Beach Connect Mahjong

Under the water rather than on the sand: Beach Connect Mahjong sets its flat grid against an underwater backdrop with slow swells behind it. Lof Games keeps the linking rule strict, so two identical blocks clear only when the line joining them turns at most twice. What Is Onet Mahjong goes through it slowly for a first-time player.

That allowance is what makes the grid readable at a glance and hard to play well. A pair in the same row is always legal. A pair separated by two columns of blocks usually is not, until something between them comes away. Every clear reshapes what is possible, which is why a grid that looks hopeless at the halfway mark often opens after one lucky removal. The Onet grid belongs to the same easy-going list.

Levels are timed and stack up as you clear them, and a high-score table gives the clock a purpose beyond survival. The underwater art is soft-edged and low in contrast by design, which is the one argument for full screen over a window here — pastel coral and shells at small sizes look more alike than they are. Desktop and touch controls both work. For a board of the same kind, see the Toys Connect board.

1. Pick two blocks showing the same underwater object.
2. Check that the path between them turns no more than twice.
3. Select both blocks to clear them and open the lanes they were occupying.
4. Empty the level before its clock expires to advance to the next one.

• Rows before columns — a horizontal pair needs no turns at all and is always safe to take.
• Thin the outer ring first — routes that leave the grid make the two-turn limit far easier to satisfy.
• Do not hoard easy pairs — the high-score table rewards clearing levels, not stockpiling matches.
• Break the central block — a solid square in the middle strands everything behind it.
• Full screen sharpens the art — the pastel coral and shell blocks separate much better on a large grid.