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I built a small game for designers called TapTrap.
It’s inspired by those old school “Tricky IQ Test” games, but redesigned for people who obsess over alignment and argue about hex codes for fun.
I actually started building it before scripting was available in Rive, so most of the timers were powered by events and some pretty tangled state machines. When scripting finally came out, it helped me clean things up and make the whole thing work the way I had imagined.
It still needs some polishing and love, but I just could not keep this hidden any longer.
Our Studio DSPOT has been working very closely with @YERANDY | DSpot (our main Rive Engineer) over the last few weeks to complete an ambitious game from scratch in Rive.
Crazy what you can achieve with Rive Scripting + Agent.
Take a look at the walkthrough video 👇 🔈
*Expect also a short interview with all the tech part behind the project, soon in another post.
What started as a simple project to learn Rive grew into something much bigger. Had such a great time building it that I even made a mock game box inspired by classic retro Atari-style games.
Game is built mostly with Data Binding, State Machines, and Events (97%). Used JavaScript to bring it online and handle the firing mechanics and audio, and scripting is used for the Titan Catfish attack. I even added that classic and sometimes frustrating 3 initial high score screen, with scores saved to a Firestore database.
If I were to do it again, probably rely more on scripting & reduce use of events.
Note: Since I started this project without much of a plan, it’s currently best played on desktop. On mobile, audio doesn’t play on some levels, and there seem to be a few redraw issues.
Play here: https://snorkelnutz.990adjustments.com/
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