Direction Sense Test

The research gemme Sea Hero Quest speired players tae mind a map wi checkpoints, then steer a boat tae them, an whiles shoot a flare back towards the stert [1]. Oor gemme is oor ain: a hedge maze at nicht, wi its ain maps an rules. It hauds the twa research measures: hou lang yer road wis compared wi the shortest ane, an hou far aff ye pynt.

In a sma study, hou weel 60 young adults did in the Sea Hero Quest wayfindin levels matched hou weel they fand their gate in real streets in London an Paris (correlations o 0.46 an 0.57) [3]. That wis shawn for that gemme, no this ane.

• 5 levels, gettin bigger. Ilk ane sterts wi the hale map for 8 tae 12 seconds: yer tent, the airt ye face, an nummered flags. Stert walkin whan ye're ready.
• Then gang tae the flags in order, frae memory. Ye see juist the circle o yer lantern, an the view turns wi ye: forrit is aye up.
• Efter the last flag (or whan the 45 tae 75 seconds o a level rin oot), pynt back tae yer tent an confirm.
• Controls: arrow keys or W, A, S, D on a keyboard; on a phone, the buttons unner the view (haud tae walk or turn). Tae pynt, drag aboot yersel or uise the turn keys.
• A short practice walk wi the lichts on comes first (ye can skip it). Efter ilk level, the map shows yer road an whaur ye pyntit.

Ilk run has new mazes. Ilk maze has a wheen loops, sae there's mair nor ae gate tae a flag.

• Route efficiency: the shortest road through the flags dividit by the distance ye walked, average ower the levels. 100% means the shortest road ilka time. If time ran oot, the shortest road still left counts as walked.
• Pyntin error: hou mony degrees yer arrow wis aff the straight line tae the tent, average ower the levels. 0° is exact; pyntin at random wad be 90° aff on average.
• By level: the bigger levels hae mair flags an are harder.

Whan eneuch fowk hae played, yer result shaws anent hou ye compare wi ither players o this gemme an aw. Thir are ither visitors tae this site, no a representative sample.

• Age: in aboot 560,000 players frae 57 kintras, performance fell steadily frae age 19 [1]. A later review o 3.9 million players fand the same near-linear decline frae the early twenties [2].
• Sex: the average male advantage wis sma, frae d = 0.09 in Norway tae 0.48 in Argentina [1].
• Whaur ye grew up: in aboot 400,000 fowk frae 38 kintras, thae that grew up ootby ceeties did better, an fowk did best in street layouts like the anes they grew up wi [4].

Thir are averages ower huge groups. They dinna tell ye muckle aboot ae person, an oor gemme is different frae Sea Hero Quest, sae dinna compare yer nummers wi theirs.

This is a gemme on a screen, no a clinical test. A guid or ill run disna mean onything aboot yer health. Gettin uised tae the controls matters at first, that's why there's a practice walk. Yer score depends on yer device an hou muckle ye play gemmes an aw. Compare wi yer ain next try.