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LATENCY ā some signals take time.
We send everything instantly now. I wanted to build something that brings back the meaning of waiting.
It's called LATENCY. š
A signal in space takes real time to cross the distance ā light, radio, a spacecraft, all bound by it. I turned that delay into a way to send messages.
You write a letter and send it to a planet. It travels in real time. You share the link, and the person on the other end can't open it early ā they watch it travel, and read it only when it lands. The Moon takes minutes. Neptune takes a day.
Write to yourself at the end of the day. Send a thank-you that arrives at just the right moment. Some things mean more when you have to wait for them.
Built entirely in Figma Make, with assets generated in Figma Weave ā no code editor.
š Live site: latency.figma.site
šØ Figma Community: https://www.figma.com/community/file/1649459100168296975
š Social post link: https://x.com/JaretToo/status/2067642069280321665
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š°ļø 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 šÆ Remora - Let's Clean our Space š
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:
š® 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
š¤ Three AI-controlled drones compete alongside you on a live leaderboard, each with its own personality and skill level
āØ Particle bursts, thruster trails, and docking animations ā built frame-by-frame on canvas, no game engine
š An animated Earth companion that reacts with rotating messages as you play
š” Satellites cross your flight path on real trajectories ā hit one and you lose cargo and hull integrity
š¼ 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 ā it did its job.
š Try it live: Remora - Let's Clean our Space
šØ Figma file: Project File
Can we tag NASA here? š§
Presenting - Silver Line š„ļø
https://silverlinespace.figma.site
My Config Makeathon Submission!
A helpline for hearts that can't quite see the bright side today.
š„ļø The Problem
We all carry small struggles around with us. A rejection email, a plan that fell through, a rough day at work, a friend who didn't text back. None of them are the end of the world, but they pile up. And on the wrong day, even the little things feel heavy. Most of us weather them alone and in silence, scrolling past everyone else's highlight reel while quietly having a hard time.
There are apps for big crises and apps for vanity metrics, but very little for the everyday, low-grade cloud that just needs a kind word from a stranger.
āļø The Solution
Silver Line is a communal sky where strangers help strangers spot their silver lining.
Share your cloud. Sign in, step into the sky, and post the little problem weighing you down. Set how heavy it feels, then send it up.
Be someone's silver line. Open any cloud and leave a message of encouragement, a kind word, or a bit of perspective.
Loved someone's comment? Send a ray of sun to show you appreciate it.
Watch clouds turn happy. When you can finally see the bright side, tap "I see the silver lining" and watch your cloud become a happy cloud.
The goal is simple: make every cloud in the sky a happy one!
Because no one should face their problems alone.
Safety rails (community flagging + admin moderation) keep the sky a kind place.
š ļø The Process & Figma Tools Used
The whole thing was built predominantly in Figma, powered by Figma Make.
Planning: Mapped the idea and concept with an AI agent before touching design.
Figma MCP: Built the entire design system and variables directly in Figma, fast and clean.
Figma Design Agent: Spun up the major screens in minutes.
Figma Weave + Figma Draw: Generated the cloud assets and visuals; Draw was a joy for the finishing touches.
Figma Make: The heart of it. Prompted my vision and watched it come to life, iterating across versions. Used Figma Make's Select Edits for precise manual tweaks (images, text, padding) to save AI credits.
Supabase:Connected for persistence, so clouds, messages, and rays of sun are saved between visits.
A real end-to-end Figma workflow, from design system to a live, interactive product.
š Link - Try it out yourself!
š Live Working Prototype: https://silverlinespace.figma.site
*** Cannot provide figma community link as this project is connected to Supabase! ***
š¤ Built by
Arjun Haridas, Product Designer, Bangalore, India.
Originally designed and built during the Config Makeathon period.
Huge thanks to Figma for the makeathon and to Contra for hosting. And to everyone who's ever been the silver line to someone else's cloud you're the reason this exists. šš¤ļø
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I made OVERTIME š a living map of how the world really sleeps.
The problem / the idea
We celebrate the 5am club. We rarely see the others; the night-shift nurse, the new parent awake at 3am, the insomniac watching the ceiling, and the guard who clocks out at sunrise. I built this for the lyrics inspiration "8 billion people are 8 billion lamps in the night."
What it is
A quiet, generative map of a single day. Each glowing light is one real person's rhythm, when they sleep, move, eat, and how stressed they are. Data visualization is drawn from ~1,200 lives across 9 regions of the world, gathered into one symbolic city. Add your own rhythm and watch your light fly into the crowd. Toggle Weekday vs Weekend and the whole sky shifts. You find your people, you find night owls, early risers, and the sleepless. No scores, no "good" or "bad" sleep. Just where you land, among a thousand others. Whether you sleep late or barely sleep at all, the message is one: you're not alone in the dark, so please take care of yourself. š
How I built it (workflow + tools)
Designed in Figma and built entirely in Figma Make. The community isn't random noise; it's a research-calibrated dataset modeled as a mixture of real human archetypes (night owls, night-shift workers, the sleepless, early birds, long sleepers), so the field is genuinely human: people asleep at 6am, people with 3 hours of sleep, people who barely move. A generative particle engine renders every life as its own light, so no two nights look alike.
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