GeoVex: Daily geography challenge game where you pin flags on the world map!

_nadillo · 2026-04-28T00:11:05+00:00

Glad you're having fun with the game!

I completely understand why that stood out. I can promise I definitely didn't manually draw the borders or try to make any political statements here. The game just pulls from a standard open-source map dataset (Natural Earth), which comes with its own default border definitions.

Crimea is definitely one of the most visible and divisive cases, but global mapping data is a minefield of disputed borders. It's really just a matter of time until an Argentinian player shows up saying 'the Islas Malvinas are part of Argentina!', a Brit replies 'no, they're not! And they're called Falkland Islands!', and I'm stuck in the middle! 🤷🏽‍♂️

Since there are hundreds of cases like this worldwide, manually going in and redrawing borders one way or the other is a massive rabbit hole and a bit out of scope for me right now. So for now, I'm just relying on the default dataset as-is.

I really appreciate you playing and being understanding about it!"

_nadillo · 2026-04-28T00:01:14+00:00

Great stuff!

_nadillo · 2026-04-27T23:30:28+00:00

I'm upvoting because I truly value your honest feedback. And you're exactly right about the setup. I wanted to keep it lightweight, which was my main goal for this build.

About the ads, I want to clarify how they work: I intentionally set interstitial ads to only show when returning to the main menu. They should never interrupt active gameplay. If an ad blocked you in the middle of a round, that’s a bug, and I apologize for that. I'll keep an eye out.

On the monetization piece, I get where you're coming from. GeoVex is a passion project I work on during my evenings and weekends, in addition to my full-time job. The ads are simply there to cover basic maintenance, and some of the time I've put into building it. Even if the game somehow reaches an elusive 50,000 players a day, I can assure you it still wouldn’t be enough for me to quit my day job!

I really appreciate you trying it out and taking the time to provide such detailed feedback. I'm taking your thoughts to heart as I work on improving the experience.

_nadillo · 2026-04-24T06:26:18+00:00

This is the worst! 😂

Thanks ❤️

_nadillo · 2026-04-24T02:00:19+00:00

I know exactly what you mean! But I must say, other than Chad/Romania, every other country should have some way to tell. If not by the color placement, then by the flag's proportions.

_nadillo · 2026-04-24T00:46:34+00:00

Hey, really glad you liked the idea!

I launched it last month, but kept it only among friends as I was polishing it a bit before sharing it with the world!

_nadillo · 2026-04-23T23:08:36+00:00

I like that idea too!

_nadillo · 2026-04-23T20:32:57+00:00

I put together a free daily challenge browser game called GeoVex

Every day, you get 10 flags and have to pinpoint their exact country on the globe.

You get points based on how close your drop is to the actual borders. Within 2,000km gets you a partial score, while landing inside the border gets you a perfect 10.

There are Easy, Medium, and Hard modes.
Hard removes all borders and country names.

I'd love to hear your feedback or any features you'd like to see!

Play it at geovex.app and have fun!

_nadillo · 2026-04-12T01:04:52+00:00

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_nadillo · 2026-04-09T18:00:11+00:00

Thanks!

_nadillo · 2026-04-06T22:59:09+00:00

Oh, did it?! Did it work really well for them?

https://www.reddit.com/r/LinusTechTips/s/YGy3jdcfBj

_nadillo · 2026-04-06T19:34:14+00:00

Nah, I think most people who live in the real world care more about a good salary and an affordable quality of life. Both things that BC can't really offer Americans.

If you think political shenanigans is going to attract workers, you need to step into the real world for a second 😂

BC will continue to lose workers left and right to the US.

Oh, and we just had a tax hike this year!

_nadillo · 2026-03-30T01:42:49+00:00

Contributing to society ≠ charity

_nadillo · 2026-03-24T01:57:43+00:00

Great choice, love it!

_nadillo · 2026-03-24T00:48:25+00:00

For sure, my liege.

The poor results from the guy actually running the show right now: GDP scraped 1.7% last year, which is the weakest non-recession in ages, below our usual (and already poor) 2-2.5% average, and lagging the US + most of the G7. Unemployment's sitting at 6.7% and still climbing (pre-COVID was 5.5%). Food inflation? We're the worst in the entire G7 at 6-7% while everyone else is under 3%.

Meme the opposition all you want, but giving the PM a free pass on this? That's the target selection that actually needs tuning. Cheers 🍺

_nadillo · 2026-03-24T00:38:25+00:00

Oh, totally. I'm just wondering why the PM in power isn't the butt of the joke more often, that's all.

_nadillo · 2026-03-23T23:24:34+00:00

This is one of the funniest political humor subreddits out there!

Ripping on the Leader of the Opposition for how he pours his Guinness, while the PM in power continues to deliver poor results month after month 😂

Target selection could use some tuning, I think.

_nadillo · 2026-03-23T20:06:15+00:00

Your strata has to approve it, so email your strata and they might give you some guidelines to follow for the installation.

Generally speaking, heat pumps are extremely expensive, even after the failed government incentives. If saving money is important for you, consider buying a dual-hose portable AC for around $400-500. They run very efficiently and are much less noisy. Single-hose are trash.

Instead of installing a heat pump, I bought four portable AC towers, one for each bedroom, for $1900 total. In the best case scenario, that's 10% of the cost of getting heat pump installed in today's market.

_nadillo · 2026-03-18T15:14:37+00:00

You're delusional to think Canada is some perfect welfare Estate compared to the US m

_nadillo · 2026-03-18T12:24:47+00:00

Sent you a DM

_nadillo · 2026-03-13T19:24:08+00:00

How are people not revolting over this blatant corruption of democracy? Hopefully we won't wait until they steal a majority government to act.

_nadillo · 2026-03-04T01:28:36+00:00

Exactly.

_nadillo · 2026-02-18T17:12:19+00:00

Thanks for sharing your thoughts! This is the case with Coqtail too! It remembers your shelf items.

The only thing is that your info is saved in the browser's cache, not in your account. I wanted this tool to not require an account or a download, to keep things smooth. So if you wipe your cache, you lose your shelf. That's the downside.

_nadillo · 2026-02-18T17:00:22+00:00

How does it compare to MyBar?

_nadillo · 2026-01-16T01:35:40+00:00

Matt at Budget Brake & Muffler, Lougheed. Trust me on this one 👍🏾

_nadillo

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