Features

Black Cube is a freeware game of logic and deduction for Mac OS X. Fire rays into a cube and deduce where the hidden pockets of dark matter are, based on where the rays emerge.

This OpenGL game extends "black box" gameplay into the 3rd dimension. Brand new rules increase the challenge considerably. You may want to warm your brain up first by playing the classic 2D version, which is also included.

Black Cube is a free game for Mac OS X, developed in 3 months according to the rules of the uDevGames 2002 run by iDevGames. Please visit their site for more information. Source code for this and many other contest entries has been made available.

uDevGame 2002 Winner! (2nd Place: Originality)

System Requirements

Download

Click here to download Black Cube 1.0.2 (208 K)

Screenshots (click to enlarge)

Fire arrows into the cube and try to deduce where the hidden pockets of dark matter are.

Your score improves with each correct guess, but you lose points for wrong guesses and for each arrow you fire.

The in-game tutorial will help you get started.

The classic "flat" version is also included.

Hints and Tips

The game includes a tutorial that will teach you the controls and the rules of the game. Simply run the game and click on "How to Play".

Also, the Readme file included with the game has a handy reference to all the controls, plus some helpful hints.

Latest News

01/18/2003 - Version 1.0.2 now available for download! Improvements include: uses less CPU, less overlap between the board and text, a free rotation mode, and you can quit from the dock.

12/07/2002 - My post-mortem of Black Cube, an analysis of what went right and wrong during its development, is now up at iDevGames.

12/02/2002 - Black Cube won 2nd prize in uDevGame for Originality! My thanks to everyone who took the time to rate it and the other uDevGame entries. We want even more voters next year, okay?

11/14/2002 - Version 1.0.1 available! It has a better icon and other cosmetic improvements.