Forum: Internet Links Topic: 2048 Math Game started by: TheCatt Posted by TheCatt on Mar. 23 2014,18:48
< Grrrrr >I feel like there's a pattern here, and I see it. Except when I don't. 512 Posted by TPRJones on Mar. 23 2014,21:35
Best pattern I've found so far is: left, down, right, down, repeat Results in 512 more often than not. Posted by TPRJones on Mar. 24 2014,14:42
1024, then I blew it.
Posted by TheCatt on Mar. 25 2014,06:59
I came up with a new pattern today. It worked great until I accidentally hit the wrong key.I made it to 1024, and was think I could have made it to 2048. GAH Posted by TPRJones on Mar. 25 2014,07:14
Closest I've come so far is 1024+512+256+128
Posted by TheCatt on Mar. 25 2014,08:02
GGGGGGRrrrrrrrrrrr.I keep spacing out. I get focused on the wrong part of the board, hit the wrong arrow... and im stuck. I heard a long time ago that you could tell who would be a good pilot by having them tap their finger repeatedly for as long as possible. The longer, the better. I feel that's what this game turns into eventually. Posted by TPRJones on Mar. 25 2014,08:17
Eventually? My current best method starts that way. Left, down, repeat until something interesting happens to line up.
Posted by TPRJones on Mar. 25 2014,08:50
New best: 1024+512+256+128+64+32+16+16 but no way to put it all together.
Posted by TheCatt on Mar. 25 2014,12:24
The way I do it is to build towards a corner. I then try to NEVER move that corner piece, and it just gets bigger and bigger. The line that corner is in is responsible for growing the next #s. The next line over is then responsible for growing pieces to merge into the first line.![]() Posted by TheCatt on Mar. 25 2014,13:20
Seriously... every damned time. After 5 minutes, I accidentally press the wrong key, and fuck it all up.
Posted by TPRJones on Mar. 25 2014,13:29
Ah, same approach I'm using now, just turned 90 degrees. My biggest piece is bottom left, going down in number to the right on that row. Then the second row up goes down in number to the left. Everything above that is just working space.My main downfall is when you can't shift left or right or down and have to shift up, and suddenly my big piece has a 2 appear under it. And that 2 is impossible to get rid of and kills it. Posted by TheCatt on Mar. 25 2014,17:22
Yes, I always go bottom left = largest as well, except that one game that I posted.DAMMIT. I got 13,512 points. Once again I brain-farted and miskeyed. I had: 1024, 256, 128, 128, 128, 64... Posted by TheCatt on Mar. 26 2014,16:51
I just had a 1024, 512, 512, 256, 128... 20,500 points. I had a really nice pattern going, then thought about it too much and died.
Posted by Vince on Mar. 26 2014,16:54
I suck pretty hard at this one
Posted by thibodeaux on Mar. 26 2014,17:51
Well ever since I started, I always tried to be smart. Got high score of 7000, got the 512 square. Read this thread and just started going down,left, down, left, like I'm playing Contra or something. With occasional opportunistic moves.2048, bitches! 20,568 pts. And still going... Posted by TheCatt on Mar. 26 2014,18:09
Ever since I started this thread, I've been waiting for Thib to come in and say he won.
Posted by TheCatt on Mar. 26 2014,19:27
FINALLY![]() Posted by TheCatt on Mar. 27 2014,13:06
Best thing about this game, is once you win, if you don't click anything, it will reload that same "You win!" screen. I've gone back a few times just to look at it.
Posted by TPRJones on Apr. 01 2014,15:20
1024 + 512 + 256 + 2x128 + 2x64 + 2x32 + 2x16 + 2x8 + 2x4 + 2Well more than enough for the 2048, but just couldn't assemble. Posted by TheCatt on Apr. 01 2014,15:39
I haven't played since I won. But the thing that worked for me is to keep the corner the big #, then make sure every time you get #s bigger than 16, you combine them, or merge them, as fast as possible.I ended up with around 35k points on that one I won. Posted by TPRJones on Apr. 01 2014,16:22
Yeah, I work similarly. I think the last few games I've played have been mistake-free on my part. What kills me is when the board requires a move in a direction I don't want to go and a 2 or 4 slips in behind the lines. There's almost no way to get rid of those things, especially later in the game.
Posted by TheCatt on Apr. 01 2014,17:28
(TPRJones @ Apr. 01 2014,19:22) QUOTE Yeah, I work similarly. I think the last few games I've played have been mistake-free on my part. What kills me is when the board requires a move in a direction I don't want to go and a 2 or 4 slips in behind the lines. There's almost no way to get rid of those things, especially later in the game. I would argue if you let a 2 or 4 slip in behind the lines, then you weren't playing mistake free ![]() Posted by TPRJones on Apr. 01 2014,21:37
Sometimes you can only move it in one direction because of the random placement of new pieces. I don't consider making the only move possible, no matter how bad it is, to be a mistake.
Posted by TheCatt on Apr. 02 2014,05:01
(TPRJones @ Apr. 02 2014,00:37) QUOTE Sometimes you can only move it in one direction because of the random placement of new pieces. I don't consider making the only move possible, no matter how bad it is, to be a mistake. Right, so you have to set yourself up in such a way that a move you want is available, regardless of where the new piece lands. Posted by TPRJones on Apr. 02 2014,12:27
It depends entirely on how much of a factor you think that the random element is.There are in theory random drops of 2s that could result in a guaranteed 2048 with just left/down/repeat (although of course it would be astronomically unlikely). I think there are also random drops of 2s that can't be won reasonably. The only way to guarantee never getting a 2 behind the lines is to keep the board at least 37.5% empty at all times, and that just isn't possible. Posted by TheCatt on Apr. 02 2014,12:43
(TPRJones @ Apr. 02 2014,15:27) QUOTE It depends entirely on how much of a factor you think that the random element is. There are in theory random drops of 2s that could result in a guaranteed 2048 with just left/down/repeat (although of course it would be astronomically unlikely). I think there are also random drops of 2s that can't be won reasonably. The only way to guarantee never getting a 2 behind the lines is to keep the board at least 37.5% empty at all times, and that just isn't possible. < In theory, that may be true. > But barely. The simulations show that random tops out around 256. Posted by TPRJones on Apr. 02 2014,12:58
Interesting. Although I wouldn't consider 1,000,000 simulated games to be a sufficiently large universe to answer that question.
Posted by Vince on Apr. 02 2014,13:48
Got my 2048 this morning while drinking coffee and farting around before work.
Posted by TPRJones on Apr. 02 2014,14:55
Finally got it! And only leftovers worthy of mention were a 64 and 2x32s.
Posted by Vince on Apr. 02 2014,16:38
24332 was my final. Moved quite a few more after I got home.
Posted by TheCatt on Apr. 02 2014,16:45
(TPRJones @ Apr. 02 2014,17:55) QUOTE Finally got it! And only leftovers worthy of mention were a 64 and 2x32s. That's the key. Don't build up other large #s. Keep the rest of the board as empty as possible. Nice work! Posted by TPRJones on Apr. 21 2014,10:41
Another win, nothing left over above a 4.
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