Adaptation /2026
2048, audiovisual edition
2048 with sound, particles and glow: every move can be heard and seen.
Play the demo (it makes sound)
Adaptation of the original game
What it is
My favorite game, reinterpreted to be more reactive. It takes Gabriele Cirulli’s 2048 and adds a sensory layer built with plain JavaScript: a synthesizer, a living background and tiles that glow as they grow.
Based on Gabriele Cirulli’s 2048 (MIT license).
What it does
- A synthesizer built on the Web Audio API: ambient drones and sounds that change with every merge.
- A Canvas background with particles that react to the arrow direction.
- Stronger animations and glowing shadows on high-value tiles.
- A mission briefing before you start playing.
- No external libraries: plain JavaScript.
What I did
- I took my favorite game and turned it into an almost rhythmic experience: every merge sounds, glows and pushes the background.
- I wrote a synthesizer on the Web Audio API with not a single audio sample: all the sound is generated on the fly.
- I built a Canvas particle system that reacts to the direction of every move, and an event architecture connecting game, sound and effects.
- I did it all in plain JavaScript, with no libraries or engines, and it packages into a single page.
Images
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The board at the start.
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After several merges.
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On mobile too.
