Latitude 10 presents

The Legend
of Scale

A system design adventure

  • ←↑↓→ or tap: walk
  • Space or tap: interact
  • Q: quest log

Visit 12 houses, choose your stack, then open the Data Castle to watch a request fly through it.

About the game

Every house in the village holds one architecture decision. Inside, each pedestal is an option with its pros, cons and current stable version. Collect all 12 relics to open the Data Castle and watch one request travel from your tap to the database and back.

The decisions: UI Library, Frontend Framework, CDN / Edge, Load Balancer / Gateway, Auth Strategy, API Style, Backend Framework, Cache, Database, Queue / Streaming, Observability, Hosting.

Versions were checked on 2026-09-26. The scores are rough, opinionated heuristics meant to start a conversation, not to end one. Want a real review of your architecture? Get in touch.

A game for learning system design, not professional advice. Company names describe well-known systems; their owners are not affiliated with this game and do not endorse it.