[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":827},["ShallowReactive",2],{"project-41934746":3},{"id":4,"name":5,"line":6,"line_source":7,"title":8,"url":9,"domain":10,"maker":11,"posted_at":12,"year":13,"points":14,"comments":15,"rank_in_year":16,"shown_in_year":17,"top":18,"tier":19,"category":20,"subcategory":21,"format":22,"keywords":23,"reception":28,"sentiment":29,"stance_mix":30,"scored_comments":35,"aspects":36,"strip":48,"post_text":50,"what":51,"said":80,"maker_in_thread":211,"shape":220,"grid":224,"attempts":788,"same_week":789,"maker_shows":49,"maker_hidden":819,"reader_version":820,"card":821},"41934746","2048","2048 turned 10 this year, I built an updated version to celebrate","title","Show HN: 2048 turned 10 this year, I built an updated version to celebrate","https:\u002F\u002Fplay2048.co","play2048.co","terabytest",1729772127,2024,669,212,31,3515,1,"legend","games","puzzle game","web_app",[24,25,26,27],"2048 game","number puzzle","browser game","powerups","mixed",0.193,{"positive":31,"neutral":32,"mixed":33,"critical":34},40,28,9,24,101,{"performance":37,"design":39,"execution":42,"idea":44,"pricing":46,"privacy":47},{"positive":18,"critical":38},0,{"positive":40,"critical":41},5,3,{"positive":38,"critical":43},4,{"positive":40,"critical":45},6,{"positive":38,"critical":41},{"positive":38,"critical":45},[40,40,41,18,40,18,18,41,38,40,49,43,38,40,40,41,43,40,43,41,40,43,18,18,43,38,18,40,38,40,43,41,43,40,40,18,18,18,41,49],2,"Hi all! My name is Gabriele Cirulli, I’m the original creator of 2048. Ten years ago, someone posted 2048 on HN[1] and suddenly it seemed like everyone was playing it. Back then, I wrote a bit about my experience during those weeks[2].\n\nEven after all these years, that experience still feels a bit surreal to me. I’m deeply grateful to everyone who connected with the game, whether in small or significant ways, and for the stories shared along the way. Some people expressed how they were going through tough times and found some comfort, however small, in playing 2048.\n\nAt the start of last year,",{"problem":52,"audience":53,"pricing":59,"motivation":67,"time_to_build":72,"stack":76,"openness":77,"stage":78,"team_size":79},null,{"value":54,"source":55,"evidence":56},"Players of the original 2048 and new players","inferred",[57],{"id":58},"post",{"value":60,"source":61,"evidence":62},"Free with ads","commenter",[63],{"id":64,"by":65,"text":66},"41935755","itchyouch","Just downloaded the new classic version with ads and wanted to pass along a suggestion that Thor makes. While I understand that you’ve gotta make a living, ads are far more…",{"value":68,"source":69,"evidence":70},"Celebrate 2048's tenth anniversary and modernize the aging game","maker",[71],{"id":58},{"value":73,"source":69,"evidence":74},"A year of full-time work on the new version",[75],{"id":58},[],"unknown","launched","solo",{"praise":81,"objections":116,"requests":154,"questions":172,"alternatives":187},[82,101],{"value":83,"source":61,"evidence":84},"Fun, snappy, beautiful design; long-time favourite mobile game",[85,89,93,97],{"id":86,"by":87,"text":88},"41936508","seafoamteal","This feels so much snappier than the original. I don't know if I'd use the powerups, because usually I play 2048 mindlessly and when I don't really want to think too much, but I…",{"id":90,"by":91,"text":92},"41939554","CAPSLOCKSSTUCK","This is still the only mobile game I play (besides chess, if that counts). Thanks for creating such a fun piece of software. It's snappy, beautiful, and tastefully done.",{"id":94,"by":95,"text":96},"41934971","simonebrunozzi","Bravo Gabriele, 2048 was an amazing piece of design and UI. Loved it. You did amazing work.",{"id":98,"by":99,"text":100},"41938879","swarthy_avenger","I played 2048 A LOT back when it came out. I still fire it up every now and then. Thanks Gabriele, what a fantastic game you have made.",{"value":102,"source":61,"evidence":103},"Nostalgia and personal stories about the original game",[104,108,112],{"id":105,"by":106,"text":107},"41938545","101008","This may be buried in the comments and you will never see it, but thank you very much Gabriele. Your game helped me in a very weird circumstance. I was afraid of flying,…",{"id":109,"by":110,"text":111},"41938134","ieuanking","Cannot believe this is a decade old - will always remember playing 2048 on the NYC subway to school with my friends \u003C3",{"id":113,"by":114,"text":115},"41935589","Azrael3000","Congratulations on creating such a wonderful game. My wife still plays it, I would claim, daily. I would claim it's part of her evening relaxation :) I will most certainly…",[117,132,147],{"value":118,"source":61,"evidence":119},"Ad trackers on the site; game needs them to run when blocked",[120,124,128],{"id":121,"by":122,"text":123},"41943640","tucnak","I love 2048 but the page linked in OP is a disgrace: it filled with ad trackers, and the game itself doesn't even work if they're blocked.",{"id":125,"by":126,"text":127},"41935162","WesleyLivesay","uBlock Origin blocks 330 items on that page, which I think is a personal record for the sites I have been to.",{"id":129,"by":130,"text":131},"41939217","Devasta","Store and\u002For access information on a device ( 723 partners included ) Consent + Develop and improve services ( 379 partners included ) Legitimate Interest Consent + Use limited…",{"value":133,"source":61,"evidence":134},"Credit to Threes! is insufficient",[135,139,143],{"id":136,"by":137,"text":138},"41935184","npinsker","There are a lot of comments mentioning Threes! and holding it up as superior. I play a lot of games, and I greatly prefer Threes myself -- but I also remember very well when 2048…",{"id":140,"by":141,"text":142},"41935791","mass_and_energy","I'm disappointed in HN for stomping this person for the game that they made. They had no idea Threes existed, made this game as an experiment, and it went viral. Despite this,…",{"id":144,"by":145,"text":146},"41940719","tritip","What do you say to people when they accuse you of ripping off \"Threes\"? Is it true?",{"value":148,"source":61,"evidence":149},"Suspicious spawn of tiles in the same corner",[150],{"id":151,"by":152,"text":153},"41962844","bryant","So I just had a repeat experience playing the game that massively turned me off to replaying it. Was at 4096, and I tend to bunch up all of my numbers in sequential order like a…",[155,159,165],{"value":156,"source":61,"evidence":157},"Remove or reduce ads, or make them opt-in",[158],{"id":64,"by":65,"text":66},{"value":160,"source":69,"evidence":161},"Fix ads spilling over the powerup bar",[162],{"id":163,"by":11,"text":164},"41935779","This is interesting feedback. I always thought that ads being unobtrusive and not part of gameplay would be the saner choice. In my mind, when games ask you to trade watching an…",{"value":166,"source":61,"evidence":167},"Fix digits not showing for some users in Firefox with web fonts blocked",[168],{"id":169,"by":170,"text":171},"41942749","chrismorgan","Bug report: digits don’t show for me. (Interesting æsthetic, actually, unmarked tiles.) Firefox, Sway\u002FLinux, Settings → Fonts → Advanced → “Allow pages to choose their own fonts,…",[173,180],{"value":174,"source":61,"evidence":175},"Why does the game start at 2 instead of 1?",[176],{"id":177,"by":178,"text":179},"41943082","Aardwolf","Question: why does it start at 2 instead of at 1?",{"value":181,"source":61,"evidence":182},"What is the response to accusations of copying Threes?",[183,184],{"id":144,"by":145,"text":146},{"id":185,"by":11,"text":186},"41935255","Thank you for your comment. I wanted to add that credit should indeed be given where it's due and that while I didn’t mention Threes in my original post, it has played a…",[188,196,207],{"value":189,"source":61,"evidence":190},"Threes!",[191,195],{"id":192,"by":193,"text":194},"41934900","iainmerrick","For those who haven't heard of Threes, I highly recommend giving it a try. 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I’m really happy that 2048 was able to help you this way :)",{"id":217,"text":218},"41938716","I think 2048-AI had this, but I’m not sure. It’d surely be pretty evil. 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