Even Split Game

Created by Stewart

In this game, your goal is to evenly split items into two given categories as fast as you can:

You must divide the given items equally between the two presented categories by tapping on items to select them, then tapping which category you wish them to be in.
Some items may fit in both categories, but the items must be evenly split correctly to win the round.
There are 3 difficulty levels: Easy, Medium or Hard. Each shows a different number of items.

In just 2 minutes, how many rounds can you evenly split?

Select Topic:

Select Difficulty:

Final Score: 0
Best Score: 0

Round 1

2:00

Easy

Category 1

Category 2

Level 63

Feb 24, 2020

Annoying that I Cannot play on the iPad

Level 68

Feb 24, 2020

Sorry for that, initial problems! We're fixing this at the moment. Thanks

Edit: This should be fixed now, thanks!

Level 67

Feb 25, 2020

Im playing on tablet and it worked fine. :)

Stressfull a timer with unlimited questions haha. Was good fun :) (the easy was quite doable, toughest one I got was double flag colours, blue and white..)

Level 67

Feb 25, 2020

Only point of critique: I continuously keep misclicking (tapping), because as soon as you click an answer, the others huddle to the middle, and Im clicking where the word was a microsecond before. So the faster I want to go, the slower I am, cant click two fast after eachother (cause you are clicking in air or you have caught an answer you didnt want).

Still fun though, and if it cant get altered, I'll just have to retrain my brain ;) and wait for the words to have "reshuffled".

Level 67

Feb 25, 2020

Plus, I keep wanting to drag and drop, but that is my own issue haha. Aswell as selecting two, putting them in the right spot, and waiting for the next question, because I think the others by default belong to the other group (hope this makes sense in english).

I think I need to do this quiz a few more times to get my habits out ;) (did it 3 times and every time the same things happen haha, dragging, misclicking, waiting)

Level 68

Feb 25, 2020

Thanks for the comments! I'll take a look into seeing if I can prevent the reshuffling each time (this is done with CSS, so might be tricky to implement). The drag-drop only works on Desktop due to the funky way JavaScript wants to do drag-and-drop on mobile. Due to this mobile/tablet only work via tapping-to-select.

Level 67

Feb 25, 2020

Yea I suspected it would be difficult to not have the words "recentering". And ow do you cán drag and drop on computer?? I wanted to try this on comp before, but now even more haha, that would make an even huger difference.

(Jetpunk should have two scoring systems, one for pc/laptop users and one for phone/tablet users ;) just kidding it is all about the fun, eventhough there is a massive difference (I noticed when I see old comments of myself saying there is plenty of time, and when redoing them on tablet cant get halfway through :) I think for 2 mins on pc I take 3 mins on tablet (this one is extremely sensitive to typos )

+10

Level 67

Feb 25, 2020

This is a really great game. I so appreciate that JetPunk is finding new styles of games while retaining its clean and accessible interface. It's one of the reasons I love this site and continue to white-list it.

Level 68

Feb 25, 2020

Thanks so much! I tried my best to ensure it fit JetPunk's style, as to not make it feel out of place :)

Level 68

Jul 22, 2020

You did a great job, Stewart. :)

Level 67

Feb 25, 2020

Woohoo I got 11 on hard, on tablet :D never expected to make the leaderboard (especially with me playing clumsily, and know nothing about elevation and only about 8 flags.. Luckily I do know a bit about size and location :) ).

I better enjoy it while it lasts haha (wish I had a functioning computer though.. now I wanna improve, I have never cared about time other quizzes, but here it matters.)

Level 67

Mar 17, 2020

Have sort of functioning log from caveman times now haha. It is 3,5 kilo!

Level 50

Feb 25, 2020

Damn got 8 on mobile. Not bad fun quiz

Level 47

Feb 25, 2020

Actually I kinda forgot at the moment I'm Wrinting this comment ;D But I think that there's some countries that could fit in both categories. An example could be Comoros, I put it in countries with less than 5 million people, (With two others who also had less) but it didn't accept that. So I put it in the other, first then it got accepted. It was on easy btw

Level 68

Feb 25, 2020

Yes some items fit in both categories, as mentioned in the description. These are accepted for both, but you have to have an even split! So if you have an even split and it doesn't work, then you might have to move one of the items that fit both as you'll have another which is wrong.

It can be a little complicated at first, but it adds a little more challenge!

Level 71

Feb 25, 2020

Really stressful, but very fun!

Level 67

Feb 25, 2020

Level 71

Feb 25, 2020

Wow, great game Stewart!! On Countries Easy I managed to get 29 on mobile.

Level 68

Feb 25, 2020

Thanks! Very impressive score as well :D

Level 62

Feb 25, 2020

Unfortunately, it doesn't work on my iMac.

Level 68

Feb 25, 2020

Which browser? It works fine for me on my iMac on Safari, Chrome and Firefox.

Level 62

Mar 20, 2020

google chrome v 49.0.2623.112

Level 59

Feb 25, 2020

I was first on medium countries for a while but overnight my score was beaten by a lot :(

Level 49

Feb 26, 2020

Kinda addicting not gonna lie xD

+13

Level 71

Feb 26, 2020

I think that only the user’s best score should be on the leaderboard, because right now on Countries Easy, 4 out of the top 5 rankings on the leaderboard today are from the same person...

Level 68

Feb 26, 2020

I think this discourages replays, but I'll think about it. After all, the scoreboard resets daily anyway. Also we're in very early days, so it's possible these scores can be beaten in the future.

Level 67

Apr 11, 2020

How would it discourage replays?? The opposite makes more sense imo.

Level 49

Feb 26, 2020

+1.

Honestly, I tried lots of attempts because I was so close to beating the 1st place on the leaderboard so it ends up spamming the daily leaderboard.

And I think more player will do the very same in the future, so I think the feature is good for the leaderboard itself.

Level 68

Feb 26, 2020

Thanks for the feedback. I'll look into it and see if it's easy to add in. P.s. well done on getting such high scores across the board anyway!

Level 64

Feb 29, 2020

I completely agree. It's more exciting and inclusive.

Level 68

Jun 20, 2020

This has now been added in!

Level 67

Jun 28, 2020

Nice to see that :)

Level 31

Feb 27, 2020

How you make it even stewart

Level 45

Feb 28, 2020

On my phone, I cannot drag them. It simply scrolls the page (Android FF)

Level 68

Feb 29, 2020

I've mentioned this before and the instructions change accordingly, on mobile dragging doesn't work so you need to tap on an answer to select, then tap where you want it to go.

Level 45

Feb 29, 2020

Ah - turns out the issue was that I had request desktop site on for other quizzes.

Level 60

Feb 28, 2020

Am I doing some mistakes or the game doesn't works properly in Android?

Level 68

Feb 29, 2020

I've mentioned this before and the instructions change accordingly, on mobile dragging doesn't work so you need to tap on an answer to select, then tap where you want it to go.

Level 60

Mar 11, 2020

Thanks a lot (◍•ᴗ•◍)❤

Level 85

Mar 1, 2020

Very cool. Have wondered if another minigame was going to be added ever.

Level 67

Mar 2, 2020

Round 18, first try. Not bad?

Level 67

Mar 17, 2020

35 really? that is a bit more than 3 seconds per answer, so less than a second per drag. Ok I wanted to say that seems impossible, but I guess with a mouse perhaps, with touchpad, it doesnt seem very feasible. (or maybe it is jsut this one, it is tiny and wait for it... round... so constantly have to readjust, because I cant go up anymore. And the buttons you need to press as hard as an old typewriter haha. Emergency laptop from 2007/2008).

I find anything above 20 rather impressive :)

Level 64

Mar 25, 2020

I got 34 with trackpad, I think 36 is reasonable but any higher would be tough

Level 71

Mar 28, 2020

I don’t know if you’re aware of this but North Macedonia recently joined NATO.

Level 68

Mar 28, 2020

Fixed thanks!

Level 28

Apr 7, 2020

My record is 10

Level 65

Jun 12, 2020

how do you create one?

Level 68

Jun 12, 2020

This is not available to users, unfortunately. It's only possible to implement directly in the code itself, which is impossible for anybody not working for JetPunk.

Level 68

Jun 16, 2020

I got 7 in easy mode, lets go check out hard mode

Level 68

Jun 16, 2020

I got 7 again on the hard mode

Level 71

Jun 17, 2020

Will there ever be any other topics, like National Capitals, Cities, or US Presidents?

Level 68

Jun 17, 2020

Collecting the data for it can be quite time confusing, as well as finding interesting yet plausible topics. I will probably end up making some more topics at some point, but right now I'm focused on major site updates instead :)

Level 67

Jun 28, 2020

Time confusing hehe, I had a giggle at that one ^^ (And instantly my nerdy/geeky brain takes me to timeparadoxes, movies about time, and all sort of strange and philosophical things about time)

But as a concept it actually seems to exist, a lot of things are time confusing, when on certain sites for instance, suddenly you seem to have fast forwarded in time, and when you are somewhere boring, time seems to have frozen..

I think time itself gets confused a lot and forgot how fast or slow it was supposed to flow. (Ow my! Now I have gotten poetic aswell!)

Level 73

Aug 10, 2020

Are people using hotkeys for this quiz, or am I just slow with my mouse? Some quizzes I'm on a roll and get them all quickly on the first try, and I'm still only getting low 20s.

Level 87

Aug 14, 2020

Optimal strategy seems to be keeping the mouse moving at all times. I focus on a very easy category (i.e countries from a continent) and sort countries one by one which is usually enough and requires minimal thinking. I find it quicker to switch 1 country if I get a 3-1/4-2 split than to stop and think for all.

Level 43

Sep 23, 2020

Maybe you do a Stop Game?

Level 71

Oct 28, 2020

I can’t believe that I am still on the All-Time Leaderboard for US States - Hard.

Also btw, the top user This Week on US States Hard has an inappropriate name.

Level 68

Oct 28, 2020

Thanks, this has been fixed. And congrats on your standings on that leaderboard :)

Level 75

Nov 3, 2020

So cool :)

Level 44

Dec 23, 2020

Noice

Level 51

Dec 31, 2020

Super fun!

Level 31

Jan 2, 2021

I got 18 on easy and I am 9

Level 63

Nov 19, 2021

same but i'm only 3 months old and i've never seen a map in my life

Level 65

Apr 22, 2021

Can you please have a give up button.

Level 46

May 9, 2021

Not sure if mentioned: One of the clues is "Countries with 30 million people" which is misleading. It actually should state "Countries with greater than 30 million people"

Level 68

May 9, 2021

This is intentionally done, the clues have to be short enough to fit in nicely. I don't think it's misleading because it's unreasonable to expect a country to have exactly 30 million.

Level 60

Jan 24, 2023

All months have 28 days

Level 65

May 30, 2021

Damn my mouse was stucked!

Level 2

Jul 19, 2021

molto divertente pero aggiungete un po di tempo

Level 63

Aug 5, 2021

Using the touch-screen computer didn't work,

I had to use the mouse. Could you fix that Stewart?

Level 68

Aug 6, 2021

I've tried before and it's unfixable, there's no way to know whether a user has a touchscreen computer or not. The only way around is to view the site in mobile mode (click button at bottom of page) as then you can tap to select, and tap to drop instead of dragging

Level 29

Nov 17, 2021

this is tupid

Level 68

Dec 13, 2021

If you don't have anything good to say, don't say anything

- Probably some smart guy a long time ago

Also, you are eleven. Stewart is older, much more experienced, and definitely nicer. Please try not to be so rude next time to people you don't even know on the Internet.

Level 63

Nov 19, 2021

17!

Level 73

Nov 23, 2021

Since the Afghan flag has been changed to the Talibani flag, I believe it shouldn't be included in the "countries with green flag" category now.

Level 68

Nov 25, 2021

This is now fixed, thank you.

Level 73

Nov 26, 2021

Thanks! This game is so addicting! I am currently ranked the highest of this week in all three difficulty modes. :)

Level 61

Dec 7, 2021

Barbados has left the Commonwealth- Please update :)

Level 68

Dec 7, 2021

Barbados is no longer under Queen Elizabeth II rule, but has chosen to remain in the commonwealth.

Level 68

Dec 13, 2021

This game is quite stressful haha

It's pretty annoying when you're doing well on Medium or Hard, and then suddenly there's one question that you can't seem to figure out, and you have to try every possible combination, until the timer finally runs out. Lovely minigame, though, with a great UI. 5/5

Just curious, are you planning on making any new minigames in the near future?

Level 68

Dec 13, 2021

Thank you for all the nice comments :)

And maybe! Most minigames were expected, and it just depends on if we have the time to work on them :)

Level 68

Dec 13, 2021

Oh okay, no pressure; it's just how all the current ones are so great, it's a shame that there are only four :)

But I'm sure you have a life outside of JetPunk, so I'll be patient. They also must take a long time to make... given that I only have minimal experience with coding (only a few month's worth of Khan Academy Javascript), I can't imagine how much time would go into even one "mini"game!

Level 68

Dec 13, 2021

Yeah they're all pretty enjoyable :)

And yeah, I have a full time job outside JetPunk, so only get to work on it in my "spare" time, which is often lacking nowadays.

I would say Even Split took about a week to make, Geo Snap maybe 2 weeks. Not sure on the other two as Quizmaster made them!

Level 34

Mar 12, 2022

Level 55

Apr 1, 2022

Very fun! After about a month of trying, I have finally reached the All-Time leaderboards! :D

Level 27

May 11, 2022

legend boy

Level 37

Jun 12, 2022

22- I liked it and I love this site; I will continue to look through the comments tho😂

Level 36

Jul 26, 2022

nice minigame

Level 52

Sep 18, 2022

You should make "find the mystery country with hints" in a mini-game, then it is easier to find it.

Level 17

Sep 20, 2022

My screen froze up on me when I was on track for about 20

Level 25

Oct 22, 2022

⚠️i think it was written « Countries with green on their flags » and Italy was not in that category

Level 68

Oct 23, 2022

It may have been accepted in both categories. For Easy mode there is often overlap between the two categories, meaning a country may belong to both categories shown. As long as you get to a state where the answers are divided into two groups, and each group successfully matches its category, then that's all that matters.

Level 47

Mar 26, 2023

It's really slow on a press down and drag touchpad

Level 40

May 25, 2023

Yeah, would be way easier with touchscreen.

Level 59

May 24, 2023

Wow, really fun! I got 10

Level 40

May 25, 2023

Woah, thought I did really bad but ended up in the weekly top!