Flag Match Game Project Report
1. The Concept
Flag Match Game is a fast mobile-style quiz game where players match a country name with the correct flag. The game is designed to feel quick, colorful, and rewarding, so players can test their geography knowledge in short rounds.
The main target user is a university student or casual mobile player who likes quick challenges, score-based games, and simple gameplay that can be played during short breaks.
2. The Stack
The Stack: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, HTML Canvas, and WebP flag image assets.
The AI Assist: AI was used to help plan the idea, improve the target user, design the gameplay flow, build the UI, add region filtering, create the result screen, improve hover states, add sound effects, and write project documentation.
3. The 1 Day Sprint:
Morning (Hours 1-3): Planned the core game idea, target user, and main gameplay. The first version focused on a simple flag guessing game with 4 choices and a score system.
Afternoon (Hours 4-6): Improved the user interface with a navigation bar, menu drawer, region selection, options screen, sound toggle, flag count settings, and the All Flags browsing page grouped by region.
The Finish Line (Hour 7-8): Polished the gameplay experience by adding correct/wrong answer feedback, animations, sound effects, result statistics, share icons, and a README file.
4. The Roadblocks
Roadblocks: The biggest challenge was balancing the mobile UI layout so elements did not overlap, especially the score area, region title, flag cards, menu drawer, and scrollable All Flags page. Another challenge was making the game feel fun instead of looking like a normal study app.
5. Key Takeaways
Building a simple quiz game still requires careful UI/UX decisions. Small details like hover color, spacing, feedback animation, sound, and result sharing can make the game feel more complete.
The region system also made the game more flexible because players can choose World mode or focus on a specific region like Asia, Europe, Africa, or Oceania.
My final thought: Flag Match Game started as a simple flag quiz, but it became a more polished mini game with clear navigation, quick rounds, region-based play, and a stronger sense of challenge.