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2048 Numberwang

539 pointsby maxjusabout 11 years ago

43 comments

etfbabout 11 years ago
<p><pre><code> C:\&gt; TWENTY48 Loading... Ready. You are in a darkened room. On the floor in front of you are sixteen tiles, arranged in a grid. The tiles are labelled A1, A2, A3, A4, B1 and so on up to D4. There is a two here, on tile A1. There is a two here, on tile D3. &gt; GET ALL The numbers appear too strongly glued to the tiles. &gt; INVENTORY You have a copy of On Lisp by Paul Graham, a thing your Aunt gave you that you don&#x27;t know what it is, and a small leaflet. &gt; READ ON LISP Time passes. You have a profound enlightenment experience. Sadly, this does not help you win the game. &gt; READ LEAFLET &quot;WELCOME TO TWENTYFORTYEIGHT! TWENTYFORTYEIGHT is a game of numbers, addition and high bits. In it you will explore some of the most tedious territory ever seen by Hacker News readers. No computer will be without one!&quot; &gt; GO LEFT Some numbers move, and a new number appears! There is a two here, on tile A1. There is a two here, on tile C1. There is a two here, on tile D1. [Footnote 6] &gt; FOOTNOTE 6 There are no footnotes. &gt; GO UP Some numbers move, some change, and some new numbers appear! There is a four here, on tile A1. There is a two here, on tile B1. There is a two here, on tile D4. &gt;GO DOWN Some numbers move, and a new number appears! There is a four here, on tile C1. There is a two here, on tile C4. There is a two here, on tile D4. There is a two here, on tile D1. &gt;PANIC Not surprised. &gt;QUIT Amazed you survived this long. Your score is 4, out of a possible umpty squillion and six. Good bye! C:\&gt; C:\&gt; C:\&gt; DEL TWENTY48.EXE C:\&gt;</code></pre>
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peterkellyabout 11 years ago
Found a bug you might want to look into:<p>After 8 steps, I &quot;won&quot; after reaching the following configuration (all on the edges, from top-left clockwise):<p>16, 584, 26, 6, 18, and 7<p>That&#x27;s not numberwang, according to the official definition [1]<p>[1] D. Mitchell, B. Russell, A. Turing, and R. Webb. Numberwang determination and the Entscheidungsproblem. Principles of Mathematics and Computation, 1944. Cambridge Press 14(2).
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maxjusabout 11 years ago
For those unfamiliar: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjOZtWZ56lc" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=qjOZtWZ56lc</a>
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MarcScottabout 11 years ago
This is my favorite clone bar none. After about 5 seconds of playing I was giggling, as I remembered the sketches.
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MarcScottabout 11 years ago
In hindsight, we should have all jumped on this and pretended we understood the rules of Numberwang, in the style of Mornington Crescent. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mornington_Crescent_%28game%29" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Mornington_Crescent_%28game%29</a>
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TazeTSchnitzelabout 11 years ago
It actually plays identically to 2048 (except you can only rely on colours, not face values), but I still love it. Ich bin gewangernumbt!<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJs3Tsx-3Ak" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=wJs3Tsx-3Ak</a>
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davepmabout 11 years ago
Please guys, make it stop. I need to work. I need to sleep. I need to eat!! I have no idea wtf I was doing but this is by far the best! This dam game is worse than heroin....
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chavesnabout 11 years ago
I think I should have won by now: <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/2hokoh94hujyf2j/Screenshot%202014-03-20%2020.08.11.png" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.dropbox.com&#x2F;s&#x2F;2hokoh94hujyf2j&#x2F;Screenshot%202014-...</a><p>I thought it played normally, and it does for a while, but it always eventually seems to randomly revert your high tiles (I verified that I had at least 1024 by checking the debugger).<p>[edit:] Ah, I found the code. It&#x27;s possible to win but you have to survive the small chance that it will perform a random merge and destroy your tile:<p><pre><code> &#x2F;&#x2F; 0.005% percent chance that we will merge a cell anyway if (next &amp;&amp; Math.random() &gt; 0.995) { next.value = tile.value; }</code></pre>
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jvoorhisabout 11 years ago
How do I rotate the board?
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naiytabout 11 years ago
I&#x27;ll admit to getting annoyed a bit by all of these 2048 clones. But this made me laugh regardless.
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Watabouabout 11 years ago
I love this, only thing is it doesn&#x27;t have my favorite number: H<p>Is there going to be a Wangernumb mode too?
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chewxyabout 11 years ago
This is amazing! I cannot stop laughing! The first reversed number hit me like a ton of bricks and I couldn&#x27;t stop.<p>BEST.2048.CLONE.EVER
oddshocksabout 11 years ago
This is one of the few clones&#x2F;memes that gets better as it is propagated.
deletesabout 11 years ago
Looks like the internal state of the numbers that actually decide what can be merged is changed when you press a key. Also works if you hold it down, which is a bug I think.<p>Just hold down one direction to observe.
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julianzabout 11 years ago
Brilliant! Even better because Numberwang is our internal term for &quot;any random number in some code that isn&#x27;t declared as a constant&quot;. Love it.
rmccueabout 11 years ago
Note that it is possible to lose, eventually: <a href="http://i.imgur.com/kKsjG2u.png" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;i.imgur.com&#x2F;kKsjG2u.png</a>
lotsofmangosabout 11 years ago
is only a matter of time now before someone makes a 2048 that is turing complete
coupdejarnacabout 11 years ago
I love the backwards seven! And to think I, an American, get this reference because I read The Guardian&#x27;s football forums...
jessepabout 11 years ago
I started giggling with the first numberwang. As it kept happening, the giggle escalated into full out laughter that just kept getting stronger. I am sure I&#x27;ve seen the numberwang sketch, but don&#x27;t remember it, so reference was wonderfully subliminal and all the more absurd. Anyway, I love this. Laughter is glorious.
chrisdoneabout 11 years ago
&quot;maths quiz show that’s simply everyone&quot;<p>Huh?
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tfggabout 11 years ago
Das ist Nümberwang!
mcintyre1994about 11 years ago
This is the best, but I&#x27;m still waiting on someone to translate the Numberwang board game :) <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmiEODmYNmI" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=DmiEODmYNmI</a>
jonalmeidaabout 11 years ago
i&#x27;m not entirely sure what I&#x27;m doing, but I think I&#x27;m winning...
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jpwagnerabout 11 years ago
i keep getting shinty-six
ajnasabout 11 years ago
Try this reverse version of 2048 game.. See if you can end up with fractions :P <a href="http://ajnas.in/one/" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;ajnas.in&#x2F;one&#x2F;</a>
MarcScottabout 11 years ago
I&#x27;m due a slow commute to London next week and I can&#x27;t wait to play it on a train see whether those sitting near to me can figure out the rules of the game.
the_cat_kittlesabout 11 years ago
Thank you netflix, for insisting that I would like peep show.
lvsabout 11 years ago
Despite best efforts, this is still playable because the color codes haven&#x27;t changed from the original.
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kzrdudeabout 11 years ago
Did you change the rules after posting it here? It seems like they are more chaotic now (and I like it).
holabout 11 years ago
This is phenomenal. So, so good.
taybinabout 11 years ago
The definitive version of 2048.
jedpabout 11 years ago
I think I just peed my pants.
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atomicfiredollabout 11 years ago
This is my absolute favorite version, because I can actually beat it!
jaibotabout 11 years ago
Needs more fish numbers.
dragonfaxabout 11 years ago
Oddly enough, makes it easier to win.
joeblauabout 11 years ago
Not bad... not bad at all!
Numberwangabout 11 years ago
You have my attention..
RV86about 11 years ago
Love this so much.
c23gooeyabout 11 years ago
thank you for brightening my day. i love it
stevenggabout 11 years ago
This has just turned into a meme clogging up hn
tuan5about 11 years ago
can someone stop posting this?
tvachonabout 11 years ago
oh my god this. this so much. &lt;3&lt;3&lt;3
kimonosabout 11 years ago
I love this! I enjoy playing!