Ruckus Games

Year2026
Timeline3 weeks
v1 Shipped
TypeProduct Exploration with AI
How it was madeClaude, Cursor, Vercel, Figma, Railway, v0
Ruckus multiplayer party game experience on a phone

A free multiplayer party-game platform that makes game nights effortless. Players can instantly join from their phones, no app download required, and enjoy fast, social experiences designed to bring friends together.

Friends playing together with the message party starts here
Ruckus Games coral identity card
Ruckus Games room interface on an orange phone

Rather than using AI to generate ideas, I built the product vision first and used AI to execute it faster. Design systems, product documentation, and structured context allowed tools like Codex and Claude Code to translate intent into production-ready features.

Four Ruckus screens showing the complete Wavelength game journey

Micro interactions were a big part to make it feel like a game worth playing around with

Animated word prompt reveal inside the Ruckus phone interface
Ruckus game micro-interaction 3 in motion
Ruckus game micro-interaction 1 in motion
Ruckus game micro-interaction 2 in motion

Interactions controlled the game’s pacing and made each moment of progress feel rewarding.

Animated game progress reveal inside the Ruckus phone interface

Player feedback revealed just how critical visual cues are to shaping the overall experience

First version of the Ruckus voting screen
Second version of the Ruckus voting screen with stronger visual cues

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