Country Hopping

A game to connect as many neighbouring countries as possible.

, Side Project

This was my entry for the 2012 10k Apart competition, where the challenge is to build a little standalone website/app that is no more than 10kb in size. I wrote a blog post about this project, as it was awarded a notable mention.

I created a little game called Country Hopping where the aim is to link as many bordering countries as possible before running out of neighbours or making a mistake. You get three lives, but if the last country picked has no neighbour left, you lose no matter what.

Mobile view of the Country Hopping game website.

Beside the coding challenge, it was also fun to think about how to organise all the elements that need to be present on the screen to play the game. I particularly wanted the game to be easy to play on a mobile device.

Screenshot of the Country Hopping home page. Screenshot of the Country Hopping game where you choose the first letter of a country. Screenshot of the Country Hopping game where you choose a country beginning with your chosen letter. Screenshot of the Country Hopping game where choose another country letter. Screenshot of the Country Hopping game where there is already a nice journey on the board, and another country to choose. Screenshot of the Country Hopping game where a dead end has been reached. No more countries left to pick.

Play the game.