{"id":2206,"edition":12,"categories":3,"features":0,"size":8044,"name":"Small Mahjong","authors":[{"name":"usumerican","twitter":"usumerican","login":"usumerican","gh":95164144}],"description":"<p>A variant of <a href=\"//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_mahjong\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Japanese mahjong</a> for beginners</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Suits: ▲ (Angle), ■ (Box), ◉ (Circle)</li>\n<li>Ranks: 1 to 9</li>\n<li>Turns: 13 (for js13kGames 2024)</li>\n</ul>\n","source":"usumerican/smallmahjong","stars":2,"dc":"https://smallmahjong.pages.dev/","comments":[{"typ":2,"at":379259412,"author":"Michelle Duke","login":"mishmanners","gh":36594527,"url":"mishmanners.info","twitter":"MishManners","text":"<p>Wasn’t clear at the start if “1 player” was me against AI. It would be great to have instructions for, or even just link to a Wikipedia page or something on generic instructions for playing Mahjong. Been ages since I played and had to look it up 😛.</p>\n<p>I did notice the link afterwards, but maybe make it a little more explicit; such as, “check out the rules for Japanese Mahong here” or something along those lines.</p>\n<p>Good work on the game. I just got lost trying to remember and figure out the rules of Mahjong again and was wayyy too much for my brain to figure out atm 😛.</p>\n<p>Add a bit of music to make it more immersive; you’ve got plenty of kB to spare - even some Japanese music would have been a nice touch. Could have leaned into the theme a little more if you wanted, such as 13 different tiles, all with themes from spooky 13 things, such as other things relating to bad luck; black cats etc.</p>\n<p>Nice GitHub repo and README.</p>\n"},{"at":379407376,"author":"Richard Chung","login":"gregwoodsfrontier","gh":80141657,"text":"<p>This is very different from the mahjong I know as I usually draw tiles from the center. Not playing from your hand.  This game can benefit a lot by spending more time explaining the game play and write more on the player AI.</p>\n","games":["Wands of Triskaidekai"]},{"at":379664314,"author":"João Lopes","login":"lopis","gh":2715751,"url":"www.jlopes.dev","text":"<p>I have no idea about the rules of Mahjong, so I definitely don’t know how this variant differs. I wasn’t able to play.</p>\n<p>Good job on the submission, because I know it’s always challenging to build board games.</p>\n","games":["Thirteen Terrible Stunts"]},{"at":379731624,"author":"Steven Lambert","login":"straker","gh":2433219,"url":"https://stevenklambert.com/","twitter":"StevenKLambert","text":"<p>Great job on the submission!</p>\n<p>Unfortunately I don’t know how to play Japanese mahjong. I tried reading up on the rules, but didn’t feel like I figured it out. I would have loved if the game had taught me how to play mahjong, helped me know when and how I could call tiles, and taught me what Reaching was.</p>\n","games":["The Encroaching Darkness"]},{"at":379753382,"author":"Logan Tempez","login":"LoganPB","gh":114475709,"twitter":"MamonakuStudio","text":"<p>Congrats for releasing the game.</p>\n<p>Sadly I don’t know how to play mahjong, a tutorial or a help screen could have been useful. Or maybe some hints on what could be played.</p>\n<p>Some audio could add a great ambiance to the game.\nBut again, releasing it is already a huge step so gg!</p>\n","games":["13th Restaurant Rush"]},{"at":379849591,"author":"Jonathan Vallet","login":"jonathan-vallet","gh":5329099,"text":"<p>I don’t know mahjong rules, I was not able to play a lot.\nSimplified rules should have been added in game description.</p>\n","games":["13 Steps to Escape"]},{"at":379897366,"author":"Jasper Renow-Clarke","login":"picosonic","gh":26137750,"twitter":"femtosonic","text":"<p>An interesting game, looked good.</p>\n<p>I can see this being more fun the longer you play it.</p>\n<p>I’m afraid I didn’t totally understand the rules enough to get much out of it, the info panel here just stated what the cards were, but not how to play.</p>\n<p>When I saw this game was a variant of Mahjong I was excited to try it because I enjoy playing that. I think I shouldn’t have had the expectation that it would be similar, as this variant is additive rather than subtractive.</p>\n","games":["rollermaze"]},{"typ":2,"at":380225263,"author":"Clément Pasteau","login":"ClementPasteau","gh":4895034,"twitter":"ClementPasteau","text":"<p>Well, I’ve never played Mahjong before!</p>\n<p>I have to admit I didn’t take the time to look up the rules.\nI think that if you want more players to play your game, you should add a little tutorial in-game, or a way to learn.</p>\n<p>The graphics looks very simple, yet it’s probably good enough for such a game.</p>\n<p>Well done!</p>\n"},{"at":380288905,"author":"Mohammad Jawad","login":"mhmdjawad","gh":22205462,"url":"https://pdemia.com/","text":"<p>well done on the game and having multiple player give a touch to your game, if I was a mahjong player I would dig it.</p>\n","games":["The 13 Invaders","Cookie Maze 3d","Maze Runner vs 13","Tower Defence Walking 13s"]}],"results":{"theme":{"rank":146,"min":1,"score":1.77,"max":4.2},"innovation":{"rank":158,"min":1,"score":1.92,"max":4.47},"gameplay":{"rank":145,"min":1,"score":2.08,"max":4.29},"graphics":{"rank":166,"min":1,"score":1.69,"max":4.76},"audio":{"rank":135,"min":1,"score":1.31,"max":4.34},"controls":{"rank":115,"min":1,"score":2.62,"max":4.24},"primary":{"rank":157,"min":6,"score":11.38,"max":24.47},"label":"Overall"}}