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Show HN: Lab Surprise – A game bundle store built with just 2 cloud functions

2 pointsby juliendorraabout 4 years ago

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juliendorraabout 4 years ago
Hi everybody!<p>Lab Surprise is a game bundle micro-store built with just 2 Google Cloud Functions and Paddle API.<p>Get a surprise bundle of 3 VR apps from 19 games (the more you reveal, the lower your discount). 19 choose 3: that’s 969 different bundles, with an 4 discounts possible for each bundle<p>VR Scout explain it nicely: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;vrscout.com&#x2F;news&#x2F;app-lab-bundle-major-quest-discounts&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;vrscout.com&#x2F;news&#x2F;app-lab-bundle-major-quest-discount...</a><p>We couldn’t find any platform or store that would allow us to have the mix of games and the surprise elements we wanted to have (we searched!), so… I build it over the course of a month, testing and iterating with the group<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;juliendorra.medium.com&#x2F;lab-surprise-building-a-game-bundle-store-with-2-cloud-functions-b5086bf038e4" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;juliendorra.medium.com&#x2F;lab-surprise-building-a-game-...</a><p>I wrote this post expanding a bit on how it is set up to hopefully encourage others to try and build their own experimental stores. The main lesson: you don&#x27;t need to set up a whole monolithic web app to try new ways to sell. A couple of cloud functions could be enough.