2048 game

[Chronos]

https://app.zdechov.net/2048
Open source Lazarus/FPC implementation of classic block sliding puzzle game called 2048. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2048_(video_game)
This game is nicely played on smartphones using touchscreen but it can be played with keyboard as well.
The game is pretty addictive. I wanted to know how easy is to implement such game. Or maybe even to extend it.

[lainz]

Thanks, never played this game but I will check it.

This should go in Games forum?

Edit: I don't know how to play it, can you give some information? I click the boxes and it does nothing..

[Zoran]

Try with arrow keys, you'll understand it yourself soon.
Read: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2048_(video_game)#Gameplay
Rather addictive.

[tr_escape]

I was trying something new about this game (not same project) but not finished on the computer play side:

https://github.com/mehmetulukaya/mu2048

[Chronos]

It may be posted in games section but this is just announcement so this section is ok as well.

I should add some instructions how to play it. What would be useful for new players. It was just quick few days activity. And as usual last 20% of work takes 80% of time

A game like this would be good candidate for game contest. Even it wouldn't be original, it would take short time to make and its fun to play

Install 2048 game to your smartphone and you will go to sleep pretty late It can be well played in a bed.

[lainz]

Very addictive game, I reached 256 

[Chronos]

I will try to implement some strategy for computer player. Probably something deterministic, some rules to follow rather then neural network and some sort of AI. But using neural network AI with genetic algorithms can be also fun as you can see in this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1g1HCYTX3Rg&t=589s
At least important thing is to set good fitness function. Then learning process should be straightforward.

Anyway, this is nice game which can be easily implemented in just few hours and there are many possibilities how to improve that game and make it more complicated. In Android play store there are lot of clones and some of them have more game modes. Games like 2048+, 2048++. 2048X, 2048 plus, super 2048, and so on. Perhaps something like multiplayer can exist. But if tiles placement is random then there is no need to play it at the same time. Even if both players would have same pseudorandom generator with same initial seed, then it would be still random.

[jamie]

As I have said many times before....

 There are 10 types of programmers in this world, those that know binary and those that don't!