A little bts of Unmasked our entry for the contra x @rive.app Games with Rive challenge.

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Here’s “Unmasked” my entry for the #gameswithrive @contra + @rive.app challenge

Hope you all like it ✌️

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Last quarter of 2025 has been crazy busy, so not much time for socials, here’s my Contra Condensed!

2025 was all Rive for me, and I’m just getting started!

@rive.app for the win, See ‘Ya on 2026!

Dave ✌️

Just leveled up! ⚡️ Officially a verified @rive.app Expert on Contra.

Pixels, keyframes and state machines certified ✅💪

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Interactive Guitar Player Avatar Rive Animation. YouTube video by Dave Gamez

Dusting off my YT channel 😅... "Interactive Guitar Player Avatar @rive.app Animation:.

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We recently launched a new playlist on our YouTube channel called Rive Direct.
Check it out for:
⚔️ Quick tips and tutorials
✨ New feature support
⚡️ Best practices and optimization guidance
🤝 and more... Direct from the Rive team

Due to reasons… You’re going to start seeing more game dev in my channels 😅🕹️ #madewithunity

How do you make a static avatar illustration sing?

This Rive animation project was a blast. Head to the link in my bio to read the full case study on how I did it! @rive.app

#madewithrive #motiondesign

*wait 🙄

Working on some really cool @rive.app client projects. Can’t want to share new tricks I’m learning along the way! 🤘#RiveApp

I think it's time to return and add some @rive.app
magic to this game! 🕹️🤓

#GameDev #UI #madewithunity #madewithrive

Audio on! 🔊

Thinking of turning this into a tutorial.

Would you try building a game in Rive without code?
Let me know

✌️⬇️

#Rive #NoCode #gamedev #motiondesign

Result

✅ All transitions work
✅ Score is passed between screens
✅ UI is modular
✅ Game runs entirely inside Rive, no outside JS or frameworks

Is it practical for full games? Maybe not yet (Waiting for that in Rive code panel 😉😉).
But it’s powerful for interactive design & prototypes.

Data Flow

Everything happens through bindings:
Start screen sets a “startGame” boolean

Game screen counts score, sends back “gameOver”, and final score

End screen reads that and offers a “restart” trigger

No code. All within state machines.

Switching Screens

No fancy transitions

I used a step keyframe animation on the Y position and opacity of each screen to show/hide them.

Rive doesn’t expose transform, but you can data bind the position of child artboards. That’s how I switch views.

Designed in @figma.com

I planned and designed the entire UI in Figma, then imported assets into Rive for animation and interaction.

This kept everything consistent and modular from the start, with the design and motion in perfect sync.

Nested Artboards Setup

In MainAppUI, I placed the three main child artboards:

StartScreen
GameScreen
EndScreen

Each one exposes specific values or triggers: startPressed, score, gameOver, etc.

Bindings connect them.

A few Inputs, mostly done using Data Binding

Instead of controlling logic with external inputs or code, I used Rive’s built-in data bindings to communicate between artboards.

Score, state changes, and triggers all happen within Rive’s UI.

The Idea
Create a modular game using nested artboards:
Start Screen

Game Screen

End Screen
Each screen is a separate artboard. The main container (MainAppUI) handles transitions, score, and logic.

I wanted to see if it’s possible to build a complete game using only @rive.app no external code, just pure state machines, data bindings, and nested artboards. Spoiler: It works. Here’s how I did it 👇🕹️🔥#Rive

Killer music by
@davogm.bsky.social

My Swamp Wizard Frog is animated!

Used @rive.app’s State Machine for seamless idle & ‘weaving staff’ animations.

Big thanks to my son for the wizardly music! Hear it: @davogm.bsky.social

#Animation #Rive #CharacterAnimation #WizardFrog

@rive.app’s Graph Editor is Magic! 🪄 🧙‍♂️

#madewithrive #riveanimation #characterdesign #willitrive #riveapp

Rive now works on Google App Ads! 🎉
Bring interactive, motion-rich experiences to your campaigns. Now you can design ads that stand out from the crowd and connect more deeply with your audience.

It’s Monday… Does it @rive.app yet?

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Will it @rive.app?

#character_design #riveapp #riveanimation #willitrive

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