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Haskell implementation of modified 2048

To start the game, run

make run

(See the requirements if this doesn't work.)

10 is a slightly modified version of2048, the very smart puzzle game by Gabriele Cirulli.

The only differences are:

• In10, numbers grow linearly (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, etc) where in2048, they grow exponentially (1, 2, 4, 8, 16, etc).
• In10, you win and the game ends when you get to 10, where in2048, you win when you get to 2048, but you can keep playing.

Why the changes? Because I'm completely new to Haskell, and I didn't want to deal with string formatting, that's why 😇This makes10 slightly easier than2048, because2^10 is only 1024.

When you start a game, you will see a 5x5 board (the size is a parameter in the source code, so you can easily tweak it).The board is mostly empty -- empty cells are indicated by periods (.) -- but there will be one non-empty cell. For example:

. . . . .. 1 . . .. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .

You will also see a prompt to "enter wasd".Choose a direction - up, down, left or right, by entering the corresponding wasd key, and hit return.Two things will now happen.One: the pieces on the board slide in the direction of your choice.And two: the computer places a new piece on the board, indicated by an asterisk.This new piece will usually be a1, but sometimes you'll get a sneaky2.For example, after enteringw for up, you might get:

. 1 . . 1*. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .

A third thing that will start happening pretty soon, is that when two pieces with the same value slide into each other, they merge.For example, after enteringd for right:

. . . . 2. . . . .. . . . .. . 1*. .. . . . .

And so on.

The goal of the game is to keep merging pieces together until you merge two9s, giving you a10.

But be careful!If the board fills up and you have no available moves, you lose.

You will also note that the computer won't place a piece unless you actually move the pieces.For example, if you have

1*. . . .2 . . . .. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .

and you entera for left, orw for up, the board doesn't change, and you don't get a new piece.No soup for you!

Have fun.

You will needHaskell Stack.See the link for installation instructions.

You will also need to haverandom installed:

build the program: