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Fact sheet
The studio
- Name: Ikan Bilis Studio
- Owner: Ikan Bilis, who makes every decision
- Founded: 2026
- Based: London
- Mission: to teach real traditional games properly, through play that is cute, funny and fair
- Languages: English and Traditional Chinese, from day one
Voxel Mahjong
- Name: Voxel Mahjong
- What it is: a game that teaches Hong Kong Mahjong at a toy-block table
- Status: polish in progress
- Where to play: free to try on the web
- Cost today: the whole game is free on the web, with nothing to pay for; payments are switched off and nothing is sold
- Cost later: no price is decided; the plan is one clear, one-time unlock
- Always free: Academy Stages 1 to 5 in full, the lesson cards of all 8 stages, and three one-round matches at the starter table (three in total; they do not refill)
- Never paid for: hints, the coach and every lesson card
- Languages: English and Traditional Chinese
- Sound: music, sound effects and spoken character lines, each with its own volume, and captions for every spoken line
- Rules: Hong Kong Mahjong, scored in faan with a 3-faan minimum. Based on the Hong Kong Mahjong Association's tournament rulebook, Classical Hong Kong Mahjong (version of 17 May 2023), with flower tiles and flower scoring added and several rules changed for home-style play and easier learning. Not affiliated with or endorsed by the Association.
- Privacy: the game saves settings and learning progress on the player's own device, and sends nothing off the device
- Playtests: a first playtest with real players has happened; more are planned
Next
- A second game, Chinese chess, is an idea and not started
The studio in a paragraph
Ikan Bilis Studio is a small game studio in London, founded in 2026 and owned by Ikan Bilis. It sets out to teach real traditional games properly, through play that is cute, funny and fair, in English and Traditional Chinese from day one. Its first game, Voxel Mahjong, teaches Hong Kong Mahjong at a toy-block table; it is being polished and is free to try on the web. Every game is built one milestone at a time, and Ikan Bilis reviews each one before work continues.
Logos, screenshots and questions
Write to hello@ikanbilisstudio.com. For the studio's wordmark, its pixel portraits or screenshots of Voxel Mahjong, tell us where they will appear and we'll get back to you.