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Show HN: An innovative flag-guessing game that identify regions by fragments

9 points by horushe 2y ago

timermore 2y ago
This is fun.
jmpavlec 2y ago
I had fun with it. Got 6 in a row before moving on. I needed to use Google Maps to help me with the directional references. Might be nice to have it sync on a map with guesses and show the path as the user zooms in on the solution. Would be fun to see it afterwards as well, perhaps showing the flags of the countries you guessed along the way. I was playing from my phone and typing the country and hitting the send button did not work, it forces you to tap in the drop-down. I'd maybe have it submit if there is an exact match or at least provide a message to select from the drop-down. My onscreen keyboard was blocking the drop-down originally.
pimlottc 2y ago
> Flagle Explorer stands at the forefront of educational gaming, offering an immersive flag guessing experience that transforms how you learn about world geography. Dial back the puffery a bit, sheesh. This must be AI generated, no one would write this with a straight face for a casual daily web game.
ibbtown 2y ago
Did I missed something? If I don't find it out in 6 turns it doesn't tell me what was the right answer?
6LLvveMx2koXfwn 2y ago
Auto-complete should prioritise countries that start with the typed letters.
tczMUFlmoNk 2y ago
I got a flag that was identical to France's flag but was 6k km west of France and 4k km east of Mexico. Judging from the filename of the final image (MF.png), I guess it was the "Collectivity of Saint Martin"? but the game never told me what it is, which feels particularly bad given that my first guess was "France" and no amount of revealing more tiles could give me a hint based on the flag.
- Symbiote 2y ago
  Similarly, I was first shown Norway's flag, but with an enormous vector. The answer could therefore only be Bouvet Island. Revealing the answer should be added, given all the AI-genned text about education.
  - Symbiote 2y ago
    I've tried it again and was given this flag: https://flagle.fun/imgs/flags/BQ.png https://flagle.fun/imgs/flags/BQ.png It's Bonaire, but that territory isn't in the list.
tout 2y ago
Interested to know the human/AI split in creating this. I think it's clear an LLM had at least a heavy hand in making this game. Was the entire app generated from prompts?
arcteryx 2y ago
isn't this a copy of https://www.flagle.io https://www.flagle.io ?
- nakedneuron 2y ago
  holy shit. AI going rogue...
- icdtea 2y ago
  > innovative A clone right even down to the name!

9 points by horushe 2y ago

This is fun.

I had fun with it. Got 6 in a row before moving on. I needed to use Google Maps to help me with the directional references. Might be nice to have it sync on a map with guesses and show the path as the user zooms in on the solution. Would be fun to see it afterwards as well, perhaps showing the flags of the countries you guessed along the way. I was playing from my phone and typing the country and hitting the send button did not work, it forces you to tap in the drop-down. I'd maybe have it submit if there is an exact match or at least provide a message to select from the drop-down. My onscreen keyboard was blocking the drop-down originally.

pimlottc 2y ago

> Flagle Explorer stands at the forefront of educational gaming, offering an immersive flag guessing experience that transforms how you learn about world geography. Dial back the puffery a bit, sheesh. This must be AI generated, no one would write this with a straight face for a casual daily web game.

ibbtown 2y ago

Did I missed something? If I don't find it out in 6 turns it doesn't tell me what was the right answer?

6LLvveMx2koXfwn 2y ago

Auto-complete should prioritise countries that start with the typed letters.

tczMUFlmoNk 2y ago

I got a flag that was identical to France's flag but was 6k km west of France and 4k km east of Mexico. Judging from the filename of the final image (MF.png), I guess it was the "Collectivity of Saint Martin"? but the game never told me what it is, which feels particularly bad given that my first guess was "France" and no amount of revealing more tiles could give me a hint based on the flag.

Symbiote 2y ago
Similarly, I was first shown Norway's flag, but with an enormous vector. The answer could therefore only be Bouvet Island. Revealing the answer should be added, given all the AI-genned text about education.
- Symbiote 2y ago
  I've tried it again and was given this flag: https://flagle.fun/imgs/flags/BQ.png https://flagle.fun/imgs/flags/BQ.png It's Bonaire, but that territory isn't in the list.

tout 2y ago

Interested to know the human/AI split in creating this. I think it's clear an LLM had at least a heavy hand in making this game. Was the entire app generated from prompts?

arcteryx 2y ago

isn't this a copy of https://www.flagle.io https://www.flagle.io ?

nakedneuron 2y ago
holy shit. AI going rogue...
icdtea 2y ago
> innovative A clone right even down to the name!