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Re: Show HN: I made a Mahjong browser game

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Post by capableweb » Sun, Nov 29, 2020, 9:31 PM UTC

wolfgke wrote: post #38

prakhar897 wrote: post #19

Hey, 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.

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.

Re: Show HN: I made a Mahjong browser game

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Post by tartoran » Sun, Nov 29, 2020, 9:43 PM UTC

This is nice, I played a few games and the game played well except for a few bugs, namely some tiles remain blank after they’re uncovered - in Safari on IOs

Re: Show HN: I made a Mahjong browser game

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Post by eslav » Sun, Nov 29, 2020, 9:51 PM UTC

Very nice implementation. Enjoyable play

Flower and tree tripped me up (not identical as other tiles)

Would be nice if less delay after second tap (on matching tile)

Re: Show HN: I made a Mahjong browser game

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Post by gibolt » Sun, Nov 29, 2020, 10:21 PM UTC

jessym wrote: post #39

prakhar897 wrote: post #19

Hey, 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.

Interesting... I’ll try to add some kind of indicator to show there’s some more content below the fold

A button/option named Rules and Type that scrolls to the right place might be nice.

Also didn't notice the flower until it was nearly complete.

Re: Show HN: I made a Mahjong browser game

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Post by varjag » Sun, Nov 29, 2020, 10:32 PM UTC

Really nicely done.

Re: Show HN: I made a Mahjong browser game

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Post by hermitcrab » Sun, Nov 29, 2020, 10:48 PM UTC

Nice work. BTW It wasn't clear to me (until I clicked 'hint') that you can match different flower tiles.

Re: Show HN: I made a Mahjong browser game

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Post by hnick » Sun, Nov 29, 2020, 11:06 PM UTC

First try! I remember playing this sort of game years ago, maybe on Solaris? Very fun thank you.

One thing that might help unfamiliar players is a list of all tiles in the deck(?). I assume better players know how many there are of each which means it is safe to remove some easier ones when there can't be any more. It could update in real time as an option to show what's left, but probably best not to by default.

Re: Show HN: I made a Mahjong browser game

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Post by xixixao » Sun, Nov 29, 2020, 11:14 PM UTC

I remember playing this as a kid on my grandad’s Win 95 PC. Well done :)

Re: Show HN: I made a Mahjong browser game

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Post by fatbird » Sun, Nov 29, 2020, 11:24 PM UTC

This is great and I wish I saw more like this. I've been picking away at Spider Solitaire so I can tell my parents to stop downloading dodgy apps and just go to my URL. Tiny jewels like this without obligation or advertising is about the last part of the original spirit of the Internet left.

Re: Show HN: I made a Mahjong browser game

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Post by chad3814 » Sun, Nov 29, 2020, 11:33 PM UTC

I made a version of Mahjong Solitaire for Yahoo! Games back in the early aughties. I was stuck in figuring out how to make each board solvable. I asked Udi Manber, and he obviously in hind sight, was like, "why don't you just place them in pairs to set up?"