2048

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Classic 2048 Game for Kids Video Game Play Instructions

• Starting the Game
  • The game starts with you in active play.
• Game Controls
  • Desktop
    • Use the arrow keys on your keyboard to move the tiles around.
  • Touchscreen devices
    • Swipe the screen with your finger to move the tiles.
  • The game shows your current score and all time top score in the upper right corner.
• Game Play
  • Merging
    • When 2 adjacent cells have the same value if you press the arrow key to slide the tiles toward one another then the two tiles will merge into a single tile of double the value in the direction of the slide.
    • If you have 3 consecutive stones of the same value the the first 2 stones in the direction of the move will merge together.
    • If you have 4 consecutive stones of the same value then all 4 will merge into 2 stones in the 2 spots furthest along in the direction of the move.
  • Moving
    • Stones always move as far as they can in the direction of your movement until they run into the edge of the screen or another stone.
    • By manipulating the order stones merge and moving them around the playing field you can slowly move stones of the same value that are not near one another into adjacent placements.
    • To move in any particular direction you need at least one open cell to be on the wall in the direction you are moving or somewhere other than the opposing wall.
      • If the only open cells are on the opposing wall or in a sequence stemming from an open cell on the opposing wall then you will have to move in that direction rather than away from it.
  • New Stones
    • When you move stones a new stone enters the playing field on the opposite side of the grid.
    • The new stone can be valued at 2 or 4.
  • Game Over
    • The game ends when you have the 4×4 grid full of 16 stones where there are no adjacent stones of the same value.
    • The game starts off easy with only 2 of the 16 places filled, but gets harder the longer you play as the spaces fill up and the values of stones grow.
    • To get to 2048 you need to make the following merges.
      • merge 2 tiles to get 4
      • merge 4 tiles to get 8
      • merge 8 tiles to get 16
      • merge 16 tiles to get 32
      • merge 32 tiles to get 64
      • merge 64 tiles to get 128
      • merge 128 tiles to get 256
      • merge 256 tiles to get 512
      • merge 512 tiles to get 1024
      • merge 1024 tiles to get 2048
    • The number of merges is a geometric sequence as you need 2 of each stone to make the next, so you need to make 1025 merges to make a 2048 stone.
      • The 1025 number presumes all stones start off as a 2, but some start off as a 4 (about 1 in 10 to 1 in 20), so the total number of merges might be closer to around 1,000 depending on how many 4 stones appear in the game.
• Target Audience
  • The game is suited for math lovers and people who like to play logic puzzles.
  • The game has no adult themed content.

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CardGames.pro published this 2048 on October 7, 2021