Blackbox help index
BLACKBOX  copyright Christophe YVON 1993

Informations and contacts.

Menu and shortkeys.

How to play with BLACKBOX?

Some hints.


INFORMATIONS AND CONTACTS

This program is freeware.

Following are the system requirements:

1) 286 or higher processor

2) Windows 3.1 or higher

3) Windows operating in standard or enhanced mode

4) Mouse or other pointing device

You may distribute freely  this software as long as the following files are included:

BLACKBOX.TXT:	DOS informations file

BLACKBOX.EXE:	executable file

BLACKBOX.HLP:	windows help file

All the above files can be combined into a single archive file for distribution.

The author claims no responsibility for any damages that might be caused by the use or abuse of this software. This software remains the property of the author. This software may not be sold or modified in any way.

If you want to exchange informations, to give me suggestions or to report any bug, please write to:

Christophe YVON

28, rue Charles Péguy

92330 SCEAUX

FRANCE

NB: My tailor is rich, but my english is poor...


MENU

Game

New	Start a new game if in "game mode", clear board if in "build mode"

Load...	Load a previously saved board

Save...	Save the current board

Build mode	Switch between "build mode" and "game mode".

Quit	Exit

Configure

Options...	Open the "options" dialog box: choose the number of Whatsits and the background of the board.

Help

Index	Open this help

Using help	Open the Winhelp help

About:	Some informations about BLACKBOX


SHORTKEYS

F1	Help

F2	New

F3	Load

F4	Save

F5	Switch mode

F6	Options

ALT+F4	Quit


How to play
HOW TO PLAY WITH BLACKBOX?

The rules of BLACKBOX are very simple:

You first get a 8x8 black board (the Blackbox) where some Whatsits are hidden. You must discover their position. You get for this a super photons pulsor: you shoot on the side of the Blackbox, and you watch what happen to your photons. They can rebound the corners of the Whatsits, or be absorbed if they hit a Whatsit (the Whatsit is always hungry of photons, but is not dangerous for humans). Look bellow for some examples:

examples

Reflected: 	the photons exit where they entered.

Transmitted:	the photons exit somewhere else they entered

Absorbed:	the photons hit a whatis.

Of course, your photons can rebound on many Whatsits before being transmitted or absorbed.

When you think you get a Whatsit, click with left mouse button on its position. You will get a Whatsit-test [image]. Click again to remove it.

When you think you have the positions of all the Whatsits, click on the Done button. The correct positions are [image], the wrong are [image]. If you don't have any wrong position, you win!

If you think that the Whatsits are too well hidden, click on Abandon button to see their position. If you liked this configuration, you can save it.

Press "New" button to restart.

You can build your own games. Choose "Build mode" in the "Game" menu, then click with the left mouse button to put a Whatsit, click again to remove it. You can have 1 to 10 Whatsit in a Blackbox (not more because they are quarrelsome, they could break the Blackbox if they began to fight). When you finish, you can save it immediatly, or play with it by clicking on "Done" button. You can return to the "game mode" by choosing "Game mode" in the "Game" menu.

You can later load a saved game by choosing "Load" in the "Game" menu or using the Drag-and-drop technique: choose a Blackbox file (.bbx extension) in the File manager, then drop it on the Blackbox window.


HINTS

1- Think!...

2- Start to test the sides of the board (numbers 02, 07, 10, ...)

3- Use the Whatsit-test to test your solution.

4- Build your own strategy...

5- Playing Blackbox with a friend is very fun with two sheets of paper during boring courses at school!...