terminal2048: 2048 in the terminal

This is a small implementation of Gabriele Cirulli's 2048 game in the terminal using Python. I wrote it to learn about using the curseslibrary in Python. I learned enough about curses to prefer the much smoother blessed library instead, so that's what's used here.

(You might also be interested in a more common package, term2048, also available at PyPI.)

Installation

pip install terminal2048

Running terminal2048

Once you've installed the package, you can run the game from the terminal:

terminal2048

Use terminal2048 --help to print help options:

usage: terminal2048 [-h] [-w WIDTH] [--height HEIGHT] [-s {S,M,L,XL}] [--start_value START_VALUE]

2048 game in the terminal. Inspired by https://play2048.co/

options:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -w WIDTH, --width WIDTH
                        Width of the board (default: 4)
  --height HEIGHT       Height of the board (default: 4)
  -s {S,M,L,XL}, --size {S,M,L,XL}
                        Board size (options: S, M, L, XL; default: M)
  --start_value START_VALUE
                        Highest starting tile value (default: 4)

Compatibility

I've only run this on MacOS so far, and the terminal management is pretty naive. Let me know if you have issues on a given OS or terminal setup.

Contact & bug reports

Bug reports and pull requests are welcome! Feel free to contact me on Github or by email at evan_jones@mac.com.)