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	brad	22
2	Pier	20
3	Chris	19
4	brad	18
5	Linda	15
6	GG	15
7	Pier	14
8	brad	14
9	Phil	14
10	Tom	13
11	Alicia	7
12	lloyd	6
13	andreea	5
14	Mikey	5

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 (10/01/08)

• Basic game created

Version 2 (12/01/08)

• Added high score list
• Added Difficulty Ranking feature

Version 3 (20/01/08)

• Scroll wheel zoom function added

Version 4 (09/10/08

• 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 (15/02/09)

• Scores will reset every week

Version 4.2 (23/06/09)

• Updated code for easier method to find county names

Previous Comments For This Page

I think bodies of water should be labeled. I lost on Kazakhstan (#24) because I couldn't tell which sea was the caspian.
By JohnE on 20/05/2009 confirm, flag of albania blocks bosnia-h, secondly, the fact that also for me bosnia came after albania means that the sequence seems not random influencing results
On 15/05/2009 Great game... Borders of countries should be more clear though
On 04/05/2009 good fun
On 23/04/2009 Lots of fun! I could spend way too much time here...but it makes one review their geography knowledge, or learn it if they didn't know it before. Thanks
By susan on 23/04/2009 Can't click on Bosnia and Herzegovina... the flag from Albania blocks it
On 16/04/2009 HOw about showing us the borders of countries! Put some world oceans, rivers, canal, and straits.
By JOSE MELGAREJO on 14/04/2009 cool game.
On 23/03/2009 Western Sahara has been fixed by the author!
By Brock on 13/02/2009 Great game for learning countries by their location, until you hit Western Sahara, which registers as water, not as a country. This is regardless of where you click correctly. I pulled up google maps side by side and followed the entire outline of Western Sahara and it says try again every time. Fortunately, the structure of the game pushes Western Sahara further and further down the queue as you guess "wrong", so right now it's at 144 (until next time).
By Brock on 10/02/2009 I have tried my best. My eyes really hurt now.
By Try to beat that :) on 21/12/2008 Although I have tried Western Africa 3 times now and can't seem to get it right. Despite getting it exactly right. Hence I have 32 3 times now. Can you check to see why it doesn't work?? thanks,
On 18/12/2008 Great game, learnt lots about countries. If you get it wrong check on google maps and you'll often find your still clicking on the country next door :P
By Norwich! on 18/12/2008 clayM, thanks for reporting - it should be working now.
By Daft Logic on 01/12/2008 can't get it to work. today or last night
By clayM on 01/12/2008 mi wan wa country
By george on 25/11/2008 this game sux really bad
By on 19/11/2008 There must be a bug. I can't get past the first questions and despite being Australian I am quite sure that I know where 'USA' is.
On 07/10/2008 What about a high score less version with random order of countries? It is annoying always restart with the same countries...
On 07/09/2008 Great game!
On 05/07/2008 Your game tells me I am wrong when I am not. For example, it asked for Venezuela. I clicked just north of Lago de Maracaibo. It told me I was wrong.
By Bobbo on 08/06/2008 Great game. I have spent much time on this.
By Shane on 29/04/2008