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2048 - The Math Game

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SilverSkyLark
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
Philippines8437 Posts
March 12 2014 02:48 GMT
#1
Hello, I didn't know where to put this I placed it as a blog instead.

I was going around Facebook and I saw this game titled 2048. Out of curiosity, I clicked on it. It is an interesting game. You get a 4x4 grid with 2 initial tiles that may be 2 or 4. The objective is to combine tiles with the same number by pressing the arrow keys to move the tiles. Every time you move, another tile appears containing a 2 or 4. If 2 tiles would collide and have the same number, they combine to the next power of 2. The objective is to combine enough tiles to get to 2048. You lose when the 4x4 grid fills up and you have to legal moves.

So far the farthest I've had is a 512, a 256, and a 128.

Do you guys think that it is possible to get to 2048? This game is really tough since the new tile comes up at a random spot, and sometimes you get similar tiles but you can't combine them since it's tough to navigate the tiles the way you want to since new ones pop up at random spots.

If the new tiles appeared at a fixed spot, then I think it is possible since you have 16 squares. Assuming that one tile is already 1024 and you already have a 512 tile, you'll only need a new 2 tile that would go on to 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 258, then 512.

So somehow, you need to play perfectly - every new tile is used so when you get to the higher powers of 2, the new tiles that would appear would be used almost immediately.

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ghrur
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
United States3786 Posts
March 12 2014 03:13 GMT
#2
Seems like a rip off of Threes for the iOS. ._.
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Johhey
Profile Joined July 2011
Norway72 Posts
March 12 2014 03:19 GMT
#3
Fun game! Thanks for the share Got 128 on my first game, and it all went downhill after one move. It seems like once you've got an extra 2 on the board from a mistake you're gonna have a much harder time.

I wanna see someone write a program to beat this endlessly
SilverSkyLark
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
Philippines8437 Posts
March 12 2014 03:28 GMT
#4
On March 12 2014 12:13 ghrur wrote:
Seems like a rip off of Threes for the iOS. ._.

I'm not familiar with that game, sorry.
"If i lost an arm, I would play w3." -IntoTheWow || "Member of Hyuk Hyuk Hyuk cafe. He's the next Jaedong, baby!"
Mstring
Profile Joined September 2011
Australia510 Posts
March 12 2014 03:30 GMT
#5
Great game. I'm up to 512 I'm determined to beat this.
LuckyFool
Profile Blog Joined June 2007
United States9015 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-03-12 05:25:54
March 12 2014 05:20 GMT
#6
On March 12 2014 12:28 SilverSkyLark wrote:
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On March 12 2014 12:13 ghrur wrote:
Seems like a rip off of Threes for the iOS. ._.

I'm not familiar with that game, sorry.


Ah I was going to say if this wasn't an app yet it's going to be quick, very addictive.

They even cite Threes at the bottom on the site. My best score is 3092, I had a 256 block...
HaRuHi
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
1220 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-03-12 06:14:46
March 12 2014 05:40 GMT
#7
Thats such a mean game. It challanges humans to do what they are really bad at...following a stupid algorythm like a machine. Got to 1024 on my second try, didn't watch top row for one move ... still the first game figuring out the algorythm is fun.

Edit: Ok, third times the charm, spoilered a hint if you have trouble figuring it out.
Hint:+ Show Spoiler +
[image loading] Hint2:+ Show Spoiler +
The game does not care about in which, but put your highest tile it into one of the corners. hint3+ Show Spoiler +
You can move in 4 directions, you barely wanna use three, never 4 though.+ Show Spoiler +
lock your highest tile by always filling it's row up first
ZigguratOfUr
Profile Blog Joined April 2012
Iraq16955 Posts
March 12 2014 05:43 GMT
#8
Damn, I got up to 512 on my first try, but due to the way the game works the game gets much harder the more tiles you have, so getting 2048...
Barakos
Profile Joined February 2012
Germany358 Posts
March 12 2014 10:05 GMT
#9
Great game, thanks for sharing!

I managed to get to 256 on first try... gonna try beating this... it's a slow day at work anyways. :D
Shellshock
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States97276 Posts
March 12 2014 10:16 GMT
#10
this game is addictive. thanks op
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lichter
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
1001 YEARS KESPAJAIL22272 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-03-12 11:01:35
March 12 2014 11:00 GMT
#11
Interesting game. My game only ended because I made one wrong move. I was going to merge the two 32s in the middle to combine with the 64, then that 128 with the 128 and then with the 256, but I messed up

First try:
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* Disclaimer: I studied operations research so I am good at figuring out heuristics for these things
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The_Templar
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
your Country52797 Posts
March 12 2014 12:21 GMT
#12
256 on first try
Pretty addicting
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Barakos
Profile Joined February 2012
Germany358 Posts
March 12 2014 12:37 GMT
#13
Hmm...

5th try:

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[image loading]


I must confess, i'm a bit disappointed, the game didn't keep me busy a bit longer. =(
Well... back to work, i guess. ^^
y0su
Profile Blog Joined September 2011
Finland7871 Posts
March 12 2014 15:10 GMT
#14
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play this for an hour "going into one corner" then suddenly start playing into the opposite corner/side. I feels like the numbers are on backwards!!
KingAlphard
Profile Blog Joined August 2012
Italy1705 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-03-12 18:52:49
March 12 2014 18:47 GMT
#15
I won.

[image loading]

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Took me 4 hours T.T


The strategy I used to win:

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The key in this game is building up big numbers close to each other so that you can double them in a "chain". For example put 1024 in the top left corner, then 512, 256, 128, then in the 2nd line from the right to the left: 64, 32, etc. once you are able to double one of the numbers (for example you add a 32 to a 32 and it becomes 64) you can progressively double all the other numbers (64+64 =128, 128+128 = 256 and so on).
Cephiro
Profile Joined May 2011
Finland1934 Posts
March 12 2014 19:56 GMT
#16
YESS! After _way_ too many hours, I managed to get it as well. I just kept getting unlucky and/or make stupid mistakes at the end, but finally I managed to have a bit of RNG on my side and make the right calls.

Yes, ending looks like a mess. I had to go for a risky shot at the end, it paid off.

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[image loading]
opisska
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
Poland8852 Posts
March 13 2014 00:31 GMT
#17
The only annoying thing about this kind of games is that you sometimes build up a perfect position, only to have it rouined by RNG. My wife playes a lot of Move the Box on Android (a game where you blow up same pieces while they fall from sky and you get a huge bonus for blowing up a lot of pieces in one move), but it has the same issue, where you never know if your all effort wasn't in vein. Here, the cornering strategy is obvious, but I don't think you can avoid having no more moves towards the corner and once you abandon your position, you just have to pray that a lone 2 won't be stuck there forever ...
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SilverSkyLark
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
Philippines8437 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-03-13 01:31:21
March 13 2014 00:53 GMT
#18
It's tough to line up the tiles once you get 1024.

Oh finally managed to get it. I have this feeling that when you get the 1024 block, you can't afford to have extra higher powers of two lying around since they'll take up space and they won't be of much use.
"If i lost an arm, I would play w3." -IntoTheWow || "Member of Hyuk Hyuk Hyuk cafe. He's the next Jaedong, baby!"
y0su
Profile Blog Joined September 2011
Finland7871 Posts
March 13 2014 16:59 GMT
#19
took me a while but finally won! (wasted WAAAY too much time the past day because of this!!)
kutiyakripa
Profile Joined March 2014
India1 Post
March 14 2014 17:51 GMT
#20
Ya you could reach 2048 and cross way pass it..and try to achieve 4096....
with my highest score being in 30K
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