Eye-Comfort 2048: Merge Puzzle

Two tiles with the same number meet and become one worth double — the 2048 everybody already knows. The rules are left exactly as they are; what changed is the screen. Instead of a stark white background and a shouting orange ladder, everything is painted in warm paper tones and a muted botanical palette — easier on your eyes late at night and through long sessions. ■ Easy on the eyes • A warm paper background with quiet sage green accents • A tile ramp that steps one shade darker with every doubling — ivory, sage, eucalyptus, then moss, bronze, plum and brick • A crowded board sorts itself before you have parsed a single digit • Only the 2048 is gold, and it wears a ring — you can see the arrival from across the board • A low-glare screen built to stay comfortable however long you play ■ The rules, unchanged • Swipe in any of four directions and every tile slides as far as it can • Matching tiles merge, and the merge is scored • A tile merges at most once per swipe — 4·4·8 slid left is 8·8, never 16 • A direction where nothing can travel is not a turn • The score is the canonical one — no combo multipliers, no bonuses ■ It does not end at 2048 • Reach the goal and a card comes up once; the board carries on • Past it the ramp goes quiet again — deep teal, indigo, slate • The goal stays at 2048 whatever the board size ■ Three board sizes • 4×4 — the original • 4×5 — one row taller, with the cells exactly the size a 4×4's are. The best fit for a portrait phone • 5×5 — the roomiest game • Each size keeps its own board in progress and its own record, so switching loses nothing • Chosen from the pill on the board itself, which also lists the record held at each ■ Controls that stay out of your way • The board answers the moment your finger commits to a direction, not when you let go • Tilt to move — tip the phone the way the tiles should slide, then bring it back level. Switch it on in settings • Undo takes back the last swipe • A soft rim marks any tile with an equal neighbour — the next move on a full board, at a glance. Switchable in settings • Reduce motion lands tiles in their new cells instead of sliding them • Keyboard too: arrow keys or W A S D, Z to undo, R for a new game ■ Sound and touch • The merged tile's value is the note — a run climbs audibly as the numbers grow • Soft plucked-string cues, with a plain slide kept far quieter than a merge • Four sound steps — off, soft, medium, full • A light vibration on a swipe and on a merge — switchable in settings ■ Light and undemanding • No timers and no lives • The board saves itself — close the app and pick up exactly where you left off • No sign-up and no login • Plays without an internet connection • Your score and settings stay on your device • 한국어 · English · 日本語 · 简体中文 · 繁體中文 A number puzzle for thinking one quiet move ahead.