A colorful and engaging 2048 game implemented in C++ for the terminal.
This project features a clean and intuitive UI, a smooth menu system, player scoring, and a persistent leaderboard to keep track of your progress.

• 🏠 Main Menu: Choose between starting a new game, viewing the leaderboard, or exiting.
• 👤 Player Names: Each player enters their name before starting the game.
• 🎯 Smart Scoring: Score is calculated based on tile merges and reaching higher numbers.
• 🏆 Leaderboard: Displays players' names, results (Won/Lost/Quit), and scores, sorted by results and score.
• 🎨 Dynamic Colors: Every tile value has its own color (2, 4, 8, 16, … up to 2048).
• ⌨️ Easy Controls: Play using W, A, S, D or arrow keys; press ESC to quit anytime.
• 💾 Persistent Save: Player results are stored in 2048_leaderboard.txt and loaded on the next run.
• ⚡ Fast and Simple UI: Runs directly in the terminal with no extra dependencies.

• A C++ compiler (e.g., g++, MSVC)
• Terminal with ANSI color support (Windows Terminal, PowerShell, Linux/macOS terminal)

g++ -o game 2048.cpp
game.exe

g++ -o game 2048.cpp
./game

• Use W, A, S, D or the arrow keys to move tiles.
• The goal: Reach the 2048 tile!
• Press ESC to quit the game anytime.
• After finishing, your score and result will be saved to the leaderboard.

• 2048.cpp → Main project source code
• 2048_leaderboard.txt → Stores leaderboard data

Name: [Meraj Derafshi]
Contact/Portfolio: [https://github.com/MerajDerafshi]

This project is open-source. Feel free to use it for learning or improvements. Attribution is appreciated.