This result is marked by the seeker, who uses these to deduce the position of the atoms in the black box.īlack Box can also be played with different-sized grids, such as 10×10 or 12×12 grids.Ī related class of computer puzzle games feature different types of obstacles concealed in the box, which affect rays in varying ways - such as mirrors which reflect only a direct-hit ray, or prisms which split one ray into two. The seeker designates where the ray enters the black box and the hider (or computer or book) announces the result (a 'hit', 'reflection', or 'detour'/'miss'). In a solitaire game, they are either hidden by a computer or they are pre-hidden in this case, the results of various probes are resolved by looking them up in a book. The atoms are hidden by a person in a two-player game. The object of the game is to discover the location of objects ('atoms', represented by metal balls in the Waddingtons game and by yellow balls in the Parker Brothers version) hidden within the grid, by the use of the minimum number of probes ('rays'). Black Box is played on a two-dimensional grid.
