2048

This is a simple implementation of the classic 4-by-4 2048 tile game. The game's objective is to merge tiles until the target tile 2048 has been created.

Game Specifications

1. Tiles represent powers of 2, 2 being the smallest possible tile and 2048 (the target) being the largest.
2. Tiles can be shifted up, down, left, and right with their corresponding keyboard keys.
3. If the screen is filled with tiles and no move is possible, the player looses.
4. Every time two equal-valued tiles are merged, the score increases by the outcome of the merging (ex: merging 2 and 2 increases the score by 4).
5. After the player makes a (successful) move, a new tile (with value 2 or 4) is spawned on the game board.

How to run the game

1. Open your terminal
2. Navigate to the 2048game directory
3. Run the command ./gradlew run
4. Enjoy!

Dependencies

JDK version 8 / Java 1.8:

If multiple Java versions are installed locally, we can check which version is active in the local environment by using java -version. Given that jdk 8 is installed locally, we can change the java version used in the environment by using:

  export JAVA_HOME=`/usr/libexec/java_home -v 1.8`

Note: This method has only been tested on my local machine (M1 Mac)

Sneak peaks of the game

Opening screen

Oh no! So many tiles on screen!

Game over screen

Victory screen! Woohoo