Mahjong Resize

Mahjong Resize breaks one convention of tile matching: its tiles are not all the same size. They come in different shapes and sizes, and size does not matter when matching. What counts is the picture. Tiles showing the same animal can be combined even when one is large and another small.

The goal is to clear the entire playing field by matching tiles with identical animals, and the developer ties that to a small story about freeing 40 animals from captivity. Hints are available, and you can shuffle the tiles on the field when you need a new arrangement. The developer does not describe any rule about which tiles are available to pick, so it is unclear whether some tiles are blocked by others. It plays in a landscape frame, and no input device is named.

Look at the pictures, not the sizes. Find tiles that show the same animal, whatever their shape, and match them so they leave the playing field. Continue until the whole field is clear and all 40 animals have been freed. Use a hint if you cannot see a match, or shuffle the tiles on the field to rearrange them.

The developer does not list the controls for this game. It runs inside the frame above, so a click or a tap on the game is the place to start.

Size is the main thing that can mislead you here. A large tile and a small one may well be a match, so scan for the animal rather than for a tile of the same shape. If the field runs out of obvious matches, the shuffle rearranges it, and a hint points the way.

A tile-matching game with animal pictures on tiles of different shapes and sizes, in a landscape frame. Clearing the field frees 40 animals. Hints and a shuffle are available. The developer gives no input device, so the controls list is empty.

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