🛰️ I just shipped Remora for the Figma Config Makeathon "a space debris cleanup game", built entirely in Figma and Figma Make with help of Sites. PLAY NOW 💯 Remora - Let's Clean our Space 🚀

Right now, more than 27,000 pieces of debris are orbiting Earth. Broken satellites, lost bolts, leftover rocket stages and nobody's cleaning it up. It sounds distant, but it isn't: this debris threatens the satellites our GPS, communications, and weather systems depend on, and could eventually block our access to space entirely.

I named the project Remora; a small fish that swims alongside sharks, cleaning their surroundings. We're the remoras. Space is our ocean.

The Makeathon brief was "design something that improves the world," and I wanted my answer to be playable, not just a poster.

Some of what's under the hood:

🎮 Two game modes: a free-flying drone collector with zero-G physics and a station-based sorting game where you triage incoming debris into recycling shipments

🤖 Three AI-controlled drones compete alongside you on a live leaderboard, each with its own personality and skill level

✨ Particle bursts, thruster trails, and docking animations — built frame-by-frame on canvas, no game engine

🌍 An animated Earth companion that reacts with rotating messages as you play

📡 Satellites cross your flight path on real trajectories — hit one and you lose cargo and hull integrity

🔼 A milestone-based upgrade system (Speed Boost, Cargo+, Magnet Field, Shield) that triggers mid-flight without pausing the game

It won't clean the orbit. But if it makes one more person think about the mess we're leaving up there — it did its job.

🔗 Try it live: Remora - Let's Clean our Space 🎨 Figma file: Project File

Can we tag NASA here? 🧠

WIP!! I'm working on my submission to the Config Makeathon! I'll be attending Config this year and as my first ever design conference, I'm a bit nervous to network... So, I'm building a digital punchcard gives YOU my information and gives ME motivation to meet new people! PUNCH IT acts as a personal contact card + network inventory. And the goal is to fill up as many cards as possible!! I'm still working on my final solution, so if you have any thoughts or feedback on how to make this a better experience, let me know!! @figma #configmakeathon #buildinpublic #figmamakeathon

great idea! looking forward to seeing the final build 🎉