2048 Merge Runner

The pitch

## 2048 Merge Runner **Title:** 2048 Merge Runner **Languages:** English ### Description Run, merge and grow into the biggest number on the track! You are a little runner with a number on your head. Touch a runner with the same number and you merge: 2 becomes 4, 4 becomes 8, all the way up to 2048 and far beyond. Any other number just turns grey and tumbles off the road, so pick your lane carefully. Pass through x2 and x4 gates, avoid the halving ones, jump off ramps onto the upper road full of gems, and smash number walls that are smaller than you. Saws, swinging hammers, spinners, spikes, narrow bridges and forks in the road keep every level fresh. A new obstacle is introduced level by level, and then they all mix together. At the finish line a giant boss is waiting. Tap to fire everything you have collected. Bosses are tough: whatever damage you deal stays, so keep coming back stronger until it falls. Beat a boss to unlock a bonus level packed with gems and coins. - Simple, satisfying 2048-style merging in a runner - 8 kinds of obstacles: saws, ramps, forks, number walls, hammers, narrow bridges, spinners and spikes - Giant bosses whose damage carries over from run to run - Bonus levels full of gems after every boss - Upgrade your power and your starting number - 19 hats to collect, from a party hat to a golden crown - Plays on desktop and mobile, in landscape and portrait

Controls & how it runs

1. Tap to start running. 2. Steer left and right into runners with YOUR number to merge and double it. 3. Choose the good gates, jump the ramps and dodge the obstacles: a hit halves your number. 4. At the finish, tap to shoot the boss. The damage you deal is kept for the next try. 5. Spend gems on POWER (more damage) and START (a bigger starting number), and on hats. Desktop: - Drag with the mouse, or A / D or the arrow keys: steer - Click, Space or Enter: start, and shoot the boss - P or Esc: pause Mobile: - Drag anywhere: steer - Tap: start, and shoot the boss

Getting a run going takes exactly one press: Press start, up top, and the game boots inside this page — nothing downloads in the background and no form wants your details before the first jump. The cabinet is drawn for a flexible screen and listens to mouse, keyboard or touch, whichever the game prefers. It reshapes itself for tall and wide screens alike, so phone, tablet and desktop all get the full picture. Given a fullscreen button, use it — scores look better at full size, that's just science.

2048 Merge Runner — quick-fire questions

Does 2048 Merge Runner cost anything to play?

Not a token. The cabinet is free from the first run to the five-hundredth — no wallet, no sign-up, no toll booth hiding three levels in. The adverts around the page are what keep the floor's lights on.

What sort of game is 2048 Merge Runner?

It stands on our Endless Runners row — that's the family it plays most like. The pitch above is the publisher's own rundown of what it throws at you and what it hands back.

Can I play 2048 Merge Runner on my phone?

Happily, yes. It runs inside the browser on phones and tablets the same way it does on a computer. It reshapes itself for tall and wide screens alike, so phone, tablet and desktop all get the full picture.

Do I need to install anything first?

Nothing whatsoever. 2048 Merge Runner is an HTML5 game: hit the start button and it boots on this page, and shutting the tab sweeps the cabinet clean behind you.

Before you wander off

Personal best banked, or still chasing it? Either way the full Endless Runners row is powered on and waiting — Thirty-four endless runners — procedurally doomed sprints where the score is just a measure of how long your luck and reflexes stayed friends.