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Products that do what A branching, text-based game hidden in the cloud does

You stumble down a forest path. Above you, trees blot out the sun. The trees have craggy branches and ugly names: impostor syndrome, production outage, technical debt. You're searching for Cloud Castle, but it's nowhere to be found. Far down the path, you glimpse an ancient wizard approaching. Multicolored symbols cover his robe. Many are foreign to you, but you do recognize the Kubernetes logo. Instinctively, you cower in fear. The wizard hands you a priceless EMERALD. "Do not be afraid. You control your destiny," he intones. "But to escape this wilderness and reach the cloud, you must…

1. 1MS
   Magic Sandbox – learn Kubernetes on real infrastructure▲392

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2. 2
   CloudNovel▲76

   A game engine where you can make games without coding.

   2020

3. 3AO
   An online interactive Kubernetes playground▲164

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4. 4HA
   Hasura – A Postgres BaaS and Kubernetes PaaS on Your Own Infrastructure▲259

   2017 · hasura.io

5. 5DG
   DragonRuby Game Toolkit▲234

   2021 · dragonruby.org

6. 6
   Gridland ▲87

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7. 7MS
   Magic Sandbox – hands-on Kubernetes training on real infra▲180

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8. 8
   Unknown Castle▲69

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   2019

9. 9AS
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10. 10
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    Explore a magical world designed in beautiful pixel art

    2016

11. 11OS
    Open-Source Decentralized Cloud Gaming Service, Demo:Clouddiablo.com▲10

    2021 · github.com

12. 12CK
    Ck8s – Kubernetes in Minecraft (Computercraft)▲5

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13. 13OS
    Open-Source cloud gaming service lite, inspired by Google Stadia▲44

    2019 · github.com

14. 14TA
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15. 15VL
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16. 16CP
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17. 17MW
    My Weekend Hack – KubeFuse, a Kubernetes Fuse Filesystem▲37

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18. 18IB
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19. 19KA
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    2024 · kuberian.pages.dev

20. 20IR
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21. 21HI
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22. 22CT
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23. 23PT
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24. 24AO
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