2048

About the game

2048 is a puzzle game created by Italian developer Gabriele Cirulli as a clone of the proprietary mobile game 1024! (itself a clone of the also-proprietary game Threes). 2048 is available under the terms of the MIT License. The original version of the game is web-based and played in a browser, but dedicated ports supporting swipe controls have been made for mobile devices, in Qt and for GNOME.

2048 is a simple puzzle that involves moving numbered tiles around on a grid. Whenever two tiles with matching numbers collide, they will fuse together to form a tile with double their previous value. The goal is to produce a tile with a value of 2048.

==Gameplay== Gameplay in 2048 involves moving square tiles with numbers on them around on a 4x4 board. These tiles can be moved in any cardinal direction, but all tiles that can be moved will move each time. The number on each tile is always a power of 2. If two tiles with matching numbers collide while moving, they will form a single tile with a number equal to double the value of the previous tiles. After each move, a new tile will spawn at a random location on the board. This tile usually has a value of 2, but has a 10% chance of spawning with a value of 4 instead. The game ends in a win if the player is able to produce a tile with a value of 2048, and in a loss if the board fills up with blocks and the player can't make any more moves. Each time a match is made, points are added to the total score for the round, and the player's highest score is recorded, even for losses. If a 2048 tile is created, the player can choose to continue playing in order to try to get a higher score.

Technical notes

Imported from LibreGameWiki. Verify platform-specific requirements on the linked project/download page before installing.