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Ask HN: Why is the 2048 post so popular?
For the sake of understanding what makes a project more successful than another, I would like to understand why would people from HN find the 2048 game worth 1000+ points?
Is it because it is opensource?
Is it because the game is really addictive?
Was it the right timing? People have Three as a success story in their mind and relate to that?
(I am very for the developer behind the project, I just want to understand what made that particular project tick)
- sidcool 13y agoI was hooked to the game and continued playing it for 2 hours non stop, AT WORK. It's addictive. I could not reach the magic figure, but the experience was great.
- wqfeng 13y agoI see that thread when it has already 1000+ points. So I think that must be fun, and I add my little 1 point.
- basicallydan 13y agoIt's so hard to tell sometimes but I'd hypothesise a few reasons: 1. It's really simple-looking and uncluttered 2. It's an easy game to understand the rules of 3. You can get a real sense of achievement early in the game 4. It's hard to finish the game on the first go
- midas007 13y agoPeople like challenges, so if it's simple (Braid) but one of those endless games (Flappy bird), it's more likely to hit. And be useful to monetize: ads, ads for your real games and virtual currency. 2048 author: put some unobstrusive ads on that shit, dude, you're losing ton$ of ca$h.
- BetaMechazawa 13y agoWhat is this obsession everybody has with ads these days? They are ruining media. Even "unobstrusive ads" are doing a lot of harm by collecting user habbits etc without any authorisation.
- midas007 13y agoHave you seen Daring fireball?
- munimkazia 13y agoIt is simple to understand and play, and yet very hard to to solve the puzzle, hence making it addictive.
- celticninja 13y agoIt was posted to HN on a weekend, readers have more time to waste, so fun stuff is more likely to be updated.
- ohashi 13y agoBecause it's fun and challenging.
- smoorman1024 13y agoReally good question. I haven't seen something stay on the top spot of the front page for this long in a while. 1. It naturally has a great difficulty curve. 2. It feeds right into the kind of logic and algorithms that people on hacker news find so intriguing. 3. It's very easy to pick up how to play and share with others.
- motyar 13y agoI clicked on the link because it looked like "Year 2048". Future is always interesting.
- tekknolagi 13y agoSame here.
- Houshalter 13y agoHN titles are so misleading.
- joshdance 13y agoIt is fun, easy to look at, and kind of geeky. Just like HN.
- sdegutis 13y agoFor me, it was because it gave small bits of satisfaction (merging two numbers) with a challenge that wasn't too steep nor too boring.