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 Play2048

Source Notebook

Play a game of 2048

Contributed by: Bob Sandheinrich

ResourceFunction["Play2048"][n]

creates a notebook containing an n⨯n game of 2048.

Details and Options

Play using either the arrow keys or the w,a,s,d keys.
The new tile is shown with a green border.

Examples

Basic Examples (1) 

Play a standard 4×4 game of 2048:

In[1]:=
ResourceFunction[ "Play2048", ResourceSystemBase -> "https://www.wolframcloud.com/obj/resourcesystem/api/1.0"][]
Out[1]=

Scope (2) 

Play a 3×3 game:

In[2]:=
ResourceFunction[ "Play2048", ResourceSystemBase -> "https://www.wolframcloud.com/obj/resourcesystem/api/1.0"][3]
Out[2]=

Play a 5×5 game:

In[3]:=
ResourceFunction[ "Play2048", ResourceSystemBase -> "https://www.wolframcloud.com/obj/resourcesystem/api/1.0"][5]
Out[3]=

Publisher

Bob

Requirements

Wolfram Language 11.3 (March 2018) or above

Version History

  • 2.1.0 – 14 February 2025
  • 2.0.0 – 10 May 2019
  • 1.0.0 – 19 April 2019

Source Metadata

  • Citation:
    • Created by Gabriele Cirulli. Based on 1024 by Veewo Studio and conceptually similar to Threes by Asher Vollmer.

Related Resources

Author Notes

Version 2.1.0: Fixed arrow keys for Mac keyboards. Added green frame to new tile. Added victory and game over messages inside the game frame instead of using Print

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