InkBall
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| InkBall | |
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 InkBall in Windows Vista |
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| Developer: | Microsoft |
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| Latest release: | 6.0.6000.16386 / November 8, 2006 |
| OS: | Microsoft Windows |
| Use: | Computer game, Tablet PC |
| License: | Proprietary EULA |
| Website: | Windows Vista Help: InkBall: how to play |
InkBall is a computer game included in recent versions of Microsoft Windows. It employs the use of a stylus or mouse to draw lines to direct balls into holes of corresponding colors.
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[edit] Obstacles
The game includes such obstacles as: solid walls; colored walls that change the color of the ball upon impact; disappearing walls of differing colors that are eliminated upon impact with a ball of the correct color; one-way walls, which may be color-specific (color-filter walls); clock walls, which appear and disappear at certain intervals; keyhole walls, which appear and disappear when balls enter holes; ramps that make the ball accelerate.
[edit] Scoring
Colored balls have ranging point values for potting in the correct hole, as shown below:
| Color | Value | |
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| 1 | Gray | 0 |
| 2 | Red[1] | 200 |
| 3 | Blue | 400 |
| 4 | Green | 800 |
| 5 | Gold | 1600 |
The game is over when time runs out, or when a ball enters a hole of the wrong color.
Each second left over is worth a point and each block broken is worth 10 points (including gray blocks).
[edit] Notes
- ^ Orange in color, but cited in the Help as red.
