Blackbox Think Outside the Box iPhone Game App Review
Blackbox – Think outside the Box for iPhone is a tribute to be different. This new kind of puzzle game has you thinking about creative new ways to solve puzzles without ever touching the screen. You can get Blackbox game app for free from iTunes.
Features
Blackbox – Think outside the Box for iPhone has a simple and barebones design. Fans of minimalistic design will fall in love with its aesthetics. The app, as its name suggests, features a crisp, black background that fills the entire iPhone screen, while the neon lines, shapes, and dots contrast nicely against the darkness. There is nothing much on the graphical front. The animations are slick and smooth. Blackbox has no sound or music either. But that does not take away the fun of solving puzzles – without touching the screen. Blackbox has 55 distinct puzzles to solve. The puzzles are color coded – not as chapters like in other puzzlers – and you unlock more available puzzles as you solve other ones. The colors got a different meaning. But one thing is certain; the app utilizes some aspects of iPhone’s hardware. Hence you got to really understand how your iPhone works in order to solve the puzzles. The controls are intuitive as well as special. For one, as mentioned earlier, you solve everything without touching the screen. The only instances wherein you touch the screen is to pause and return to the level select screen, or perform the 3D touch to quickly go back home.
For solving the puzzles, you got to make use of what the puzzle is requiring you to do. You got to use the concerned component of your iPhone to solve it. This could be your iPhone’s gyroscope and accelerometer to get colors on the screen to go where you want them to, the mirror to reverse what is being shown on screen, blowing into the microphone or tinkering with the buttons and headphone jack. When playing for the first time, the new challenge could be a bit frustrating at times. If it occurs to you, leave it and return at a later time to solve the puzzle. But it is interesting once you get a hang of the dynamics. The app requires iOS 8.0 or higher.
Conclusion
Blackbox – Think outside the Box for iPhone is a challenging puzzler game that takes brainpower, patience, time and perspective to solve it. You do so without touching the screen. That is, you tilt, shout, click, snap, wait, press, and hike your way to success. You got to use your creative thinking and use the visual clues to move ahead. It has a slight learning curve. The graphics is minimalistic, yet functional. It is also stable. Overall, a different kind of puzzle game for the fans of challenging puzzlers. Check it out if you’re curious.
Category: Free iPhone Apps, iPhone Free Games
