Hi, great job. I always knew how to play multiplayer mahjong (incredibly underrated family/friends activity) but not solitaire mahjong. Now I know cuz of your game!
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#62Nice work. BTW It wasn't clear to me (until I clicked 'hint') that you can match different flower tiles.
I don't think that's specific to this implementation
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#63This is really nice, just wasted a few hours on a Sunday afternoon pleasantly.
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#64Earlier quoted context omitted.
> Can you add an indicator so that people will know to scroll down for rules and stuff. It's called a "scrollbar" and shown in the browser.
You're right, there is something called a "scrollbar", but many people don't see it because they are using macOS which for some reason hides the scrollbars by default. Also phones/touchpads don't see scrollbars I think.
macOS does indeed show the scrollbar at all times when a input device other than a touchpad is attached.
My desktop Mac never hides the scrollbar, as it uses a normal mouse, however when I was using a Magic Trackpad the scrollbar would indeed hide unless I was actively scrolling.
Odd behavior.
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#65I like it but it does not seem to compute when a board has become impossible until all moves are exhausted. The point of impossibility can happen long before that.
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#66Possibly a stupid question: is it possible not to win this? Is it just for the purposes of relaxing, or is there a strategy?
I played one hand, and it needed to shuffle towards the end because there were no legal moves, and then I won. Can every hand be won without a shuffle?
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#67It captures my mouse cursor in a weird way, having real slow acceleration compared to when I move it outside the browser window.
I didn't even know that was possible, and also it's annoying me that it's possible. Maybe it's the "Pointer Lock" JavaScript API?
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#68Hey, Nice Game! One suggestion - Can you add an indicator so that people will know to scroll down for rules and stuff. I figured this out really late and by then, I had already googled all the rules.
> Can you add an indicator so that people will know to scroll down for rules and stuff. It's called a "scrollbar" and shown in the browser.
If someone is asking for an scroll indicator, it's safe to assume that, for some reason, the native scroll affordance has been hidden from them.
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#69Possibly a stupid question: is it possible not to win this? Is it just for the purposes of relaxing, or is there a strategy? I played one hand, and it needed to shuffle towards the end because there were no legal moves, and then I won. Can every hand be won without a shuffle?
Just like many solitaire games, you can definitely lose in Mahjong Solitaire.
Since there are four tiles (two pairs) of each tile set, you can play in such a way that you’re deadlocked because of a previous choice.
Imagine, for example, there are two matching tiles with one stacked on top of the other. If you already removed the other two matches for that same tile set, then you’re stuck, since the only way to remove the top one is to match it with another match — but you can’t get to the only remaining matching tile since it’s covered by that tile.
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#70Earlier quoted context omitted.
You're right, there is something called a "scrollbar", but many people don't see it because they are using macOS which for some reason hides the scrollbars by default. Also phones/touchpads don't see scrollbars I think.
macOS does indeed show the scrollbar at all times when a input device other than a touchpad is attached. My desktop Mac never hides the scrollbar, as it uses a normal mouse, however when I was using a Magic Trackpad the scrollbar would indeed hide unless I was actively scrolling. Odd behavior.
There's actually a system preference that shows/hides the scrollbar.
System Preferences > General > Show scroll bars
• Automatically based on mouse or trackpad
• When scrolling
• Always (because I remember when smart phones didn't exist)
I keep mine at option 3 because I'm a dinosaur