn’t have to be connected to the internet all the time. Incredibly enjoyable game though and one I absolutely recommend to anyone who loves puzzles.Show lessPocketSprout
Best game if played since ever!
Blackbox is a beautifully designed simplistic puzzle game, with a twist. You pretty much never have to touch the game to solve the puzzles instead you have to go to the top of mountains, wait days and moon cycles, work with friends near or far, find a peaceful and quiet place, explore the safari and think outside the blackbox. I’ve tried for months to find a game as satisfying and with as many “Ah ha!” moments as blackbox. I think blackbox has set an impossible standard for indie puzzle games that I hope is one day met. Now I’m no game critic I’m just a kid who loved this game so much that I actually wanted to write about how good it is (I hate writing). The only games that have even come close are Maginary, Secret Signs, and Axium. If you know of any other mind bending puzzle games please let me know (including pc games or even a game you reading this might have made). I still haven’t beaten this game because I missed the full moon last time and I need to find something to play afterwards.Show lessZane the twenty øne piløts fan
This games broke me.
When I saw this I thought I was up for a fun challenge. What I got was one of the most grueling experiences I’ve ever had. The first challenges are easy enough but then things get more difficult and extreme. You may start with tilting your phone, but then you get to waiting hours for a challenge to finish or walking what seems to be a pretty far distance (haven’t finished that one yet). This game is will break you. If you thought you were smart, clever, a genius or anything in between, this game will prove you wrong. You could give in and buy hints, but that’s the easy way out. Instead take that money you would spend on hints (you also get free hints) and buy more levels, and buy Ryan the burrito he deserves. Also, quick thing you might want to know, you don’t need to tap or swipe in this app to complete the problems. You may have to dig around your setting but that’s the only touching of your phone screen. Get this game and realize how you aren’t that clever. Good luck (it’s the only thing you’ll have playing this).Show lessMr. Baggles
The one the only Black Box
Review:
Amazing game 4/5 stars. The puzzles are complex and fulfilling when solved (with no help from the internet). This is a game can be played over and over again, and still some of the challenges leave you baffled as to how you solved it. All of the aspects of the app are very thought out and programmed to perfection. I highly recommended it to anyone who enjoys problem solving or anything related to it.
The in app purchases of extra levels are worth it if you think you can solve them and have a couple of extra dollars. On the other hand it’s only downfall is it’s hints. While it is one of the most creative and interesting games I have played, you have to pay for tokens to pay for hints in game (granted there are a few given to you for free). Black box’s hints should be accessible without payment, because it’s like solving a riddle, without the riddle. Other than that Black Box is a solid game.
Note:
I have thoroughly played through black box, and it has been an eye opening experience to what is possible. With companies wanting proliferations of data, data-mining will become more common until it’s a common place occurrence. If an application asks to access to location, or contacts, or notifications, they are actually getting access to more than you would initially think. Black box makes you think twice about mindlessly tapping through prompts that ask if an app can access a function of your iPhone.Show lessvsjo3002
Love It
At first, when i saw this game, i figures it was like every other puzzle game (not to many mechanics and fairly easy), but as it turns out, this game actually uses everything your phone can do and pushes it to the limit. I first saw this game as a game like any other, just something i would do if i had nothing better, and now here i am trying to figure out all the puzzles (and there are plenty!). Most games get dull and repetitive pretty fast, and it’s usually game finished within five minutes, but i can see that this game isn’t going to run out of ideas any time soon. All that i would want out of this game is if you could do more puzzles and get more hints without having to pay, since i don’t really have the time or money for it. Overall a great game, and would support the developers as soon as possible (and just might buy ryan a burrito at some point ;-)).Show lessTheRealEzin
This is what I’ve been waiting for
Blackbox is the first puzzle game that I’ve played in a long time that I think is actually worth playing. The puzzles are challenging and creatively designed, and they maintain that simplicity and beauty that makes you keep coming back for more. The developer frequently updates the game, adding new puzzles and special events. Blackbox is not your average puzzle game. I was confused at first when I read that you don’t touch the screen, but I was shocked after solving the first puzzle, and even more so as I continued to solve them. There are so many things I did not know my phone was capable of that I do now. This developer has restored my faith in humanity because they really have made something special. Please, world, make more games with the level of creativity and ingenuity as Blackbox.Show lessSeven with a K
My detailed review
Alright listen here, there are many puzzle games out there that are simply great and amazing. They have good art style, challenging puzzles and maybe even a deep well hidden story. But, they don’t compare to Blackbox’s level of creativity and innovation. It’s simplistic design makes the player become deceived when deep down there is a large level of complexity. There’s no big story, no impressive graphics. But it goes back to what puzzle games where always about. Solving the puzzle itself and nothing else. These puzzles really made me think outside the box and show us how much an app can have access to. I have bought both expansion packs because I loved this game so much. It brought me joy to complete a puzzle and turn on a “light.” This game will make you frustrated, make you cry tears of joy. But you keep solving puzzles because of how great they are and the cleverness that goes into each challenge. Amazing game, 5 stars.Show less🍪🍰🎂🍧🍨🍦🍮🍩🍡🍫🍬🍭🍯
Awesome
It is definitely not your average "mind game". This game might actually help people to find out some extra features of their device (although, I already know all the features used by the game)
Edit: If the App Store supported crossing out words, then that last in parentheses would be. This game receives regular updates and more challenges. I wish games of this level of quality, care and character were more abundant on the App Store and elsewhere. I don’t like spending money on in-game purchases just for a game, but I do like using my money to support developers that deserve money for awesome and thoughtful games like Black box. I try to make sure that developers like the creator of Blackbox can keep developing games like this and I hope that more developers with similar levels of care, creativity, and outside the box thinking (pun partially intended) start to come out into the light. Also, I think helping people discover the functions of our high-tech phones along with just having this game use every facet of things built into them to solve these challenges is awesome. Especially since this game is not necessarily designed as a discovery game for phone functions but as instead an “everything goes” (within the physical possibilities of our phone) type puzzle. And I love every bit of it.Show lessThisGuy473
Developer Response
I love every bit of this review. Thanks so much for the kind words and support. Supporting your favorite indie devs really is the best way to see more apps like Blackbox on the App Store :)This game is fantastic.
This is easily the best puzzle game I have ever downloaded on my phone. Every once in a while I go on a tangent, looking for a new puzzle game to download because I love having my brain and creativity put to the test. I like things that engage me and make me think, and I love the things that have obscure answers staring you right in the face without you even realising it.
Blackbox delivers so much. I’ve never found more entertainment in a puzzle game in my life, either on my phone or my computer. Every puzzle is a visual riddle with visual cues, and you have to question what it wants you to do without touching your screen. Give it a try, and don’t give up. Keep exploring, keep going back to puzzles you thought you couldn’t solve, and most importantly...
Think outside the Blackbox.Show lessLeahature
Great but one problem
This is a great puzzle game that you should definitely get, but it has one mild problem. For some of the puzzles, it uses your location (which is fine by me), but one of the requires you to travel certain distances to complete the puzzles, which isn’t easy to do when you don’t travel much. When I did travel, I forgot to check my phone during the drive (I like to play this game in sittings), so I didn’t get to fill in the puzzles, but even then I couldn’t reach the last one after a four hour drive. To be fair, I don’t know if there is a clever way to manipulate your location, but if I am right and you do have to travel to beat it, it’s a bit annoying o might not be able to beat the game in a while. Again, great game, but some of the puzzles might be a little unfair.Show lessA person 1234567890
