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mahjong solitaire
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138points
60comments
#470of 4,366 in 2026
Top 11%of 2026 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
5 positive, 9 neutral or asking, 7 mixed, 9 critical, out of 30 comments about the project. Thread score -0.11.
Execution: 1 for, 4 againstIdea: 0 for, 5 againstDesign: 2 for, 0 againstPerformance: 1 for, 0 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Looks good and fun to play; impressive CSS 3D work
From 4 comments
wtf kind of magic is that? I looked at the repo and... you've built a 3d CSS rendering engine to create this?
apresmoi on HNLooks cool! Wish I knew how to play Mahjong tho
tejonutella on HNBeautiful work, thank you for showing it
soni96pl on HNVery nice! Worked great on my shitty old Motorola phone.
HardwareLust on HN
Tile fading for inaccessible tiles is helpful
From 1 comment
Thanks for mentioning this. I played a little bit and I felt like it was the opposite of what I'd remembered. I do like that the inaccessible tiles are faded somewhat so that I…
rpdillon on HN
Objections
Free-tile rule checks top and bottom instead of sides
From 2 comments
It is a nice UX, but with a fatal flaw: Tiles are supposed to be free when there is a side free, but you instead have it coded to be free when the top or bottom is free. Your…
codingdave on HNA "free side" means being exposed on the left or right, matching your Wikipedia quote. On the other hand, OP's implementation checks if it can be moved up or down.
Crestwave on HN
Not real Mahjong; it is Mahjong solitaire
From 4 comments
This ain't mahjong. Instead, it is some solitaire using mahjong pieces.
snvzz on HNDisappointed to see that this is solitaire and not Riichi :( would love to see more implementations of actual mahjong
alexb_ on HNThis has bothing to do with how Mahjong is actually played.
overflyer on HNThis is Mahjong Solitaire - It's completely different to actual Mahjong. It's a completely different game that uses Mahjong tiles.
pfych on HN
Tiles images rotated and overlapping tiles not supported
From 1 comment
If you rotate it so the board looks like the traditional solitaire layout, the direction of free tiles is horizontal as it's supposed to be. But then the images on the tiles are…
jasperry on HN
Last tiles can end up stacked, preventing completion
From 2 comments
Two games in a row now I have gotten to a point where the last two pieces are ontop of eachother. I think this is perfectly fine, but seems to happen a little too often. Or I was…
omgmajk on HNReally enjoyed that although my final two tiles were stacked and couldn't finish the game!
aranw on HN
Requests
Fix mobile pull-to-refresh and text selection while clicking
From 3 comments
If I click fast enough on mobile it starts trying to select/highlight text, should be able to prevent that with CSS too. I find this is somehow a common issue that separates a…
akersten on HNThis is pretty cool. I like the look and the gameplay. Though playing on mobile, some of the roatation gestures caused the page to refesh on me a couple of times since they…
Minor49er on HNI wish you could rotate all the way. On a phone its also easy to do the refresh gesture.
koolala on HN
Ensure boards are solvable
From 1 comment
This is lovely! Can I suggest make sure that the board is solveable?
sanj on HN
Support full rotation
From 2 comments
Nice! Wish the supported rotation was bigger, maybe +- 90 instead of only 90 deg?
DuncanCoffee on HNI wish you could rotate all the way. On a phone its also easy to do the refresh gesture.
koolala on HN
Add riichi or other real Mahjong rulesets
From 2 comments
Now make it _real_ mahjong (; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahjong Which makes me wonder which ruleset would be the easiest to implement. Probably MCR or HK, riichi has too many…
haunter on HNDisappointed to see that this is solitaire and not Riichi :( would love to see more implementations of actual mahjong
alexb_ on HN
Questions
Why is there no perspective projection option
From 1 comment
Is the lack of a perspective projection option deliberate? CSS can do that too.
TazeTSchnitzel on HN
How to play the game
From 1 comment
i'm confused how to play it but it's pretty amazing this was done with css cool stuff man
lieblingautor on HN
Alternatives named
Mahjong bundled with Linux distributions
From 1 comment
I think this is a good example of what CSS can do and probably was not easy to make but I will likely stick with Mahjong that comes with most Linux distributions as they follow…
Bender on HN
Mahjong Soul
From 2 comments
>hunky furries Well the other options are the gooner gacha games like Mahjong Soul and Riichi City lol Personally I play on Mahjong Soul because apart from Tenhou that has the…
haunter on HNHelper UI per se won't exist because there are so many little things. If we talk about riichi then the best tutorial is probably in Kemono Mahjong…
haunter on HN
Kemono Mahjong
From 2 comments
Riichi is a good candidate for a video game due to all the specific rules. It has a lot of room for QoL. I have an app on my phone [1] that has made it fun to play and learn…
whateveracct on HNHelper UI per se won't exist because there are so many little things. If we talk about riichi then the best tutorial is probably in Kemono Mahjong…
haunter on HN
CSS Minecraft
From 1 comment
Minecraft in CSS has been done, actually! https://benjaminaster.com/css-minecraft/ Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44100148
rafabulsing on HN