Blockwave: 2048 Merge Puzzle

Blockwave is a 2048-style merge puzzle on a 7x7 board. You get pieces made of number blocks. Drag one onto the board, and if a block lands next to the same number, the two merge into one and double. 2 and 2 make 4, 4 and 4 make 8, and so on up to 2048 and past it. When a block reaches the goal number it explodes, clears the squares around it, and the goal doubles. The board changes into a new world each time that happens. There is no timer and no energy meter. Nothing to wait for. It works with no internet. The part that makes it a puzzle rather than a slot machine: you decide where the merge lands. Each piece has a ring on one of its blocks, and the merged result lands on the ringed square. Tap the piece to move the ring, then drag it into place. Put the same piece one square to the left and you might get nothing, or a chain of four merges that reaches the goal. Before you let go, the…