Find Country on Map Game
How to Play
Find Country on Map is a simple game in which you have to click on a map to locate a country. Read the instructions below the map and when asked to find a country you should click on the map where that country is. If you get the answer correct you will then be asked to find another country. Every time you get a country correct you get 1 point.
You can always pan and zoom the map to make finding an accurate place to click more easy.
When you get one wrong or when you complete the game, you will be able to enter you name into the high score list.
Click on restart game at any time to start again from the beginning.
Difficulty Ranking
This game will record every time someone gets an answer right or wrong. By totaling up these values, it can then be determined which country's are generally harder to find than others. Then, when someone else comes along to play the game they will be presented with easier country's first, and as the game proceeds the countries will get more difficult to find.
Therefore over time this game will have a better difficulty curve that will score players in a fairer way.
High Scores
Name | Score | |
| 1 | Grizzz | 37 |
| 2 | Grizzz | 30 |
| 3 | Grizzz | 28 |
| 4 | Abs | 8 |
| 5 | vv | 2 |
| 6 | Suraj | 1 |
| 7 | vv | 1 |
| 8 | vv | 1 |
| 9 | israel | 0 |
| 10 | Me | 0 |
How It Works
Put simply it uses Click for Country, JavaScript, PHP, MySQL, AJAX and Google Maps API.
For any other information regarding this game or if you notice any bugs with it, please contact Daft Logic.
Version History
Version 1 (10/01/2008)
- Basic game created
Version 2 (12/01/2008)
- Added high score list
- Added Difficulty Ranking feature
Version 3 (20/01/2008)
- Scroll wheel zoom function added
Version 4 (09/10/2008
- Scroll wheel zoom function removed
- Fixed recent issue that stopped the country identification working
- Fixed issue where completing the game did not bring up a prompt to enter your name! Only getting a country wrong would make it appear
- Reset high score list
- Reset country list (it will now recreate itself automatically)
Version 4.1 (15/02/2009)
- Scores will reset every week
Version 4.2 (23/06/2009)
- Updated code for easier method to find county names
Version 4.3 (15/12/2009)
- Implemented geocoder.setBaseCountryCode('UK'); in attempt to make all country names return in the same language for all visitors.
Version 5.0 (10/11/2010)
- Implemented Google Maps API V3
Version 5.1 (15/12/2010)
- mapTypeControl is now hidden
Version 6 (18/01/2012)
- Implemented google.maps.Geocoder() which should give more consistant country names (Local language should not matter)
Previous Comments For This Page
Just tried this game. First question is Australia. So I click on Australia. It just keeps asking me to try again to find Australia. It's not saying Austria. I'm pretty sure I know where Australia is.
On 03/04/2013Tripped up on Iraq
On 10/03/2013Oh yeah, high score 38 on second try! Bulgaria tripped me up. I think this game is pretty interesting. Kudos from England.
By Kat on 03/03/2013Myanmar is wrong :(
On 21/02/2013I'm clicking on Myanmar, but it says it's not there. I hope that gets fixed...
By Andrew S! on 07/02/2013I lost on....CHINA
On 22/01/2013Fails to recognise Russia (Firefox 17.0.1)
By Matt on 19/01/2013worthless
On 18/01/2013maybe, once a country has been successfully clicked on, it's border should appear on the map. That way, players aren't tripped up thinking (as I did) that the whole of some lobe of landmass is one country (aka 'Damn you Yemen!'). Also, you could keep the difficulty calculated from failure rates thing but include 'lives' so that is a player is torn, (s)he gets the chance to test both guesses ('Iran!'). Just thoughts. Good game though, addictive.
By n2m on 07/01/2013Criggie, the list is reset every week and from there on it will order itself depending on the which countries people often get correct and wrong.
By Daft Logic on 29/12/2012Looks good - can we see a list of the rankings of countries? And can the question list be mixed up a bit on subsequent plays?
By Criggie on 26/12/2012When you pass the 100 points, the game start to became heavier in frame rate. Is it normal?
By Diego on 12/12/2012Reply to Gazzer: how did you get to San Marino when Australia(The 1st one) was wrong to me.
By Allen Liang on 14/11/2012Bugger! I lost it on San Marino! I score 137 and it doesn't register! WHY???
By Gazzer on 01/11/2012I keep clicking Australia but it doesn't work. CHANGE THE GAME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
By Allen Liang on 08/10/2012this thing doesn't work. how many times do i have to point to Australia to get it right?
By arbala on 21/09/2012Man I keep on clicking Australia 50 times already this game is not working!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
By Allen Liang on 04/07/2012To make it harder.
By Daft Logic on 28/05/2012Why is there no country borders?
On 28/05/2012I click on Australia but apparantly it is'nt there
On 02/05/2012I really should know where Syria is, revolution and shit, but I failed
By nick on 24/04/2012ah... works in Chrome.
On 20/04/2012it no worky... Australia has fallen off the globe... that's what they get for being on the bottom of the earth.
On 20/04/2012where is australia
By projects on 09/04/2012I'm clicking Australia and it says I'm wrong every time. wtf
By K on 05/04/2012DAMN YOU YEMEN!
On 22/03/2012I can see my house from here....
On 15/02/2012i enjoy this game - but there must be something wrong - I know where Australia is (i live here) and it is coming up try again.......
On 04/02/2012maybe it works better if you fix the first country...australia
By better???!!! on 26/01/2012Well I rocket to the top with 41 (where's Slovakia)
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