I Wanted a Website That Felt Alive. So I Built MOTIONFORGE.
Fifteen experiments in making the web less ordinary, without forgetting the people using it. There is a moment on a good interactive website when you stop scrolling on autopilot. Not because something shouted at you. Not because a modal interrupted you. Something simply responded in a way you did not expect. A word leaned toward your hand. An image opened into another world. A product came apart,…
In the quest for an engaging website, the goal was to create an immersive experience that felt tangible, rather than merely decorative. This led to fifteen experiments in crafting motion that responded to user input, rather than relying on generic animation. The experiments examined magnetic typography, liquid reality reveal, and scroll-scrubbed 3D product explosions, among others.
Each interaction had a distinct relationship with user input, ranging from velocity-based responses to proximity-triggered effects. The project aimed to provide developers with the tools to explore diverse motion possibilities, while ensuring a seamless user experience across various scenarios, such as viewport changes, touch interactions, and limited rendering capabilities.
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