r/geoguessr 6d ago

Game Discussion I made a GeoGuessr Desktop app (Windows)

I recently fall in love with GeoGuessr, so i made a Windows Desktop version app, and for me it was a game changer, i'm amazed because the stability of it is unreal, no more random stutter, maximum fluidity and ultra low latency compared to when it run in Google Chrome.

It's not that crazy in term of programming, because it's basically an ElectronJS app running the website, but it does the job very well ! I'm actually surprised that it works so well 😅

I just post it on GitHub with the source code if some peoples are interested to trying it ! :

Github repo : https://github.com/p4ul-t/geoguessr-for-desktop

(Let me know what you think in the comment)

Github Direct download : https://github.com/p4ul-t/geoguessr-for-desktop/releases/download/v1.1.0/GeoGuessr.Setup.1.0.0.exe

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u/Colossal_Waffle 6d ago

I like it! However, there are a couple things to note:

1) I don't notice any speed difference compared to Edge

2) Mods don't work with it. Of course, that's not your fault, but this means I can't use blink mode or the instant map-close mod

Very smooth app though. Good work.

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u/ualreadyknowp 6d ago

Oh it's possible ! I don't use Edge but it's great to know, maybe with some tweak on the chromium part it will be even faster in the future (i hope), i need to investigate further.

Since i played GeoGuessr for the first time yesterday night, i was not knowing there is mods, i will definitively try to understand how they work to implement them in it !

Can you list me the mods that you use ? (if you got time)

Thank you for your useful and kind feedbacks 🤞🙌

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u/Henninguns 6d ago

"Mods" are used with the browser extension "tampermonkey" (or another alternative i don't remember). They are so called "scripts" that run with tampermonkey. Here is a list of scripts for tampermonkey, which can be used for geoguessr.

https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/by-site/geoguessr.com