Terminal 2048

A fully playable 2048 game in the terminal, built with ncurses.

Features

• Classic 2048 gameplay in a terminal UI
• Start menu with 4x4 and 5x5 grid selection
• Window resize support in menus and gameplay
• Colored tiles (when terminal color support is available)
• Lightweight C project with Makefile build

Requirements

Install ncurses development libraries:

sudo apt-get install libncurses5-dev libncursesw5-dev

Build And Run

# Clone repository
git clone https://github.com/Abusalah0/2048.git

# Enter project directory
cd 2048

# Build
make

# Run
./2048

Controls

• Up arrow: move tiles up
• Down arrow: move tiles down
• Left arrow: move tiles left
• Right arrow: move tiles right
• Enter: confirm menu selection
• q or Esc: quit game loop

Game Rules

• Every valid move slides tiles in one direction
• Equal adjacent tiles merge into one tile with double value
• Score increases by the merged tile value
• You win when you reach 2048
• Game ends when no moves are possible
• New tile spawn chance: 2 (70%), 4 (30%)

Resize Behavior

• Menus and board redraw on terminal resize
• Layout remains centered based on current terminal dimensions

Development

make        # build
make clean  # remove object files
make fclean # remove object files and executable
make re     # full rebuild

Troubleshooting

• If colors do not appear, check whether your terminal supports colors.
• If UI looks compressed, increase terminal window size.

Screenshots

Start Menu

Grid Selection

First Tiles

Game Over