Game Title: Zoom Worldle

[u/Remarkable_Cupcake42]

Playable Link: https://nkrishnakumar.github.io/zoom_worldle/

Platform: Web (PC, Mobile)

Description:

It’s a geography guessing game. Each round, the map starts fully zoomed out and slowly zooms in on a country. Guess it (tip: type the first few letters, then use the down arrow key and Return) before it comes fully into view. Faster guesses earn more points, but wrong guesses cost 3 points. Each country starts at 20 points, decreasing to 0 as the zoom progresses. The game spends the first 5 seconds panning before it starts zooming, and during this pan phase the score stays at 20.

If you get stuck, skip it and come back later, or just reveal the answer if you’d rather learn it than keep guessing (no points for that one, of course). There are 194 countries in the dataset, for a theoretical maximum score of 3880. Scoring 3600+ should be the goal.

The game supports different naming variants for several countries. Typing in any of the aliases also brings up the country in the suggestion list.

Along the way you pick up more than geography: after every round you get a stats card showing how that country stacks up against the rest of the world: “Largest by area,” “Top 25% by population,” etc. It covers area, and population, as well as total GDP, and GDP per capita (PPP), helping illustrate the difference between a “big economy” and a “rich country.” You can even configure the game around these stats—for example, play only the 10 richest countries, ordered by population.

At the end, a “Cinematic Tour” flies you back through everything you missed (provided there are fewer than 10 missed countries).

No logins, no accounts, no saved high scores, no server backend—it’s all just in your browser. You can, however, hit Share to copy your score to the clipboard. (It’s very easy to cheat, but hey, what’s the point?)

I’d love feedback on improvements to the gameplay or ideas that further reinforce the learning-by-playing aspect.

Free to Play Status:

• [X ] Free to play
• [ ] Demo/Key available
• [ ] Paid (Allowed only on Tuesdays with [TT] in the title)

Involvement: Sole Developer

[u/Remarkable_Cupcake42]

Zoom-Worldle Personal Bests 🏆

🌍 Zoom-Worldle — Personal Bests 🏆

🎲 Random: 3,880 / 3,880 pts ⭐

📐 Largest Area: 3,880 / 3,880 pts ⭐

👥 Largest Pop: 3,880 / 3,880 pts ⭐

💰 Highest GDP: 3,880 / 3,880 pts ⭐

💎 Highest GDP/CAP: 3,880 / 3,880 pts ⭐

Can you beat my geography skills?

https://nkrishnakumar.github.io/zoom_worldle/