A pygame implementation of the game 2048

• Python 2.7.6(usually pre-installed in Ubuntu)
• Pygame package for the specified python version

For installing the requirements you can check the following link.

Here is a brief summary to get you started:

• showStartScreen() function basically shows the first screen on executing the code.
• randomfill(TABLE) function randomly fills the table in empty spaces.
• drawPressKeyMsg() function shows the press key message on the start screen at the bottom right corner.
• checkForKeyPress() function checks for an event(key press in our case) and returns the same.
• show() function displays the game screen after each key press and also matches the defined colours with the respective cells.
• runGame is the function that controls the overall game. It is called in an infinite loop in the main function. It calls the randomfill function and even checks for the pressed key by calling the key function. It stores the copy of the previous table and matches with the present state. This is the function controlling the whole state of the game.
• moveDown function is defined for the actions to be undertaken when the downward key is pressed.

• Complete the code for other moving options moveup, moveright and moveleft.
• Make the start screen look more attractive with options for different levels and leaderboard.
• Make a leaderboard for storing high scores calculated on basis of Points earned and Time taken.
• It will be great to implement AI techniques which can provide the player with hints for the next step.

Any contributions are more than welcome. Just fork the repo and start contributing.