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I was commissioned to bring a brand mascot to life for a reading app. The character, Bonny, a friendly virtual bonfire, supports and motivates users to achieve their reading goals.
Built in Rive, the animation was designed as a flexible, scalable runtime. Bonny supports multiple visual themes, emotional states, and contextual actions, enabling the app to respond dynamically to user behaviour. From calm idle loops to celebratory bursts, subtle reactions, and reward moments, each animation reinforces positive feedback and deepens the connection between reader and product.
The rig was structured to stay performant across devices while still allowing rich expression, resulting in a lightweight yet highly characterful system that enhances the overall experience.
Love this direction. A mascot that reacts to behavior can really deepen habit loops in a reading app.
The fact that it’s scalable and performant makes it even stronger.
This is really a great project, what was the thinking process like and does each user have like a custom bonney that would be crazy but this is an exciting work, did you explore the rive scripting for this
Thanks mate, this project was pre-scripting, so it's all state machines. It was designed to allow for new themed versions of Bonny to be added to the file, for example 'Valentines' Bonny with pink flames and love heart sparks.
Currently it doesn't have custom characters, but it...
This is goated 🐐
Oh my goodness, this mascot is super cute 💯
such a cool task it is!
Bonny is adorable! The Rive animation brings such personality and warmth to the character.
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