The idea

I wanted to get my hands dirty with Figma Make and actually build something instead of just reading about it. So I gave myself a simple challenge: take a silly concept and turn it into something interactive fast.
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The result?

A tiny browser game where you control a smiley face. Nothing groundbreaking, but that was kind of the point.

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Mobile-first thinking

One thing I was deliberate about: making sure the experience worked on touch screens without fighting the browser.

On mobile, cursor-following interactions can easily clash with native gestures, scrolling, swiping back, pulling to refresh. So I paid close attention to how the experience translated to touch screens.

The smiley follows your finger, which feels natural and fun. But I also made sure the interaction didn't fight the browser: no blocked scroll gestures, no accidental conflicts with system-level swipes. The goal was for it to feel like it belonged on mobile, not like a desktop experience awkwardly ported over.

Small detail, but an important one, especially when you're building something playful that people will likely open on their phone.

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What I learned

Figma Make lets you go from design to interactive prototype way faster than I expected. The logic and interaction layers clicked pretty naturally once I stopped overthinking it and just started doing.

A few honest takeaways:

- Constraints push creativity. A simple concept forced me to focus on feel over features.

- Shipping something small > planning something big. This took less than a day from idea to live link.

- It's a genuinely fun tool for rapid experimentation — especially for designers who want to add a bit of logic without jumping into code.

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Try it

👉 Play the game

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Part of an ongoing series of personal experiments exploring new tools.

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