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Life & fun · June 7, 2024

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.

WebGL shape rotation game with (overkill) FoundationDB leaderboards launched on June 7, 2024 with 5 votes, #1,622 of 4,672 launches that month and more than 50% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 2 years on.

What it does

Check and practice your space rotator skills. Level up against the Sphinx.

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