🇮🇩 Indonesia
Seventeen thousand islands, the largest Buddhist monument on earth, the only place nutmeg grew, and a volcano whose 1883 eruption was heard 4,800 km away. Indonesian scenes reward anyone who can tell volcanic rock from coral and a Hindu temple from a Buddhist one.
Indonesia's collection needs 3 more rounds before it opens. These are live today.
Indonesia is volcanic: black sand, terraced rice on steep ash slopes and cones on the skyline through most of Java and Bali. The building traditions are Hindu-Buddhist stone, Islamic tiered timber mosques, Dutch colonial stucco and post-war concrete — and they often share a street.
Architecture
Grey volcanic stone stepped pyramids and stupas are Central Javanese, 750–930. Split gateways and tiered thatched meru shrines are Balinese Hindu. Mosques with three or five stacked pyramidal roofs rather than domes are the older Javanese form; big domes and minarets are twentieth century. Whitewashed shuttered villas with deep verandas are Dutch, 1700–1940.
Landscape
Terraced rice on steep slopes with palms on the ridges is Java or Bali. Limestone karst towers over shallow green water are Raja Ampat or southern Sulawesi. Peat forest, blackwater rivers and low relief mean Kalimantan or Sumatra's east coast.
Period tells
Dutch script on a station or warehouse dates a scene before 1949. Bicycle rickshaws (becak) are common from the 1930s. Concrete flyovers and glass towers over kampung roofs in Jakarta are post-1975.
A starting shortlist, oldest first. Every one of these makes a round that Indonesians can nail and everyone else has to work out.
Kedu plain, Central JavaMedieval
Two million stone blocks in nine stacked platforms, carved with 2,672 relief panels and then abandoned within 150 years.
Trowulan, East JavaMedieval
A brick city of canals and reservoirs at the centre of a maritime empire reaching across the archipelago.
Banda Neira, MalukuEarly modern
The VOC took the world's only nutmeg source by force and held a monopoly for nearly two centuries.
Sunda StraitThe long 19th century
The loudest sound in recorded history; tsunamis killed more than 36,000 people and skies stayed red for months.
Pegangsaan Timur 56, JakartaModern era
Sukarno read a two-sentence text on a front lawn two days after the Japanese surrender.
Indonesian history touches medieval & renaissance, exploration & revolution, 19th century and the 20th century. Each of those eras has a timed round of its own — the same centuries, but questions drawn from every country in the library, so you find out whether you can date the rest of the period as confidently as you can date Indonesia.
Medieval & Renaissance
Indonesian moments here: Borobudur completed (825), Majapahit rules from Trowulan (1350).
Exploration & revolution
Indonesian moment here: The Dutch seize the Banda Islands (1621).
19th century
Indonesian moment here: Krakatoa erupts (1883).
20th century
Indonesian moment here: Independence proclaimed (1945).
Dates, order and places from the moments above. Answers are printed underneath — cover them with a hand if you want to test yourself, or read them out for a quiz round.
1.Borobudur completed — what year?
Answer825
Two million stone blocks in nine stacked platforms, carved with 2,672 relief panels and then abandoned within 150 years.
2.Majapahit rules from Trowulan — what year?
Answer1350
A brick city of canals and reservoirs at the centre of a maritime empire reaching across the archipelago.
3.The Dutch seize the Banda Islands — what year?
Answer1621
The VOC took the world's only nutmeg source by force and held a monopoly for nearly two centuries.
4.Krakatoa erupts — what year?
Answer1883
The loudest sound in recorded history; tsunamis killed more than 36,000 people and skies stayed red for months.
5.Independence proclaimed — what year?
Answer1945
Sukarno read a two-sentence text on a front lawn two days after the Japanese surrender.
6.Which came first in Indonesia — Borobudur completed or Majapahit rules from Trowulan?
AnswerBorobudur completed, in 825.
Majapahit rules from Trowulan follows in 1350, 525 years later.
7.Which came first in Indonesia — the Dutch seize the Banda Islands or Krakatoa erupts?
AnswerThe Dutch seize the Banda Islands, in 1621.
Krakatoa erupts follows in 1883, 262 years later.
8.Where in Indonesia would you drop the pin for Borobudur completed?
AnswerKedu plain, Central Java
Two million stone blocks in nine stacked platforms, carved with 2,672 relief panels and then abandoned within 150 years.
9.Where in Indonesia would you drop the pin for Majapahit rules from Trowulan?
AnswerTrowulan, East Java
A brick city of canals and reservoirs at the centre of a maritime empire reaching across the archipelago.
10.How far apart are the oldest and newest Indonesian moments in this collection?
Answer1,120 years
From Borobudur completed in 825 to Independence proclaimed in 1945.
You don't need a photograph or a map reference. Name a moment — "Borobudur completed, Kedu plain, Central Java" — and the builder fills in the year, drops the pin, writes the factoid and paints a 360° scene you can stand inside. Publish it and it joins this collection for everyone.
Step 1
One line is enough — an event, a place, a year you half-remember. Or let the AI draft five moments around a theme.
Step 2
The year, the exact coordinates and a one-sentence factoid come back filled in. Everything stays editable.
Step 3
A 4K 360° panorama of that place in that year, ready to spin around inside the game.
🇮🇩 Put your own scene on /play/indonesia
Credits cover the AI: 1 to auto-fill a moment, 3 to draft five at once, 25 for each 4K panorama. Your map stays yours — you choose whether it's public, unlisted or private.
Moments Indonesians want to see in the game. Vote them up — the top of this list gets built next.
Each round drops you into a 360° scene from Indonesia's past. Look around for clues — architecture, clothing, technology, landscape — then place the scene on the world map and pick the year. You score up to 5,000 points a round: closer in distance and closer in time both pay. Five rounds make a game.
No. You can play Indonesian rounds straight away with no sign-up. Signing in saves your XP, keeps your character progressing through history, and puts you on the leaderboards.
The collection spans 825 to 1945 — from borobudur completed through to independence proclaimed. New moments are added as the community suggests them.
Yes, completely free. There is no paywall on rounds, the daily challenge, or the leaderboards.
Yes — that's how the collection grows. Suggest any moment Indonesians would recognise instantly, like borobudur completed. Approved suggestions get built into playable 360° rounds and credited on the page.
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