Pumpkin 2048 — Halloween Number Puzzle and Lantern Trials
🎃 Slide a little pumpkin, make a bigger pumpkin, and wake the garden one lantern at a time. Pumpkin 2048 brings the familiar 4×4 number puzzle to a moonlit Halloween garden. Play an open-ended Classic round or a short Lantern Trial where the final position matters as much as the number.
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The game interface is available in English and Simplified Chinese.
What makes it special
- Classic Garden: familiar 2048 merging, a best-score chase, and continued play after reaching 2048.
- Three Lantern Trials: fixed boards, a marked destination, and a move allowance; no random tiles appear during these challenges.
- One Moon Swap per trial: trade two occupied, differently numbered tiles at the cost of one move. All three trials also have verified solutions without it.
- Original pumpkin SVG art, four garden milestones at 128, 512, 1024, and 2048, optional synthesized chimes, and reduced-motion support.
- Undo restores the board, score, move count, and unused spell state. Compact controls work with touch, mouse, or keyboard.
How to play
In Classic Garden, slide every tile in a chosen direction. Equal numbers that meet combine: two 8s become 16. A newly merged tile cannot merge twice in the same move. Each successful move adds a 2 or 4; pressing a direction that changes nothing adds no tile. Reach 2048, then continue if you want. A full board ends the round only when no legal move remains.
In Lantern Trials, read the goal strip before moving. You must create the stated number on the glowing square within the allowance. The fixed starting board does not generate new tiles. To use Moon Swap, select the spell and then two occupied tiles with different values. Empty squares and equal values cannot be swapped. The spell spends one move; undoing that exchange restores it.
Controls
| Action | Input |
|---|---|
| Slide | Arrow keys, swipe, or visible direction buttons |
| Undo | U or Undo |
| Moon Swap | Select the spell, then two differently numbered tiles |
| Clear a spell selection | Esc |
| Restart / help / sound | Use the in-game controls; focus the iframe for keyboard input |
A little strategy
Keep useful equal values within reach instead of chasing every immediate merge. In a trial, study the target square before committing to a direction: a large tile in the wrong place is not a completed challenge. Moon Swap can rescue a plan, but its move cost still matters. Undo is a good way to compare two routes rather than restarting after every experiment.
Progress and challenge links
Classic progress, preferences, and local records stay in the current browser when storage is available. Undo history lasts for the current page session and holds up to 50 moves; it does not erase an already achieved best score. Try Lantern Trial 1, or change the number to 2 or 3. Sharing identifies the challenge and actual result; unfinished trial sharing does not claim a win. System sharing or clipboard copying falls back to visible text when unavailable.
Screenshots and video
Video player and transcript · Download the MP4
The 24-second silent introduction combines actual screenshots and captions. It is a visual tour, not continuous gameplay footage or an audio demonstration.
Frequently asked questions
Does Moon Swap work in Classic Garden?
No. It belongs to Lantern Trials. Each trial allows one swap, and the move budget includes it.
Is every trial solvable?
Yes: the three authored boards have complete tested no-spell solutions. That does not mean every sequence of moves will succeed.
Can I continue the same save on another device?
There is no account synchronization. Records belong to the browser and site origin; blocked storage does not prevent play.
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