The World Drawn by 3,000 People

These are the countries of the world as drawn by over 3,000 people on the Borderline country border game.

The object of Borderline is very simple. You are shown a map without borders and asked to draw the outline of a named country. You are then scored on the accuracy of your drawn border.  The scoring appears to be based on two measures of accuracy. The game calculates how far the real border is, on average, from your drawn line. The game also compares the length of your line with the actual length of the country's land border (drawing substantially more line than the real border can therefore hurt your score).

The game has a number of different difficulty levels. Easy shows roads, rivers and city names to help you find your way around the map, while Hard removes the roads and place names. Ultimate takes things further by presenting a completely blank world map, leaving you to find the country entirely from memory. Mayhem uses the Hard mode but randomly rotates the map, making the task even more challenging.

The map at the top of this post is from The Drawn World, This is a combined map showing all the borders and coastlines players have drawn on the Borderline game and the companion Coastlines game.

If you enjoy playing Borderline then you might also enjoy my own game Mapped, Drawn and Bordered. This is a similar border drawing game that requires you to draw the borders of the US states.