Yila Mahjong press kit

Everything in this kit comes from the game itself. There are no made-up figures.

FACT SHEET

Name: Yila Mahjong
Genre: Mahjong solitaire, a cozy puzzle game
Plays on: Web browser. The current play address is a development server.
Android: An installable test build exists (debug build, version 0.1.0, installed by sideloading). It is not on Google Play or in any other store.
iOS: No iOS build exists.
Modes: Tray mode (the default) and classic tap-two
Tiles: 42 faces: 34 standard faces plus 4 Flowers and 4 Seasons
Face sets: Classic Brush, Dynasty and Heritage, all free to switch
Daily challenge: One secret board per UTC day, the same for everyone. The server replays every posted run before it can rank.
Progression: A forgiving 7-day gift calendar, 16 permanent badges and a zen garden with 8 ornaments
Account: None needed. Saves stay in the browser on your device.
Real-money purchases: None in the current build
Ads: None in the web build. No ad network is connected.
Status: Working prototype
Former name: Serene Mahjong (renamed Yila Mahjong on 2026-07-16)
First playable build: 2026-07-15

WHAT MAKES IT DIFFERENT

- Every board is dealt solvable by construction, then re-checked by a separate solver.
- No game over: a stuck board or a full tray is rescued for free, never tied to an ad.
- Ad limits are hard numbers in the code: at most 1 forced ad every 4 levels, none before level 4, reward ads opt-in only.
- Coins are earned just by playing; boosters, skins and garden ornaments have fixed coin prices.
- The lifetime score never resets, and badges are permanent.

BOILERPLATE

Yila Mahjong is a cozy mahjong-solitaire game that plays in the web browser. It keeps the calm, familiar feel of the genre and is built to be fair underneath: every board is dealt so it can be cleared, a stuck board gets a free rescue instead of a game over, the ad rules are written into the code as hard limits, coins are earned just by playing, and your lifetime score never resets. Players can choose tray mode, where free tiles fly into a 4-slot tray and pairs clear, or classic tap-two, and can take on a daily challenge whose leaderboard replays every posted run before ranking it.

CREDITS

Mahjong tile face artwork by FluffyStuff (github.com/FluffyStuff/riichi-mahjong-tiles), CC0 1.0 Universal (public domain).
The zen garden backdrop and ornament pictures in the game were made with an AI image model, then cleaned up.

SCREENSHOTS

Real browser captures of a local build of the current game code, taken on 2026-10-08. Nothing is composited or AI-generated.

CONTACT

A public contact channel has not been set up yet.