Translations by Serdar Dalgic

Start Tutorial

Start tutorial

<qt>The <b>tutorial</b> is a fast, user friendly and interactive way to learn the rules of the game. Start it if you do not know them!</qt>

New Sandbox Game

Start a new sandbox game

<qt><p>In a <b>sandbox game</b>, the solution is displayed at the beginning of the game. This is useful to understand the game principles.</p><p>However: after a while, it is not really fun and you should try to start a real game!</p></qt>

<qt><ul><li>First, you have to place all the balls on the black box. To guess the correct positions of the balls and see how they interact with laser beams, you should use the lasers that are positioned around the black box.</li><li><b>When you think you are done</b>, you should click here.</li></ul><p>Note that it is only possible to click here if you have placed the correct number of balls.</p></qt>

<qt><p>Choose "<b>Solve</b>" if you want to give up the current game. The solution will be displayed.</p><p>If you placed all the balls and do not want to give up, choose "Done!".</p></qt>

Switch Ball or Shoot Laser

Switch Marker

Note: You can change<br />the parameters of<br />custom games in the<br />Settings dialog.

First, you need to remove 1 ball from the black box.

First, you need to remove %1 balls from the black box.

To check if you successfully guessed the ball positions, click here!

You need to place 1 more ball on the black box.

You need to place %1 more balls on the black box.

Game paused.

Tutorial

No more balls to place

1 ball to place

%1 balls to place

Clicking on "Done!" is the normal way to check the positions of the balls at the end of the game. However, it is not possible in the tutorial to end the game before you reached the last step. Please first finish the tutorial.

Check positions

But it does not count<br />because <b>it is the sandbox!</b>

Your final score is: %1.<br />I guess you need more practice.

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

Sorry, you may not give up during the tutorial.

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?

You should place %1 ball!

You should place %1 balls!

You have placed %1.

You have placed %1.

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

<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.

Go back to the previous tutorial step.

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.

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.

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.