Neko Step – Utilities

🎮 Check out the live web demo here

🎁 Bundle Deal: This package is included in the Neko Legends - 3D & VFX Starter Bundle.

🐾 Neko Step Utility — Smart IK & Lean System for Natural Movement

Neko Step automatically adjusts feet, posture, and lean in real time — ideal for humanoid, creature, or stylized characters.

✨ Key Features

🦶 Dynamic Foot IK

Accurate foot placement adapts to uneven terrain, stairs, or slopes — keeping your characters grounded in every frame.

💨 Procedural Leaning System

Automatic body tilt and rotation based on movement direction, acceleration, or slope angle for natural motion flow.

🎮 Plug-and-Play Setup

Drop the component on your rig and go — no complex retargeting required. Compatible with Humanoid, Generic, and Custom rigs.

⚙️ Blendable Control

Easily blend procedural IK with animation curves for full artistic control between animation fidelity and physics realism.

🪶 Lightweight & Performance-Friendly

Optimized for runtime efficiency and compatible with any pipeline

🌧️ Environment-Aware Adjustments

Optional raycast sampling detects ground surfaces and dynamically adjusts height, offset, and rotation.

🐈 Neko-Smooth Interpolation

Uses soft easing and damped transitions for smooth step alignment — no snapping or jittering.

🎚️ Editor Debug View

Visualize IK targets, contact normals, and lean angles directly in Scene View — easy to tune parameters live.

🎨 Customizable Parameters

Fine-tune foot offsets, lean sensitivity, interpolation speed, and per-axis influence for stylized or realistic effects.

🧩 Compatible with Neko Legends Utilities

Works seamlessly alongside DropDead, OuchNum, SliceFX, and other Neko Legends systems for full-stack character realism.

🧠 Perfect For

• Third-person action or RPG characters
• Stylized or anime-inspired heroes 🐾
• Procedural motion systems and ragdolls
• Realistic terrain navigation and cinematic animation polish

💬 Example Use Cases

• Real-time lean and step alignment during combat or traversal
• Subtle tilt while running uphill/downhill
• Foot stabilization for idle poses on uneven terrain
• Blend with your Animator for more believable character grounding

🤖 Included Demo: NekoBot Model

🐈‍⬛ Meet NekoBot Dummy — a fully rigged robot cat demo character that shows off the system in action!

Includes the following animation clips:

• 💤 Idle
• 🦘 Jump
• 🏃 Run Forward / Backward
• 🐾 Walk / Walk Heavy / Walk Backward
• 🕵️ Sneak

🎵 Bonus Music

Royalty-free music included from video demo to enhance your demo scene atmosphere.

📦 Dependencies

To experience this asset as intended as shown in the video and web demos, you’ll need the following free assets from the Neko Legends collection:

✅ [Shared Assets URP (FREE)]

Contains core demo GUI, reusable scripts, and shared 3D models and textures across all Neko Legends assets.

✅ [Neko Legends - Anime Cel Shader (Optional)] is not required for this shader to work, but it is used in the demo scene as well as in Shared Assets URP. Without it, materials in both assets will appear pink, which would cause this asset submission to fail.