
9 Black Boxes
A downloadable game for Windows
It's just a "toy".
Don't take it too ŝ̼̺̖̝͎͇̈̌̿ͥͭ͑̾e̲̼̦̽ͪ̈́͑͆͂͟͠ṙ̳̬͓̙͖͖̦̳̹ͪ́͆̿͟͞i̗̲͙͈̥̣͖̥͂ͮ̈́́̿ͣ́ọ͓̜̙͊͆u̲̗̼̙̼̮̫ͬͫ̓͊͆͐̄̽s̰̗̘̥͉͓͖̊ͣl̐̀͜҉̩̻͠y̵̧͓̝̟̘̩̱͔͐̋̇̎̍͛͢...
"͇͚̌̆̚̚9̡̖̦̮͈̱͍̺͈̭ͩͩ̽ͯ̾̎ ̦͇̞̜̮̜̥̋̎͂̌͟ͅB̖̗̟̦̹̱͙͗̋̋́̅ͨ͞ͅl̛̟͖ͧ̐͜͝a̲͎͉̜̽̀̍ͧ͛̂̾͝c̷̢̞͚̘̗͓̲̱̝̓ͦ͗k̹͓͇̩̹̝̮̣̓̃ͧ̑͐̈̆́͟ ̢̞̹̺̘̊ͅB̶̳̺̩̺̰̙̟͙́͢o̢̟̳̫̣̭̣ͦͫ̿̆̑̓ͧ́̀͜ẍ̞͙̫̪̳͓̮̄̋̓ͮ͊̎̽́ē̝̭͙̬̺͚͌ͭͦ̋ͣ̌̚s̠̬̞͎͆̔̀ͫͅ"̼͍̭ͮ̀͜͝ ͍̭͕͖͎͚̦ͤ̄̑̒ͯ͞i̲͎̘ͬ͌̾̃̐͌ͅsͨ́͆͏̫̰ ̥̼͍̠̗̤̦̞ͥ͡͞t͇̹̞͚̮̘̅̈́̽̔́͊̃̚̕͜h̛̥͉̰̿̿̒̚͝e̢͐ͣ͏̺ ̣̭͇̻̬̿̓͋͡ḫ̢͚̣̟͚̘̙̩͑ͧ̾͋ͅǒ̱͒̐̀ͭ̂͢͞m̿͋̑̔̔͋͆͢͝͏͕̥e̴̟̦̠͓̥̤ͤ̾́͂́̎̈ͧ̍̕ ̧̱̮̬͓̹̬̫̪̅͂̒̐͞ǫ̧̟͍ͧͮͤ̅f̵̹̝̙̙ͩ̂̓̈́̈͆̀ ̘͙̤̟͉̭̤̀̈̎p̨̨͚͎͎̟̜̎̏͌̃̌̓̈̕r̶̰̲̺̫̩̣̲̩ͧ̅̂ͤ͋ͥͧ̚o̦̝͒͗̇͛ͭ̈́͘͜v̢͙̼̘̯͎̣͆̈́ͅi̭̬̙̙̯̤ͥ̇̍̌ͧ́ͅdͥͫ͏̢̭̰͈̗̟̙̰̰͍͘e̛ͩͣͩͥ͏̶̱̝ͅņ͎̲̜̻̼̌̃͊͝c̴͇̤ͮ̑̾̈́͛ȅ͙̥̺̱̗̦̺̥͠ͅ.̡̜̬̤͖͌̓͌̏͊̐͂̃̽
̘̲̟͑ͩͮͣ̆ͥI̶̧̛͖̥̥̫̗̤͐͋ͧͯ͆̏ț̵̡͖̦̝͊͊ͪ̇ͧ̅ͩ̇͢ ̨̓̍͊̈͛̇̃҉̮̺w͍̝̫͚̣̤͉̌͐̓a̡̖̥͂ͫ̈̊̿ͭ͐͞s̢̝̰͕̗̯͇̝͓ͨ̈́ͨ̿ͣ͒̓͛̚͢ ̮̯͙̦̬͉͔͊́͟t̵̝͈̺͈̻͙̭ͦͧͨ͛͡h̶̶̡͚͓̣̬̙̟̞̋͐̄̂͐̋̋ͅẹ̛̜͙͙̥͆͗ͣ͗r̵̦̘̪̓ͫ̉ͧ̑͆ë̵̵̳͇̰ͤ͌́̅̔͗͛ͥf̨̻̩͙͔̫ͯ̈́̇ͪ͟o̴̟̥̮̯͙̘͂̒ͭͫ͋̎̓ͯ͝r̷̬̀e̷̘̠͕̖̩̦̟̩ͤ͂̆ͭ̅ͥͪ͘͠ ̛̱̇͂̋̎͘͝ṯ̠̬͎̩͌̏ͥ̿̀̇̑ͤo̶̢͙̘̱̽̍ͤ̒̄̽̈́̆͡ ̏ͥ̇̇͏͍̝̼̱̥͓̝b̨͇̻̰̀ͦ̅͌̏̀ȩ̝͌͒͢ ̧̥̻͖̗̤͉̻͒ͧ̇̄͑̕t̥̼̩̦̤͓̎̅̉̀h̴̸͇͎̱̲̦̮̲ͪ̊ͯ̏̚e̐̈́̓͗̌͐̉͏̷̨̪͈̠ ̸̱̫̰̬͛̽̐̔̃͐̎̓ͨ͞h̖͍̭̏ͩ͒ͅo̫̟͍͍̘̰̽ͭ͊ͧͬ̽ͅm̴̛̛̱͎͕̠͔̞̎̿͊͊̚ḛ͔ͮͫ͆̌̋̾̄͜ ̧͐̿̒͋ͥ҉̭͇̣̙͞ǫ͔͉ͤͬf̨͖͊̒ͮ̈̚ ̎̅̊̄ͪͤ҉̹̟͉̗͡ḓ͈͇͕̩̟̝͇̋̿͛̓ͬ̒͠e͆̓ͮ̃͐ͪͪ̚͏̢̝̗̥̤̩̯͞s̶͔̙̾̔ͩ̾̉̔͞ͅt̙͍̜̬̖̂̃͛ͨͥͥ̕r̠̙͈͙̱̯̮̽u̟̝̬̬ͯ̍͡c̴̯̗̬ͭ̍ͮͤ́ͩ͗ẗ̤̦̻̰́̓ͩ̾̋̓̕͢͡i̡͈͔͎͙̺̣̔̍̐̀ͣ͑ơ̗͈̪̩̘͖̘͔̍̑͂n̶̼̜̗̘̘̜̤ͤ̽̏͊̊̑̚.̛͎̞͎̗͇̖̇ͫ
̶͉͙̗͖̈́̄̿̊͑̓̄̽̆͞T̤̦͍̂ͩ̀͝ȟ̨̦̖̪̯̙̺͕͎ͬȩ̮̙̮̙͚̲̣̬͍ͨ͂̍̽͌̏̄̕ ͎̫͚̳̬̺͇͐̑͒͠c̣̝̠̘̬͓̗ͦ̈́ͤ͟ͅh̶̬̖̠ͮ̀͜à͎̻̮̹l̜͓̪̹͇͍̦̿̿̈̒͘l̢͈͇̖̼̗̤͐̚e̷̻̝͚̠̙̠̼͆̿ͥ̅̀̕n̷̵̤͉͆͌͆ͨͥ̍̏͢g̡̲̱͐ͭ͜͟e̩̰͕͍̫͈͊̍ͥd̢̧̮͚̣̠͚ͭ̽̈́̍͜ ̩͖̖̭͓̭́̾͐̾̊m͈̰ͩ̄͑̌ͦ͒͆̈́̚a̲̰̥̥̯̺͓̤͂͜͝n̫̭͋̽̊͒ ̭̽͊̔ͧ͠b̵̙͍̘͕̗ͤ̍̽̑r͓͎̼͖̱͐̐̌ͬ̀̎̓̆́͝͝ͅa̴̷̫̼̣̐͌̓̽ͤ̂̍̂ͅnͭͧ͆̏͊ͨͫ͜҉̤̺̩d̛̛̤̣̈́ͬͤ̿͛͋̊́ȇͦ̆ͫ͂ͩ͗̏҉̷̣̳̞͟d͖̳̞̦͍̭ͤ̂͒̕ ̧̞̫̜̗̞̹̅̈́ͦͪ͗̀t͎̍̔͗͛̈́̎h͉̤̻̝̗̾͆͌̾͐eͥ͌͊͛̓ͣ̆̚҉͏̠̪̝͎̙̤͖ ̢̮̩̝̖͍͑͐ͪͭ͊̒̔͟͠b̷̯̠̬ͦ͘̕o̵͖̮̺͈̭͚̼͛̾̉̅̚̕ͅx͉ͨ̾ͩ̐̀́͠e͖͇̒͋ş̹̖̯̼̺͇̬̘̑͆̿ͤ̓̎ ̈́̄͋͑̔͏̣̳̪͚̺͞å̀̌̊̿ͨ̈͏̷̰̩͔̕s̶̪͍̬͊̊͒͠ͅ ̧̖͇̼͓̘͎̥̜̒͝h̎̍̒̏ͦͤ̇̚͏̰̟͈̗͓͉i̗̤̫̮͉̊̈̽̎͗́͝s̵̝͙̰͓͓͈͈͔ͤ̇́̔ͦͤ̔̒̉ ͙̪̭̬ͭ̐ͪ̉̚̕d̛̝͓ͮ͛̂͆̑͌͌͌͢è̯̬͚̜̪̐̆͘͠ͅa͍̗̖͇͓͒ͯ̃d̳̝̙͎͓͇͇͇̙̉̓ͬ̃ͯ̓l̴̷̸̗̗̞̾͒y̸̘̹̦̤ͭ̓͐̑͌͊ͣ̌̐
̴̗͚̓̾͞e̺̖̞̹͙̥͊ͪ͡n̨͖̩̙̞͔͔̜̟͂̇̌̆ͮͥͤě̫̘̣͖̘̬̾ͦͦͧm̵͖̦̘͖͙̖͕̤̏ͦͣ̀i̭̥̽̂̀ȩ̼̜̺̫̫͈̝͚̪̎ͭ̈͌̓̍̉̐͗s͕͔͑̍ͧͯͦͨ̑͗͝ ͇̰̣͓̘̬̳̃ͧͤͬ͜ā͗͌͊ͨ͂̚͏҉̮̫̜̪̤̲͕̞n͚͇̓͟ḓ̴̳̳͙͚̥ͩ̎ ̶̤̦̯̱͙̻ͪ͗c̸̯͇̹͓̹͆ͯ̈́ͦ̒ͬͤ͌͝l̢͖͓̙̟͖̣̒̓ͬͪ̓͗ȯ̺͈͕̐̆ș̵̳̏͒͑̽ͬ̍ͪ̎̐e̤̳̭̲̩̣̝̓̑̆ḍ͓̞̈́ͯ̀̐̐͟͝ ̶̨͙̥̮̘̫͈͚̗̾t̴͈̻̥͓̩͚̟̥̎̃̓̀̋̔̔̀ḫ̸̜͔̬̲̰̖̇͛͆̽ͤ̎͒́͡ȩ͓̤̰̞͖͓̪̤̻ͩ́̅͝ỉ̈́̅̂̓͟͏͈̙͓̘̤̼̻̹r̷̶͇̙̮͔ͩ̄̓̑̕ ̗̬͙͍̿̽́̎̍̿̔̏ļ̥́͊ͮ͡ȍ̬̼̭̬̘̌ͬ͜c̭̭̗̳̞̞̞̯͚̆̚ķ̵̹̠͍̏ͭ̽ͧ̾͒̽͠ͅs̪̠͙̻̺̑͑̌̿͜ ̝͇͕̲̗͔̝͈ͨͩͨ̈̈͂ͬͭ̽͢a̿́̒҉̞ͅg̫̬̻͚̱̺͔ͪͯͫ̒̉͟ã̢̙̲̹͖̠̭̖ͥ͐͑̈̚͘͢i̲͔̦͚̣̬̣͕͓̊͑ͣ̊̐͑̚n̴̖̱͎͎̹͙͚͐͒̓̈́̾s͕̫̘̣̞̯̄̔̓t̞̮̰̣͈͖̞̠͒̇ͧ̐ͩ̀́͠ͅ ̫̰̱̪̞ͦ͛́̄̾͐ͣ̿͝t̨̳̲̮̝ͩh̖͎̄̾̂̔̌̀͘͢e̴̶̬̥͈̔ͧ̓͆̍i͈͕̘̭̝͍͍ͪ̆͌̓͟r̗̺͑̋ͧͨ͐̿̓̍͛͢ ̸̸̦͕̩̫̔͒̄ͪ͂̈́w̖͎̯̦̹̐̾̀ͩͮ̓̕i̴͐̏̔̿ͪ̊̚͢͜ͅl̶̩̘̘̲̟͗̈́̓̀̿͐l͈͔̦̗̖͊͑̅̎͗̽̆ͦ͢͠͠ͅ ̺͍̯̪̖̭̩ͩ̇͢b̴̺̘̦͈̔͊͜y̨̲̻̣͈̪̙̙̤̳͌̌͂̔̔
͇̦̹͇̣̮̪͛͂̽̍̈́͛̋͠a̡͖̹̼̠̰̥ͩ̊ͯ͗͡ͅl̢̯̜͉̦̣̤̦͆̏̏ͭͥl̴͔̝͈͉͔͙͔͚̈́͗̍̆ͫ̈́͛̓̐̀ ̺̤̞̲̰̜̳͂̈̃̊̓̉ͅt͇̟̤̠̠̤̭ͬͤ̐ͬͯ́ͅh͕͓̻͈̔̋̋̿ͭ̓͒ͨ͟͝e̵̮̩͇̟͓͙̮̍̉̽ͧ͒ ̵̥̹͉͂̏ͣͩ̉ͬͭm̱̩̺̭͎͇ͮͅé͊ͦ̆͋͏̲̬͕a̠̱͂n͆҉̭̞s̭͉̜̠͍ͯ̉ͧ͌̊́ ̷̮̖̖͚̘̾͑ͥi̵̳̊͒̿̌̽͑ͨ̇̚n̩̫͂́̾̓́ͣ̓͋ ̨̣͍̩̎̽̈͞ḩ̼͍̈ͣͣ͊ͅi̯͔̪͓͐̍͑̈́ͧͣͯ̋s͙̈́̍̐̏̔ͫ͘ ̮̹̦͍̲̗̻̰ͩ͛͟͞p̛̱̯̻̤͕̂̂͑͜͝o̧̞̞̭͙̱͔̘͎̝ͫ̄́w̷̶̪̩̰͙̬̠͈̆̽͢ͅͅe̶̴͕̽̀ͅr̠̲͍̗̗̆͟͞.̴̧̗̰̟ͫ̆͌̔ͫ̚͞ ̸̛̞̗̒̃̈́ͪͫ͢“͓̹̘̦͈̆̐͆͐́ͣ̉́̚͟Į͈̉͊ͪ̐̄̾̑̅́́n̵̫̭̳̼̗̖ͥ̀ͭ͡ͅ ̘̘͇̰̭̠̻̺ͥ̓n̘̟̙̮ͮ̇̈́͒͒͛̂ͣ̚͠o̗̹̝̞͇͍̪̊͛̀͑̌̚͞ ̭͎͋ͫ̈̃ͥ̊͠p̵͕̮̳̱̍̈ͫͩ͒͋̓ͤ̚l̤͔͓͍̜͓̣͑̅̉̇̅̃̀a͐̊ͩ͏̦͖͖̠͈c̸̛͕͈̽̐̐̈́̐̃ͨe̥̤̼ͩͫ̂̔͒̿,͒̽͒ͩ͗ͤ̒̀͏̮̯̺̘̣͎͔͎͚̕”̶̡͙̼͓̤͈͕̯͒̂ͥͅ ̶ͮ͌ͮͣ̃ͭ͊ͣ̀͏͎̲̻h̸̩̫ͮ̐̊̍̅̃͊e̺̜̪̣͓͓̠͐͢ ̛̳̝̟͇͐̾͌͞s̫̜̹ͯ̊̆͋̐ͮ͜a͈̺͇̩͖̯ͦ̽ͨ͆̌i͖̼͙̐ͨ̄́̔́́̓ͤd̢̻͔̫̪͚̟͙͓ͣ̽͑͑̉,͖͈͚̣͖̝́̈͊
͛̏̓̈̄̀ͫ͆͟͏̻̣͙“̴̵̺͉̹̻͕̼̮ͣ̌͑ͩw̘̳̙͖͔̩̓̋ͦ̍ͨ͐ͅo̱͚̤̻̻̜̣̯̬ͩ̂͡͠u̵̦̩͑͊́̑͞ͅl̬̱̳̼̲̻̫̲ͦ̓ͤ̔ͩ̚d͕̮̏ͭ̅̌̂̅̓̄̕ ̴̯̱̮̺̫͍̎̂̀ͦ̈́ͦ͘ţ͔̇̽̄͛̀͜ͅh̹̦̭͈̽̾ͩͭ̑ͬ̍ͥͅê̠̫̦͉͕̳̰̓̅ͨ͐ ̨͙̳̙̦͇͔͉̊̽e̡̺͖̺̪̦̔̑n̤͇̋͑̋̑̏ͧ͂͂̕ő̷̡̩̹̠r͉͓̗͒͐͒͂m̳̩̳̱̎̅͝ͅi̡̠̪̝͍̮͉̗̫ͭ̿͆ͬ̃ͨ̀̍͠t̷̨̩̖̗͇̘̬̖̾͌ͬͪ͆̍̚ȳ̟̻ͣͯ͂͆͢͠ ͯ̂҉͓̤̖͎̟͘o̵̴̘̣͓͍̒͂͗̓̏̏ͬͅf̳̩̬͓̆̽̽͑͊́ͣͧ͊͠ ̨̘͕̪̦͚͍̮̣ͧͯͣ̽ͭ͌ẗ̩͉͉͖̐ͨ̐̿͜h̦̥͚͎̾̍̆e̴͈̰̳̳͔̞̅̓͋̓̾ͭ̒̍̔ǐ̦̣̞̽ͩ̉͂ͯ̊̾̕r̓̌ͦ͒̎̈͂̓̋҉͎̦̩͈̭̻͎̫̻̕͘ ̻̞̞̯̮̆̌̋̽ͧ̃ͪc̲̮̬̞̩̹͒͑͂̃̂ͦ̊̅ͩ̀͢ͅơ͉̐ͫ̽ͩ̈̂̎̏ͅn͔̪͓̉̓͘͞t̍̏͒̒̉ͤͪ͏̢̲͢e̢̩̪̼̲ͦ̆ͮ̚̕ṋ͙̥̄̓̌ͭt̡̖͕͙̩̞ͦ̎͂ͦ͡ͅ ͈͎̱̀ͫͩ̋̂a̙͍͚͌͆̎̕͟p̢͎ͫp͛ͤ̑͊͐ͪ͑͑͂͏̛̠̗͟e̻͔̤͖͕̤̍̇̋͆̃͟ą͓̘͓ͤ̉ͪ̆r̡̺̠̣̜̭̫̱͙̄̎ͥͭ̿̋̑̀ ̟̻̱ͥ̓͊̎̎͋́ͅm̨̦̠̠̻̹͎͍͗̄͑̓̍͆̉́̚o̵̺̼̞̻̻̻̬̤ͩ̃̈̄̓̀ͯr̜̞̩̫̳̯̝̬̎ͣe̽̓̂̎̇̅̚͏̟̭̘
̶̣͖͉̞͓̖͇̱͗̓͛ͤ̆̏͐̏͐͞ḩ̶͎̓̄͌̊ͅi̎ͮ̐̃̆̐҉̫͈̼̻̻̱d̢͚͕̯̰͚̥̺ͣ̆e͓͇̗ͬ̓́o͔̭̙͕̜͇̅̽ͩ̄ͪͤ̐͟ȕ͙͉̹̟̆ͮ͠͠sͨͥͦ̄̍͗̇҉̦͇͕͡l̰͋̅ͨ͒ͥ̌ͭ̈ͨ͘͡yͮ͏͕̹̗͔̕ ͑͢͏̺̗ṯ̶͖̼̣͇̣̥̩͗̑͋ͮͫ͑́͝h̪̬̖͉̬̊̆ͬ̋͞a̵̰̬̫͕̹̬̜̽̀̍̽͐͘n̨̟̝̣̣̮̣̲̭̏͂̉͂̔ͧͨ ̝͓͙̬̪̎ͧͮͪ̿͌̃͠iͫͣ͏҉͖̪̬͓͎ǹͩ҉̸̬̪ ͍͈͕̫̜̠ͥͥ́̐̐̉̎̊̂t̤̤͇̄͝ḩ͉̬̥̐ͭ̓̔͌͝͝i̵̵̘͍̠̲̓ͤ̈͋ͫ͗s̢̭̺̭͋̇͒̉͜ ͇͇͍͎͙͈̖̼ͧ͒ͯ́͡͞h̫̥̓͌̊̈́̑ͮ͝o̡̥̦̗̯̍̌̍u̶̸͇͗͑ͤ̽̆͊̇̿̕s͕̮̫̏͆ͦ̈́̈͘ͅe͕͖̩̭̿̎ͯ̀͡.̻̞̑̉̿̂”̨̔̀ͭ́̇͋̇ͮ҉̡̝̼͍̦̮̮̰
Status | Released |
Platforms | Windows |
Rating | Rated 4.2 out of 5 stars (9 total ratings) |
Author | Andrea Pignataro |
Tags | 2D, Dark, Difficult, Experimental, Horror, Minimalist, secrets, Spooky, Surreal, weird |
Average session | A few minutes |
Inputs | Mouse |
Accessibility | Color-blind friendly, High-contrast, Textless |
Links | Twitter/X, Patreon |
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This was a really unique game. I don't know if I won or not, so if there's more to it, then let me know, but I enjoyed figuring out how to win, and all of the sounds that played while I was figuring stuff out definitely helped to keep me on my toes!
If the game told that "YOU WON" then... you won. 😅 All the 9 black boxes must appear on your screen simultaneously. When you manage to do that, you win. As the description says, it's just a toy (of dexterity, timing, and intelligence)... with a creepy twist, as always. 😉 Thanks for trying it out! 👍
Awesome! Thanks for telling me :)
Hey! Played this on my channel. I won, maybe? I feel like I may still be missing something. :P