Rubin James
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Stack the Space

A physics game in the browser: stack desks, chairs and coffee mugs into the tallest coworking tower you can before it falls.

Status
Public beta
Year
2026
Ownership
Internal experiment
Stack the Space mid-game: a tower of desks, filing cabinets and shelving on the coworking floor, with score 613, height 28 ft and a "Clean landing! Combo x7" message
Gameplay captured from the public build on 8 October 2026.

The problem

Most software marketing in coworking is a feature page. A short, polished game is a different way to get someone to spend two minutes with a brand.

Why it matters

Physics games are unforgiving. Bodies that jitter, drift or tunnel through each other feel broken straight away, so the simulation and controls have to be tuned rather than just switched on.

What I built

Design and build.

  • Real rigid-body physics for every object, with stability, combos and level milestones
  • Keyboard controls on desktop and touch buttons on a phone
  • Hold-and-swap and four power-up slots
  • A local leaderboard, plus an optional global one on Supabase with row-level security
  • All art and sound generated in code, so it ships as a small static build

Where it stands

A public beta. The global leaderboard accepts scores straight from the browser, so it is not cheat-proof yet.

Next project

Prospector