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A jam submission

Vatican City is the pick. Probably.View game page

Think you know Aruba from Dhjibouti?
Submitted by NjitRam — 3 days, 6 hours before the deadline
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Vatican City is the pick. Probably.'s itch.io page

Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Fun#1303.5793.579
Theme#1623.8953.895
Mechanics#2533.1583.158
Overall#3343.2113.211
Sound#4012.6322.632
Music#4342.7892.789
Aesthetics#6342.4742.474
Story#6731.5261.526

Ranked from 19 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

How many people worked on this game in total?
1

Did you use any existing assets? If so, list them below.
AudioController from another game we created. Music from Kevin MacLeod

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Comments

Submitted(+1)

Really creative and fun take on the theme. Sometimes a simple gameplay loop is all you need.

My only nitpick is that, either the flag in the screenshot is wrong or something really bad has happened on East Asia:


Developer (1 edit) (+1)

Oh wow that's actually hilarious.
I'm gonna check how that even happened, because it should just match the flag by country code, so I am reeally curious how these 2 countries specifically got their flags mixed up.


Edit: Looks like it's all my fault ;P
The countries where in the list by their official name (Korea (the Democratic People's Republic of) / Korea (the Republic of)) instead of North/South Korea so the mess up was all mine :)

Submitted(+1)

You did a great job in making this game in only 2 days!

Submitted

You did a great job in making this game in only 2 days!

Submitted(+1)

I like that you can play by land area or population. Great take on the theme!

Submitted(+1)

Interesting take on the theme!

Submitted(+1)

I passed (barely)! Mostly because there were a bunch of islands on the list so it was kind of obvious lol. Creative way to spin the theme. I like it.

Developer

Yeah, there is no guarantee you get countries close or far apart. I thought about making matches and do a difficulty setting that way but time ran out. And anyway: a pass is a pass!

Submitted(+1)

Great game and great use of the theme, I did better than i thought i would :D Nice work!

Developer

Thanks for the kind words, and congrats on your great score ;P

Submitted(+1)

Good game to test our knowledge ! And in the theme ! Good job !
It could just require some more love in the UI

Developer

I am a pure backend developer and SO bad in anything related to art or UI (and I agree, it could use a LOT more love in the UI ;P)

Submitted(+1)

Had a lot of fun, very nice idea! Got 18/20 first try, I think I got lucky with the picks :) 

Developer

Nah, you are just that good! ;P

Submitted(+1)

Good submission, always nice to see chill play in a browser type games

Submitted(+1)

When I play it, it feels like I'm in a game show on TV, but I get stuck when I play in Time mode and I can't exit, I have to reload the game.

Developer

Hmm, that's strange. I just tested it and even on phone I get the finish button in the center of the screen when the time is over. Are you playing on pc or phone?

Submitted

I play on PC

Submitted(+1)

fun idea, love things like this!

Submitted(+1)

Nice to see someone that got the same problem as I did to develop the game! the idea is not bad, maybe you can implement it like Tinder (left / right to decide which one is tinier. Congrats for the submission!

There were few places I never heard about, dont know where you did find them!

Developer(+1)

I just got a giant data source with all the countries in them. A lot of them I also never heard about, but mostly that means they are quite small, so as long as you don't get 2 of them at the same time it is often a good guess.

Submitted(+1)

15/20 is a pass right.
Genuinely enjoyed playing this, even if you had little time to develop it.

Developer(+1)

Definite pass !

Glad you enjoyed playing it, it was fun to develop and get my mind off the other game for a while, even if it was only for 2 days ;P

Submitted(+1)

i got 11 :3 im not good at geography =p, fun game tho and educational too !

Developer

I'm not a geography whiz either, but I did learn a lot about how large African countries are during development ;P

Submitted(+1)

Fun little game!  Good luck with your Next Fest :)

Developer

Thanks a lot! It's super scary hehe.

Submitted(+1)

I love this type of game, reminds me of things I'd play in high school. My high score is 14/20!

Developer

Glad you liked it !

The score really hinges on getting "free" ones where you get a clear choice between a large and small country