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Re: 2048

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Post by littledot5566 » Mon, Mar 10, 2014, 5:17 PM UTC

Managers around the world grieve as they know millions of man hours will be lost.

Re: 2048

#42

Post by mcv » Mon, Mar 10, 2014, 5:19 PM UTC

PakG1 wrote: post #19

xsace wrote: post #13

So I'm playing this since 10 minutes now and I have no idea what so ever I'm doing but it makes me feel like I'm performing well.

10 minutes is farther than I got... I only now realize after the first run how to play the game. Dang, that can get addicting.

I got the hang of it during my first play, and ended up with 512 with a 256. I suspect there may be a system that lets you clean up the mess without creating too much new mess.

Re: 2048

#43

Post by [deleted] » Mon, Mar 10, 2014, 5:21 PM UTC

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Re: 2048

#44

Post by leobelle » Mon, Mar 10, 2014, 5:23 PM UTC

selter01 wrote: post #21

I wonder if there's an optimal strategy. Hmm.

I seem to pretty much always get a higher score by button mashing, or going up down left right in rotation than by trying to figure it out. :(

Re: 2048

#45

Post by terabytest » Mon, Mar 10, 2014, 5:26 PM UTC

deletes wrote: post #36

terabytest wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Right now there are around 2100 people on the site and an average visit duration of around 4 minutes :)

How many reached 2048?

The latest stats show no "game-win" events :P It might just be a matter of time though.

EDIT: oops, there was a bug in the win/lose tracking so I probably missed out on a few wins. I fixed it now, so it should hopefully track it if someone else wins!

Re: 2048

#46

Post by GSimon » Mon, Mar 10, 2014, 5:27 PM UTC

farslan wrote: post #9

Reminds me threes: http://asherv.com/threes/

agreed, was just playing that moments before seeing this coincidentally.

Re: 2048

#47

Post by breischl » Mon, Mar 10, 2014, 5:28 PM UTC

Fun game! Now if only you can manage to get 2048 upvotes for it... :)

Re: 2048

#48

Post by richardlblair » Mon, Mar 10, 2014, 5:28 PM UTC

Fuck you.

okay, awesome game.

Still, fuck you.

Re: 2048

#49

Post by throwaway_yy2Di » Mon, Mar 10, 2014, 5:29 PM UTC

For those "playing" in the javascript console, here's one way to get a handle on the (inaccessibly scoped) game objects:

    GameManager.prototype.__actuate = 
        GameManager.prototype.actuate;
    
    GameManager.prototype.actuate = function() { 
        window.gm = this; 
        this.__actuate();
    }

On the next move, the game object will exfiltrate itself into the global window namespace.

    gm.grid.eachCell(function(x,y,_) { 
        gm.grid.cells[x][y] = new Tile({x:x, y:y}, 1024); 
    });
    
    gm.actuate();

Re: 2048

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Post by seventytwo » Mon, Mar 10, 2014, 5:29 PM UTC

selter01 wrote: post #21

I wonder if there's an optimal strategy. Hmm.

I tried a "tumbling" strategy, where I would press right, down, left, up, repeating. You'll see that the blocks end up tumbling around. I was able to get 256 several times.

I also tried a very deliberate (and slow) strategy of actively trying to build up the necessary matching blocks and was able to get to 512 with a score of 5900.