Life & fun · November 16, 2022
I Built a Gaming GeoGuessr
My friend and I made a fully featured gaming geoguessr - complete with 360 degree panoramas, movement, leaderboards, and multiplayer. We had made a Fortnite geoguessr a while back, and although this was well received, our goal always was to bring the worlds of all games to the browser. A much harder task considering the scale and scope of many open world games. We had to make a bunch of tools to be able to achieve this. World of Warcraft alone took us roughly 3,000,000 images to do (and will likely need another 1,000,000 for Dragonflight once it releases). We are finally at a point where we…
I Built a Gaming GeoGuessr launched on November 16, 2022 with 16 votes, #1,170 of 3,471 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was not reachable when checked in September 2026.
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I Built a Gaming GeoGuessr is a browser-based game that challenges players to identify locations from video game worlds. It features 360-degree panoramas, movement controls, leaderboards, and multiplayer gameplay across multiple games including World of Warcraft and Fortnite. Built from millions of in-game images, the platform lets users explore virtual game worlds similar to Google Street View while testing their knowledge of gaming environments.
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My friend and I made a fully featured gaming geoguessr - complete with 360 degree panoramas, movement, leaderboards, and multiplayer. We had made a Fortnite geoguessr a while back, and although this was well received, our goal always was to bring the worlds of all games to the browser. A much harder task considering…
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