InkBall
| InkBall | |
|---|---|
| Studio | Microsoft |
| Publisher | Microsoft |
| Erstveröffent- lichung |
November 2002 |
| platform | Microsoft Windows |
| control | Mouse or stylus |
| system advantages preconditions |
Microsoft Windows Vista (except Starter and Home Basic) Windows XP Tablet PC Edition (2005) with graphics tablet |
| language | different language versions |
| Current version | 6.0.6002 |
InkBall is a computer game from Microsoft that is included with Windows Vista and Windows XP Tablet PC Editions . The player's task is to sink colored balls into holes of the same color using lines. The lines can be drawn with a graphics tablet or, in Windows Vista, with a mouse . The game is no longer included in Windows 7 .
Style of play
The playing field is delimited by fixed blocks and contains other fixed blocks and other elements: holes, acceleration surfaces, barriers, destructible blocks and color changing blocks. Barriers can be opened or crossed depending on time, only for certain colors, only from one side or by sinking a ball in a hole of the same color. Destructible blocks are either neutral and can be destroyed by touching any balls or are of a certain color. Destroying blocks is rewarded with points. Color changing blocks change the color of all balls touching them to their own color.
The goal is to sink all the balls into holes. Colored balls must not be sunk into the different colored holes. Exceptions are gray balls, which can be inserted in every hole, and gray holes, in which all balls may be pocketed; however, there are no points for such actions. The number of points awarded for sinking a ball depends on its color. Since balls can be colored depending on the level of play, there are often alternative solutions. Although some of them are more difficult to achieve, they can earn you more points. Most of the levels have a time limit, and the time that is not needed is credited to the points account.
The lines can be drawn completely freely with the left mouse button pressed, with a high limit that deletes the lines drawn first. With them the balls can be directed in a desired direction. The angle of incidence of an impacting ball corresponds to the angle of incidence. A line disappears after being hit by a ball. The player can remove all set lines again if necessary. As the game progresses, the player receives individual fixed blocks that he can set with the right mouse button. Balls can also bounce off each other, with one ball accelerating and the other slowing down.
There are five levels of difficulty. As the level of difficulty increases, the balls become faster, the levels more complex and the time limit tighter.
reception
- Jan Schneider from PC-Welt writes about InkBall: "Due to the imprecise control and the lack of comparability of scores, Inkball generates less long-term motivation than the other Vista games, the rigid implementation is halfway."
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Jan Schneider: The games in Windows Vista : Minesweeper and Inkball , PC-Welt, 2007, p. 3 v. 6th