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Show HN: Learn Flags Quiz

57 points by artiomyak 2mo ago

joshdavham 2mo ago
Awesome app! I got 14/20.
boxed 2mo ago
The flag of Paraguy says "Paraguy" on it, you might want to blur that.
boxed 2mo ago
18/20 on hard, some misclicks :P Anki training works!
coinfused 2mo 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.
codst 2mo ago
It’s really a great place to cure boredom
a_c 2mo 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 https://geo-dude.com for my kids. Supports up to 4 players
- solarized 2mo ago
  already played it with my kids. its fun !. need to improve the country randomization. south america keep pointing into peru.
  - a_c 2mo ago
    Thanks for the feedback, will look into it!
  - a_c 2mo 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. I just turned the repo public for your reference. Country list at https://github.com/kmcheung12/geo-dude/blob/main/server/country-continents.json 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/index.js#L233 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
- SamBam 2mo 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 2mo 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] [1] https://github.com/kmcheung12/geo-dude/blob/main/public/data/micro-countries.json https://github.com/kmcheung12/geo-dude/blob/main/public/data... [2] https://github.com/kmcheung12/geo-dude/blob/main/public/data/countries-110m.json 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!
    - SamBam 2mo ago
      Find a country. I tried it again and the very first country was St Lucia again. Screenshot: https://imgur.com/a/fuhO0lh https://imgur.com/a/fuhO0lh
jimbob45 2mo ago
Probably a useful bookmark if you’re going on The Amazing Race. They always throw in a flag quiz toward the end.
Th3Gold3nRainbo 2mo ago
Fun, clean, and dangerously addictive got 15/20
netsharc 2mo 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.
jihadjihad 2mo ago
Sinister mode: Romania versus Chad, Monaco versus Indonesia, Senegal versus Mali, Egypt/Syria/Iraq/Yemen, etc.
lackoftactics 2mo ago
It reminds of Fun with Flags segments in Big Bang Theory
S_Bear 2mo 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 2mo ago
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lern_too_spel 2mo ago
It should show the meaning of the colors and symbols of the flag after the user answers.
SamBam 2mo 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.
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movidle_fun 2mo ago
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cbfrench 2mo 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 2mo ago
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svl7 2mo 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.
zetanor 2mo ago
Thought this was going to be Wordle for how to download something correctly using wget.
frizlab 2mo ago
Sheldon?
ryanchants 2mo 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 2mo ago
  There is an option on the top view plane where you can switch from "Multiple choice" to "Type the answer".
  - ryanchants 2mo ago
    hah, knew I should have dug around more
villdyr 2mo ago
did we crash it? :(
molybd3num 2mo ago
anybody remember sporcle?
jsturgill 2mo ago
Cool app. I enjoy the variety of game options, not just guessing the flag.
ReluctantLaser 2mo 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 2mo ago
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codingbbq 2mo ago
The app is designed very well and it is very addictive.
oscarallombert 2mo ago
really cool app ! so addictive haha
gonnagetapower 2mo ago
It’s very obvious that the layout is ai, refine it a bit.
- artiomyak 2mo ago
  It's not ai
byra 2mo 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!
Technews2026 2mo ago
Very good app and nice score
ethannam9022 2mo ago
Guessing the flags is actually really hard
crow9292 2mo ago
Fun way to pass time Apparently i dont know my flags as well as i thought i did
BrenBarn 1mo ago
There is a great phone app called World Geography Quiz that will quiz you on flags, country shapes, capitals, and all the rest. It has a staged entry thing where you get access to more categories and regions as you play. I'm not affiliated with it or anything, just thought of it when I saw this because it's become a real go-to geo quiz fix for me.

57 points by artiomyak 2mo ago

joshdavham 2mo ago

Awesome app! I got 14/20.

boxed 2mo ago

The flag of Paraguy says "Paraguy" on it, you might want to blur that.

boxed 2mo ago

18/20 on hard, some misclicks :P Anki training works!

coinfused 2mo 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.

codst 2mo ago

It’s really a great place to cure boredom

a_c 2mo 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 https://geo-dude.com for my kids. Supports up to 4 players

solarized 2mo ago
already played it with my kids. its fun !. need to improve the country randomization. south america keep pointing into peru.
- a_c 2mo ago
  Thanks for the feedback, will look into it!
- a_c 2mo 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. I just turned the repo public for your reference. Country list at https://github.com/kmcheung12/geo-dude/blob/main/server/country-continents.json 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/index.js#L233 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
SamBam 2mo 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 2mo 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] [1] https://github.com/kmcheung12/geo-dude/blob/main/public/data/micro-countries.json https://github.com/kmcheung12/geo-dude/blob/main/public/data... [2] https://github.com/kmcheung12/geo-dude/blob/main/public/data/countries-110m.json 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!
  - SamBam 2mo ago
    Find a country. I tried it again and the very first country was St Lucia again. Screenshot: https://imgur.com/a/fuhO0lh https://imgur.com/a/fuhO0lh

jimbob45 2mo ago

Probably a useful bookmark if you’re going on The Amazing Race. They always throw in a flag quiz toward the end.

Th3Gold3nRainbo 2mo ago

Fun, clean, and dangerously addictive got 15/20

netsharc 2mo 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.

jihadjihad 2mo ago

Sinister mode: Romania versus Chad, Monaco versus Indonesia, Senegal versus Mali, Egypt/Syria/Iraq/Yemen, etc.

lackoftactics 2mo ago

It reminds of Fun with Flags segments in Big Bang Theory

S_Bear 2mo 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 2mo ago
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lern_too_spel 2mo ago

It should show the meaning of the colors and symbols of the flag after the user answers.

SamBam 2mo 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.

deleted 2mo ago

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movidle_fun 2mo ago

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cbfrench 2mo 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 2mo ago
[flagged]

svl7 2mo 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.

zetanor 2mo ago

Thought this was going to be Wordle for how to download something correctly using wget.

frizlab 2mo ago

Sheldon?

ryanchants 2mo 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 2mo ago
There is an option on the top view plane where you can switch from "Multiple choice" to "Type the answer".
- ryanchants 2mo ago
  hah, knew I should have dug around more

villdyr 2mo ago

did we crash it? :(

molybd3num 2mo ago

anybody remember sporcle?

jsturgill 2mo ago

Cool app. I enjoy the variety of game options, not just guessing the flag.

ReluctantLaser 2mo 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 2mo ago
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codingbbq 2mo ago

The app is designed very well and it is very addictive.

oscarallombert 2mo ago

really cool app ! so addictive haha

gonnagetapower 2mo ago

It’s very obvious that the layout is ai, refine it a bit.

artiomyak 2mo ago
It's not ai

byra 2mo 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!

Technews2026 2mo ago

Very good app and nice score

ethannam9022 2mo ago

Guessing the flags is actually really hard

crow9292 2mo ago

Fun way to pass time Apparently i dont know my flags as well as i thought i did

BrenBarn 1mo ago

There is a great phone app called World Geography Quiz that will quiz you on flags, country shapes, capitals, and all the rest. It has a staged entry thing where you get access to more categories and regions as you play. I'm not affiliated with it or anything, just thought of it when I saw this because it's become a real go-to geo quiz fix for me.