I was the first in my department to win. I've beaten it 5 times now. Great little game.

Cool! I just got 2048 too!

Looks fun. I'll actually try later :)

Holy shit that's an addicting game.

I've been hooked on Mini Metro lately. Creating your own subway system to move people around. http://dinopoloclub.com/minimetro/

I was addicting to minimetro last week.

For 2048, I just got 512 with 2 256s and a 128, so was pretty close to being able to get to 1024, sadly I had too many 4s and 16s to maneuver around so it was gameover

Got 2048 a few days ago. My highest score so far is 27700.

The problem with this game is that it continues to suck your time away even after you've beaten it!

Way to addicting. My boss now hates you. :-)

Yikes. Got to 512 two out of two times. I'm guessing I'll be playing this a fair amount.

Haven't broken into 1024 territory yet, bit have a few 512s with 256 and 128 just needing to be matched and connected.

Finally got 2048 so I can stop playing. Unless my roommate decides to break my record, then I would have to one up him and we're in a vicious arms race...

Some versions let you keep going. You need to keep going.

I've gotten 1024 3 times now and my record is 14,212. But it gets so frustrating, especially when you think that you're on a roll and suddenly you're seeing game over flash onto the screen and you fall to one knee and pray for the strength to quit before clicking new game and starting the cycle once again...

Why does the score matter? How do you get a higher winning score? Fewer moves to complete it?

OMG i just realized you can KEEP GOING?!? Must...get...4096

I hate this game :'(
too addictive

Found the technique to get to 2048. Was going good towards 4096 but just had some bad luck. Total score: 27492.

I get working towards a corner, but sometimes the random placement is either a 4 that will block a two (usually can be worked out) or it drops the new number right were moving towards the corner can't be done.

Just got 2048 with a little over 20K in points. Kept going for 4096, but fell short with 32216 and the following yellow tiles at grid lock: 2048, 1024, 256, 128.

Accumulating in one corner (using only two keys) really isn't sustainable for very long. You're bound to get stuck and be forced to use another direction.

However, the key strategy is to accumulate all on one side (I'll call this the "first" line), by only using three keys and absolutely avoiding the fourth direction as much as possible. Prioritize building those numbers to keep them larger than the rest. Having the second line smaller, and third line even smaller makes it easier for the mass to continue flowing into the first line. When you have a choice, prioritize merging into/toward that first line rather than merging "parallel" within the second or third line. Of course, you'll have to merge numbers on first line eventually and you might get a two/four spawning on a vacant spot, but the key is to get that small number built up quickly and avoid getting it trapped behind a larger number on the second line.

You can really sustain building along a side and avoiding the fourth key for quite a long time. I have actually made it to 2048 without using the left arrow once. The technique does avoid reading ahead sometimes to make sure that you aren't inadvertently leaving yourself with no option but to use that fourth direction key.

Last sentence should be "technique does *require* reading ahead sometimes"

I just used that "side" instead of corner approach and got a 512 with ease on the first try. Thanks. That should definitely improve my game.

The funny thing about this game is that after a while I found myself making certain decisions and undertaking some broader strategies without realizing it or why I had settled on that style of play. It took stopping and thinking about it to realize and articulate those strategies.

@YJ: the score just builds up as a you go along. You get X points whenever you merge two "X/2" tiles to make an "X" tile.

Making a "2048" tile is the objective of the game, but you can keep on going. Taking the largest tile you made is a rough measure of how far you got, but the score gives you a finer idea of how many merges you made (weighted toward the bigger ones).

I use a combination of the side and corner methods. If your main side has four numbers in it, you can make three different moves without it changing, thereby allowing you the freedom to build towards a corner more easily. The problem with just building a side with big numbers is that if you end up with something like 64 256 512 128, you force yourself to build to a corner in your a 4x3 grid while you build up the 128 to a 512 lest you risk making that 512 even bigger and thus the 128 even harder to

Used that approach and got a 1024, two 512's and a 128 but then i had to go left :'(

I will beat this game one day!!!

I use a similar strategy to ghug- another property I look for is keeping the numbers in a snake of decreasing value - the biggest is the bottom right, followed by decreasing numbers up to the top of the right hand line, followed by decreasing numbers down to the bottom of the first line in from the right. You can be more relaxed about this on the third and forth lines, or near the bottom of the second line. But, if the first 6/7 numbers aren't following this snake pattern, I focus on bringing them back in order (which you do by merging in to them, not by moving them around).

This strategy means that if you have a choice between merging up/down or right, you should generally merge right (which means you don't have to think as much). I also do everything I can to make sure I always have four numbers on the right - so I'll ignore matches if I'm down to 3 numbers on the right, hoping to spawn a number in the top row.

Using this strategy, you should be able to pretty consistently get to 2048, as long as you don't make a misstep in your merging right instead of up/down, and as long as you're never forced to merge left.

Thank you! I just hit 1024 with 512, 2x256, and 2X128 for a total score of 18692 by using the work towards a side approach. Very close...

And what screwed me was my bottom (it's my focal side) had 256, 1024, 512, 128.

Thanks for explaining that more fully, Tin Can. That's exactly what I do too, I was just a bit too lazy to explain in detail from my phone.