About 2D Character Movement - Game Kit
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2D Character Movement - Game Kit is a complete starting point for creating a responsive 2D side-scroller character controller in Unity.
This asset includes a fully animated pixel-art character, movement scripts, combat logic, health and damage systems, enemy support, and extra prefabs to help you quickly build and test a simple side-scroller scene.
It is designed for developers who want to skip the most time-consuming parts of building a character movement system from scratch and start with a functional, configurable, and game-ready base.
Key Features
Fully configured 2D side-scroller character controller
Precise and responsive movement
Ground detection system
Jump system with coyote jump and jump buffer
Walk, run, dash, back dash, roll, hard stop and 180° turn support
Attack combo system
Configurable damage per attack
Player health, damage and death system
Enemy health, damage and death system
Damage and impact feedback
Ready-to-use prefabs for quickly building a test scene
Includes the original Aseprite file with all character animations
Easy to adapt using your own character animations
Character Animations
The package includes 34 character animations, with 4 color variations of the same character.
Included animations:
5 Idle variations
Walk
Run
Turn 180°
Hard Stop
Jump Rise
Jump Mid
Jump Fall
Land
Running Jump Rise
Running Jump Mid
Running Jump Fall
Running Land
Roll
Roll Turn 180°
7 Attack animations
Exhaust
Get Up
Hit
Terminal Operate
Defend
Defend Hit
Back Dash
Dash
Included Systems
The character comes fully configured with scripts for:
Character movement
Ground detection
Jump
Coyote jump
Jump buffer
Jump cutting
Roll
Roll buffer
Dash
Back dash
Attacks
Attack combo flow
Player health
Enemy health
Damage handling
Death logic
Configurable attack damage
Damage and impact feedback
Extra Scene Prefabs
The asset also includes extra prefabs to help you build a simple side-scroller test scene, including:
Windows
City background with parallax effect
Plant pot
Sofa
Picture frames
Wall lamps
These props can be used to quickly assemble a clean indoor environment for testing movement, combat, and scene composition.
Use Your Own Character
If you already have your own character, you can replace the included animations with your own sprites and keep the movement, combat, health, damage, and feedback systems working as a base.
This makes the asset useful not only as a complete character kit, but also as a foundation for custom side-scroller projects.
Perfect For
2D side-scroller games
Action platformers
Metroidvania prototypes
Beat 'em up prototypes
Pixel-art game projects
Learning how to structure a 2D character controller
Developers who want a ready-to-use movement and combat foundation
Why Use This Asset?
Building a responsive 2D character controller from scratch can take a lot of time. Movement feel, jump timing, coyote time, jump buffering, roll buffering, attack combos, damage feedback and health systems all require careful setup and iteration.
2D Character Movement - Game Kit gives you a functional base with these core systems already implemented, so you can focus on building your game instead of solving the same foundation problems from zero.
This asset includes a fully animated pixel-art character, movement scripts, combat logic, health and damage systems, enemy support, and extra prefabs to help you quickly build and test a simple side-scroller scene.
It is designed for developers who want to skip the most time-consuming parts of building a character movement system from scratch and start with a functional, configurable, and game-ready base.
Key Features
Fully configured 2D side-scroller character controller
Precise and responsive movement
Ground detection system
Jump system with coyote jump and jump buffer
Walk, run, dash, back dash, roll, hard stop and 180° turn support
Attack combo system
Configurable damage per attack
Player health, damage and death system
Enemy health, damage and death system
Damage and impact feedback
Ready-to-use prefabs for quickly building a test scene
Includes the original Aseprite file with all character animations
Easy to adapt using your own character animations
Character Animations
The package includes 34 character animations, with 4 color variations of the same character.
Included animations:
5 Idle variations
Walk
Run
Turn 180°
Hard Stop
Jump Rise
Jump Mid
Jump Fall
Land
Running Jump Rise
Running Jump Mid
Running Jump Fall
Running Land
Roll
Roll Turn 180°
7 Attack animations
Exhaust
Get Up
Hit
Terminal Operate
Defend
Defend Hit
Back Dash
Dash
Included Systems
The character comes fully configured with scripts for:
Character movement
Ground detection
Jump
Coyote jump
Jump buffer
Jump cutting
Roll
Roll buffer
Dash
Back dash
Attacks
Attack combo flow
Player health
Enemy health
Damage handling
Death logic
Configurable attack damage
Damage and impact feedback
Extra Scene Prefabs
The asset also includes extra prefabs to help you build a simple side-scroller test scene, including:
Windows
City background with parallax effect
Plant pot
Sofa
Picture frames
Wall lamps
These props can be used to quickly assemble a clean indoor environment for testing movement, combat, and scene composition.
Use Your Own Character
If you already have your own character, you can replace the included animations with your own sprites and keep the movement, combat, health, damage, and feedback systems working as a base.
This makes the asset useful not only as a complete character kit, but also as a foundation for custom side-scroller projects.
Perfect For
2D side-scroller games
Action platformers
Metroidvania prototypes
Beat 'em up prototypes
Pixel-art game projects
Learning how to structure a 2D character controller
Developers who want a ready-to-use movement and combat foundation
Why Use This Asset?
Building a responsive 2D character controller from scratch can take a lot of time. Movement feel, jump timing, coyote time, jump buffering, roll buffering, attack combos, damage feedback and health systems all require careful setup and iteration.
2D Character Movement - Game Kit gives you a functional base with these core systems already implemented, so you can focus on building your game instead of solving the same foundation problems from zero.