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Katy Sander and I joined forces to trap a demon and bind it to the Mac notch. He wasn’t happy about it. But he’s just as helpful as the other agents, and a lot funnier.
Meet Notchling. Hand-drawn, then vectorized and rigged in Rive. All animations, state machines, and timelines were built using the CLI, along with the ElevenLabs and Claude integrations that bring him to life in the final Swift package.
Thanks mate! They would have been until CLI 😂
well done
Thank you Jos!
This is genius! Turning the most hated UI element - the notch - into a demon character. Love the concept and the Rive execution is so smooth. Notchling deserves to be hired 😂
Thanks Naim! It’s scaring my clients sometimes when on call, but except for that, employee of the month! 😁
You should definitely do it! They become so fun when unhinged!
Thank you so much Alaa!!
Nice work
Thanks man!
All the time and in between insults, it does things I ask him to do. I'm finding myself asking him things just to be insulted in creative ways...
Notchling is hilarious. Love that it started hand drawn, you can really see it in the personality
Hahaha thanks Tabish!
looking forward for the part 2 with more shaders!
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omg this is too good
Thanks Isabel!
This is such a creative concept! 👏 Love the combination of playful storytelling, custom animation, and clever Mac notch integration. The attention to detail makes it both fun and memorable! 🔥
Hahahaha thank you Shoel, have to say that i'm thinking of keeping this guy on my notch past the challenge. it's growing on me 😂
Trapping a rigged demon inside the Mac notch using Rive state machines is such a clever, brilliant concept execution.
The hand-drawn character combined with Rive animation is such a cool concept. Love the personality and technical execution!
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