[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":686},["ShallowReactive",2],{"project-34518074":3},{"id":4,"name":5,"line":6,"line_source":7,"title":8,"url":9,"domain":10,"maker":11,"posted_at":12,"year":13,"points":14,"comments":15,"rank_in_year":16,"shown_in_year":17,"top":18,"tier":19,"category":20,"subcategory":21,"format":22,"keywords":23,"reception":28,"sentiment":29,"stance_mix":30,"scored_comments":34,"aspects":35,"strip":45,"post_text":48,"what":49,"said":104,"maker_in_thread":295,"shape":307,"grid":311,"attempts":647,"same_week":648,"maker_shows":44,"maker_hidden":678,"reader_version":679,"card":680},"34518074","Vexillologist","A simple world flags game, my first web dev project as a beginner","title","Show HN: A simple world flags game, my first web dev project as a beginner","https:\u002F\u002Fbillywojcicki.github.io\u002Fvexillologist\u002F","billywojcicki.github.io","nickybuzz",1674653836,2023,238,131,210,3109,7,"notable","games","quiz game","web_app",[24,25,26,27],"world flags","flag quiz","geography game","learn flags","mixed",0.079,{"positive":31,"neutral":32,"mixed":18,"critical":33},25,34,18,84,{"design":36,"idea":39,"execution":41,"performance":43},{"positive":37,"critical":38},12,10,{"positive":18,"critical":40},0,{"positive":42,"critical":18},3,{"positive":40,"critical":44},1,[46,42,42,42,46,46,42,46,44,46,46,42,44,42,44,44,44,42,42,46,42,46,46,46,47,47,44,44,42,42,42,44,44,47,42,42,46,46,42,42],5,4,null,{"problem":50,"audience":62,"pricing":48,"motivation":74,"time_to_build":48,"stack":83,"openness":101,"stage":102,"team_size":103},{"value":51,"source":52,"evidence":53},"Learning world flags and which country each belongs to","inferred",[54,58],{"id":55,"by":56,"text":57},"34519221","chadlavi","This game was fun and made me wonder: have I ever seen a damn flag in my life? Seems like a simple thing, then you get in there and don't know most of them.",{"id":59,"by":60,"text":61},"34523858","darekkay","I recommend Anki. I've been learning flags (and capitals etc) ~1 year ago. After a few months break I have finished this game with a 97% accuracy (missed 5 countries). I would…",{"value":63,"source":64,"evidence":65},"People learning world flags, including kids and curious players","commenter",[66,70],{"id":67,"by":68,"text":69},"34527915","albert_e","Can you link a deck? My kid is on a learning spree specifically about world flags and would love this!",{"id":71,"by":72,"text":73},"34525313","r00fus","My daughter is a huge fan of flags so we'll be doing a lot of trying this out! Any way you can configure the number of possible answers? I think 10 options is a bit much (as a…",{"value":75,"source":76,"evidence":77},"First web dev project as a beginner, to learn by building","maker",[78,80],{"id":79},"post",{"id":81,"by":11,"text":82},"34525706","I was just happy to finally put something together. I've taken scattered programming lessons here and there but never sat down and created something on my own. Very happy to see…",[84,91],{"value":85,"source":64,"evidence":86},"JavaScript",[87],{"id":88,"by":89,"text":90},"34519264","_justinfunk","So many comments in your Javascript. You are clearly a beginner. \u002Fs Nice work, the code was very readable and reasonable.",{"value":92,"source":64,"evidence":93},"TopoJSON world map data",[94,98],{"id":95,"by":96,"text":97},"34518920","hailkuato","Not sure but it may be TopoJSON: - https:\u002F\u002Fgithub.com\u002Ftopojson\u002Ftopojson - https:\u002F\u002Fgithub.com\u002Ftopojson\u002Ftopojson-specification My guess is that Github just recognizes and supports…",{"id":99,"by":11,"text":100},"34519941","This is correct","unknown","launched","solo",{"praise":105,"objections":150,"requests":201,"questions":258,"alternatives":273},[106,125,140],{"value":107,"source":64,"evidence":108},"Polished, good-looking design, including the spinning globe background",[109,113,117,121],{"id":110,"by":111,"text":112},"34519683","agentwiggles","Despite any mild clunkiness in the actual game (which has been thoroughly covered in other comments, so I won't repeat it), I just wanted to say this is a really nice looking…",{"id":114,"by":115,"text":116},"34525415","themoonisachees","Love it, absolutely love the scrollable earth behind as well!",{"id":118,"by":119,"text":120},"34519914","HanClinto","This is really really well done! Awesome work!",{"id":122,"by":123,"text":124},"34526256","xupybd","What a stunning project, it's beyond a beginner result. It's polished and fun to play. Excellent work!",{"value":126,"source":64,"evidence":127},"Fun and addictive, good for learning flags",[128,132,136],{"id":129,"by":130,"text":131},"34522575","Timpy","I'm on a Macbook\u002FFirefox with my resolution scaled up a bit and I didn't realize the answers were being displayed at all until I zoomed the page to 80%. Scrolling does not work.…",{"id":133,"by":134,"text":135},"34519047","dtagames","This is fantastic and highly addictive! My only suggestion (as others have said) would be to indicate the CORRECT flag's name clearly and give the user a chance to absorb it…",{"id":137,"by":138,"text":139},"34519140","smcl","Nicely done! 11 mins 4 seconds with 97% accuracy (my apologies to some smaller caribbean and pacific islands for forgetting your flag, and for mixing up whether Indo or Singapore…",{"value":141,"source":64,"evidence":142},"Impressive for a beginner's first project",[143,147],{"id":144,"by":145,"text":146},"34518375","pantulis","Well executed! Just as a suggestion, incorrect answers could be displayed more prominently so one has more visual feedback about what to learn. Does not look like a beginner's…",{"id":148,"by":68,"text":149},"34527964","Excellent! If this is really a \"beginner\" project -- you have a very bright future. Kudos! If you care to, it would be great to see your learning approach \u002F experience \u002F git repo…",[151,174,187],{"value":152,"source":64,"evidence":153},"Layout does not fit smaller or zoomed screens; bottom row gets cut off",[154,158,162,166,170],{"id":155,"by":156,"text":157},"34519146","franciscop","It crops up for me (and doesn't allow me to scroll down) so I couldn't see the feedback of whether it was correct or not.",{"id":159,"by":160,"text":161},"34519241","BaudouinVH","on my 1366 x 768 screen I cannot see the bottow row, only the first - hope it helps here is a screenshot : https:\u002F\u002Fi.imgur.com\u002FJx1qyNF.png - I'm running MX Linux",{"id":163,"by":164,"text":165},"34518890","belinder","Bottom two options don't show on my screen. I am on 1920x1080 with 150% scaling",{"id":167,"by":168,"text":169},"34523659","snozolli","I can't use the page on my Samsung S20: Your current dimensions are not supported It sure looks like it's rendering just fine: https:\u002F\u002Fimgur.com\u002Fa\u002FzwzyCx6",{"id":171,"by":172,"text":173},"34519848","stefncb","This is what I see: https:\u002F\u002F0x0.st\u002FoFPu.png The bottom row gets cropped. Resolution is 1366x768. Let me know if you need additional info. The UI looks great though!",{"value":175,"source":64,"evidence":176},"Feedback on wrong answers is unclear and disappears too quickly",[177,178,182,186],{"id":144,"by":145,"text":146},{"id":179,"by":180,"text":181},"34518440","kyberias","When I answer incorrectly, it tells me I selected some totally other country incorrectly.",{"id":183,"by":184,"text":185},"34520263","FatActor","It says \"Learn the flags...\" But doesn't give me the correct answer when I'm wrong, so I can't learn.",{"id":133,"by":134,"text":135},{"value":188,"source":64,"evidence":189},"Outdated Mississippi and Afghanistan flags",[190,194,197],{"id":191,"by":192,"text":193},"34522688","rement","Awesome little project! I went through the US state flags and found that you are using the old Mississippi flag. https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FFlag_of_Mississippi",{"id":195,"by":60,"text":196},"34523879","The official Afghanistan flag did also change. https:\u002F\u002Fen.m.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FFlag_of_Afghanistan",{"id":198,"by":199,"text":200},"34518809","readney","Wrong flag for Afghanistan, recently famously updated",[202,218,233,240,251],{"value":203,"source":64,"evidence":204},"Show the correct flag and country name more prominently after a wrong answer",[205,206,210,214],{"id":144,"by":145,"text":146},{"id":207,"by":208,"text":209},"34519308","RajT88","It's a wording problem, quick fix. Instead of: You answered (nation) flag incorrectly! Have it be like: You guessed (nation), but the correct answer was (nation)! Absolutely it…",{"id":211,"by":212,"text":213},"34520005","pschuegr","Yup, to add to the other comments here: \"You answered [right answer] incorrectly!\" is confusing, it should be \"Sorry! The right answer was [right answer]!\" Looks great though,…",{"id":215,"by":216,"text":217},"34520856","pbiggar","If you could also show the flag in the message, so that I can associate them again, that would really improve retention!",{"value":219,"source":64,"evidence":220},"Filters for subsets of countries, such as continent, population or Spanish-speaking",[221,225,229],{"id":222,"by":223,"text":224},"34522325","insane_dreamer","Nice. I thought I was pretty good at country flags, but it turns out I'm not :) For practice, it might be nice to have some filter options where it only shows you flags from a…",{"id":226,"by":227,"text":228},"34520806","Hitton","Not bad. I think it could be nice if there was possibility of mode with just more or lesser known flag. Like only countries with > 1 million population or 20 or more percentile…",{"id":230,"by":231,"text":232},"34523097","simlevesque","Idea: I'd like to be able to select only countries who speak spanish to practice my knowledge of latinoamerica.",{"value":234,"source":64,"evidence":235},"Fewer answer choices option",[236,237],{"id":71,"by":72,"text":73},{"id":238,"by":68,"text":239},"34527970","Yes 4 -5 would be most common i think",{"value":241,"source":64,"evidence":242},"Leaderboard or multiplayer mode",[243,247],{"id":244,"by":245,"text":246},"34523089","flyinglizard","This needs a leaderboard!",{"id":248,"by":249,"text":250},"34522068","swyx","add a leaderboard and a party game mode (live small group competitive sessions) and you'll really have a stew going",{"value":252,"source":64,"evidence":253},"Reverse mode choosing a flag for a given country",[254],{"id":255,"by":256,"text":257},"34523433","anonair","There should be a reverse version also, with a nation in top and choose a flag below",[259,266],{"value":260,"source":64,"evidence":261},"How was the randomization of flag order implemented",[262],{"id":263,"by":264,"text":265},"34525483","rdlw","Is the order randomized at the start? I keep getting runs of almost-alphabetical countries starting with A, B, or C when I restart.",{"value":267,"source":64,"evidence":268},"Which resources the maker used to learn web dev",[269],{"id":270,"by":271,"text":272},"34532680","spookybones","Congrats! This is great. What resources are you using to learn web dev? I ask because I'm also a beginner.",[274,281,288],{"value":275,"source":64,"evidence":276},"Anki flag decks",[277,278],{"id":59,"by":60,"text":61},{"id":279,"by":60,"text":280},"34528535","Check out the Ultimate Geography deck [1]. It's open-source and highly customizable. Use the following filter to learn just flags: ``` \"deck:Ultimate Geography\" \"card:Flag -…",{"value":282,"source":64,"evidence":283},"Geo Challenge by Playfish",[284],{"id":285,"by":286,"text":287},"34526856","x-complexity","Oh boy, this takes me back to Playfish's Geo Challenge. Man, that game was fun...",{"value":289,"source":64,"evidence":290},"Kahoot",[291],{"id":292,"by":293,"text":294},"34527460","quickthrower2","Nice, reminds me of kahoot",{"comments":296,"answered":46,"key":297},37,[298,301,304],{"id":299,"text":300},"34519970","Many seem to agree that the correct\u002Fincorrect answers could be clearer. Will look into this. Thanks for the feedback and kind words!",{"id":302,"text":303},"34525551","Great ideas here! Thanks for the feedback.",{"id":305,"text":306},"34519936","Thanks for the kind words 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