# AR experience that varies by user progress / self hosting?

**URL:** <https://forum.8thwall.com/t/ar-experience-that-varies-by-user-progress-self-hosting/8153>\
**Category:** Technical Support\
**Tags:** self-hosting\
**Created:** [August 22, 2025, 5:49am UTC](https://forum.8thwall.com/t/ar-experience-that-varies-by-user-progress-self-hosting/8153 "2025-08-22T05:49:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![Yao\_Yu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Yao\_Yu](https://forum.8thwall.com/u/Yao_Yu)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2025, 5:49am UTC](https://forum.8thwall.com/t/ar-experience-that-varies-by-user-progress-self-hosting/8153/1 "2025-08-22T05:49:53Z")

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Hi, 8thwall newbie here. I’d like to create some sort of game where I save player’s progress. My guess is that I’d have to host this on my own website so it can access my players’ data, is this correct?

Assuming this is the case, I tried searching for self-hosting, but the search results mention “Pro license” which I don’t see on the pricing page ( [8th Wall](https://www.8thwall.com/pricing) ). So I’m wondering what plan would support this? Thanks!

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**Author:** ![GeorgeButler](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.8thwall.com/georgebutler/32/1903_2.png) [@GeorgeButler](https://forum.8thwall.com/u/GeorgeButler)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2025, 5:55pm UTC](https://forum.8thwall.com/t/ar-experience-that-varies-by-user-progress-self-hosting/8153/2 "2025-08-22T17:55:36Z")

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Hi, welcome to the forum!

You don’t need self hosting to do this. 8th Wall provides Backend Functions as a way to communicate with an external database through HTTP calls. You’d have to create a REST API or something similar using another service like Supabase for example, and then use the Backend Function as a way to communicate with the REST API so the client isn’t talking to the Database directly.

[Backend Functions | 8th Wall](https://www.8thwall.com/docs/studio/essentials/modules/backend-services/backend-functions/#:~:text=Backend%20Functions%20allow%20you%20to,provided%20by%20the%20module%20system).

> **[Studio: Backend Functions | 8th Wall | 8th Wall](https://www.8thwall.com/8thwall/word-guesser)**
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> A word guessing game featuring Backend Functions to manage word generation, game state management and guess validation.