Tile-based video game Tile-based video game A tile-based video game is a type of video or video game where the playing area consists of small square (or, much less often, rectangular, parallelogram, or hexagonal) graphic images referred to as "tiles" laid out in a grid. That the screen is made of such tiles is a technical distinction, and may not be obvious to people playing the game. The complete set of tiles available for use in a playing area is called a "tileset". Tile-based games usually simulate a top-down, side view, or 2.5D view of the playing area, and are almost always two-dimensional.
Tile tracking Tile tracking provides much of the data required to make many of the strategic decisions a player makes in the course of a game, and it has a key role in other strategic elements, including rack and board management. It is considered especially critical in the end game (when there are no tiles left in the bag and seven or fewer tiles on each player’s rack). At this point, ‘Scrabble is chess’ If both players have tracked the tiles correctly, each knows what tiles sit in the other’s final rack. Assuming a close game, the win will go to the