Control
Use your arrow keys to slide tiles, and when two matching numbers collide, they combine into one!
Description
2048 is played on a 4x4 grid where players slide numbered tiles using arrow keys. Each move spawns a new tile, either a 2 or 4, in a random empty space. Tiles slide in the chosen direction until they hit another tile or the grid's edge. When two identical tiles collide, they merge into a single tile with their combined value, and this new tile can't merge again during the same move. Should three consecutive tiles of the same value slide together, only the two farthest in the direction of motion will merge; if a full row or column has four matching tiles, a move along that line merges the first pair and the last pair. A scoreboard tracks points, starting at zero and increasing by the value of each new tile created through merging. The game is won when a 2048 tile appears, but play can continue to achieve higher scores and tiles, with the highest possible being 131,072. Glowing effects highlight higher-value tiles. The game ends when no moves remain, meaning no empty spaces and no adjacent tiles with matching values.
