How to Play the Game?
- You will have a 4 X 4 Matrix, in which two randomly selected cells will have ‘2’ as their value.
- Use the arrow keys to move all cells in the corresponding direction
- While cells move in a particular direction same values will add up to combine into a single cell and different value cells will simply move in that particular direction if there are empty cells
- The magnitude of the value assigned will increase as the game moves on. Also, empty cells will randomly be assigned with random values. All values will be of some power of 2.
- You have to smartly make combinations such that you reach the number 2048. This is the winning condition.
Design a 2048 Game in JavaScript
In this article, you will learn to build the famous 2048 game in JavaScript. This article aims to develop problem-solving and logical thinking abilities and will thus keep its focus on JavaScript. We will see how to access the DOM elements and update multiple times them as the user interacts with the web page, in order to create an interactive application, in this case, the game 2048. If you have not played this game, it is recommended to play it first to get the hang of it. You can easily install it on your smartphone.