Animations That React to Your Users in Real Time

Interactive Rive animations driven by cursor movement, scroll position, clicks, form input, and application data. Motion that responds, not just plays.

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15-25%

Interactive animations and micro-interactions increase user engagement by 15-25%

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Interactive Animations

Build interactive Rive animations that respond to user input, cursor movement, scroll position, and application state for engaging, responsive product experiences.

Interactive animation design for web products

What's Included

Everything you get with our Interactive Animations

Interactive Animation Design

Rive animations with state machines driven by cursor position, scroll, clicks, and application data for real-time user responsiveness

State Machine Architecture

Clean state machine design with named inputs, blend states, and transition logic documented for developer integration

Cross-Platform Testing

Performance testing across browsers and devices with frame rate validation and interaction latency measurement

Our Interactive Animation Process

Interaction Mapping

We identify the user interactions that benefit most from animation feedback, map input types to animation responses, and define the state machine architecture for each interactive element.

Motion Prototyping

We build interactive prototypes in Rive that demonstrate how each animation responds to user input. You interact with working prototypes before we finalize the design.

Production Build

We build production-ready Rive files with optimized state machines, clean input naming, and performance-tuned rendering. Each file is tested across browsers and devices.

Developer Handoff

We deliver Rive files with complete state machine documentation, input/output maps, and integration code samples for your platform. We support your team through implementation.

Key Benefits

User-driven animation states

Animations respond to cursor position, click events, scroll depth, form completion, and any data your application produces. Users feel the interface responding to them personally, creating a sense of direct manipulation and control.

Emotional product experiences

Interactive animations create emotional moments that static interfaces cannot. A success animation after form submission, a playful cursor follower, or a progress visualization that builds as the user completes steps makes your product feel crafted and thoughtful.

Zero animation code required

Rive's state machine handles all animation logic internally. Your developers connect data inputs to the Rive file, and the state machine handles transitions, blending, and timing. No requestAnimationFrame, no CSS keyframes, no animation libraries.

Research & Evidence

Backed by industry research and proven results

Interactive Element Engagement

Micro-interactions and interactive animations increase user engagement by 15-25%

UX Collective (2022)

UI Motion and Perception

Animation in UIs increases perceived performance by 15%

NNGroup (2020)

Frequently Asked Questions

What types of user input can drive Rive animations?

Rive animations can respond to mouse/cursor position, click and tap events, hover states, scroll position, keyboard input, form values, and any numeric or boolean data your application passes to the Rive runtime. If your code can produce a value, it can drive a Rive animation.

How does interactivity affect performance?

Rive processes interaction input on the GPU canvas, so interactive animations perform identically to non-interactive ones. There is no additional JavaScript overhead for interactivity because the state machine runs inside the Rive runtime. Frame rates remain at 60fps even with complex interactive animations.

Can interactive animations communicate with our application?

Yes, bidirectionally. Your application can send data to the Rive animation through inputs, and the Rive animation can fire events back to your application. A button animation can trigger a form submission. A progress animation can signal completion. This two-way communication is built into Rive's runtime API.

Do interactive animations work on touch devices?

Absolutely. Rive handles touch events natively. We design touch-specific interactions where appropriate, accounting for the absence of hover states on mobile and optimizing for tap and swipe gestures. The interactive experience adapts to the input method.

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