What's New

■ Updating a tutorial difficulty experiment

App Description

So you think you understand this thing you’re holding? Think again. Stop tapping. Stop swiping. In fact, stop touching the screen at all. To crack Blackbox’s puzzles you’ll need to find solitude and stillness, climb mountains, call on friends, get in tune with the cosmos, and think outside the box.

Minimalistic visual clues make for incredibly satisfying “Aha!” moments, while sonic interfaces provide an extra level of guidance and nuance that makes Blackbox accessible with or without vision. Thoughtful haptic feedback, Easter eggs on Easter eggs, and solutions that can’t be found beneath the glass of your screen redefine what a puzzle can be. You’ll never see your device the same way again.

Think you’re clever? Prove it.

(Blackbox is a living game under active development by Ryan McLeod. When not eating burritos or drinking coffee, he’s busy designing and developing new Blackbox challenges.)

iPhone Screenshots

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iPad Screenshots

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App Changes

  • February 27, 2016 Initial release
  • March 23, 2016 New version 1.1.0
  • June 23, 2016 New version 1.2.0
  • October 03, 2016 New version 1.3.1
  • November 05, 2016 New version 1.3.4
  • November 26, 2016 New version 1.3.6
  • December 22, 2016 New version 1.3.7
  • March 10, 2017 New version 1.3.8
  • April 18, 2017 New version 1.3.9
  • June 13, 2019 New version 1.6.0
  • August 16, 2019 New version 1.6.2
  • September 23, 2019 New version 1.7.0
  • September 30, 2019 New version 1.7.1
  • December 02, 2019 New version 1.8.1
  • December 10, 2019 New version 1.8.2
  • December 24, 2019 New version 1.9
  • July 14, 2020 New version 1.9.6
  • October 23, 2020 New version 1.9.9
  • November 12, 2020 New version 1.9.10
  • May 06, 2021 New version 2.0.3
  • October 08, 2021 New version 2.1.1
  • September 16, 2023 New version 2.2.10

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