BlackBox

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Friday, August 22nd, 2008 | Programs

For more including Author's Notes download the eBook pages with this program's code listing.

Black box is an abstract hide and seek game. In its original form it was a board game with one person providing the setup, hints, and tallying score and the other player making guesses. Of course setting up, providing hints, and tallying score is one of those things computers are perfectly suited for.

The game is played by firing rays into a black box where in are hiding a number of atoms and by observing the ray’s reactions you can determine the location of the atoms. While it would be simple to win if you fired off every possible ray doing so will cost you points. Like golf the lower the score the better. With a score of 10 or less you can consider yourself a black box expert.

For more in depth rules, especially about ray interactions, see the instructions included in the game.

Black box is written by Joseph Larson based on a board game by Godfrey Hounsfield (also inspired by a BASIC program by Jeff Keton as found in ‘More Basic Computer Games’ edited by David H. Ahl (c) 1979)

Tags: BASIC, conversion, Joe Larson

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