This tactical combat racer is a fast, turn-based racing prototype built entirely in Rive, blendin...

This tactical combat racer is a fast, turn-based racing prototype built entirely in Rive, blendin...This tactical combat racer is a fast, turn-based racing prototype built entirely in Rive, blendin...

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Nigell Dennis

• Jan 25

This tactical combat racer is a fast, turn-based racing prototype built entirely in Rive, blending grid-based tactics with high-impact combat animation. This project is an early slice of a fully commercial game currently in development for Steam.

At its core, the game runs on a 2D matrix used as the single source of truth, driving movement, combat, and visual state through state machines. Every interaction like hovering, pathing, attacking, is derived directly from this grid logic.

Matrix system overview:

0: Free space

1–3: Active racers

9: Valid movement tiles

The architecture relies on modular controllers and clean separation between logic and visuals, keeping the artboard lightweight while allowing complex behavior, smooth interpolation, and reactive animations.

Playable demo coming soon. 🏎️🏁 Follow me on X for updates.

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Nigell Dennis

• Jan 25

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Yavor Popov

• 1d

My entry for the Games with Rive challenge, finally! I was super happy to put my game dev skills to use.

⚔️ Battle Stride — a card-based dungeon crawler where you lay down path cards to guide a soldier through procedurally generated dungeons, battle enemies, and collect relics.

I used Rive's state machines to drive all the character and card animations, data binding to keep the HUD in sync with game state, and listeners for interactive hover and click effects on the cards.

All the art—characters, cards, tiles, and relics—was hand-drawn and animated in Rive's editor using vector shapes, then exported as lightweight files for the web.

Audio events in the state machine handle combat and pickup sounds. The whole thing runs in the browser with lightweight vector exports.

🕹️ Play it here: https://battle-stride.netlify.app/

Completed work

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Joey Judkins

pro

• 1d

Hey friends! Here's the WRAD team submission for the Games with @Rive challenge! We decided to build a prototype for a deckbuilding roguelike, but with realtime combat mechanics like a Dark Souls stamina bar and a parry mechanic. Thanks for checking out the video; let me know what you think!

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Katarzyna Kalinowska-Górska

• 10h

This idea is so cool!

YERANDY | DSpot

• 1d

I have been completing the Chess game made entirely in Rive over the last few weeks, running against the clock with the support of my Studio DSpot. A lot of fun and excited to share the results.

We use:

-Rive Agent for an initial baseline scripting and effect supports

-Scripting custom code for the most complex game logics

-Autolayouts and Components for the UI

..and moreee!!

Sharing a fast preview video here and a playable link:

Chess game

@JAVIER | DSpot , our lead designer, will share a more complete walkthrough soon!

Also, a short interview about the process is coming!

Stay tune!

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