Animation Pack - Village Life

Breathing Life into Your Medieval World Introducing the MC Village Life Animation Pack—a massive, professional-grade motion capture library designed to transform static environments into bustling, living worlds.

While heroes fight battles, it is the villagers who build the immersion. This pack delivers a staggering collection of 310+ animations dedicated to the daily lives of medieval NPCs. From the rhythmic swing of a scythe in the fields to the quiet intimacy of embroidery by the fire, every movement has been meticulously crafted to convey the weight and routine of village life.

Perfect for open-world RPGs, survival sims, or strategy games, these animations cover the full spectrum of existence: hard labor, domestic chores, religious devotion, and even the gritty reality of medieval hygiene and punishment.

We’re more than just an asset pack! Join our active Discord community to request new animations, get support, and connect with other developers. We actively listen to the needs of the indie dev community and regularly give away free animations to help you finish your game.

Key Features:

• 310+ Animations: An extensive library providing the sheer volume needed to populate a town without repetitive motion, ensuring your world feels organic and alive.
• Total Immersion: Goes beyond simple walking and talking. Includes complex interactions like bathing, farming, and cooking to create true environmental storytelling.
• Ready for Unreal Engine & Unity: Dedicated pack for each game engine. Unreal uses the standard UE5 Mannequin skeleton ensuring easy retargeting to MetaHumans. Unity version fully compatible with the Unity Humanoid system for easy integration with Mecanim.
• Root Motion Included: Uses root motion for precise character alignment and movement control, essential for complex interactions like climbing into beds or pillory.
• Versatile Carrying System: Includes specific animation sets for carrying objects in five different ways (shoulder, back, basket, arms, and bucket), allowing for diverse NPC roles.
• Seamless Compatibility: Designed to integrate flawlessly with our Greet & Talk, Longsword, and Seated packs. All MoCap Central libraries utilize a standardized transition pose, allowing you to build complex NPC behaviors—transitioning a villager from working in the fields, to sitting on a bench, to chatting with a player, or drawing a sword for combat—without complex blending issues.

Animations Included:

Review the Complete Animation List Here

• Domestic Life: Fill the interiors of your houses with animations for stirring cooking pots, sweeping with a broom, seated embroidery, and climbing in and out of bed.
• Agriculture & Labor: A complete farming suite including using a scythe, hoe, and pitchfork, chopping wood, and feeding animals (bucket under arm) or throwing seeds.
• Hygiene & Water: Features detailed interactions for bathing in a round tub, washing in a river, and swimming. Includes "raw life" animations for bodily functions (peeing and pooping) for true medieval grit.
• Law & Order: Add drama to your town square with pillory animations, including being locked in and reacting to people throwing items at the prisoner.
• Social & Struggle: Create emotional depth with animations for begging for food or money, praying with devotion, and generic "busy work" for floor or table scenarios.
• Locomotion & Idle: A variety of style-specific idles, walks, and sitting animations to give different personalities to your villagers.
  

Disclaimer:

The medieval characters (MetaHumans) and hi-res objects seen in the preview images and videos are not included in this pack.