2048(6)

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version 1.0.3 · 5 versions
, in ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

✨ 2048 💖 (that's the 2048(6) page from the Games Manual, bestie)

okay so hi!! you opened the manual for 2048, which is genuinely one of the most iconic little time-sinks in the whole Games Manual. let's get into it 💅

🌸 NAME 🌸

2048 — a single player slide and add puzzle game. yes, that's the whole name section, she's short and she's perfect 🎀

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

2048 [mode]

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

so this page is the quick little rundown of the 2048 command. not the whole lore, just the vibe rundown 🫶

2048 is a math-based puzzle game, no cap. you've got a 4x4 board and you slide the tiles around in any of the four possible directions using the arrow keys. four directions, four-by-four, math girlie core 💜

when two tiles with the same value touch, they merge into a single tile whose value is the added value of the merged ones. like, 2 + 2 = 4, they become one 4. it's giving teamwork honestly 😭

you start with a randomly placed pair of 2-valued tiles. then, after you slide, a new tile with a value of 2 appears randomly in a free position. every. single. slide. she's relentless.

to win, you have to reach a tile with a value of 2048 before the board is full. that's the whole assignment. that's the dream. go get her 👑

💅 OPTIONS 💅

only one argument is allowed, okay? just one. and it lets you pick different colors from the original, or run the internal tests. currently the supported values for mode are:

  • blackwhite — runs the program in a black and white color scheme. super minimalist, super clean, lowkey aesthetic ⭐
  • bluered — runs the program in a blue-to-red color scheme. heads up bestie: this one requires 256-color support on your terminal. if your terminal can't do 256 colors, that's not it 💀
  • test — runs the internal tests. genuinely a good idea before committing changes to the code, fr fr. protect the codebase 🧚

🌈 AUTHORS 🌈

  • Maurits van der Schee — wrote the 2048 program. the actual legend behind it all 👑
  • Ricardo Mones <mones@debian.org> — wrote this manpage for the Debian™ system 🥹

🍓 LICENSE 🍓

Copyright © 2020-2022 Ricardo Mones

this manual page was written for the Debian™ distribution (but may be used by others) because the original program does not have a manual page.

here comes the legal bit, and we do NOT mess with the legal bit, so it's staying exactly as written 💖

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software. THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

and that's the whole page!! this one's version 1.0.3, dated 2026-02-11, filed under 2048(6) in the Games Manual section, and it ate. go merge some tiles, bestie 🌸✨🦋

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