Thanks for the clarification. That is because d4 is the topmost cell, meaning you cannot move it up. The edges of the game board act as barriers which you cannot move past.
my bad, I meant d1 instead of d4. I tried playing this game again and realised that my caps lock was on. Anyways the gameplay is a bit confusing and I think that pushing tiles instead of writing "move something somewhere" would be much better.
ah okay, thanks for the clarification. The reason I went with the text based approach was to try something new and it was easier to program in the time constraints. You live and you learn and that's what I reckon game jams are for. Thanks for playing my game anyway.