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POM-POM is a Halloween mask inspired by my kids: a colorful, fuzzy monster with animated eyes that give it a personality of its own.
Working with an AI agent through the Rive CLI, I developed the cardboard shell, printable templates, and an interactive construction guide.
GPU Canvas renders the 3D previews so I can inspect the mask and watch individual pieces fold into shape before building them. The digital assembly preview accompanies the real construction—from printing templates to adding pom-poms layer by layer.
The eyes can switch between several different styles and colors for each eye. Luau scripting drives the interactions and eye behavior, Data Binding connects the controls to the previews, and State Machines start the animation loops. I also used GPU Canvas with a custom WGSL shader for fuzzy pom-pom transitions and backgrounds.
The result connects a playful digital character to a real costume that my kids won't stop fighting over.
Fun entry with a real world component!
And has with wider implications most prolly won't even realize what this this kind of "toy" represents:
product assembly tutorials folding carton & packaging visualizer, dieline tester?, or even maybe pepakura alternate for cosplayers ; all with personalization features
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GPU Canvas: the 3D world is a custom WGSL renderer with real-time lights, shadows, fog, bloom and volumetric light, all running inside a Rive file.
Rive Editor, by hand: the HUD, title, death and win cards are real artboards with state machines and data binding. I refined them by hand in the Editor, including recoloring and reframing the haunted portrait that hangs on the walls.
Play it: https://haunted-fps-nms8do.rive.to
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Haunted Hall
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Features used: Rive CLI and GPU Canvas.
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GPU Canvas: a WGSL atmosphere pass gives the cursed camcorder look: chromatic split, room-dependent light flicker, vignette, animated film grain, and glitch bands with a red wash when you get hit.
Rive Editor: final polish done by hand in the editor.
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I read through SVGator's template gallery and found plenty of cards, carousels and logo reveals, but nothing a local shop, café or online store could use to say "we're open" or "new drop". So I built it.
In 10 seconds an empty lot gets a location pin, a shop in your brand colour rises from the ground, the awning unrolls, your logo sign goes up, the lights come on, your products appear in the window, and your headline lands with fireworks and a delivery van pulling up.
To make it yours you change 1 colour, 3 images and 6 lines of text. Every label is live text and every layer is named (logo, headline, product-image-1 and so on). The video shows it as a café, then as a record shop: same animation, no keyframes touched.
Built with the SVGator MCP from Claude. All artwork is original.
Love that you went through the gallery first and built for what was missing 💜 Small shops and cafés really are underserved. Such a cool concept. Nice to see you here too Mayank, good luck!