!rant
I've launched a small new project at https://2048.run

It will let you play 2048 (the game) over SSH or Telnet.

Connection Details
ssh play@2048.run
telnet 2048.run

Use username/password "play" to play the game.

Have fun!

A good little idea! I like it, thanks!

@Alice It's not that hard :)

2048 is an addictive puzzle game based on simple addition. The objective of the game is to reach 2048 by merging adjacent similar number tiles on a 4x4 board. The game starts with two tiles of 2 random positions on the board, and continues to add new tiles of 2 or 4 on random tiles after every move. The game ends when your board is completely filled with numbers and you don’t have any move left.

Source: https://m.wikihow.com/Play-2048

I've always wondered how these telnet games work, is there a simple explanation?

📌

Isn’t it just writing your own ssh server which doesn’t actually open up a shell but instead plays a game?

@zacg or would you set the user's shell as a program?

@j4cobgarby I suppose you could do, but I looked at the source of the snake one a while ago and it seems like they wrote an ssh server

@zacg oh

i should be studying

I had way too much fun :D

*Blames @Hagrid for everything that I didn't do because I was having fun*

Thanks for providing the means to procrastinate further :3