Creating your own Layouts
When you've played all of the layouts included with TaiwanTiles, you can create your own, using the built-in layout designer.
To access the layout designer, simply click the layout designer icon
in upper right-hand corner of the game
board.
This is the layout designer. Simply click anywhere you want a tile to appear in the layout. If you want to remove a tile, just click on it to make it disappear.
This is the toolbar for designing layouts.
This number represents the number of
tiles in your current layout. (Most layouts become too
much work and not enough play after about 400 tiles,
so we don't recommend using more than that.) An
average user can play a 100-tile game in about 5-10
minutes.
Please note: Layouts with an odd number of tiles will not be solvable. If you prefer to be able to solve a layout, using an even number of tiles will be more enjoyable.
These arrows help you add layers to
your layout. That is, stack tiles on top of each
other. To add or move up a layer, click the up arrow.
To move down a layer, click the down arrow.
In the screenshot below, you can see how the layout designer is working on a second layer, stacking tiles on top of the existing rectangle block below.
You can stack tiles up to 6 levels high. You can also offset the tiles and lay them over the joints between tiles below. Be creative!
The brush removes all tiles from the
current layout so that you can start over.
This disk saves the current layout to
your hard drive. You can make a special folder for
your own layouts, and the Layout Builder will remember
the folder you used last time. After you give your new
game a name, you can use the brush to clean the slate
so you can start a new game layout.
This folder allows you to find a
previously-saved layout for further editing. These
file names end with “.mlay” (for "Mahjong Layout").
When you're done editing your layout,
simply click the layout button at the top again to
return to the game board.
To play your newly created layout, click
the New Game button, which causes the New Game window
appears:
This time, after “Choose a layout,” click on the “From File” button.
Select the new game from the folder where you saved it, and click “Open.”
Related Topics
Layouts
Playing the Game
Tile Matching
Preferences
High Scores