Built this because my family recently got into physical Rummikub-style tiles (big in Romanian circles), and it's been super addictive teaching friends/relatives. Wanted to play remotely without losing the real-time strategy feel. Started as quick prototypes with Lovable for visuals, but to make it multiplayer: Rust + Tokio backend, Tungstenite WebSockets, full server-authoritative state to keep it fair.

Added simple ELO for ranked 1v1v1v1 "Quick Play" queues, custom lobbies, best-of-N rounds, global leaderboards.

Live here: https://tilecraft.icegaming.org/ (small signup to start playing).

* No bots yet (future weekends project), so matches need live players - but when folks join, the sweat is real.

I'm curious about: Any balance thoughts on tile drawing/rules tweaks? WS/Rust multiplayer pitfalls I might have missed? How's the latency/ELO feel on your end?

Happy to answer questions or hop in for a game if anyone's around!