Translations by bluekyu

Game paused.<br />Press "%1" to resume.

Do you want to cancel the current custom game and start a new one with the new parameters?

Start new game

Custom Game

Sorry, you may not give up during the tutorial.

Solve

You placed all the balls. Great! You should now click on "Done!" to end the game and check if you guessed correctly. So, do you really want to give up this game?

Give up

You should place %1 ball!

You should place %1 balls!

You have placed %1.

You have placed %1.

Do you really want to give up this game?

Note: In the sandbox mode,<br />the solution is already displayed.<br />Have fun!

This will be the end of the current game!

Score

<qt><p>This is <b>your score</b>. You should try to get the lowest possible.</p><p>The score increases:<ul><li>with time: <b>1 point</b> per second.</li><li>with the use of lasers:<ul><li><b>3 points</b> if the laser beam hits a ball or exits at the entry point,</li><li><b>9 points</b> if it exits at another entry point.</li></ul></li></ul></p><p>Your score is set to <b>999</b> at the end of the game if you make a mistake.</p></qt>

<qt><p>This is the <b>main game area</b>.</p><ul><li>The <b>black box</b> is in the center.</li><li>On the left, there are the <b>balls</b> you have to place over the black box.</li><li>Around the black box, there are <b>lasers</b> that are replaced with <b>interaction information</b> if you use them.</li></ul></qt>

Displays the progress of the tutorial.

Describes what you should do to reach the next tutorial step.

&Previous

Go back to the previous tutorial step.

&Next

Go to the next tutorial step.

Welcome!

This tutorial will teach you how to play KBlackBox, using a simple example.<br /><br />We are playing with a square black box of 6 columns and 6 rows. It has 3 balls <b>hidden</b> inside it and 24 laser probes around it.<br /><br />The goal is to <b>find the positions of the balls.</b>

Click on "Next"

Black box principles

The balls are not visible, but we can shoot laser beams into the box at different entry points and observe if the laser beams leave the box, and if they do, where they come out.<br /><br />The laser beams interact with the balls in various ways.

Please click on the marked laser to shoot a beam into the black box.

No interaction

If a laser beam does not interact with any ball in the black box, it comes out at the point opposite the entry point.<br /><br />Example: Suppose we have 3 balls in the box as shown. They will not affect laser beam "1".<br /><br />As the game progresses, each pair of entry/exit points is marked with a different number.

Now shoot the marked laser to discover the first kind of interaction.

Hit

A direct impact on a ball is called a "<b>hit</b>". A beam that hits a ball does <b>not</b> emerge from the black box.<br /><br />Example: The beam might have hit a ball at the position shown, but the exact position of the hit is not certain: There are many other possibilities.

Shoot the marked laser to discover the second kind of interaction.

Simple deflection

The interaction of a beam that does not actually hit a ball, but aims to one side of it, is called a "<b>deflection</b>". The angle of deflection of the beam is always <b>90 degrees</b>.<br /><br />Example: The ball shown would deflect beam "2" upward, as shown, but this is <b>not</b> the only possibility.

Click on "Next" to see another combination of ball positions that deflects the laser beam as shown.

Several deflections

As you can see, interactions in the black box can be quite complicated!<br />A laser beam entering and exiting at the positions "2" might have been deflected by this configuration of 3 balls.