Life & fun · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to WebGL shape rotation game with (overkill) FoundationDB leaderboards
I did quite a major update of this webgl game (a custom engine) to add leaderboards support. It uses the foundationdb record layer, and the time window leaderboard indexes from that. The leaderboard support was initially developed for the other game https://luduxia.com/showdown/ and the backend is common across both. This was ultimately an experiment in getting to know foundationdb, which proved quite successful.
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. WebGL shape rotation game with (overkill) FoundationDB leaderboards launched in 2024; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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Hello HN! We’re a small creative studio specializing in real-time 3D experiences. Netlify approached us to design and build an interactive experience to celebrate reaching 5 million developers. Inspired by the classic game Marble Madness, we created a gamified experience where users control a ball through playful, interactive levels. The goal was to blend marketing content with the look and feel of a game to engage users. The app is built with Three.js [1], using our custom render pipeline and shaders, and uses Rapier for physics simulation [2]. The 2D content is overlaid on the WebGL view…
2024 · 5-million-devs.netlify.com · its alternatives →
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Hi all, hope someone enjoys (or not) my weekend project. See how many matching pairs you can find in two minutes. This is written in C++ and built to WebAssembly with Emscripten. The code is at https://github.com/0xf00ff00f/rotator
2022 · 0xf00ff00f.github.io · its alternatives →
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Use friendly competition to build and strengthen community
Apr 2026 · showmealeaderboard.com · its alternatives →
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Show HN: Boardzilla, a framework for making web-based board games Tldr: We’ve made a framework for web-based board games. You can try out some games over at https://boardzilla.io, or you can take a look at https://docs.boardzilla.io to learn more about how to develop your own game. Source is available at https://github.com/boardzilla Hey y’all. My brother and I have made a framework for board games. During the pandemic we started to look at BGA but got discouraged by how old-fashioned the tools were and how cumbersome the development process was. We set out…
2024 · boardzilla.io · its alternatives →
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Creator here. I built ChartGPU because I kept hitting the same wall: charting libraries that claim to be "fast" but choke past 100K data points. The core insight: Canvas2D is fundamentally CPU-bound. Even WebGL chart libraries still do most computation on the CPU. So I moved everything to the GPU via WebGPU: - LTTB downsampling runs as a compute shader - Hit-testing for tooltips/hover is GPU-accelerated - Rendering uses instanced draws (one draw call per series) The result: 1M points at 60fps with smooth zoom/pan. Live demo:…
Jan 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Over the weekend I was discussing the latest news relating to open weights with some of my non-techie friends. After 30 mins of waffling, I realised it is quite a long and interesting story, with many twists and turns. I've always wanted to create a 'long scroll' story, but have never found a suitable story to tell. This felt like a fun weekend project to undertake. The story itself doesn't have too many scroll effects (which is probably a good thing), it was more about trying to tell a story with a certain style that wouldn't really fit on my personal blog. Would love to get your feedback…
2020 · blog.scottlogic.com · its alternatives →
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I found that duplicating a specific block of 7 middle layers in Qwen2-72B, without modifying any weights, improved performance across all Open LLM Leaderboard benchmarks and took #1. As of 2026, the top 4 models on that leaderboard are still descendants. The weird finding: single-layer duplication does nothing. Too few layers, nothing. Too many, it gets worse. Only circuit-sized blocks of ~7 layers work. This suggests pretraining carves out discrete functional circuits in the layer stack that only work when preserved whole. The whole thing was developed on 2x RTX 4090s in my basement. I'm…
Mar 2026 · dnhkng.github.io · its alternatives →
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GitRanks▲127Hi HN, I built GitRanks because I’ve always wanted a clear, fun way to see how my open-source work compares - both globally and right here at home. The app pulls in GitHub data to give every developer an at-a-glance “scorecard”, then rolls those into live leaderboards so you can: - Track rankings by stars, contributions and followers - Filter worldwide vs. your own country - Refresh daily - no waiting weeks to see your progress - Discover rising devs you’ve never heard of and follow their work Tech Stack: - Back: MongoDB | NestJS | BullMQ | GraphQL - Front: Next.js | Tailwind | Shadcn Data:…
2025 · gitranks.com · its alternatives →
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Compare your speed against competitors.
2021 · vitals-leaderboard.pazguille.me · its alternatives →
- 11WGWebGL Games▲83
2015 · webgl.nu · its alternatives →
- 12FWFreeciv WebGL 3D▲105
2017 · play.freeciv.org · its alternatives →
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2016 · webblocks.uk · its alternatives →
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Leaderboard▲139Keep track of your office games in Slack
2017 · leaderboardapp.com · its alternatives →
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2016 · erkaman.github.io · its alternatives →
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2014 · jessevdk.github.io · its alternatives →
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2015 · voxlords.webgl.nu · its alternatives →
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flywheel▲87Add beautiful leaderboards to your app in minutes
2023 · myflywheel.app · its alternatives →
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Free leaderboard service for indie game developers
2024 · simpleboards.dev · its alternatives →
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If there's no leaderboard what's the point?
Feb 2026 · laddernexus.com · its alternatives →
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2015 · haxor.xyz · its alternatives →
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2012 · wwwtyro.github.com · its alternatives →
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