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Jarajara Tile Matching
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About the game
Jarajara is a matching solitaire played with a set of 144 mahjong-style tiles built into a layout. Your job is to clear the layout by removing pairs of tiles with the same face. Only free tiles can be taken: nothing may lie on top of a tile, and its left or right side has to be open. Flowers match any flower and seasons match any season, as in the traditional game.
There are twelve layouts, from the familiar Turtle to Torii, Fuji, Castle, Pagoda, Fortress, Pyramid, Bridge, Butterfly, Dragon, Wall and Palace. Every deal is made so that it can be cleared. Beyond the plain game there are seven challenges: Gold, Spark, Rush, Fortune, Sand, Purge and Blackout, each adding a goal or a clock. Hints, shuffles and undo can be limited or switched off, and Today's game gives everybody the same layout, level and challenge.
Playing it here
Click Play and the layout appears with 144 tiles. Tap a free tile (it is highlighted when "Light the free tiles" is on) and then another free tile with the same face; the pair disappears. The line under the board counts the tiles left and the pairs you can still take. Hint shows a pair, Shuffle reshuffles when you are stuck, Undo takes a move back and Flip turns the layout around. Choose the layout, the challenge, the level (Easy, Medium, Hard), the view and the tile design (the Jarajara set or two riichi sets) in the rows below, and limit the hints, shuffles and undo if you want a stricter game. The Sound button turns the tile clicks on and off.
Controls
| Input | Action |
|---|---|
| tap a free tile, then its match | remove the pair |
| Hint | show a pair you can take |
| Shuffle | reshuffle the tiles left |
| Undo | take back the last pair |
| Flip | turn the layout around |
A few things worth knowing
Take from the tall stacks first. Tiles buried under several others are the ones that block you later.
Check all four of a face. Before you take a pair, see whether a third or fourth tile of that face is about to become free.
Try Blackout when you are ready. Only the free tiles show their faces, which trains you to remember the layout.
Questions
Can every deal be cleared? Yes. The deals are built so that a full clearing exists, though Hint and Shuffle can help you find it.
Can I turn the helpers off? Yes. Hints, shuffles and undo can each be limited or removed, and the challenges add goals or a clock.
Credits and licence
The code, the Jarajara tile set and the layouts are by John Morris, under the MIT licence. The two riichi tile designs are the "riichi-mahjong-tiles" artwork by FluffyStuff, released into the public domain (CC0). The tile sounds are cut from the Casino Audio pack by Kenney (CC0). The credits file and the licence text are linked from this page.