As a kid, I was always sketching games that only lived on paper. Artefacts, rules, and bosses at the end of the labyrinths… Fast forward to 2025, and I made a 3D game in a single week?! 🤯

Not a AAA title, but a real, playable adventure.

Figmacraft — a tiny adventure game I created from scratch using Figma Make as a part of the Figma Make-a-thon contest. No deep dev background. No game engines. Just vibes, Figma, and a lot of AI.

To develop a straightforward yet effective editor, I chose to assign the player as a world builder in the editor mode, accessible by pressing ⌥⌘E. To create maps, I needed next simple abilities for the player:

fly/walk: WASD + QE, toggle on ‘

draw/erase blocks: LMB + RMB

switch between different block types: H/V Scroll or ← → ↑ ↓

set spawn direction and portal destination: K

respawn: R

The editor became the heart of the project. Even with the deadline looming, building it brought a sense of pure joy and purpose. That was a deep moment when I truly feel: I’m making a game!

To create challenging yet simple gameplay, I randomized the main block textures and added portal blocks for map travel. I included placeholders and Figma logo blocks that complete the quest when arranged in the proper order. Thus, the inventory was born.

I wanted to hold my creation in my hands. The solution came from boiling the controls down to their essence: movement and sight. This led me to a classic dual-stick layout that just felt right. The moment I could smoothly navigate my world on a small screen was pure magic.

I’ve spent years designing products, interfaces, and prototypes. But this was different.

Creating Figmacraft reminded me why I got into design in the first place: not to ship perfect features, but to explore ideas, build crazy things, learn in real-time, and remember that we are capable of much farther than we thought.