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Grab the Bears - A Camera-Based Gesture Interaction
A few years ago, gesture interaction required a full engineering team and months of development.
For the Figma Makeathon, I built a working camera-controlled gesture game on my own - entirely in Figma Make.
Grab the Bears reimagines tap and swipe as physical gestures. Players use their right hand to grab floating bears in real time.
• Camera-driven embodied interaction
• Real-time gesture detection
• Animated UI + sound micro-interactions
• Dynamic result generation with shareable export?
Really impressive — camera-based interaction inside Figma Make is a leap. Curious how you handled gesture recognition latency and feedback loops? The micro-response timing probably makes or breaks the experience
Appreciate it 🙌
Totally agree, perceived responsiveness is key. I focused on stabilizing detection and adding instant micro-feedback to keep the loop feeling tight.
Still exploring ways to refine the interaction window.
Thanks for the thoughtful point!
That makes sense. Tight micro-feedback is everything in gesture systems — even 50–100ms drift can change perceived control. Refining the interaction window could be interesting if it adapts dynamically based on movement confidence.
Totally agree, micro-feedback defines control. Thanks for the sharp insight!
Really creative, really like the design too, i tried something with hand tracking so i understand the struggle.
Thank you! 🙌
Oh yeah! Hand tracking looks simple… until you build it 😅
+3 calories burned 😂
Come play.
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ce work
Thank you so much, Kal!
love this omg, its so addicting to play!!
Ahhh thank you, Nidhi!! 🐻✨
That makes me so happy, I might have accidentally made it too addictive 😂
Thank you! 🙌
That’s a great catch. When reaching to the left, we naturally rotate the wrist a bit, which can affect recognition depending on the camera perspective. It’s a fascinating body–interaction nuance.
Definitely something I want to explore and improve. Thanks for testing it!
So cool! Was this your first gestures camera game?
Thank you, Brianna! Yes, actually this was my first camera-gesture game. It still feels like magic that it’s possible to build something like this with no code in Figma.
am curious about the prompt you used to achieve this and what make model did you use this is really cool
Thank you, Simply7 Studio! I used Figma Make for this, the prompt was fairly simple, mostly describing the interaction and gesture control. Happy to share more details if helpful!
Thanks a lot, Harshad! Glad you liked it 🙌
This is really good! the bears are cute too
Thank you so much, Wuraola! I’m really glad you like it, the bears were fun to add 🐻
Impressive
Thank you, Subrata! Really appreciate it 🙏
Thank you! For me it honestly feels like magic. I never imagined I’d be able to build something like this myself using no-code tools directly inside Figma.
You can try the game by clicking this link: https://player-sweat-89258847.figma.site/
Wish you win with this 🫶🏻
Thank you! The bears and I appreciate the support 🐻🙌
Hey Vika, I just checked out Grab the Bears and I'm blown away by the camera-driven gesture interaction! As a UX Designer and someone who's worked on interactive Web3 dApps on the Polygon network, I'm intrigued by the possibilities of integrating this tech into my own projects,...
Kendrick, thank you so much! Really appreciate you checking it out. Gesture-driven interaction opens a lot of interesting possibilities across industries, would love to hear more about Repgent and explore ideas together.
Let’s connect!
Always inspiring!
Thank you so much! That really means a lot 🙌
Lovely
Thank you, Arshia! I really appreciate it 😊
Building a gesture-controlled game solo in Figma Make is honestly wild. The execution is so clean!
Stephanie, thank you so much! That means a lot. I honestly had so much fun experimenting with it, it still feels a bit surreal that we can build interactions like this as designers now.
Appreciate it Lee! These little interactions are always the most fun to experiment with ✨
Amazing job on this one Victoria, have been following you for sometime now and you come up with preety unique stuff.
Akash, thank you sooooo much! That really means a lot, especially hearing that you’ve been following my work for a while.
Really appreciate the support! 😊
Most welcome, the first post I saw was a few months ago of your framer work on X. Since then, you've grown so much. Keep going.
super creative!!!
Sasha, thank you!! That means a lot! 🫶
WOW! what!!! this is super cute and creative!!!
Aishwarya, thank you so much! I’m really glad you liked it, had so much fun experimenting with this one!
Oh my gosh, this is too much fun 😃
That makes me so happy to hear! 😊
I had way too much fun making it.
What an incredible achievement! Building 'Grab the Bears,' a camera-controlled gesture game with real-time detection and an engaging UI, entirely within Figma Make and solo for the Makeathon, is truly outstanding. The innovation in reimagining interactions through embodied...
Thank you, Kendrick! Really appreciate it.
beautiful work
Thank you so much, Aal! Glad you like it 😊
Nicely done!🚀
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