Fun New Math Game!

I've found a fun new math game!

LINK HERE >>>>>>> 2048 <<<<<<< LINK HERE

Try to beat my highscore!

Share your strategies!

Enjoy!

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Comments

10028 points

Jon Haussmann - 7 years, 3 months ago

hscore hscore hscore1 hscore1

Siddharth Brahmbhatt - 7 years, 2 months ago

Wow. Naturally. :D

Finn Hulse - 7 years, 3 months ago

Rik Tomalin - 7 years, 3 months ago

finally finished it

Rik Tomalin - 7 years, 3 months ago

Wow, great job!

Daniel Liu - 7 years, 3 months ago

@Daniel Liu – I got 20200 when I won

Wei Jie Tan - 7 years, 3 months ago

Math Question

Based on this video, we know that it's actually possible to attain the

2048

tile. (Noting that

2048 = 2^{11}

). If this game continues on forever, what tile of the highest power of

2

can we obtain? Can you generalize it for any

M \times M

size box? Is this an NP-hard problem?

Pi Han Goh - 7 years, 3 months ago

Without the sliding part, it's trivial that the largest power of 2 possible is $2^{M^2}$ as long as the only tiles appearing are $2$ 's. I haven't really figured out the distribution, but the tile $4$ appears sometimes, so the largest power of 2 possible is $2^{M^2-1} \cdot k$ where $k$ is the largest possible tile that appears (must be power of 2 still).

But of course the sliding part complicates matters.

Ivan Koswara - 7 years, 3 months ago

OTHER VARIANTS HERE

Logarithmic Flappy bird!

Pi Han Goh - 7 years, 2 months ago

I think the '4' variant is too hard....

Kevin Mo - 7 years, 2 months ago

I got 11000+

This is a brilliant game.

Trying to get the 2048 tile......................

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A Former Brilliant Member - 7 years, 3 months ago

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/22342854/what-is-the-optimal-algorithm-for-the-game-2048

Agnishom Chattopadhyay - 7 years, 2 months ago

5704

Zi Song Yeoh - 7 years, 3 months ago

Fun Fun

Suyeon Khim Staff - 7 years, 3 months ago

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Just Missed!!!!!!!

Anish Puthuraya - 7 years, 3 months ago

Yes, this is a very fun game.

Trevor B. - 7 years, 3 months ago

My first shot!

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This game is really fun!

Mursalin Habib - 7 years, 3 months ago

How I try for fun:

Find the minimum of the sum of this table in this game or just find the min. number of turns because turns = 2*sum. (not the score, but the sum.)
When I try pressing randomly for fun, pressing left-right or up-down, it's still not game over yet. Find the number in the form of 2^n such that if it appears, we have a chance of game over. I got game over at number 16. XD

PS: I also got 512 appearing as the high score.

Samuraiwarm Tsunayoshi - 7 years, 3 months ago

Score = 6296 I dunno how to post screenshot...help plz!

A Former Brilliant Member - 7 years, 3 months ago

Awesome game! Props to you for finding it! I also can't believe how people are so good at it. My high scores only about 3100, but some people got 5000 on their first try. I'll probably be playing it all of tonight

Robert Fritz - 7 years, 3 months ago

14,484. dont know how to post a screenshot

Rik Tomalin - 7 years, 3 months ago

awesome!! this game is super fun! :D :D

Aditya Pappula - 7 years, 3 months ago

This is very very very fun! (and addictive too)

High Score

Side note: For those asking how to screenshot (for windows)

(a) Use the PrtSc button beside F12 key or

(b) Windows should have itself a program "Snipping Tool", search it in you startbar menu.

Save the picture in a place you will remember.

Then for me I go to TinyPic, upload it (no signup required), you should be linked to a page with 4 rows, copy (Ctrl+C) the bottom one where it says "Direct Link for Layouts". To include your image in a comment/post in Brilliant, do this:

$\text{![*optional text here](*the website that you had copy earlier (use Ctrl+V to paste it)*)}$

for example

$\text{![High Score](http://i57.tinypic.com/33upbwn.jpg)}$

and you are done. Note that this format is equivalent to including links to other websites, but with a '!' at the front.

Yong See Foo - 7 years, 3 months ago

thanks a lot!

Rik Tomalin - 7 years, 3 months ago

6884

Ivan, Kai Chin Chan - 7 years, 3 months ago

My score!

A Former Brilliant Member - 7 years, 3 months ago

Better... good idea...

Heder Oliveira Dias - 7 years, 3 months ago

6132 6132

Zi Song Yeoh - 7 years, 3 months ago

This is a very interesting game..... 7420 7420

Punsisi Bandara Kiridana - 7 years, 3 months ago

From what I have found, there should only be 1 of an tile at any time (since if there are 2, you should try to combine them). However, this rule is only practical to apply to numbers greater than or equal to 16, since otherwise it would be to many numbers to move at a time.

Harshal Sheth - 7 years, 3 months ago

This game is addicting :)

Sudha Parimala - 7 years, 3 months ago

Highscore

Siddharth Brahmbhatt - 7 years, 3 months ago

I am loving this...got till 6704 finally!!!

Aabhas Mathur - 7 years, 3 months ago

in this game beating someone's high score is not tough, tough is to win the game. Try to win it, rather than trying to beat high scores

Ankit Sonthalia - 7 years, 3 months ago

Now you can play it on your android!

This one works too

OR THIS ONE

Pi Han Goh - 7 years, 3 months ago

My high score: 23624

http://i62.tinypic.com/22hzdz.jpg

Wei Jie Tan - 7 years, 3 months ago

I am trying to get 4096

Wei Jie Tan - 7 years, 3 months ago

Bit late to the party but: https://imgur.com/oAyD0sH

Michael Tong - 7 years, 3 months ago

Darn. Darn. Darn.

Michael Diao - 7 years, 3 months ago

6416 on first attempt!!!

Sharky Kesa - 7 years, 2 months ago

Hey friends i won the game and still continued to beat the high score...this is my score

Ishan Tarunesh - 7 years, 2 months ago

YAY My highscore is 27340 Just I have no idea how to post the pic.

Wei Jie Tan - 7 years, 2 months ago

I got the 4096 tile in the android app. My high score is 48400!

Siddharth Brahmbhatt - 7 years, 2 months ago

@Siddharth Brahmbhatt – Gd job

Wei Jie Tan - 7 years, 2 months ago

@Wei Jie Tan – Your high score motivated me ;-)

Siddharth Brahmbhatt - 7 years, 2 months ago

Very Happy..Finally got till 10308 after playing more than hundred times!!! :D

Aabhas Mathur - 7 years, 2 months ago

Got till 14528

Aabhas Mathur - 7 years, 2 months ago

I won and got 20364

Aabhas Mathur - 7 years, 2 months ago

A Former Brilliant Member - 7 years, 2 months ago

This is basically a rage game for me.

Ahmad Naufal Hakim - 7 years, 2 months ago

Enjoyed this game.

Amrita Roychowdhury - 7 years ago

WATCH IT IN ANY CASE!

http://i60.tinypic.com/n5rlll.jpg

Natural Talent!

Aryan Gaikwad - 7 years, 3 months ago

I got higher than you!

https://i.imgur.com/lKEbUs7.png

minimario minimario - 7 years, 3 months ago

Beat me now - http://i60.tinypic.com/359gt5h.jpg

Aryan Gaikwad - 7 years, 3 months ago

Why voted down? Accept the hacking talent!

Aryan Gaikwad - 7 years, 3 months ago

Math	Appears as
Remember to wrap math in `\(` ... `\)` or `\[` ... `\]` to ensure proper formatting.
`2 \times 3`	$2 \times 3$
`2^{34}`	$2^{34}$
`a_{i-1}`	$a_{i-1}$
`\frac{2}{3}`	$\frac{2}{3}$
`\sqrt{2}`	$\sqrt{2}$
`\sum_{i=1}^3`	$\sum_{i=1}^3$
`\sin \theta`	$\sin \theta$
`\boxed{123}`	$\boxed{123}$