2.2.10
2023-06-12
■ Updating a tutorial difficulty experiment
2.2.9
2023-06-01
■ Restoring the canonical icon for a bit
■ Added a visual hint for the latest yellow puzzle (let me know what you think if you were still stumped or no longer are!)
2.2.8
2023-05-12
How are you doing? Still holding stress in your upper back? Roll those shoulders, deep breath. You are the universe thinking about itself and the latest bug fixes in iOS apps.
■ Improved tolerances in the tutorial, It should not only be easier to solve but harder to solve on accident (win, win—I hope)
■ Fixed an untranslated Voice Over string (if you ever find these please email me at
[email protected]!)
■ Testing out attempting to show the upsell prompt less and only at more opportune times
■ Improved an end game feature slightly
2.2.7
2023-05-02
■ Fix a bug where purchasing a family pack would give you and your whole family access to absolutely nothing (Really sorry about this one, please enjoy the truck load of free hint credits as my sincerest apology)
2.2.6
2023-03-23
■ If an audio clip is triggered and no one is there to hear it, does it make a sound? It doesn’t but it also doesn’t if your audio logic is faulty. Anyhow that’s been fixed now. My sincerest apologies to my players who depend on sound to play and to Gus whose beautiful sounds were not gracing your ears as much as they should have been.
■ Added some sounds to the latest challenge
■ Fixed a missing accessibility string
■ Radio buttons got some subtle bounce
■ Preparing to test family plan sharing of some level packs
■ As always, refactoring and minor bug fixes that bring no one but me joy
2.2.5
2022-12-13
■ Fixed a bug where sometimes Blackbox would ask for a rating immediately after the tutorial (overeager much?)
■ Fixed missing Chinese translators in the credits!
■ Fixed a rare crash
Previously… on Blackbox…
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■■■你好 (Hello!)
How have you been? Eating well? Staying healthy? Taking care of yourself and your loved ones? Good. Me too, including Blackbox. This update has one big new addition (Chinese!) and fixes a lot of little issues you probably won’t even notice but Blackbox sure does.
■ 现在有中文版了!(Now available in Chinese!)
如果您发现任何问题,请告诉我,以便我可以解决它们 :)
[email protected]
■ Several challenges were rebuilt and spiffied up to look fantastically at home with the Dynamic Island. Can you find all 3?
■ Hide icon picker if all you don’t yet have an icons
■ Made solving one challenge easier for a younger generation that hardly knows what [REDACTED] is anymore
■ Simplified the reset URL: now if you want to reset a challenge just type reset://[challengeID] (see Discord for IDs)
■ Fixed a bug where [CENSORED] wouldn’t visually update after solving
■ Fixed an issue where tapping the dynamic island or top of screen would open a wormhole
■ Improve how two challenges process and understand [BLANK]
■ Crippling ‘sonder’ issue from last version turned out to just be ‘ennui’ but I am working on it
2.2.4
2022-12-06
你好 (Hello!)
How have you been? Eating well? Staying healthy? Taking care of yourself and your loved ones? Good. Me too, including Blackbox. This update has one big new addition (Chinese!) and fixes a lot of little issues you probably won’t even notice but Blackbox sure does.
■ 现在有中文版了!(Now available in Chinese!)
如果您发现任何问题,请告诉我,以便我可以解决它们 :)
[email protected]
■ Several challenges were rebuilt and spiffied up to look fantastically at home with the Dynamic Island. Can you find all 3?
■ Hide icon picker if all you don’t yet have an icons
■ Made solving one challenge easier for a younger generation that hardly knows what [REDACTED] is anymore
■ Simplified the reset URL: now if you want to reset a challenge just type reset://[challengeID] (see Discord for IDs)
■ Fixed a bug where [CENSORED] wouldn’t visually update after solving
■ Fixed an issue where tapping the dynamic island or top of screen would open a wormhole
■ Improve how two challenges process and understand [BLANK]
■ Crippling ‘sonder’ issue from last version turned out to just be ‘ennui’ but I am working on it
2.2.3
2022-06-14
■ Fixed a bug that had broken hint credit pack syncing across multiple devices (Thank you for the detailed report Ruthanne!)
■ Fixed a bug that was preventing link copying and had broken sharing to Instagram stories from screenshots
■ Did not fix that often crippling sense of sonder
2.2.2
2022-04-29
■ Fixed a visual glitch when device [REDACTED] was too low
■ Improved the [REDACTED] challenge to give better feedback
■ Cleaned-up the completion animation for [REDACTED]
■ Prevented some potentially laggy sound effects
■ Added the option to continue or restart after reinstalling. You can also visit blackbox://reset to restart while keeping your hints, credits, icons, etc. (THIS IS NOT A CHALLENGE AND NEVER EVER WILL BE)
2.2.1
2022-04-23
■ Fixed a crash in a recent challenge related to Daylight saving time
■ Fixed an issue with hint pack quantities in some currencies
■ Fixed a crash when closing some panels using Voice Over
■ Fixed a common audio related crash (maybe, fingers crossed)
■ Tweaked tiny hint coins to have more square holes
■ Fixed some social icons/colors
2.2
2022-03-29
■ NEW CHALLENGE: mysterious symbols have appeared… what do they mean? What do they want?!? (Requires iOS 15)
■ iMessage Stickers: Finally Blackbox has some amazing animated iMessage stickers! They’re not boring and you might actually want to use them! (Wow, sell them harder Ryan) No but seriously they’re pretty clever, and dare I even say cute.
2.1.11
2022-02-18
■ Fixed the previously thought to be fixed but actually broken positioning of a light in a certain orange 4 light challenge
2.1.10
2022-02-16
■ Made a tiny improvement to the tutorial
■ Made a certain warning less confusing when solving a certain challenge incorrectly
■ Fixed the position of the lights in an orange challenge set with 4 lights
2.1.9
2021-12-18
Moderately Above Room Temperature Release
■ Fixed a bug causing the latest meta challenge to crash for some during the solve animation
■ Added some experimental visual guides to the tutorial challenge
2.1.8
2021-12-10
Hottest of fixes
■ More bug fixes for crashes in the latest challenge
■ Slightly lowered sensitivity of a certain older blue challenge
2.1.7
2021-12-07
Even Hotter Fix
■ The saga to prevent mysterious crashing in the latest meta challenge continues! (okay it’s not mysterious but I’m avoiding spoilers in the release notes) Hopefully this helps many of you, but there are still some even stranger cases yet that I’m working to fix.
Thank you so much for your patience and please never reinstall Blackbox if it’s crashing. You will only anger it and might lose your progress. Email me instead!
2.1.6
2021-12-03
Hotter Fix
■ I call this new feature “latest challenge crash no more plz?”
■ Fixed a visual aberration with a different, older red meta challenge… you saw nothing!
2.1.5
2021-12-01
This is what we in the industry call a hawwwt fix.
■ Attempt to fix a bug causing the latest challenge to crash on launch for some
■ Fixed a rare half-unlocked state for a meta challenge
2.1.4
2021-11-29
Happy Holidays! I hope you and your loved ones are safe and well. I forgot to get you a present but I did whip up these improvements and bug fixes for you. Consider them… stocking buggers? Nvm
■ New purchase screen: buying Blackbox is the best way to support me as a solo indie developer and keep me working on new Blackbox puzzles. Now you have options! Whether you just want the levels or levels and hints at a deep discount, the choice is all yours.
■ Fixed a funny (okay it really wasn’t funny) crashing bug with the latest challenge for users in some European regions. So sorry it took so long to track this one down!
■ Fixed a bug that was causing one of the middle steps in a certain meta challenge to get skipped over
■ Fixed a rare iPad crash when opening the hint credit store
■ Added a new warning for cheaters 0:)
2.1.3
2021-10-26
■ Fixes a rare crash for iPad players accessing the hint credit store
2.1.2
2021-10-22
Polish corner, smash bug, repeat into oblivion.
■ Fixed a bug that made the topmost red challenge (challenge type 43) unsolvable. Any hint credits spent on this challenge during this time have been reimbursed. My apologies!
■ Fixed a strange crash where a thing accidentally deleted itself before it was done deleting itself… computers, am I right?
■ Fixed a bug where notifications that were not time sensitive were marked as time sensitive (my bad!)
■ Fixed a ton of jank when scrolling panels (hints, icon picker, etc)
■ Fixed hint prices not making economical sense in some countries
■ Fixed a visual glitch where the merch box, hint store button, etc stopped spinning (wheeee!)
■ Fixed a visual bug for devices with a circular hole in them
■ Fixed a small parallax glitch with alerts
■ Fixed a hint typo (thank you kind soul who noticed!)
■ Improved a certain challenge that tended to “leak” notifications
■ Fixed an issue where some text could cut off in Japanese
■ Removed burrito icons for those who were not yet worthy
■ Nudged a corner radius into place by 1.5pts (thanks Ben)
Seaworthiness still questionable at best.
2.1.1
2021-10-07
■ Made new challenge far more robust
■ Fixed a crash when launching the new challenge
■ Fixed a crash involving parental controls during purchasing
■ Fixed quick action for changing app icons
■ Fixed a longstanding bug with a certain outdoor challenge
■ Stopped giving out burrito icons to random people
App should still not be considered fully compatible with a maritime environment.
2.1
2021-10-04
Do you smell that? It’s the rich aroma of confusion and the scent of difficulty. It’s a new challenge, just in time to send you mad. Enjoy (:
Some other things have changed as well…
■ Referral rewards have sadly been removed. Maybe I can find a robust, non-annoying, privacy friendly way to bring them back in the future but today is not that time.
■ The completed OG icon now unlocks if you’ve completed the game
■ Restored ability to Airdrop from the share sheet
■ Centered € symbol better
■ Added support for Time Sensitive notifications (only in challenges)
■ Audio and haptic improvements
■ Fixed a bug with Airplay and an orange challenge
■ Fixed an issue with imprecise location permission
■ Fixed background on some OLED screens
■ Fixed some layout issues
■ Fixed an issue with the number of burritos/coffees
■ Fixed a plethora of other visual and auditory jank
2.0.3
2021-03-22
Captain's Log: It’s been four days since the last bug fix update ,:D
In better news, Blackbox hasn’t been this stable in years! Woot!
■ Nudges to reveal a hint are less likely to show up while actively figuring out sensor-based puzzles
■ Cleaned-up some visual jank on start-up
■ Fixed the latest solved challenge icon not showing in the icon picker
■ Fixed a rare crash that could happen while revealing hints
■ Fixed a few other very rare crashes
■ Made one audio related challenge a bit easier
■ Fixed burritos not rendering properly in the credits
2.0.2
2021-03-19
Captains Log: It’s been one-thousand four-hundred and seventeen days since the audio issues began. Will this final volley of serial queue management and smarter engine restart procedures finally save us? Time will tell…
■ This release is mainly a hot fix to the crashes affecting many players
■ Tweaked one challenge that required internet to no longer require it if the device is capable, proven, and honorable
■ Improved some issues with app icons
■ Fixed an issue with the latest challenge that made it harder to solve in some circumstances
■ Improved start-up time