A collection of initial thoughts, brainstorming, and in-progress learnings.6
Just got back from an amazing trip to Arunachal Pradesh. Decided to map out the places I've visited so far — turns out I’ve only seen 2.3% of the world! At this pace, hitting even 10% in my lifetime would be a stretch. Time to step it up and explore faster!
Update: I built an interactive travel log on this site—cities, routes, and highlights on a world map.
Went ahead and built a simple prototype of the world map game I wrote about earlier; however, decided for some reason that it would be a good exercise to do it in Godot, so I did that. Currently, there is a world map and a text box that can be used to input guesses, and there is a crude "study" mode to help learn the names of countries when you however over them. Lots of scope for improvement, but it's a good first cut.
While I was at this, TIL: there is a portion of France present in South America, sharing borders with Brazil for some reason? Need to dig deeper into this.
I took a random test on Sporcle on countries of the world, and I realized just how bad at Geography I am. I want to be able to find any country on a world map. I might set out on building a little browser game to label countries. There could be multiple modes: click on the right location for a given country, or type out the name of the country in a given location. I could even add capitals, this could have so many possibilities to branch out and become an educational tool.