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There needs to be a moratorium on the revisions of 2048. They're not even fun anymore.
by colept 13y ago
There needs to be a moratorium on the revisions of 2048. They're not even fun anymore.
- egeozcan 13y agoFrom what I understand, this actually makes fun of those endless iterations and I actually laughed out loud when I saw the title. It was all a joke: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7418400 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7418400
- andrewflnr 13y agoYeah, but this is actually pretty lame compared to the proposals you linked. I was hoping someone had built one of those.
- egeozcan 13y agoI'd bet this is just the first iteration. It's better to ship it before no one gets the reference =)
- colept 13y agoAh, I guess I wasn't aware this was a forum for jokes. I suppose cat pictures and memes come next.
- egeozcan 13y agoFrom guidelines[1] : > anything that gratifies one's intellectual curiosity I'd say this gratifies one's intellectual curiosity on programming and game development. I can see you not having the same opinion and I guess we can only agree to disagree. [1]: http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- colept 13y agoI would love to hear your thoughts about how your intellectual curiosity is being stimulated with Flappy2048. Because so far there is not a single insightful response. I suppose one could argue the emotional state of meditation through rhythmic controls. On the other hand, there appears to be no curious minds here so the argument is moot.
- ctdonath 13y ago"Strange how much human progress and achievement comes from contemplation of the irrelevant." - Scott Kim
- colept 13y agoAre you sure that's the quote you wish to use to defend the validity of this iteration of 2048? Because I would argue the amount of "progress" and "achievement" has very diminishing returns other than validating this as a meme post.
- ctdonath 13y agoYou're spending a lot of effort putting it down, when others are having a good time with it or even learning something by writing it (or inspired to write yet another variant).
- lotsofmangos 13y agoYou ever read "The Glass Bead Game" by Hermann Hesse? He was pretty prophetic, apart from it is not being played by monks. edit - the interesting game that is developing is the iterating of simple games as turns in a game on the playing field of github. Humour seems to have value inside this game, which is not surprising given the form. It also has a fair amount of value outside it as well, which you might want to keep in mind.
- firebones 13y agoWell, my thoughts are that it is, at once, a brainstorming contribution to the crowdsourced innovation spawned from both 2048 and Flappy Bird, two challenging, mentally addictive yet simple games, as well as an example of how a lot of the "pivots" derivative startups make don't in fact lead you to a better state than the local maxima you've already achieved. Sure, it has no play value (nor replay value). And the 17th mashed up iteration of Groupon for local pet food delivery is doomed as well. But there are lessons in the failure: --The mechanics may set the stage for a follow on game that returns the mathematical/pattern-matching element of 2048 back into the mix --It highlights the difference between the mass market FlappyBird and the more niche appeal of 2048, both demographically and intellectually. --It expands the mind to consider mashups of other games or game mechanics that might be interesting. But more than this: memes of any kind are pure, intellectual riffing. It's completely refreshing to see these riffs occur in the medium of code rather than Photoshop. I'm not saying there's a coders' equivalent of Cheezburger Network out there, but there's an opportunity far beyond what you're seeing if meme culture and coding intersect.
- saraid216 13y agoThose guidelines are why I flag every Snowden article.
- MrOrelliOReilly 13y agoYeah, stupid kids and their stupid games! Back in my day we wrote in x86 when we wanted to have fun!
- nollidge 13y agoI'd rather have cat pictures and memes than this humorless intolerance of whimsy.
- lotsofmangos 13y agohttp://2vga1o5mew51s6gu7x0mnk7kf.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/main/2013_03/Cat-Sticking-His-Tongue-Out.jpg http://2vga1o5mew51s6gu7x0mnk7kf.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-...