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Ballparq is a platform-as-a-service designed for developers building games with the Godot engine. It provides hosting and backend infrastructure to support Godot game projects. The service is aimed at indie game… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Ballparq – a small PaaS for Godot games launched in 2020; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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    A small PaaS for Godot games

    2020 · its alternatives →

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    I was at FB/Meta from late 2013 to early 2023, mostly working in the compiler/runtime spaces. I got hit in the spring 2023 layoff wave. I immediately started making games in my newfound free time (a lifelong interest, and I even worked in AA(A?) back ca. ~2000), and in October 2023 I stumbled upon the idea of a roguelike pachinko/plinko game inspired by Luck Be A Landlord. Things snowballed quickly, I started talking to publishers, then worked like crazy through all of 2024, almost the hardest I've ever worked in my career, and launched the game in December 2024. It's sold…

    2025 · its alternatives →

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    With all the turmoil in the game engine world recently, I thought I'd quickly post to show progress on our game platform dotbigbang.com. It's a fully integrated game platform where the multiplayer game editor and games all run on the web. You can make multiplayer games and share them with just a link with no setup at all. Breakdown of major features here: https://twitter.com/bobbydigitales/status/152647067103481856... We have comprehensive docs at http://docs.dotbigbang.com and a cosy Discord server at https://dotbigbang.com/discord All…

    2023 · dotbigbang.com · its alternatives →

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    I'm a Unity 3D refugee, certified expert, started in 2005 when it was a two man-band with Joachim and David. I've been lucky enough to make a good living out of Unity with my own consultancy over the years making data visualisation applications (Wind Energy) and innovation projects (Visualising accounting data for Wolters Kluwer etc.). Godot is pretty amazing in my opinion. Wrote this game over a few days and was productive in Godot basically instantly. I couldn't get up and running in Unreal despite trying a few times. It's my ambition to start a niche agency developing 80's style games of…

    2023 · lfgslots.com · its alternatives →

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    Ghost▲350

    Open-source, self-hosted game servers

    May 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    PostHog▲458

    An all-in-one product analytics suite you can self-host

    2021 · posthog.com · its alternatives →

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    Hello! For the past year I’ve been working on a fully-managed data warehouse built on Clickhouse. I built this because I was frustrated with how much work was required to run an OLAP database in prod: re-writing my app to do batch inserts, managing clusters and needing to look up special CREATE TABLE syntax every time I made a change. I found pricing for other warehouses confusing (what is a “credit” exactly?) and worried about getting capacity-planning wrong. I was previously building accounting software for firms with millions of transactions. I desperately needed to move from Postgres to…

    2023 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Hi HN! Porter Cloud (https://porter.run/porter-cloud) is a Platform as a Service (PaaS) like Heroku, but we make it easy for you to migrate to AWS, Azure, or GCP when you're ready. Like Heroku, Porter takes care of a lot of generic DevOps work for you (like setting up CI/CD, containerizing your applications, autoscaling, SSL certificates, setting up a reverse proxy) and lets you deploy your apps with a few clicks — saving you a lot of time while developing. However, as you probably know, there’s a downside: platforms like this become constraining if and when your app…

    2024 · its alternatives →

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    Godot-based Rust multi-PTY emulator desktop application - godot-pty/gpty

    Sep 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Host a free portfolio with your Dribbble Shots

    2022 · its alternatives →

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    A developer-focused app PaaS (platform as a service)

    2022 · sevalla.com · its alternatives →

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    After recently receiving beta access to OpenAi

    2022 · shawnmatthewcrawford.com · its alternatives →

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    Instant Realtime GraphQL on Postgres

    2018 · hasura.io · its alternatives →

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    Hey everyone! Wanted to show off a little side project I've been working on. A lot of people have been using AI to one-shot games, but they're often quite buggy - glitchy graphics, collisions aren't setup, or regressions in earlier levels. With an AI playtester in the loop, I've been able to one-shot games like Candy Crush or Crossy Road that would previously have bugs like cut-off UIs or stuck retries. The way it works basically goes like this: 1/ The playtester starts by reading the code to understand what its parent AI is asking it to play, and to decide what breakpoints, hooks and…

    Feb 2026 · ziva.sh · its alternatives →

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    Data structure server. Contribute to ral99/knuckleball development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    A developer-focused database PaaS (platform as a service)

    2022 · sevalla.com · its alternatives →

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    Enterprise-Grade OSS PostgreSQL Distribution with HA, PITR, IaC, Monitor, 12 kernel forks and 575 PG extensions. Best-of-breed products integrated as a platform. Self-host Postgres like a Pro! - pgsty/pigsty

    2023 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Instant access to your games and notifications.

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    Hey everyone. I have dedicated 4 years of my life to building a solution for easy deployment of [primarily] Python and Django apps. Think of it as an equivalent of Laravel Forge/Hatchbox but for Python apps. For those who are not familiar – Platform as a service on your cloud or on-prem servers. I have posted here 2 years ago and a lot has changed since then. What's new: - New great and easy to use dashboard - backups for databases - cronjobs - stats resources of servers and apps - tons of stability improvements.

    2023 · appliku.com · its alternatives →

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    We deliver Esports platforms instantly!

    2021 · playbase.gg · its alternatives →

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    Prices for Postgresql Database as a Service in Google Cloud, Amazon, and DigitalOcean.

    2014 · databaselabs.io · its alternatives →

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    Use a Projector as a Spatial Augmented Reality console!

    2022 · kickstarter.com · its alternatives →

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