Sport · Humanoid 2D animation

Short Step Forward

Short Boxing Step Forward

Rig
Humanoid 2D
Category
Sport
Duration
1.0s
Loopable
Yes
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Short Step Forward — 2D humanoid animation looping on a sample character

The same motion, every character.

Short Step Forward retargeted onto six sample characters.

Because the clip is keyed to the rig — not the artwork — the exact same keyframes drive every character you import into Charios. Knight, mage, mascot, civilian: same motion, zero per-character cleanup.

How this short step forward animation is built

Captured in 3D, retargeted to 2D, exported everywhere.

The source clip is a Mixamo-compatible humanoid motion. Charios ingests the FBX, samples each bone at 30 fps, and retargets the rotations onto its 2D side-view skeleton — preserving timing, weight, and contact frames while collapsing the depth axis the way a 2D animator would.

Frames are then blended for readability so silhouettes stay crisp, especially around limb crossings. The resulting clip drives any 2D character built on the Charios humanoid rig — try it in the sample playground.

Short Step Forward is authored as a seamless loop, so it pairs cleanly with movement states (idle, walk-cycle, run-cycle) in any state machine — Unity Animator, Godot AnimationPlayer, or Charios's own scene.

Available export formats

Drop it into any engine.

  • FBXMixamo-style skeleton, Unity / Unreal / Godot ready
  • Unity .animDrop-in AnimationClip for Animator
  • BVHBiovision Hierarchy — universal mocap interchange
  • glTF / GLBWeb-standard 3D, three.js / babylon.js
  • Godot .tresAnimationPlayer-ready resource
  • Spine JSONEsoteric Spine 2D rig export
  • Charios JSONNative Charios rig keyframes
  • GIF + spritesheetFrames + atlas, drop into any engine

All formats are Pro features. See pricing →

About Short Step Forward

What is a 2D short step forward animation?

A 2D short step forward animation is a motion clip that drives a flat, side-view character rig. Charios's version is retargeted from a 3D mocap source onto a humanoid 2D skeleton so the timing matches what motion-capture studios produce, but the result reads cleanly in 2D.

Can I use Short Step Forward in Unity or Godot?

Yes — export as Unity .anim or Godot .tres and drop the clip on any rig that maps to the Charios humanoid bone set. FBX, BVH, glTF, and Spine JSON are also available for other pipelines.

Is this clip royalty-free?

Once exported on a Pro plan, the clip is yours to use in any commercial or non-commercial project — no per-seat or per-title royalties.

Does Short Step Forward loop?

Yes — Short Step Forward is authored as a seamless loop. Drop it into your state machine and let it cycle without a visible seam.

More Sport animations

Clips that pair well with Short Step Forward.

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Attach Short Step Forward to your character in two clicks.

Charios builds the 2D rig automatically, picks the right preset, and renders the clip on your art — no manual bone weighting.

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