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The basic heuristic I use (playing as a human, win rate around 75%, and I've had 4096-2048-1024 on the same board before): Pick a corner for the highest tile (
by lotharbot 13y ago
The basic heuristic I use (playing as a human, win rate around 75%, and I've had 4096-2048-1024 on the same board before):
Pick a corner for the highest tile (for me: upper left). Try to keep the next highest tiles in line with it (I choose the top row). Never push the opposite direction from that (down), and only push the other "off" direction (right) if that row is full so the highest tile will stay put, or if it's the only move remaining. Try to build a "snake" with numbers in descending order, and compress it down to a single tile whenever that becomes possible.
From there, it's just little tricks -- learning when you can untrap a lower tile, or when to hold off on a move in order to set up a better one -- that bring up the win rate by a few percent here and there.
- jnazario 13y agospot tested these strategies, they help. when i deviated from it in a fit of panic i lost. similarly, i also find that keeping the small tiles accessible - outside - helps tremendously. if you never move down you get that for free, because you never make open space on top for a 2 to come in (and not combine with your 512 or whatever).
- lotharbot 13y ago"Don't panic" is also a good strategy. If you get into a situation you don't understand, take your hand off the keyboard and think before you move.