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cbfrench 2 days ago [-]
Once I got to 37% total countries identified (seen?), it basically stopped showing me new countries. I went through five or so rounds without seeing anything that I hadn’t seen before. Which was gratifying, since I was getting 20/20 every time, but you might tweak it a little to add in new countries more frequently.
artiomyak 1 days ago [-]
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a_c 2 days ago [-]
Nicely made! I thought I'm good with flags, and then there come a question of jordan, palestine and two more similar flags.
I made a similar but uglier little party game https://geo-dude.com for my kids. Supports up to 4 players
SamBam 10 hours ago [-]
This looks really good, but sometimes it seemed like there was no country to click on for the tiny islands?
For St Lucia, for instance, the closest visible country was (I think) Puerto Rico. I clicked on it, and then it showed me where St Lucia was in the middle of the black ocean. As far as I could tell, even zooming in, there was morning to click on there.
Same thing happened with Micronesia. There are very few islands in the Pacific visible.
a_c 1 hours ago [-]
Hey thanks for checking it out! Really glad the site has more audience than me and my son only and appreciate the feedback!
Mind if I ask which mode were you playing? Was it "Find a country" or "Guess a country"? It might be due to the countries being too small. I maintain a separate small countries list [1] from the bigger ones [2]
I didn't come up with a good way to show small countries so it is the way it is. Would love to hear suggestion though!
solarized 20 hours ago [-]
already played it with my kids. its fun !.
need to improve the country randomization.
south america keep pointing into peru.
a_c 1 hours ago [-]
If you read this message, can you provide more context please?
Are you choosing the "Name the country" mode with question from "Same continent". It might be that south america has only 13 countries in my database, so it appears to be repeated.
Disclaimer, used a lot of AI so I didn't read every line of code
a_c 20 hours ago [-]
Thanks for the feedback, will look into it!
ReluctantLaser 1 days ago [-]
stream of thoughts:
"all countries" doesn't really show all countries. It seems all countries might be in the pool, but there is no weighted randomness, so you end up getting the same flags, and only a few new ones.
Forcing all flags to be in the same aspect ratio really makes the flags look strange, or rather, not how they really are. This also makes things like Monaco/Indonesia identification more difficult, and flags with horizontal stripes to look strange (Sudan, Cuba, etc).
Some flags seem to look odd or broken? Such as Ecuador which looks like a kid drew it and is pretty broken. Some flags have a weird border around them too, as if they haven't been placed or rendered correctly.
I'm not sure if having a list of flags just below the quiz helps the integrity of it. I'm also not sure of all the AI generated stuff. Are people really mixing up Morroco and Veitnam? Getting to that page again is difficult and unclear, you need to click the flag from the country page, or get it wrong in a quiz. I feel it's a little confusing to have separate pages describing the country and flag. Especially considering its a website about flags.
artiomyak 1 days ago [-]
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SamBam 2 days ago [-]
Is there a mode to run through all the countries, instead of just 20?
A while ago I practiced every day on an android app, and the pleasure I got when I finally got 196/196 was extremely satisfying.
I'd also like to recommend that flags of different aspect ratios be shown correctly.
jihadjihad 2 days ago [-]
Sinister mode: Romania versus Chad, Monaco versus Indonesia, Senegal versus Mali, Egypt/Syria/Iraq/Yemen, etc.
netsharc 2 days ago [-]
Huh, it has grouping for the multiple choice, so for a red and white flag (2 horizontal stripes) with some stars the options are Monaco, Indonesia, Singapore, Poland. All of which are horizontally striped and have those 2 colors.
Same with the Nordic flags, which have similar geometry but different colors.
Nicely curated.
S_Bear 2 days ago [-]
This is a lot of fun. My 'biggest' gripe is that in the shapes quiz Tuvalu and the Seychelles are so tiny that no image displayed for me that I could see.
artiomyak 1 days ago [-]
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byra 21 hours ago [-]
This is so cool. We used to play a paper version of this game back home and this really brings back feelings.
Btw, really smooth. It works really well!
gonnagetapower 23 hours ago [-]
It’s very obvious that the layout is ai, refine it a bit.
artiomyak 19 hours ago [-]
It's not ai
zetanor 2 days ago [-]
Thought this was going to be Wordle for how to download something correctly using wget.
coinfused 2 days ago [-]
Nice website! Could you tell use a bit more about this project? What prompted you to make it? I've been looking for a good ad-free, account-free minimal flag learning website and this looks like a good fit.
svl7 2 days ago [-]
It would be nice if the proportions of the flags were respected. For example Vatican and Switzerland have a 1:1 ratio (square).
Nepal with it's extraordinary format seems to be represented ok.
ryanchants 1 days ago [-]
This is cool, but is testing recognition, not recall. It needs an extra challenging mode where you have to provide the country, not multiple choice.
Triesault 1 days ago [-]
There is an option on the top view plane where you can switch from "Multiple choice" to "Type the answer".
ryanchants 1 days ago [-]
hah, knew I should have dug around more
codingbbq 1 days ago [-]
The app is designed very well and it is very addictive.
jsturgill 1 days ago [-]
Cool app. I enjoy the variety of game options, not just guessing the flag.
Technews2026 18 hours ago [-]
Very good app and nice score
joshdavham 2 days ago [-]
Awesome app! I got 14/20.
boxed 2 days ago [-]
The flag of Paraguy says "Paraguy" on it, you might want to blur that.
lackoftactics 2 days ago [-]
It reminds of Fun with Flags segments in Big Bang Theory
Th3Gold3nRainbo 2 days ago [-]
Fun, clean, and dangerously addictive got 15/20
codst 2 days ago [-]
It’s really a great place to cure boredom
frizlab 1 days ago [-]
Sheldon?
oscarallombert 1 days ago [-]
really cool app ! so addictive haha
molybd3num 1 days ago [-]
anybody remember sporcle?
lern_too_spel 2 days ago [-]
It should show the meaning of the colors and symbols of the flag after the user answers.
jimbob45 2 days ago [-]
Probably a useful bookmark if you’re going on The Amazing Race. They always throw in a flag quiz toward the end.
boxed 2 days ago [-]
18/20 on hard, some misclicks :P Anki training works!
I made a similar but uglier little party game https://geo-dude.com for my kids. Supports up to 4 players
For St Lucia, for instance, the closest visible country was (I think) Puerto Rico. I clicked on it, and then it showed me where St Lucia was in the middle of the black ocean. As far as I could tell, even zooming in, there was morning to click on there.
Same thing happened with Micronesia. There are very few islands in the Pacific visible.
Mind if I ask which mode were you playing? Was it "Find a country" or "Guess a country"? It might be due to the countries being too small. I maintain a separate small countries list [1] from the bigger ones [2]
[1] https://github.com/kmcheung12/geo-dude/blob/main/public/data...
[2] https://github.com/kmcheung12/geo-dude/blob/main/public/data...
I didn't come up with a good way to show small countries so it is the way it is. Would love to hear suggestion though!
I just turned the repo public for your reference.
Country list at https://github.com/kmcheung12/geo-dude/blob/main/server/coun...
Picking a question from a continent is shuffle and then pick question per round, so "pick without replacement" https://github.com/kmcheung12/geo-dude/blob/main/server/inde...
Disclaimer, used a lot of AI so I didn't read every line of code
"all countries" doesn't really show all countries. It seems all countries might be in the pool, but there is no weighted randomness, so you end up getting the same flags, and only a few new ones.
Forcing all flags to be in the same aspect ratio really makes the flags look strange, or rather, not how they really are. This also makes things like Monaco/Indonesia identification more difficult, and flags with horizontal stripes to look strange (Sudan, Cuba, etc).
Some flags seem to look odd or broken? Such as Ecuador which looks like a kid drew it and is pretty broken. Some flags have a weird border around them too, as if they haven't been placed or rendered correctly.
I'm not sure if having a list of flags just below the quiz helps the integrity of it. I'm also not sure of all the AI generated stuff. Are people really mixing up Morroco and Veitnam? Getting to that page again is difficult and unclear, you need to click the flag from the country page, or get it wrong in a quiz. I feel it's a little confusing to have separate pages describing the country and flag. Especially considering its a website about flags.
A while ago I practiced every day on an android app, and the pleasure I got when I finally got 196/196 was extremely satisfying.
I'd also like to recommend that flags of different aspect ratios be shown correctly.
Same with the Nordic flags, which have similar geometry but different colors.
Nicely curated.
Btw, really smooth. It works really well!
Nepal with it's extraordinary format seems to be represented ok.