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

pro

• 2d

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

• 2d

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

Daramola Oluwatimilehin

pro

• 2d

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

• 2d

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

Daramola Oluwatimilehin

pro

• 2d

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

• 2d

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

Daramola Oluwatimilehin

pro

• 2d

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.