No exaggeration, your game has saved many a sanity, wasted hours, and has been enjoyed by millions.

You may die but your game will forever be burned into the corneas of the common.

Good shit!

I'm probably responsible for a cumulatively significant loss in worldwide productivity!

And a comparable reduction in stress as well

GDP isn't the metric of happiness and wellbeing :)

Good. Too much Productivity causes cancer. :)

A mainstay of commuters worldwide.

At this exact moment you have 2048 HN Karma.

Quick we need 3 downvotes to restore balance

2052 karma right now. I don't have the heart to downvote them back into 2048.

4096, here we come!

Let me upvote

Hey! I logged back into HN just to say thanks.

2048 was a great distraction as I rode the Boston subway to a job I truly hated.

Distractions like that helped preserve my sanity until I found a better job.

I really love hearing that it's had a positive impact in your life, that's heartwarming :)

I'm the author of this article. :) Many thanks for making this game, which I still play more than I should, even after I spent all this time trying to get computers to solve it.

If you are ever in London (possibly when travel is more normal again), I would happily buy you a beverage of your choice!

Then let me say thanks! There was a programming competition in university where we made bots to play 2048 for (with a few months time), that played against each other in a live tournament (who got the most points mostly). That was the most fun competition I ever participated in!!

The bot was playing way better than me personally and regularly reached the 4096 tile. It was a lot of fun to just watch it play and really awesome to make it play better :)

I recently discovered that my car has 2048 on it courtesy of Android Auto and https://gamesnacks.com/embed/games/2048_v4 . I was pleased to waste a few minutes while waiting for someone in a parking lot.

My girlfriend still plays 2048 everyday. The game is still a gem. Thanks for making it :)

2048 truly is the epitome of mobile games for me. Simple, translates well to a touch screen and most importantly no ads or micro transactions. My one gripe is I can't compete with my wife's high score.

Would that then make you the same GC who frequented FP WAYWO threads when those forums were still around? If so, nice to bump into you again :)

Yup! Good old times. That's actually where 2048 started.

hi gab, hope you're well

Your game has wasted so much of my time...

Kidding. This is the only mobile game I ever play. I had to remove it from my phone and keep it iPad only.

Are you working on anything interesting now?