Some time ago I played an online game called GeoGuessr. I liked the concept so much that I made my own version of it. I just wanted to use own built coloVR-platform for it. Also I did not want to use Google API’s as their pricing has gone up significantly. So, I used iStreetview to grab some Google Streetview images around the world. As far as I understood Google’s T’s&C’s this is perfectly OK as long as the images are attributed to Google.
I just had finished a geo-game for a client and realised that I could modify that base for this project too. This is a very simplified version though. This doesn’t save game progress state at all at the moment. If you reload the page it will start from the beginning.
First, I wanted to call this thing “Geoff” as it has word GEO in it. Then a word GUEFF popped into mind. It has word GEOFF and GUESS combined so OK that’s it 🙂
No idea why (probably influenced by coloVR logo), but I wanted to have hexagonal buttons. I’ve never seen them used and thought what the heck, this is my own project. Not 100% happy with them still and I might use different technique for them later on. Something simpler would be nice. Also UI is overly simple too as there’s not much content. I tested the gameplay with friends and they’ve been complaining that the game flow is not very clear so I am still calling this BETA and will work on “user happiness” more.
Screenshots
Game starts with showing how to play 
Small Planet view 
Wormhole view 
Prompt for allowing free camera movement 
Restrictions removed 
Click on map to put a pin on a location 
The resulsts are in 
Game Over, man, game over!
Result
Still a BETA and needs more games (images) but here it is:
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