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ECHO — The Interface Is Alive
My entry for the @rive_app
I built a psychological-horror experience where the interface itself becomes the antagonist
You weren't investigating ECHO.
ECHO was investigating you.
Play it: https://echotheinterfaceisalive.netlify.app
#rivehalloweenchallenge
Built with Rive CLI/RML and expanded into an interactive web horror experience combining state-driven behavior, reactive sound, surveillance gameplay and environmental storytelling.
really cool concept
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ECHO — The Interface Is Alive I built ECHO as an interactive psychological-horror experience where the interface itself becomes the antagonist.
The player investigates an abandoned facility through surveillance cameras, physical evidence, corrupted records and an interactive containment terminal. As the investigation progresses, ECHO begins to affect the system through visual interference, sound, environmental changes and unexpected behavior.
The project combines Rive CLI/RML, GPU Canvas/WGSL, Scripting, State Machines, Data Binding and View Models, together with a custom HTML/CSS/JavaScript/Web Audio game layer. I chose this hybrid architecture to go beyond a standalone animation and turn the interface into a playable horror environment.
ECHO is intentionally not constantly visible. Its presence grows with the player's actions until the apparent containment becomes a false victory.
You weren't investigating ECHO. ECHO was investigating you.
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All Eyes on You!!👀
100 eyes. One cursor. And absolutely nowhere to hide.
Built for the Rive Halloween Challenge with RML, Luau, and WGSL shaders.
looking scary af 🔥
I built NIGHT.OS, an interactive haunted operating system that slowly becomes aware of the person using it.
What begins as a clean, futuristic desktop interface gradually turns into a possessed UI. A mysterious creature appears, watches and follows the cursor, manipulates interface elements, and eventually takes control of the system. The experience ends with a glitch-driven reveal before resetting back to the seemingly normal desktop.
I used Rive CLI to establish the interactive UI structure and RML workflow, then refined the visual direction, character, motion, interactions, and transitions in Rive. I also used GPU Canvas effects to create atmospheric distortion, CRT-style glitches, flickering light, fog, and visual reactions around the creature.
The goal was to make Halloween feel less like a collection of spooky graphics and more like an interactive story where the interface itself becomes the haunted character.