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π What do you do when you get a hyperfixation, and suddenly all you do is refresh Contra, check notifications, and obsess over engagement on your Makeathon submission? Anyone else like this? π
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Honestly, you might have noticed Iβve been a bit quiet with my growth updates lately β and thatβs because for the past 2 weeks I was fully locked in on the #ConfigMakeathon π₯΅
(Iβll also attach a screen recording in this post showing how to use the Skill Matrix for anyone whoβs interested)
But today Iβm back with a quick update to distract myself a little
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π +60 followers
π I made it into the Top 5 creators on Contra
π Discovery score grew by 4 points β now itβs 127
π Ben Huffman followed me β which honestly feels like a huge milestone for me, especially since Iβve been on Contra for less than 2 months
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Iβll share everything at the end of the week π
πππΏπΏπ²π»π π½πΏπΌπ΄πΏπ²ππ: 337 / 1,000
π¦ππΆπΉπΉ πΉπ²π³π: 663 followers
Follow along if youβre curious to see whether itβs possible to grow on Contra from zero.
If you like my work please support my submission: https://on.contra.com/LgPnq8
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You did an amazing work, Oleksandra! Sending you my support. Followed π«
Thank you so much Polina π₯β€οΈβπ₯π«Ά
π₯ Thanks for this guide and for the report π
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The "refreshing Contra every 5 seconds" loop is so relatable! π
Def left a like on your submission. Massive congrats on the growth and reaching the Top 5, that's huge! Can't wait for the weekend update to see what you tested. Keep crushing it! π
Thank you so much Michael :)
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Wow! π₯π₯π₯ Big congrats on these milestones. Reaching 337/1000 and getting noticed by Contra's leadership is no small feat. Well deserved, keep shining!πππ
Thaaaanks Olha π«Άπ«β€οΈβπ₯
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Top 5 creators in under 2 months is genuinely impressive. The consistency of documenting every step makes it easy to root for you.
Yay π₯³ thank you βΊοΈ
Wow, these results are amazing! π So inspiring to see this progress, especially being at your marathon right now and just starting my own Contra journey. You're setting the bar high! π β€οΈ
Thank you so much Kateryna β€οΈβπ₯π«π«Ά
Thanks for this guideπ₯
Thank you Anastasiia β€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈ
Looks impressive! π₯ Curious to see what experiments were behind it.
Thaaank you !
Wow this is cool
Thaaanks Boluwatife π
This is seriously impressive work. The attention to detail and level of execution stand out immediately. Youβve set a high standard here, well done.
Great concept
Thaaaaanks π«Ά
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I built it to expose more people to mathematical ideas, and to show they can be experienced visually in a way that's genuinely fun.
It's a reimagining of the classic game Snake, but in 3D, with two modes:
Escher - crawl across all six faces of a cube, slipping through wormholes as gravity reorients around you.
Metamorph - survive on dynamically morphing topologies (sphere, torus, Klein bottle, MΓΆbius band, etc), it's tougher, but the more visually striking of the two.
The game has one technical core wearing 5 different design identities that can be swapped at runtime using cool transition effects of your liking (just press "T" on your keyboard). Check it out!
Built using Figma, Figma Make and Figma MCP.
Try it here: https://appeal-sepia-75259552.figma.site
Community Link: https://www.figma.com/community/file/1648067291389831150
Social Post: https://x.com/Devon07979992/status/2066232223976554842
Holy smokes, I'm sold! π
Hey there! I'm new to Contra, and I've decided to take part in the Config Makeathon by Figma π
I'm building Trazo: an app to train your creativity
These days we all have AI tools at our fingertips that boost our work β but what changes the result is the creativity you bring to them. And I believe that can be trained.
Here's how it works:
1. You get an ambiguous shape β a blob, a stone, a smudge. Something that isn't anything yet.
2. You look at it, rotate it, flip it around until something appears. A face, a bird, a wave β whatever you see.
3. You draw on top and turn it into that. You give it a name.
4. And at the end, the reveal: it shows you what everyone else saw in that same shape. Same blob, a hundred different things.
Being creative isn't about knowing how to draw. It's about seeing differently. And that you can train.
More coming soon.
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I built Chirp, a temporary shared room for small moments β 10-second sounds, photos, doodles, and stickers that disappear after 24 hours.
Most online spaces today feel public, permanent, and performative. I wanted to make the opposite: a private, playful, low-pressure room where people can leave tiny traces together without creating another profile, feed, or archive.
Anyone can create a room without logging in, share a unique link, and invite others to record short sounds, reply with audio, add photos, place stickers, or doodle on the canvas.
Chirp may look like a playful canvas, but it is not a productivity board or a persistent workspace. The 24-hour expiration is part of the design: because everything fades away, people can post more casually and treat the room like a shared moment, not a social feed.
I built Chirp with Figma Make to explore how Figma can be used to create an interactive, expressive, and temporary web experience.
Note: Chirp is an experimental prototype built for Config Makeathon. Rooms and uploaded content are temporary, so please donβt use it for sensitive information.
Live project:
https://chirp.figma.site/
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