Mahjong Friends Online - new online platform to play nearly all Mahjong styles in realistic 3D

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Mahjong Friends Online - new online platform to play nearly all Mahjong styles in realistic 3D

Post by Lxa_ » Mon Mar 22, 2021 7:26 pm

Mahjong Friends Online is now open to the public. This is "beta testing" - everybody is invited to play for free, absolutely no registration required. The only thing we ask for - please send us your comments and suggestions for improvement.

It is a new take on "table and tiles" concept - the game gives you table and tiles, and assumes that you know what to do with them. This sounds simple, but in fact it has been a lot of work to make the game feel as close as possible to the real life, while at the same time keeping the game play smooth, fast and effortless, even on small screen devices.

The realistic 3D environment of the game is simple and feels so natural and immersive that you forget that you are playing electronically.

The game takes care of specific needs of variety of Mahjong styles. You can play nearly every existing 4-player Mahjong game: Riichi, MCR (Chinese Official), American, Zung Jung, Singapore, Filipino, Taiwanese, SBR (Sichuan Bloody Rules), Hong Kong, Wright Patterson, BMJA (British), Chinese Classical and many others.

You can play on:
  • any computers as an in-browser game (the browser has to support WebGL, which most of computer browsers do)
  • iPads/iPhones and Android phones/tablets as a downloadable app (for installation on iPads/iPhones, it will require Apple TestFlight beta testing management app, which is freely available from App Store).
The game is intended, first of all, for groups of friends who want to keep playing Mahjong as they had always played in real life, but who for some reason (you-know-why) are currently only able to meet online. There is no bots or matchmaking with strangers inside the game. However, if you are not a part of a group or a club, we invite you to join our Discord server to meet other players and to arrange a game together.

The best way to enjoy the game is to run it alongside a voice chat session in Zoom, Discord or any other communication app, so that you will be able to talk with your friends while you are playing. However, there is also text messaging facility inside the game itself.

Please visit our website https://mahjongfriendsonline.com for the user manual, screenshots, YouTube video, official press release, contact information, Discord invitation - and most importantly, for the link to start the game :)

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Re: Mahjong Friends Online - new online platform to play nearly all Mahjong styles in realistic 3D

Post by Lxa_ » Mon Apr 05, 2021 4:51 pm

Also, we are starting to organize online-almost-like-in-person games:
  • once a week; day/time and Mahjong style/variant to be announced in advance
  • to be played on Mahjong Friends Online platform
  • after joining a voice-only Zoom session, players will be allocated to Zoom breakout rooms; each room will play their own game; the game results and any notable moments to be posted on Discord
  • if you are interested, please join Mahjong Friends Online Players' Discord at https://discord.com/invite/Mrd2a7SQD5 to discuss your day/time preferences, Mahjong styles/variants you are interested in, and any other suggestions.
The first game will be Riichi, to be played by WRC rules, tentatively planned for Thursday April 8, 19:00 (7pm) New York, US = Friday April 9, 01:00 (1am) Paris, France. All details are open for discussion. There will be an additional announcement on Discord after the details are finalized.

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