How to play
- Goal
- Identify and locate capital cities, and compare their dated populations.
- How it ends
- Each competition ends after its question limit, three sorting mistakes, or its running time budget.
- Record
- Records keep the best score or smallest error, with answering time and the player’s name.
- Country Sprint: choose one of eight countries. The 90-second clock runs continuously; one wrong answer ends the run. Capital Search: filter capital names by any substring, ignoring case and accents, then choose an answer. Enter submits a unique result.
- Blind Map: pan and zoom, place a pin and confirm. Complete ten cities; the smallest total great-circle distance from the fixed city reference points wins. Blue is your guess and the gold diamond is the answer.
- Population Line: insert each new city into its correct population gap, largest at the top. The third mistake ends the run. Population Reserve: estimate the shown urban population; relative percentage error is deducted from 300%. It ends when the reserve is empty or all eligible capitals are estimated.
Controls
| Tap / click | Choose answers, insertion gaps and map targets |
|---|---|
| Type a capital name | Filter searchable names; Enter submits a unique result |
| Number field / keypad | Enter a population estimate |
| Map tap · drag · + / − | Place a pin, pan and zoom, then confirm |
| Arrow keys · Enter | Move and place the map cursor |
| Tab · Enter | Navigate and activate controls |
Preview. Population figures are 2025 UN DEGURBA urban centres, not municipal or metropolitan census counts. Uninterrupted attempts can enter worldwide rankings; opening help/settings, hiding the tab or reloading unfinished progress makes it personal practice. Geographic questions use fixed city reference points. No ads, SDKs or analytics in the game.
About City Sprint
A playable preview of five capital-city competitions: identify countries, search capital names, pin cities on a blind map, sort dated populations and estimate them against a reserve. Worldwide results lead each competition card.
This preview contains 31 capitals and explicitly named government seats from 27 countries. The full reviewed library and municipal coats-of-arms competition are in preparation. Population questions show 2025 and the exact UN urban-area definition.
