A Poet Walks Into a Bar . . .

[butters]

Every "turn", you have a current state and four moves you can make. You can predict the outcome of every move, and select the move that merges the maximum number of tiles. Obviously, this will take you further than simply moving tiles at random.

However, as you merge tiles, the high value tiles become obstacles (since they are less common). As you approach the end, the available space to move tiles around decreases. So you can't make the move that merges the maximum number of tiles every time, because it isn't necessarily the move that leads you to merge the high value tiles.

Also, you must account for the chance of merging tiles in future moves. In example:

U - up, D - down, L - left, R - right

U -> merge 1
D -> merge 0
L -> merge 0
R -> merge 0

Given the above, you'd think that U is the best move. However, if:

U, then U -> Merge 1, then 0
U, then D -> Merge 1, then 0
U, then L -> Merge 1, then 0
U, then R -> Merge 1, then 0

and:

R, then U -> Merge 0, then 2
R, then D -> Merge 0, then 1
R, then L -> Merge 0, then 0
R, then R -> Merge 0, then 0

Then the second set of moves is better.

...except new tiles are spawned randomly, so you have a probability that a second move will be better than the current move. And you need to account for third moves, and so on... *sigh*

EDIT: Oh. Also, about future moves, you need to consider not only how many tiles are merged, but also what tiles. E.g., a sequence of three moves that leads you to merge two "512" tiles is probably more desirable than a sequence of two moves that leads you to merge two "16" tiles.

what?





can't stopppppppppppppppp

 

[Tsotha]

what?





can't stopppppppppppppppp

*shakes head, drinks another shot*

edit: Those are instructions to increase the odds of winning the game.

 

[butters]

*shakes head, drinks another shot*

edit: Those are instructions to increase the odds of winning the game.

but it looks so complicated written down

back soon

 

[HarryHill]

but it looks so complicated written down

back soon

 

[butters]

right - enough numbers for now (i am so not gonna get any writing done tomorrow, i know it) and onto dr who!

 

[butters]

no use, can't do the dr one fast - i keep looking at too many details and it's doing my eyes in. bored before the first game's done!

 

[butters]

right, getting off the pc now though i'll switch on the laptop for a while

that made the time fly past and everyone's being very quiet. am i a bad influence?

 

[Tsotha]

right, getting off the pc now though i'll switch on the laptop for a while

that made the time fly past and everyone's being very quiet. am i a bad influence?

I'm here, but leaving in a moment. Been entertained for a while now, making a backup of my data. Have to take my PC apart tomorrow for some cleaning, and then format it. Though I should probably just buy another hard drive.

 

[HarryHill]

dang missus it's like eating p nutz

 

[butters]

I'm here, but leaving in a moment. Been entertained for a while now, making a backup of my data. Have to take my PC apart tomorrow for some cleaning, and then format it. Though I should probably just buy another hard drive.

bless you, T it takes a special kind of person (read computery person) to be entertained by making backup files. this game must be like 'meh' for you, especiallysince you just posted how to beat it - but bear with us less-abled in the pc world as we have fun just going for it

so how long do you think you'll be offline, or have you other options for getting online?

hope i caught you before you left

dang missus it's like eating p nutz

i know, i know! you playin' the numbers or faces version? my brain feels sick trying the dr who one - to many details, i think

 

[HarryHill]

bless you, T it takes a special kind of person (read computery person) to be entertained by making backup files. this game must be like 'meh' for you, especiallysince you just posted how to beat it - but bear with us less-abled in the pc world as we have fun just going for it

so how long do you think you'll be offline, or have you other options for getting online?

hope i caught you before you left


i know, i know! you playin' the numbers or faces version? my brain feels sick trying the dr who one - to many details, i think

the numbers, think I,ve got the hang of it, one wrong turn

 

[butters]

well that's put a timely spanner in my wheel this lappy with the old disc won't run the game. maybe just as well

there's always tomorrow
mwahahahahahhaaaaaaa

 

[HarryHill]

well that's put a timely spanner in my wheel this lappy with the old disc won't run the game. maybe just as well

there's always tomorrow
mwahahahahahhaaaaaaa

Ha! dr butters and miz wild!

 

[Tsotha]

bless you, T it takes a special kind of person (read computery person) to be entertained by making backup files.

Entertained in the sense that I was semi-busy. Before that I was writing shitty poems.

this game must be like 'meh' for you, especiallysince you just posted how to beat it - but bear with us less-abled in the pc world as we have fun just going for it

Not 'meh'. It's just that, like most puzzles, this "game" is more about finding a solution, not really about playing it. Like a rubik's cube, it's difficult if you try to "play it", and easy if you know the solution.

What I wrote above isn't a "solution", it's thoughts on the game that may be used to come up with a solution. I'm not even sure there is a "solution", in the sense that you can win every time. This is due to the piece inserted randomly in the game after each move.

so how long do you think you'll be offline, or have you other options for getting online?

I have other options.

hope i caught you before you left

You did. Gotta go, now. Have fun, butters & Harry.

 

[HarryHill]

Entertained in the sense that I was semi-busy. Before that I was writing shitty poems.



Not 'meh'. It's just that, like most puzzles, this "game" is more about finding a solution, not really about playing it. Like a rubik's cube, it's difficult if you try to "play it", and easy if you know the solution.

What I wrote above isn't a "solution", it's thoughts on the game that may be used to come up with a solution. I'm not even sure there is a "solution", in the sense that you can win every time. This is due to the piece inserted randomly in the game after each move.



I have other options.



You did. Gotta go, now. Have fun, butters & Harry.

fun he says, devil puzzles cya T.
going to have to stop supper time. butters probably snoring at her lappy by now,

 

[butters]

fun he says, devil puzzles cya T.
going to have to stop supper time. butters probably snoring at her lappy by now,

almost!

will be very shortly, no doubt. xxxxxxxxx

nite, mister.

 

[Tsotha]

Ack... I'll never drink again.

 

[HarryHill]

Ack... I'll never drink again.

I can never quite keep that vow. Saw you found my poem.

 

[Tsotha]

I can never quite keep that vow. Saw you found my poem.

Yesterday was bad. Real bad. I'm surprised I'm able to type.

I found it again, on the other side...

edit: crawling back to bed. Excuse me.

 

[twelveoone]

shame we missed him. he's like the scarlet pimpernel

correction cyan pimp
of er,
poetry discussion
I am now known as the CYAN TERROR
and you can't see me without special glasses

 

[HarryHill]

correction cyan pimp
of er,
poetry discussion
I am now known as the CYAN TERROR
and you can't see me without special glasses

He's gone 3D, leaps out of the screen without a scream
Taking a break from writing, 12, good to see you.

 

[HarryHill]

saucy

here, you'll thank me, or curse me

http://gabrielecirulli.github.io/2048/

took me a while to get the hang of what i was doing. it's addictive!

Ah, there it is, all handy again, buttons click harry sips

 

[butters]

Ack... I'll never drink again.

heh - rough night, tso?

correction cyan pimp
of er,
poetry discussion
I am now known as the CYAN TERROR
and you can't see me without special glasses

not the cyan terror!!! oh noes! nobody expects the cyan terror! what saucery is this?
meek wordsmith by day, big red button protector in plate glass armour by night.

Ah, there it is, all handy again, buttons click harry sips

see? people cannot resist a button. see a button, gotta click it, or push it. i can't play it tonight. just as well. hours flow undetected....

 

[HarryHill]

heh - rough night, tso?


not the cyan terror!!! oh noes! nobody expects the cyan terror! what saucery is this?
meek wordsmith by day, big red button protector in plate glass armour by night.
plate glass armor! well done

see? people cannot resist a button. see a button, gotta click it, or push it. i can't play it tonight. just as well. hours flow undetected....

aw, more for me game 782, 783...

 

[Tsotha]

heh - rough night, tso?

The roughest. I seem to have survived it, though, mostly intact. I get to continue being irresponsible for a while longer.