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2048: The Sliding Tile Game
Rebuild the addictively simple puzzle where every arrow key press could make or break your run.
🟡 MediumDifficulty
3-4 hoursTime
JavaScript, TypeScriptLanguages
What you're building
A fully playable clone of 2048: a 4x4 grid where pressing arrow keys slides all tiles in that direction, merging equal numbers as they collide. New tiles spawn each turn, the numbers climb higher and higher, and the game ends the moment you run out of moves. You'll walk away understanding grid-based state manipulation cold.
What you'll unlock 🔓
You'll need
- Basic JavaScript
- Arrays and loops
- A code editor
- A browser
🗺️ Build roadmap
01 Build the 4x4 grid and render tiles
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02 Spawn random starting tiles
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03 Handle arrow key input
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04 Implement slide-and-merge logic for one row
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05 Apply that logic in all four directions
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06 Spawn a new tile after every valid move
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07 Detect game over and add a score counter
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