Build a space game inside Rive. The avatar navigates through space, dodges asteroids, and shoots cannons. Everything is wired through Rive's built-in AI agent, not hand-coded.

It's built for designers who want to script in Rive without learning to code first. You give the AI agent natural language prompts, it generates the script, you wire it into your project.

$97 standalone, $197 bundled with the Masterclass, $47 upgrade if you already own the Masterclass.

A new bonus lesson is live in the Masterclass.

You'll use Rive's AI Agent to build a full snow particle effect with a single prompt, then connect it to the Weather State Machine so it only appears when the weather is snowy.

A new lesson is live in the Scripting Course.

You'll add Y-axis drift to the spaceship and the entire world using the same Converter pattern from the tilt lesson. The ship and all background elements now move in both axes, completing the parallax effect.

Rive replaced the left-side tabs with stackable panels you can open all at once.

What Changed?

The Hierarchy, Animations, Data, Assets, and AI Agent panels can now all be open at the same time, arranged in any order. Each panel expands, collapses, or maximizes independently.

What This Means for You

Everything in the course still works exactly the same way. Only the layout looks different. Whenever a lesson says "click the tab on the left," look for the matching panel in the new stack instead.

Tip: use Cmd + 1 through Cmd + 5 to maximize each panel for a full-height view.

Layers, Inputs, and Listeners moved out of the left-side tabs and into the State Machine view.

What Changed?

These three panels now live as toggle buttons in the top right of the State Machine view. Click each to show or hide its panel. The old left tabs for them are gone.

What This Means for You

Whenever a lesson says "open the Inputs panel" or "open the Listeners panel," look for the matching toggle button inside the State Machine view instead. Everything works exactly the same as before.

State Machines and Timelines now open as horizontal tabs above the Animation panel area, in the bottom half of the editor.

What Changed?

You can keep several State Machines or Timelines open side by side as tabs. Click any tab to switch back to that view instantly. The tabs sit right above the Animation panel (the layer list at the bottom), not at the very top of the editor.

What This Means for You

Lessons that bounce between multiple State Machines or Timelines feel more fluid now. You can keep your work in progress visible across tabs instead of losing your place when you switch.

Rive made a big change in April 2026 - the AI Agent is now available to everyone, including Free users. Scripting with the AI Agent no longer requires a paid plan.

What Changed?

• The Rive Agent is available on every plan, including Free.

• Free users get hourly recharge capacity.

• Paid plans extend your usage with more capacity, and Voyager unlocks premium models for harder tasks.

What This Means for You

You can follow this entire course on the Free plan and use the AI Agent to help you write Lua scripts. No upgrade required to learn.

When you want more capacity or premium model performance, the paid plans extend your usage.

Full announcement: rive.app/blog/free-rive-ai-agent

Rive added a new Ask Mode to the AI Agent - a lighter, faster way to chat with the agent when you just need an answer, not a full action.

What Is Ask Mode?

The full Agent mode is great for getting work done in your project (creating scripts, View Models, animations). But sometimes you just want to ask a question without the agent doing anything.

Ask Mode handles questions that don't need the full Agent. It uses more efficient models, so it costs significantly less.

When to Use Each Mode

• Ask Mode - quick questions, explanations, "why isn't this working?", "what does this do?"

• Agent Mode - when you want it to create or modify things in your project

What This Means for You

Use Ask Mode for the small stuff. Save Agent credits for the actual building work.

Full announcement: rive.app/blog/free-rive-ai-agent

The Console Panel has been renamed and moved.

What Changed?

The Console is now at the bottom of the canvas, as part of a new toolbar with multiple tabs:

• Console - Same as before. You can see Custom Events firing and script output here.

• Problems - Shows code issues like type mismatches or syntax errors.

• Changes - Shows script changes.

• Testing - For testing scripts.

• Audio - For audio events.

If a lesson mentions the Console Panel, look for the Console tab at the bottom of the canvas.

Rive updated its pricing in October 2025. Publishing your work for production now requires a paid plan.

What Changed?

• The Rive editor is still free to use for designing and animating.

• "Export" is now called "Publish".

• To publish your work (export a .riv file) for use in apps, websites, or games, you now need at least the Cadet plan.

Cadet Plan

• $9/month (annual) or $17/month (monthly)

• Unlimited publishing

• Tags and folders for file organization

• Early Access to new features

What This Means for You

You can follow the entire course using the free editor. But when you're ready to publish your final .riv file to use in your project, you'll need to upgrade to the Cadet plan.

You can upgrade at rive.app/pricing

Rive changed the feature Nested Artboards to Components.
So in the next lesson, whenever you hear Nested Artboard, just think of it as a Component


*Future lessons are updated and already using Components

What’s the Difference?

• Artboard = your main canvas or screen.

• Component = an artboard you’ve marked as reusable.

• Only Components can be placed inside other artboards.

• Only components are included in the final .riv file

How to Create a Component

1. Select an artboard.

2. In the Inspector, turn on the Component toggle.

How to Use a Component

1. Choose the Component Tool (in the top toolbar, shortcut N).

   

   
   
   
   

2. Click on the stage to place an instance of your Component.

   

That’s it!
In this course we’ll keep it simple:

• Mark an artboard as a Component

• Place it into another artboard using the toolbar

Later on, we’ll dive deeper into advanced Component features.

Inputs and Listeners moved to a new spot in the editor.

What Changed?

Inputs and Listeners are now nested inside the State Machine in the Animations panel. When you expand a State Machine, you'll see Listeners and Inputs listed right below it.

You'll also notice that Inputs now shows a "Deprecated" badge. Don't worry - Inputs still work exactly the same. Rive added this label because they recommend using Data Binding for new projects. For this course, Inputs are the right tool and work perfectly.

How to Add Them

1. In the Animations panel, expand your State Machine.

2. You'll see Listeners and Inputs listed under it.

3. Click the + button next to either one to add a new Listener or Input.

Everything works the same way - they just live under the State Machine now instead of in a separate panel.

When you add a new Listener, Rive now asks you to choose a preset action right away, instead of creating an empty Listener first.

What Changed?

Before, clicking + on Listeners created a blank Listener. Now, you'll see a list of preset options to choose from.

What to Do

Choose Blank to create an empty Listener, just like before. This way you can follow the lesson step by step exactly as shown in the video.

The underlying logic and workflow are exactly the same - this is a UI change only.

Trim Path moved to a different spot in the Properties panel.

What Changed?

Before, Trim Path was directly visible in the Stroke settings. Now, the Stroke section has tabs - you need to switch to the Effects tab to find it.

How to Add Trim Path

1. Select a shape with a stroke.

2. In the Properties panel, open the Stroke settings.

3. Switch to the Effects tab.

4. Click the + button to add a new path effect.

5. Choose Trim Path from the list.

Once added, everything works the same. You can still animate start, end, and offset like before.