Ivory is a free solitaire tile matching game based on the single player game known most often as Mahjongg, and also called Shanghai or Taipei. It is currently available for Windows, Mac OS and Linux.

Sorry for the downtime.

As a result of being linked to from Apple, MacUpdate and Cool OS X Apps, we exceeded our 50 GB of download traffic for the month in four days. During that time, there were more than 30,000 downloads!

That’s more than we could have ever imagined with our little program.

We’re back now, with better hosting! We sincerely hope that you enjoy Ivory, and if you have any comments or suggestions, please feel free to email us. We would like to hear from you.

Download for Mac OS
Download for Windows (with Java included)
Download for Windows (without Java included)
Download for Linux

read the release notes

Looking for an older version of Ivory? Visit the release archives page.

Ivory will run on any reasonably modern computer.

For Windows:

• Windows 2000, XP, or Vista
• DirectX 8 or newer
• 3D graphics card
• Java Runtime Environment 1.5 or newer (Optional)

For Mac OS:

• Mac OS X 10.4 or later

For both operating systems, it is recommended that you have the most recent updates.

Features

Current Features:

Ivory is proud of its simplicity. Our intention is to make Ivory simple, yet elegant. Current features include:

• 3D graphics, allowing movement around the game in all dimensions
• Multiple (very nice) tile sets and graphic themes
• "Fortune cookie" messages

Possible Future Features:

Ivory is still very young, and far from being complete. Some possible future features include:

• Additional tile sets and tile models
• Advanced 3D graphic features, such as shadows
• Linux release

If you use Ivory and would like to see your favourite features added, please email us. We would like to hear your suggestions.

Frequently Asked Questions

Q: What does Ivory cost?
A: Ivory is free. There is no monetary cost whatsoever. However, it has been known to cost a lot of time.

Q: Is Ivory open source?
A: Not yet. Ivory proudly makes use of some excellent open source libraries though. At some point in the future, after we feel the source code is the kind of thing you would take home to show your mother, we will probably release it. For those libraries that require we provide the source code, we have made them available here.

Q: Why should I use Ivory instead of another of the jillion mahjongg games out there?
A: We decided to write Ivory because we didn't think there were any free mahjongg games (for Mac OS X) that were both simple, elegant, and attractive. If you are looking for the same and Ivory meets your needs, please use it.

Q: What is a mahjongg? Is it contagious?
A: Mahjongg (also known as Shanghai, or Taipei) is a solitaire tile removal game. To learn about the game, check out these Wikipedia articles.

Q: Ivory doesn't work correctly for me. I think I may have found a bug. What do I do?
A: Email us. We'll see what we can do to help you get going.