Gabriele Cirulli, an Italian web developer, came up with the idea for the puzzle game 2048 in 2014. He released it for single-player use. The game is played on a grid that is 4 by 4, and the goal is to create a tile that has the number 2048 by combining other tiles that have the same number.
At the beginning of the game, there are two tiles that show the number 2, and these tiles can be combined to create a tile that shows the number 4.