Two thousand and fourty eight

from random import randint

class game(object):
    
    tiles = [0, 0, 0, 0, 
             0, 0, 0, 0,
             0, 0, 0, 0,
             0, 0, 0, 0]
    
	
    def __init__(self):
        self.newtile()
        self.turn()
	
    def drawboard(self):
	    string = ""
	    x = 0
	    y = 0
	    
	    while y < 4:
	        while x < 4:
	            string += str(self.tiles[y*4 + x])
	            x = x+1
	    	x = 0
	    	y = y+1
	    	string += "\n"
	    
		print string
	
    def newtile(self):
        empty = 0
        
        for n in self.tiles:
            if n == 0:
                empty = empty+1
        if empty == 0:
            print "GAME OVER!"
        else: 
            pos = randint(1, empty)
            
        i = 0
        n = 0
        while n < 16:
            if self.tiles[n] == 0:
                i = i+1
                if i == pos:
                    if randint(1, 10) == 1:
                        self.tiles[n] = 2
                    else:
                        self.tiles[n] = 1
    
    def turn(self):
    	self.newtile()
        self.drawboard()

game()

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