Explore Interactive Snake Game Built with Rive and Lua Scripting

Explore Interactive Snake Game Built with Rive and Lua ScriptingExplore Interactive Snake Game Built with Rive and Lua Scripting

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Daramola Oluwatimilehin

• Feb 23

Built the classic Snake game entirely inside Rive using scripting and data binding.

This was an experiment pushing Rive beyond animation into interactive systems.

Movement, food spawning, and game state are all driven by Lua while the UI stays synced through a ViewModel.

Still polishing the web export, but the core gameplay is working and it was a fun challenge to build.

Play / watch the demo here 👇

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Abhiram Tinguria

• Feb 23

Very cool exploration 👏 Pushing Rive into interactive systems opens interesting UX possibilities. The ViewModel sync approach is especially intriguing.

Daramola Oluwatimilehin

• Feb 23

Appreciate it! I was really curious how far Rive could go beyond animation, and the ViewModel sync made the whole system much easier to manage.

Abhiram Tinguria

• Feb 23

Very cool approach 👏 Curious — did you run into any performance or state-management challenges while wiring the ViewModel sync?

Daramola Oluwatimilehin

• Feb 23

Thank you! The trickiest part was managing the segment updates as the snake grows. Using the ViewModel as the source of truth helped keep the UI and game logic in sync without things getting messy.

Kiera Sexton

• Feb 23

Great job Daramola! Do you have a link so I can play the game?

Daramola Oluwatimilehin

• Feb 23

Thank you! Yes you can try it here: https://rive.app/community/files/26481-49644-snake-game-built-with-rive-scripting

Would love to hear what you think.

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Snake Game – Built with Rive Scripting

A recreation of the classic Snake game built entirely inside Rive using scripting and data binding. The project demonstrates how interactive systems can be created in Rive beyond traditional animation, including movement logic, food spawning, score tracking, and UI state management. Great as a reference for designers and developers exploring Rive’s scripting capabilities.

Stephanie Asoegwu

pro

• Feb 24

Using Lua for game state and Rive for the UI is such a smart separation. Can't wait to try the web export!

Wuraola Olaibi

pro

• Feb 24

This was nostalgic to see! I remember playing this when I was young! welldone👏🏽

Akinkunmi Ayo

• Feb 24

Very cool breakdown 👌

Simply7 Studio

pro

• Feb 25

This is really realy cool snake game in nokia was actually my fav

Henry Tochukwu

pro

• May 6

Bringing Illustrations to Life

Been exploring how small interactions can completely change the feel of a product.

Took these illustrations and animated them in Rive, subtle motion, simple transitions, just enough to make the experience feel more alive and responsive.

Static visuals can communicate, but motion adds personality. It guides attention, creates feedback, and makes interfaces feel human.

A small exploration, but a good reminder that interaction is often where design starts to breathe.

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Madob Acharjya

• May 6

I’m excited to share a look into my latest character project built in Rive. Unlike static illustrations, these vector assets are designed for the modern web—fully scalable, lightweight, and ready for real-time interaction.

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Orbix Studio

max

• May 6

Questveil - Real-World RPG Mobile Game Design

Nobody opens Google Maps and feels excited.

That's the problem we designed around.

SideQuest turns the real world into a playable RPG layer —

- Streets become quest zones

- Locations spawn challenges and dungeons.

- Movement earns XP

- Every session feels like a new chapter

The UI doesn't look like a map app. It looks like booting up a game.

Sky-blue 3D isometric world. Animated player pins. Live mission cards. Real neighborhoods. Real stakes.

This is location-based design done differently. Tool: figma

💬 What app would YOU gamify? Drop it below.

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Vyudu Inc

pro

• 1d

I would gamify Shopify admin. The dashboard right now is the most uninspiring view in commerce. Imagine sales arriving as quest rewards, abandoned carts as boss fights, low stock as dragons. Founders would actually log in. Questveil is also doing something rare here: making the...

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