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This is my #RiveChallenge presentation on Contra
I created 20+ animations for Boop, a health and fitness app that turns walking into a fun, motivating competition.
The project includes an interactive onboarding system built with state machines, transitions, and view models, where changing values dynamically drives users between states. It also includes a responsive walk cycle and interactive notification activation designed to make the experience feel engaging and rewarding. You can explore even more animations throughout the app.
Wow, Great job😍
Zooly is the brand mascot and the AI chat assistant for a pet boarding SaaS. He is built entirely in Rive and runs live in production at zooly.pet.
He is a working assistant with real tooling. He pulls live booking data, raises support tickets, and searches the knowledge base to answer questions. Helpful, useful, and fun.
He also reacts to what happens in the app. Confirm a booking and he fist pumps, open the chat and he waves, go idle and he drifts from bored to sleepy, and he cracks animal jokes and laughs at them. His eyes follow your cursor, and 160+ contextual lines keep him from repeating himself.
How it is built:
One ZoolyStates state machine. A mood input drives 8 fully rigged poses (idle, talking, roar, happy, excited, curious, bored, sleepy) at 60fps.
A second Expression overlay layer composites gestures (wave, fist pump, curious tilt, laugh) over the current mood, driven by a Rive View Model.
2D eye tracking binds lookX and lookY to the cursor position.
The rig is built for a whole cast. Every character shares the same numeric contract, so each app domain gets its own mascot with a personality suited to it. A falcon runs security, a penguin runs care, a quokka runs bookings. They render Zooly's rig as stand-ins until their artwork is commissioned.
That cast also cuts decision fatigue. Each character only raises what matters in its own domain, so who is talking to you tells you what kind of thing it is before you read a word.
Interactions: eyes follow the cursor, right click to roar, rub his belly for excited, drag him and his arms go up.
Amazing😻
Mood Companion Mood Companion is an interactive onboarding character designed to make the first moments inside an app feel warm, welcoming, and engaging. When the app opens, the bear greets the user with a friendly wave and asks, "Hello, how are you?" The user can express their mood through buttons or a continuous emotion slider, while the bear responds with natural facial expressions, head movement, and body language. The interaction extends beyond the character itself. As the bear's mood shifts, the surrounding sky responds as well, creating a shared emotional environment rather than changing the character alone. The bear also follows the user's pointer, making the experience feel more natural and connected. The goal was to design a character that feels like a part of the product experience—one that welcomes, guides, and emotionally connects with the user from the very first interaction. Built entirely in Rive using State Machines, Blend Trees, Data Binding, and interactive inputs. https://editor.rive.app/file/sweetbearworkingmedozaprimer/2354577
What a cute bear! 🐻
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