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* StealthPun: [[spoiler:One hint states that you have the ''power'' to solve a certain challenge all by yourself.]]
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* BizarrePuzzleGame: The ''[[ExaggeratedTrope extenise lack of convention]]'' within the puzzles surmounts to this.

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* BizarrePuzzleGame: The ''[[ExaggeratedTrope extenise extensive lack of convention]]'' within the puzzles surmounts to this.
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* AllegedlyFreeGame: {{Downplayed|Trope}}. The game can be played free of charge, with the exception of an ExpansionPack that is required to access all of the challenges.
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* WaitingPuzzle: Several clever ones exist. Some can be circumvented [[spoiler:by going offline and repeatedly setting the internal clock and rebooting the game]], but others cannot.

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* WaitingPuzzle: Several clever tricky ones exist. Some can be circumvented [[spoiler:by going offline and repeatedly setting the internal clock and rebooting the game]], but others cannot.
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* NintendoHard: Almost every solution is immensely unintuitive.

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* NintendoHard: Almost The game's defining feature is just how immensely unintuitive (yet genuinely clever) almost every solution is immensely unintuitive.is.
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''Blackbox'' is a mobile puzzle game developed by Grow Pixel. Its puzzles require interactions with different features of players' hardware, as opposed to tapping and swiping your screen in certain ways all the time.

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''Blackbox'' is a mobile puzzle game developed by Grow Pixel. Its puzzles require interactions with different features of players' hardware, hardware and software, as opposed to tapping and swiping your screen in certain ways all the time.

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* NoFairCheating: Certain challenges do not work [[spoiler:if the game notices manual manipulation of your device's internal clock.]]



* WaitingPuzzle: Several clever ones exist. Some can be circumvented [[spoiler:by going offline and repeatedly setting the time and rebooting the game]], but others cannot.

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* WaitingPuzzle: Several clever ones exist. Some can be circumvented [[spoiler:by going offline and repeatedly setting the time internal clock and rebooting the game]], but others cannot.
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* ExpansionPack: Unlocking certain challenges must be paid for.
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The game is under development to this day, which new challenges arriving on occasion.

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The game is under development to this day, which with new challenges arriving on occasion.

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* MoonLogicPuzzle: '''Practically everything.''' Almost every solution is immensely unintuitive...
* ParadiegeticGameplay: ...because of the sheer number of different tools of a mobile device that are required.

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* MoonLogicPuzzle: '''Practically everything.''' '''
* NintendoHard:
Almost every solution is immensely unintuitive...
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* ParadiegeticGameplay: ...because of OneWordTitle: Uniquely, two words combined into one.
* ParadiegeticGameplay: Due to
the sheer number of different tools of a mobile device that are required.
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The objective of each of the game's 80 challenges, your objective is to illuminate a certain square-shaped light using a certain forementioned interaction, with the colorful shapes on your screen being your only clues (aside from the hint system).

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The objective of each of the game's 80 challenges, your objective is to illuminate a certain square-shaped light using a certain forementioned interaction, with the colorful shapes on your screen being your only clues (aside from the hint system).
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* ArcWords: "Blackbox".

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* ArcWords: "Blackbox". The first definition of the word is a decent description for the puzzles.
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* ArcSymbol: Squares, often black ones. Each lights is shaped like a rounded one.

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* ArcSymbol: Squares, often black ones. Each lights light is shaped like a rounded one.
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* ArcSymbol: Squares, often black ones. Each lights is shaped like a rounded one.
* ArcWords: "Blackbox".

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* BribingYourWayToVictory: While hint credits can be purchased for real money, it is possible (and more fulfilling) to beat the game without the use of any additional hints.

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* BribingYourWayToVictory: While hint Hint credits can be purchased for real money, money. However, it is possible (and more fulfilling) to beat the game without the use of any additional hints.


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* HintSystem: Hint credits can be spent on additional tips, but their use is wholly optional.
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* WaitingPuzzle: Several clever ones exists. Some can be circumvented [[spoiler:by going offline and repeatedly setting the time and rebooting the game]], but others cannot.

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* WaitingPuzzle: Several clever ones exists.exist. Some can be circumvented [[spoiler:by going offline and repeatedly setting the time and rebooting the game]], but others cannot.
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! Because [[Administrivia/HandlingSpoilers trope names may not be tagged]], along with the unique nature of this PuzzleGame, there will be unmarked spoiler implications below. Administrivia/YouHaveBeenWarned.

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! !! Because [[Administrivia/HandlingSpoilers trope names may not be tagged]], along with the unique nature of this PuzzleGame, there will be unmarked spoiler implications below. Administrivia/YouHaveBeenWarned.
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! Because [[Administrivia/HandlingSpoilers trope names may not be tagged]], there will be unmarked spoiler implications below. Administrivia/YouHaveBeenWarned.

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! Because [[Administrivia/HandlingSpoilers trope names may not be tagged]], along with the unique nature of this PuzzleGame, there will be unmarked spoiler implications below. Administrivia/YouHaveBeenWarned.
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* AntiFrustrationFeatures: [[spoiler:All location-based challenges were temporarily made easier during the early UsefulNotes/Covid19Pandemic.]]



* MercyMode: [[spoiler:All location-based challenges were temporarily made easier during the early UsefulNotes/Covid19Pandemic.]]

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** During the Halloween season, the two rightmost orange challenges are altered to depict jaws clamping down instead of [[spoiler:increasing radiation from above]].

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** During the Halloween season, the two rightmost orange challenges are altered changed to depict jaws clamping down instead of [[spoiler:increasing radiation from above]]. down.
* MercyMode: [[spoiler:All location-based challenges were temporarily made easier during the early UsefulNotes/Covid19Pandemic.]]


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* ScalingTheSummit: [[spoiler:The three highest turquoise challenges require you to travel to various different altitudes.]]
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* AllegedlyFreeGame: {{Downplayed|Trope}}. The game can be played free of charge, with the exception of an ExpansionPack that is required to access all of the challenges.


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* BribingYourWayToVictory: While hint credits can be purchased for real money, it is possible (and more fulfilling) to beat the game without the use of any additional hints.
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* BizarrePuzzleGame: The ''[[ExaggeratedTrope extenise lack of convention]]'' within the puzzles surmounts to this.
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The game is under development to this day, which new challenges arriving on occasion.


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* HolidayMode:
** During the holidays, the leftmost red challenge creates a unique snowflake when solved.
** During the Halloween season, the two rightmost orange challenges are altered to depict jaws clamping down instead of [[spoiler:increasing radiation from above]].


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* WaitingPuzzle: Several clever ones exists. Some can be circumvented [[spoiler:by going offline and repeatedly setting the time and rebooting the game]], but others cannot.
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* ColourCodedForYourConvenience: Each set of challenges has its own color. [[spoiler:This becomes important in two turquoise challenges, where hints of the same color and hints of different colors must be selected.]]

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* ParadiegeticGameplay:

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* ParadiegeticGameplay:MoonLogicPuzzle: '''Practically everything.''' Almost every solution is immensely unintuitive...
* ParadiegeticGameplay: ...because of the sheer number of different tools of a mobile device that are required.
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[[caption-width-right:350:''[[{{Tagline}} Think you're clever?]]'']]
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-->'''Blackbox''' |'ˌblæk 'baks|\\
noun\\
1. [[BlackBox any complex system with unknown internal functions or mechanisms]]\\
2. a game that redefines frustration\\
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You can get the game on the iOS App Store or Google Play.

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You can get download the game [[https://apps.apple.com/us/app/blackbox/id962969578 on the iOS App Store or Google Play.
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''Blackbox'' is a mobile puzzle game developed by Grow Pixel. Its puzzles require interactions with different features of players' hardware, as opposed to tapping and swiping your screen in certain ways all the time.

The objective of each of the game's 80 challenges, your objective is to illuminate a certain square-shaped light using a certain forementioned interaction, with the colorful shapes on your screen being your only clues (aside from the hint system).

You can get the game on the iOS App Store or Google Play.

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!!''Blackbox'' provides examples of:
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