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I built a Whack-a-Mole mini game in Rive 🐹🔨
Using Rive Scripting, I implemented:
• Randomized mole spawning
• Adjustable spawn rate
• Cooldown timing control
The scoring system uses data binding to provide real-time gameplay feedback.
It’s a simple prototype, but a good reminder that even minimal mechanics can be engaging.
I included a walkthrough in the comments for anyone interested in the setup 👇
What would you add to level this up?
Well done
The gane is surely, a remind 🥹🤭
@Karina Super clean build great use of Rive scripting + data binding for real-time feedback.
Cool
Looks really cute
Building a fully playable Whack-a-Mole with randomized spawning, adjustable spawn rate and cooldown timing in Rive is genuinely impressive. The mole character design is so charming and the real-time scoring via data binding is exactly the kind of thing that makes Rive stand out...
People do awesome things with Rive, and this is certainly one of them, still haven't checked any tuts on Rive neither tried it actually, but seeing examples like these certainly makes me want to! 🙂👍
Thank you for encouraging and great words, keep up the awesomeness Karina! 🙌
Cool, I could make an hardware for this 😀😃.
This is very fun and enjoyable game
gotta love this!
I designed something similar and built it as well and deployed to vercel, you can check it out https://pop-a-pest.vercel.app/
This is so fun! 😀
Love this. Simple concept, but the logic behind it is solid. The real-time feedback + adjustable spawn rate makes it feel polished, not just a demo 👏
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This is a shameless re-submission, as I already submitted this whack-a-mole mini game for the Rive data binding challenge. But since this one is specifically about games I thought: 'what the heck, why not?'
🔨Play Many Moles here 🔨
https://rive.app/s/JVEp5tm23E2tVDmUSMUlsA/?runtime=rive-renderer&multitouch=true
No scripting in this one (yet).
Hopefully I can build something new for the next challenge :-]
Thanks for playing!
😄 character design and animation is solid, well executed
Built the classic Snake game entirely inside Rive using scripting and data binding.
This was an experiment pushing Rive beyond animation into interactive systems.
Movement, food spawning, and game state are all driven by Lua while the UI stays synced through a ViewModel.
Still polishing the web export, but the core gameplay is working and it was a fun challenge to build.
Play / watch the demo here 👇
Very cool exploration 👏 Pushing Rive into interactive systems opens interesting UX possibilities. The ViewModel sync approach is especially intriguing.
My @Rive racing game breakdown! 🚗💨
I thought I'd share a short breakdown exploring the systems and ideas behind the project so far!
Very cool breakdown 👌 Always interesting seeing how different people structure interaction systems in Rive.
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