6561 - a base 3 version of 2048

Description

A twist on 2048, using powers of 3 instead! Was originally going to be called 3¹¹ since 2048 is 2¹¹, but it turns out that 177,147 isn't anywhere near as catchy

Originally made as a Python exercise, still present here. Now has a GitHub Pages version implemented here in JavaScript, HTML and CSS

Features

Core features

• Classic 2048 gameplay, but with base 3 instead
• To fit with base 3, now to merge values, you need to merge three in a row/column
• To help with the increased strictness, three adjacent identical numbers are merged together at the end of each turn after the new tile is added as below:

.  3  9     .  .  9    .  .  .
3  3  9  -> .  9  9 -> .  . 27
.  .  .     .  .  .    .  .  .

• A new game can be started without reloading the webpage
• Works on both PC and mobile (after much pain...)

Quality of life

• CSS transitions for tiles that are moved, merged or added
• Merges and new tile additions are staggered with a sleep function so you can see them happen
• In-progress games can be exported as a JSON file for later...
• ...and then re-imported and validated to continue!
• Text indicator for game over or invalid JSON file passed

Installation and technologies

GitHub Pages version uses ES6 JavaScript, HTML and CSS, should require no installations

Python code written in Python 3.11. No other technologies required at present

License

Copyright 2024 Aiden Tsen. Licensed under the Educational Community License, Version 2.0 (the “License”); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at https://www.osedu.org/licenses/ECL-2.0. Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an “AS IS” BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.