- → (Ctrl+N)
Starts a new game (and abandons the current, if any.)
- → (P)
Pause or continue the current game.
Note that the interaction results are hidden in a paused game.
- → (Ctrl+H)
Show the high score tables.
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Start the tutorial of the game. This is a user friendly way to learn the game rules.
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In this mode, the solution is displayed at the start of the game. This is useful to understand the game principles.
- → (Ctrl+Q)
This closes the window and quits KBlackBox.
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Use it to give up a game. It shows you the solution: the right positions of the balls.
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When you placed all the balls, choose Done! to terminate the current game, to compute the final score and to display the real positions of the balls.
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Select the game difficulty. Harder games have more balls and bigger black box than easier games. You can also play with a custom difficulty level that you can set up in the setting dialog of KBlackBox.
Note
Games with 4 balls or less can always be solved with certainty! That is not the case for games with 5 balls or more.
Additionally KBlackBox has the common KDE and menu items, for more information read the sections about the Settings Menu and Help Menu of the KDE Fundamentals.