For this challenge, I'm excited to share this first glimpse at an AAC (Augmentative and Alternative Communication) app, named after my own non-speaking son whose name just happens to have the letters "aac" in his name! You'll meet him in the first half of the video. The idea for a new AAC app that used animated characters to speak the words came to me during my first few weeks of learning Rive, and I'm so happy that this challenge has pushed me to make a considerable amount of progress and be able to show some of the features that set it apart, besides the fun interactive characters. The ability to quickly add and remove words, quick phrases, easy to read icons, and intuitive categories, are all part of the app experience, and the characters (starting with just a couple ready-made characters, but eventually a custom avatar builder) bring an element of fun to the otherwise purely functional world of AAC. When it's ready, I hope this app makes it easier and more fun for families, caregivers, and language-delayed people everywhere to communicate with each other. Thank you for watching this video!

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Hi everyone!

I’ve just finished my DuoCards redesign project. The goal was to completely reimagine the app while staying true to its original purpose. Before starting, I reached out to the DuoCards team and got their permission to work on this redesign.

Since the mascot plays such an important role throughout the experience, I wanted to make it the centerpiece of this challenge. I completely redesigned the character from scratch and created all of its animations in Rive. I also used Rive to build many of the app’s interactions and menu animations, which made it possible to bring the whole experience to life.

I’ve included a short demo here, but if you’d like to see the full project, feel free to check out the longer video.

I wish I’d had more time to explore all the ideas I had, but building something like this solo is definitely a challenge 😄.

Good luck to everyone participating!