Archetype Character Generator – Stylized Procedural NPCs

Archetype Character Generator is a stylized 3D character creation and procedural NPC generation tool for Unity.

Create individual characters with detailed control over their appearance, selectively randomize the features you want to explore, or build reusable Archetypes that define entire populations of characters through custom ranges, asset pools, colors and weighted probabilities.

Detailed Body Customization

- Individual parameters can be edited manually or randomized independently.
- Adjust height, body size, shoulders, waist, hips and other body proportions.

Detailed Face Customization

- Reusable face presets can be incorporated into your workflow.
- Extensive facial controls for eyes, brows, nose, mouth, jaw, chin and other facial features.
- Facial parameters can be adjusted individually or randomized.

Hair & Facial Hair

- Male characters also include facial hair options.
- Modular hairstyles (for females) with customizable hair colors.

Skin, Eyes & Facial Colors

- Detailed iris and pupil controls.
- Artist-authored skin tone palette.
- Customizable eye and lip colors.
- Freckles support.

Expression System

- Expressions can also be randomized within a user-defined range.
- Blend between multiple expressions using a continuous 2D expression map.

Modular Clothing & Accessories

Characters can be assembled from independent clothing and accessory categories, allowing outfits to be mixed and matched rather than relying only on fixed character presets.

- Tops (31 Male and 32 Female)
- Bottoms (9 Male and 18 Female)
- Footwear (18 Male and 22 Female)
- Hairstyles (26 Male and 65 Female)
- Facial Hair (6 Male)
- Full Outfits (1 Male and 6 Female)
- Hand Assets (2 Male and 5 Female)
- Backpacks (1 Male and 2 Female)
- Earrings (1 Male and 4 Female)
- Glasses (4 Male and 4 Female)
- Hats (8 Male and 8 Female)
- Neck Accessories (2 Male and 5 Female)
- Wrist Accessories (3 Male and 3 Female)

In total there are 286 assets across both genders.

Procedural Archetype Designer

Instead of designing every NPC one at a time, create reusable Archetypes that describe what an entire group of characters can look like.

Custom Asset Pools

Choose exactly which clothing, hairstyles and accessories are allowed to appear within an Archetype.

Min–Max Parameter Ranges

Define allowed ranges for body and facial features instead of fixed values.

Weighted Probabilities

Make individual assets or colors common, uncommon or rare using relative probability weights.

Overrides - Selective Rules

An Archetype does not need to control everything.

Define rules only for the categories you care about while allowing the generator's default behavior elsewhere.

Archetype Previewer

Generate multiple characters simultaneously to visually evaluate your Archetype.

Adjust ranges, asset selections or weights and regenerate to immediately see how the resulting population changes.

Create Archetypes for whatever population fits your game.

Some examples could be: tourists, couriers, spies, civilians, athletes, thieves, factions, enemies

It's up to you to decide and design what fits best for your project.

Flexible Randomization

Randomization is not limited to a single “Random Character” button.

Choose exactly what should change while preserving everything else.

- Randomize the complete character
- Randomize individual categories
- Randomize individual facial or body parameters
- Keep a face while exploring outfits
- Keep clothing while generating new characters
- Randomize clothing without changing its colors
- Change hairstyles without changing hair colors
- Randomize characters while remaining inside an active Archetype

Real-Time 3D Preview

Immediately see changes while editing your character.

Character Saving & Loading

Save complete character recipes and reload them later.

Archetype Saving & Loading

Create a reusable library of your own procedural character Archetypes.

Version History

Browse previous generated characters visually and return to earlier results.

Undo / Redo

Standard undo and redo support while editing.

Custom Colors

Artist-authored colorways together with custom color editing.

Asset-Specific Color Masks

Individual clothing assets can expose multiple independently editable color regions.

Compatibility

Unity Humanoid / Mixamo Compatible

Characters are compatible with Mixamo animations and standard humanoid animation workflows.

Magica Cloth 2 Compatible

Compatibility with Magica Cloth 2 is supported for projects that want additional cloth simulation.

Magica Cloth 2 is not included and must be purchased separately from the Unity Asset Store.