Mahjong Drop by LeviDSmith
Mahjong Drop is a game where you make melds (combinations) of three tiles to score. The three tiles must be together either horizontally or vertically.
Mahjong Drop uses a standard mahjong tile set, without the honor tiles. There are three suits (bamboo, wheel, and character) and each suit has a value from 1 to 9. There are four tiles for each suit/value combination. Once all tiles are used, a new bag of tiles is generated and shuffled and added to the queue of upcoming tiles.
There are two types of melds in Mahjong Drop.
Chi - Three tiles of the same suit in sequence of value, but the tiles don't have to be in order. - Example: bamboo 3, bamboo 4, bamboo 5 - Example: wheel 8, wheel 6, wheel 7
Pon - The same three tiles together. - Example: character 1, character 1, character 1 - Example: bamboo 8, bamboo 8, bamboo 8
These are the configurable options in Mahjong Drop before starting the game - Columns (default 10) - The number of columns on the game board - Rows (default 14) - The number of rows on the game board - Highlight meld matches - If your current piece completes a meld on the board, then the matching pieces will flash - Colored tiles - Uses shades of red, green and blue to differentiate the three suits. Otherwise, all tiles will be white. - Preview Count - The number of upcoming tiles to display (0 through 5) - Show Guide - Shows a guide indicating where the tile will drop
The following objectives are tracked by the game. Can you get them all? - Chi 1 - create 1 chi meld - Chi 5 - create 5 chi melds - Chi 20 - create 20 chi melds - Pon 1 - create 1 pon meld - Pon 5 - create 5 pon melds - Total Tiles 25 - drop 25 total tiles on the board - Total Tiles 100 - drop 100 total tiles on the board
Tools Used - Unity 2019.2.8f1 - Blender 2.80 - Gimp 2.10 - GarageBand 10.3.2 - iPhone for taking photo of mahjong tiles (Yellow Mountain Imports) and curtain - Audacity 2.3.1 - Bfxr 1.4.1
Time lapse video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVshK22kaJU
Thanks to my supporters - Seth Robinson - Jeremiah McCoy - Mike Garcia - Games Finder
Ratings
| Overall | 199th | 3.525⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 184th | 3.4⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 158th | 3.55⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 460th | 2.625⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 232th | 3.35⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Audio | 119th | 3.475⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 174th | 2.833⭐ | 20🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 292th | 3.05⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 21🗳️ | 14🗨️ |
The acceleration is a bit steep, it gets fast all of a sudden and it is hard to do anything. Perhaps a slower curve?
Cool entry.
My only suggestion would be a volume slider, as I had to mute the game because of how loud it is.
Its kinda a literal interpretation of the theme, but it was extremely vague and in most games you start with nothing as well.
Good graphics and sounds, controls work nicely. No complains.
Good job!
CHI!
I appreciated the soundtrack in particular, and I like how smooth and easy-going the whole experience is. Good work.