2048.cpp
Games
terminal game
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How HN took it
1 positive, 5 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 2 critical, out of 8 comments about the project. Thread score -0.12.
Idea: 0 for, 1 againstPerformance: 1 for, 0 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Fun terminal take on a classic game
From 1 comment
Very cool! I noticed Wikipedia references another app for terminal in C: https://github.com/Tiehuis/2048-cli Might be interesting to compare.
ninjakeyboard on HN
Objections
2048 is a knockoff of Threes and not a strong game
From 2 comments
> trying to reproduce what was once a tech demo of what you could do in a browser 2048 was never that, it was a shitty knockoff of Threes and remains so.
chx on HNThe problem with 2048 is that it’s not a very good game. You can solve it algorithmicly. Repeat swipe left then down down. If the board gets stuck swipe right then down and repeat.
Tarragon on HN
Terminal demos echo old browser demos; nothing novel
From 1 comment
Have we really come so far? This has to be full circle, right? First we had a wave of “see what can be done in a browser!” kind of demos. Which at the time was massively…
josteink on HN
Misaligned right side of grid in one terminal
From 1 comment
Huh. Seems to misalign the right side of the grid in my terminal. Still pretty cool though.
djsumdog on HN
Questions
How was the terminal gif recorded?
From 1 comment
nice! how did you record the commandline as a gif?
billconan on HN
Alternatives named
telehack.com 2048 over telnet
From 1 comment
Type ``` telnet telehack.com 2048 ``` in a terminal
erayare on HN
sturm 2048.py with animation
From 1 comment
Another, in Python: https://github.com/darius/sturm/blob/master/2048.py This one animates the sliding of the pieces. The terminal input-handling might not work in your OS -- I…
abecedarius on HN
Tiehuis 2048-cli in C
From 1 comment
Very cool! I noticed Wikipedia references another app for terminal in C: https://github.com/Tiehuis/2048-cli Might be interesting to compare.
ninjakeyboard on HN
sed2048 written in sed
From 1 comment
That was mine! https://github.com/themattrix/sed2048
themattrix on HN
term2048 Python terminal version
From 1 comment
> The terminal input-handling might not work in your OS -- I gave up trying to find a nice cross-platform approach to that. I wrote a terminal version of 2048 back in 2014 [1]…
hk__2 on HN