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Holy shit I just lost like 45 minutes to this.

by phillmv 13y ago

wiredfool 13y ago
Evil evil game.
- wiredfool 13y ago
  And to quantify the evilness -- 1024 and exactly 12000 points.
  - wiredfool 13y ago
    Ha. 2048 and 20000+. Now I can put it in my /etc/hosts.
terabytest 13y ago
I've been playing this all day today. I basically created my own demise.
- eru 13y ago
  Just be glad you are already immune to Tetris.
  - awjr 13y ago
    Best strategy (for me) seems to be to play it like tetris. Never ever use the up key and create a row at the bottom where everything collapses into it. This sort of clicked towards, oooh I don't know about 1:30am this morning.
    - lugg 13y ago
      That sort of works, I've been using a similar strategy but switching what I call "bottom" whenever the moment suits.
      - awjr 13y ago
        I'll have to look into that way of playing.
      - dllthomas 13y ago
        The enemy gate is down.
        amjaeger 13y ago
        YES!
    - lsdafjklsd 13y ago
      Yes, I won twice yesterday with this strategy.
    - ashmud 13y ago
      Empirically, this got me much further than the corner (stair-stepped) approach.
- nevvvermind 13y ago
  I was reading all your "I wasted x hours on this" and I rolled my eyes - "My god, these guys fall for everything". Then I tried it. Couldn't sleep. Damn it!
- prasio 13y ago
  I launched a very similar called Even last week on Android -- http://bit.ly/even-game http://bit.ly/even-game -- have fun!
  - snuffmeister 13y ago
    Downloaded and installed. Can you please remove the almost mandatory google games sign in, or make it optional. I tries to connect every time I move between the game and the menu, and I don't want it to connect...
- andrey-p 13y ago
  Creating a game that you, the creator, can't stop playing is the sign of a pretty good game. It's like "eat your own dog food", but with crack.
  - dwd 13y ago
    Too damn addictive. Won a few times and still keep picking it up. Now the Tetris dreams are starting; must stop.
- azcoder 13y ago
  I can get to 2048 pretty easily, then the game freezes and stops? why? should let the game continue, why not? re-title to 4096 if necessary.
vjdhama 13y ago
I lost my whole damn day.
- georgeg 13y ago
  lost precious time for thesis writing! evil game!
Trufa 13y ago
Two hours straight and managed to get once to 1024.
gotts 13y ago
just spent a few hours on this. I'm in love-hate relationships with the author now
elwell 13y ago
"I am sorry '2048' users, 22 hours from now, I will take '2048' down. I cannot take this anymore." Note: shameless parody plagarism, (original: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7386459 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7386459), but this thread has 20x points.

Holy shit I just lost like 45 minutes to this.

by phillmv 13y ago

Holy shit I just lost like 45 minutes to this.

wiredfool 13y ago

Evil evil game.

wiredfool 13y ago
And to quantify the evilness -- 1024 and exactly 12000 points.
- wiredfool 13y ago
  Ha. 2048 and 20000+. Now I can put it in my /etc/hosts.

terabytest 13y ago

I've been playing this all day today. I basically created my own demise.

eru 13y ago
Just be glad you are already immune to Tetris.
- awjr 13y ago
  Best strategy (for me) seems to be to play it like tetris. Never ever use the up key and create a row at the bottom where everything collapses into it. This sort of clicked towards, oooh I don't know about 1:30am this morning.
  - lugg 13y ago
    That sort of works, I've been using a similar strategy but switching what I call "bottom" whenever the moment suits.
    - awjr 13y ago
      I'll have to look into that way of playing.
    - dllthomas 13y ago
      The enemy gate is down.
      - amjaeger 13y ago
        YES!
  - lsdafjklsd 13y ago
    Yes, I won twice yesterday with this strategy.
  - ashmud 13y ago
    Empirically, this got me much further than the corner (stair-stepped) approach.
nevvvermind 13y ago
I was reading all your "I wasted x hours on this" and I rolled my eyes - "My god, these guys fall for everything". Then I tried it. Couldn't sleep. Damn it!
prasio 13y ago
I launched a very similar called Even last week on Android -- http://bit.ly/even-game http://bit.ly/even-game -- have fun!
- snuffmeister 13y ago
  Downloaded and installed. Can you please remove the almost mandatory google games sign in, or make it optional. I tries to connect every time I move between the game and the menu, and I don't want it to connect...
andrey-p 13y ago
Creating a game that you, the creator, can't stop playing is the sign of a pretty good game. It's like "eat your own dog food", but with crack.
- dwd 13y ago
  Too damn addictive. Won a few times and still keep picking it up. Now the Tetris dreams are starting; must stop.
azcoder 13y ago
I can get to 2048 pretty easily, then the game freezes and stops? why? should let the game continue, why not? re-title to 4096 if necessary.

vjdhama 13y ago

I lost my whole damn day.

georgeg 13y ago
lost precious time for thesis writing! evil game!

Trufa 13y ago

Two hours straight and managed to get once to 1024.

gotts 13y ago

just spent a few hours on this. I'm in love-hate relationships with the author now

elwell 13y ago

"I am sorry '2048' users, 22 hours from now, I will take '2048' down. I cannot take this anymore." Note: shameless parody plagarism, (original: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7386459 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7386459), but this thread has 20x points.