Unity Asset · 2D Physics

Active Ragdoll 2D — Stick Figure

No animation clips. No transform hacks. Just physics.

Bring the wobbly, cartoony charm of active-ragdoll games to your 2D project. The stick figure is a real ragdoll at all times — eleven rigidbodies driven by muscle-like joint motors, steered through the pelvis — so control stays crisp no matter how floppy you dial the body.

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Unity 6
URP 2D Renderer
New Input System
Zero image assets
Documented C#

A black stick figure wearing a knight helmet with a red plume and holding a blue shield grips a sword stuck in a stone, in front of a grey castle wall and green hills. — Demo scene 03 — the sword in the stone. Every pixel is drawn from code.

Features

Everything a stick fight needs

Physics-only locomotion

Procedural walk cycle, jumps and air control. Two balance modes: an easy hover hip, or true self-balancing that can fall and get back up.

Floppiness dial

From stiff and controlled to rubber puppet with a single slider — stiffness, strength and damping of all muscles at once.

Impact reactions & knockout

Only the struck region gives way. Hit hard enough and every muscle cuts out — a double-tap on jump wakes the figure again.

Items & inventory

Pick up with either hand, throw with spin, carry a ring of weapons on the back, wear headgear. Custom items are one component away.

Physical melee

Real arc swings and tip-first thrusts, a two-handed greatsword and an axe, bare-fisted punches — plus blocking with shields and blades.

Ranged weapons

Bow and arrows, a full-auto rifle whose recoil really throws the aim off, and a rocket launcher with knockout blasts.

Grab & climb

Grab objects, walls or other figures. Alternate left and right grips to climb ropes, walls.

Health & hit feedback

Modular health system with body-part multipliers, health bars, hit sparks, camera shake, hit flash and splatter in the figure's own colour.

9 code-built environments

Day, sunset, night, forest, city, desert, winter, castle and sci-fi — with parallax, props, lighting and a comic outline. Zero image assets.

Enemy AI template

A pursuing enemy stickman shows how to drive a figure from code — the starting point for your own brains.

One-click generator

GameObject → 2D Active Ragdoll → Stick Figure. Pick size, colour, muscle strength and balance mode, press Create, press Play.

Screenshots

Straight from the demo scenes

A green stick figure with a sword faces a red enemy stick figure mid-kick against a pink sunset skyline. — 06 Enemy — a pursuing AI stickman

A stick figure in a red headband fires a rocket launcher at night; a red enemy figure is blown through the air. — 07 Rifle — the rocket launcher knocks out anyone in the blast

A stick figure aims a bow across desert dunes at ring targets bristling with arrows. — 04 Bow — desert archery

A limp stick figure lies knocked out on the street of an evening city with glowing lanterns. — 02 Knockout — past the threshold, every muscle lets go

A helmeted stick figure is hit by a turret bolt in a pale winter landscape and tumbles backwards. — 05 Helmet & Turret — hard hits knock the helmet off

Demo scenes

Ten scenes, one topic each

Every scene explains itself with an on-screen help panel. Open one and press Play.

00Getting Started — minimal setup, ready to copy
01Locomotion — run, jump, tune floppiness live
02Knockout — a ram teaches the K.O. threshold
03Sword — sword in the stone, weapon rack, melee
04Bow — desert archery
05Helmet & Turret — a turret shoots your helmet off
06Enemy — pursuing AI stickman
07Rifle — full-auto rifle and rocket launcher
08Sandbox — everything in one playground

Requirements

Unity 6 (6000.x)
Universal Render Pipeline with the 2D Renderer
Input System package

The Built-in Render Pipeline is not supported.

Documentation

A PDF reference plus step-by-step guides, available in the editor under Tools → Active Ragdoll 2D:

Getting started — your first figure
Build a custom item
Write your own enemy AI
Dress up a scene

A word on how it was made

Built with AI, tuned by hand

Large parts of the code and documentation were written with AI assistance — guided by years of being an active-ragdoll fan. Every tuning decision, from muscle feel to knockout thresholds, reflects that hands-on experience.

And because the result is plain, well-documented C# with zero binary assets, AI coding assistants can read and extend the entire package: point yours at the included guides and let it build new weapons, headgear or enemy brains for you.

Support & contact

Stuck, found a bug, or built something fun?

Questions about setup and bug reports are welcome. Please mention your Unity version and, if possible, the demo scene where the issue shows up.

alexander.hinkelmann@menhirstudio.de View on the Asset Store