In the previous posts we created most of the graphics needed for the mahjong game, and built the layout files that we will use. Now it’s time to put those layout files to some use. Continue reading →

In the previous post we created most of the graphics needed for the mahjong game. Now, it is time to create the board itself.

Since we are dealing with a lot of elements here (at least 144 objects for the tiles alone), it is better to build the layout on the server side. To do this, we will use PHP. We already know some of the code since we used it in the Memory game but we have a lot of new additions here.

1. We know we only have one graphic file
2. The board does not have a quadrangular (square-like) shape.
3. The board is made up of several layers

Before we start, remember: today we’re only going to create the logic for the creation of the game board; we’re not going to touch the gameplay logic just yet. Let’s start by creating a layout file. Continue reading →