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+# 🌍 World Geography Challenge Application
+
+Welcome to the **World Geography Challenge** — an interactive and educational desktop app built with **Python** and **PyQt5**. Designed for users of all ages, this game makes learning world geography fun and accessible!
+
+---
+
+## 🎯 Purpose & Goals
+
+- 📚 **Educational**: Make geography accessible and engaging for all.
+- 🤝 **Open Source**: Encourage contribution, learning, and community development.
+- 🔧 **Extensible**: Easily add your own questions or difficulty levels.
+- 🌐 **Accessible**: All code, comments, and UI text are in English for global reach.
+
+---
+
+## 🚀 Features
+
+- 🧩 **Three Difficulty Levels**: Easy, Normal, and Hard – 10 randomized questions per level.
+- ✅ **Instant Feedback**: Know right away whether your answer was correct.
+- 📈 **Score Tracking**: Real-time updates to your score.
+- 🏆 **Leaderboard**: Compete with yourself or friends for high scores!
+- 🎵 **Background Music**: Choose from built-in tracks or add your own.
+- ⚙️ **Settings Menu**: Customize your experience.
+- 🧱 **Modular Code**: Clean file structure for easy maintenance and contributions.
+
+---
+
+## 🗂️ Project Structure
+
+```
+📁 GeographyQuizApp/
+├── geograph_with_buttons_3.py        # Main launcher
+├── easy.py, easy2.py ... easy10.py   # Easy questions
+├── normal.py, ... normal10.py        # Normal questions
+├── hard.py, ... hard10.py            # Hard questions
+├── marks.py                          # Results screen & leaderboard
+├── settings.txt                      # Settings save
+├── data.json                         # Leaderboard data
+├── Project Overview.pdf              # Full project documentation
+```
+
+---
+
+## 📥 Download & Quick Start
+
+### 🟢 **Download the Ready-to-Use App**
+
+You can always download the latest version of the application without needing to install Python or any libraries!
+
+👉 **Go to [Releases](https://github.com/programmer632/World-Geography-Challenge/releases) and download the latest ZIP from the assets.**
+
+1. Download the `.zip` file from the latest release.
+2. Unzip it to a folder of your choice.
+3. Run `World Geography Challenge.exe` — and start playing, no installation required!
+
+> All necessary files for the application to work are included in the ZIP.
+
+---
+
+### 🛠️ **Run from Source (Developers/Contributors)**
+
+#### Requirements
+
+- [Python 3.x](https://www.python.org/)
+- [PyQt5](https://pypi.org/project/PyQt5/) → `pip install PyQt5`
+- (Optional) [python-vlc](https://pypi.org/project/python-vlc/) for background music → `pip install python-vlc`
+
+#### Run the Application
+
+1. Clone or download this repository.
+2. Run the launcher:
+
+```bash
+python World_Geography_Challenge.py
+```
+
+3. Choose your difficulty and enjoy the quiz!
+
+---
+
+## 🧪 Example Flow
+
+- Choose your difficulty (Easy / Normal / Hard)
+- Answer the 10 multiple-choice questions
+- See your score, correct/wrong answers
+- Check your position on the leaderboard
+- Play again or switch levels 🎮
+
+---
+
+## 💡 Contribution Guide
+
+Contributions are welcome — and beginners are encouraged!
+
+### 🛠️ What You Can Do
+
+- Add new quiz questions or difficulty levels
+- Improve UI/UX (themes, animations, layout)
+- Translate to other languages
+- Implement new game modes (e.g., timed mode, multiplayer)
+- Add accessibility features (keyboard support, colorblind mode)
+- Write unit tests for core logic
+
+### ✅ How to Contribute
+
+1. Fork the repository
+2. Make your changes
+3. Open a Pull Request with a clear description
+
+> 📄 **Tip:** Read `Project Overview.pdf` before diving into the code for a full breakdown of how it all works.
+
+---
+
+## 🧰 Files That Store Data
+
+- `settings.txt`: Stores user preferences like music settings.
+- `skore.txt`: Keeps your most recent game score.
+- `data.json`: Tracks and stores leaderboard information.
+
+---
+
+## 📎 Additional Resources
+
+- 📘 **Documentation**: See `Project Overview.pdf` for a full technical guide.
+- 🛠️ Need help? Open an [issue](https://github.com/programmer632/World-Geography-Challenge/issues) or start a discussion.
+
+---
+
+## 📝 License
+
+This project is **open source** and released under a permissive license. Feel free to use, modify, and share it!
+
+---
+
+## 🙌 Final Notes
+
+- No coding experience? No problem — jump in!
+- Want to add a fun twist? Suggest or implement it!
+- Help us make geography fun and accessible for everyone.
+
+> Let’s build something amazing — one question at a time! 🌍✨