Sussex graduate launches free UK geography daily game

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 27 Oct, 13:02 · Archive

A Crawley graduate has created a free daily game about UK places and landscapes, inspired by his grandparents' complaints about Wordle.

Ben Shackell, a physics graduate from Crawley who studied at the University of Surrey, has created Four to Find, a free daily game centred on UK geography and history. The game was inspired when his grandparents complained about American English spellings in the word-based puzzle game Wordle.

Instead of guessing a word, players identify a mystery place from four clues. The first clue may fit several locations, but each new hint narrows down the answer. Players can expect clues about familiar landmarks, local history or landscape characteristics. The game introduces a new location each day and includes features such as a leaderboard, streaks and a stamp book for tracking found places.

Shackell originally created Four to Find to play with his grandparents, finding that the daily answer often sparked conversations about places they had visited or wanted to explore. He hopes other families and friends will enjoy comparing their guesses and learning more about the country together. The Geographical Association has published an article about how the game began and its potential use as a classroom geography activity. Four to Find is free to play in a web browser at logicisle.com/four-to-find.

How it is being reported

• Grandparents’ Wordle complaint inspires Crawley graduate’s free UK geography gameA complaint about American English in Wordle has inspired a Crawley graduate to make a different kind of daily puzzle, based on the places, landscapes and history of the UK.Sussex Express · 27 Oct, 12:47
• Sussex graduate launches free geography game inspired by family conversationsA Crawley graduate has created a daily game about UK places, landscapes and history.The Argus · 27 Oct, 05:00

In this story: Ben Shackell · University of Surrey · Crawley · Geographical Association

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