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Heroic Labs builds Nakama server and other scalable technologies.
Nakama is an open-source distributed social and realtime server for games and apps. It includes a large set of services for users, data storage, and realtime client/server communication; as well as specialized APIs like realtime multiplayer, groups/guilds, and chat. It works with any kind of games device including consoles and VR headsets; and across games platforms like iOS, Android, and Windows Phone.
Heroic Labs is a company by a team of engineers with backgrounds in distributed databases, big data analytics and high-volume mobile application APIs, and game development. We want to make it effortless for any game studio to build beautiful social and multiplayer games which work at massive scale.
Heroic Labs is a Y Combinator company.
Nakama is an open-source distributed social and realtime server for games and apps. It includes a large set of services for users, data storage, and realtime client/server communication; as well as specialized APIs like realtime multiplayer, groups/guilds, and chat. It works with any kind of games device including consoles and VR headsets; and across games platforms like iOS, Android, and Windows Phone.
Heroic Labs is a company by a team of engineers with backgrounds in distributed databases, big data analytics and high-volume mobile application APIs, and game development. We want to make it effortless for any game studio to build beautiful social and multiplayer games which work at massive scale.
Heroic Labs is a Y Combinator company.
Overview
Location
United Kingdom, England, London
Employees
11-50
Founded date
2015
Investors 1
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| Sep 9, 2022 | Open 3D Foundation Welcomes New Members OPPO and Heroic Labs as Community Optimizes Software to Embrace Mobile-First Gaming | Today, 3D graphics technology has become an essential element of modern society, with application domains ranging from visual effects, gaming and medical imaging to next-generation content like Metaverse. SAN FRANCISCO (PRWEB) September 09,... |
| May 8, 2022 | Из разработчиков игр в разработчики сервиса Balancy для разработчиков игр | Несколько лет стартапства и разработки своей провальной MOBA, чтобы в итоге создать новый стартап для помощи другим разработчикам игр. Сорванные оферы из-за *****, переезд на Кипр и другие приключения.Как всё начиналось В далёком 2014 на од... |
| Sep 17, 2021 | Бильярд, Defold и рок-н-ролл | Про рок-н-ролл я правда наврал, разве что в процессе разработки его в том числе слушал, но в статье про него больше ничего не будет. А расскажу я о разработке своей игры на движке Defold. Игра является разновидностью бильярда, но со своими ... |
| Aug 1, 2017 | Heroic Labs launches open-source backend game servers to help small studios with online services | Game developers are turning to outside vendors for backend services, but there is always a danger they could get locked into one with bad results. So Heroic Labs is announcing the formal launch of its Nakama 1.0 open-source real-time game s... |
| Aug 1, 2017 | Heroic Labs launches open-source backend game servers to help small studios with online services | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more. Game developers are turning to outside vendors for backend services, but there is always a danger they could get locked into one with b... |
| Sep 10, 2015 | Heroic Labs’s quest makes building mobile, HTML5, and Unity games easier and more social | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more. Years ago, it was probably easier for a developer to create a game: you just had to worry about building for game consoles — yes, you d... |
| Aug 20, 2015 | Congratulations To The YC Summer 2015 Class | This week we held Demo Day for our Summer 2015 class at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California. It was the 21st Demo Day event in Y Combinator’s history, with a total of 102 pitches spread across two days. Below is a list ... |
| Aug 19, 2015 | Here Are The 52 Startups That Launched At Y Combinator Summer 2015 Demo Day 2 | Hardware was the clear-cut theme of Day 1, but Demo Day 2 of Y Combinator’s Summer 2015 was a bit more… eclectic. Moving services! Streaming services! Hotel booking, augmented reality, esports! There was a little something for everybody tod... |
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FAQ about Heroic Labs
When was Heroic Labs founded?
Heroic Labs was founded in 2015.
What has the press written about Heroic Labs?
Parsers VC has collected 9 articles mentioning Heroic Labs, among them “Open 3D Foundation Welcomes New Members OPPO and Heroic Labs as Community Optimizes Software to Embrace Mobile-First Gaming” (Sep 9, 2022) and “Из разработчиков игр в разработчики сервиса Balancy для разработчиков игр” (May 8, 2022).
Is Heroic Labs still active?
Yes, Heroic Labs is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Feb 20, 2025.