As a 30-year software engineer, I created this after my teen wanted custom minis for tabletop RPGs. Options were expensive or hard, so I built an AI solution that's simple and affordable.
How it works:
• Describe your character (e.g., armored elf ranger with bow)
• AI generates the 3D model
• Download print-ready STL instantly
Credit-based (no subscriptions): 1 free generation on signup, then cheap one-time PayPal credits.
Great for tabletop gamers, and 3D printing fans. Try it once for free!
I am a Computer Science student doing research into how solopreneurs and small startups create new apps and what their stack looks like. Particularly, I'm interested in how you handle things like authentication, billing, and permissions/authorization in your apps.
Let me know what you're working on below and how you're going about it -- I'd love to connect for some quick calls to learn about your product and talk about your process in building it!
I've built my product around traditional SaaS pricing (monthly tiers), but I m starting to wonder if that model is getting outdated, especially with more AI-powered and compute-heavy tools entering the market. That shift requires real architectural changes, instrumentation, metering, billing logic, and UI changes, not just pricing tweaks. It s something I m starting to seriously think about for my own product.
In particular, AI usage has real COGs (every prompt costs money), and I m seeing more platforms experimenting with usage-based models, or hybrids like SaaS base + usage + overage.
For those of you building AI or compute-intensive tools:
