I have no idea what it was called, and can’t describe it well enough to search for it if it still exists. Every couple of years I try.
Resources like this give me hope that little gems and works of art from the past will live on, even if the underlying tech is gone.
Edit:
Wow, this time I found it: https://www.eyezmaze.com/grow/cube/
HTML5: https://www.eyezmaze.com/sp/2016/08/growCube.html Original: https://www.crazygames.com/game/grow-cube
HN is just serendipitous