Dynamic OverAnimation — UE5 Mesh Deformer Plugin

Getting 3D characters to express 2D-style “squash and stretch” in real time usually requires complex custom rig setups, blendshapes, or hours of manual animation tweaking.

Now, a free Unreal Engine 5 plugin handles it dynamically.

Dynamic OverAnimation automatically detects character velocity and deforms the mesh on the fly during high-speed runs, jumps, landings, and impacts.

It even simulates muscle bulges and contact indentations procedurally in UE5.

Do you prefer procedural secondary motion like this for stylized games, or do you still prefer driving squash and stretch through hand-keyed rigs?

Dynamic OverAnimation is a free real-time mesh deformer and animation-exaggeration plugin for Unreal Engine 5 from DynaMax. It brings classic 2D cartoon principles to 3D characters at runtime: smear, squash and stretch, mesh/muscle bulge, spring-physics secondary motion and bone scaling, all driven by GPU mesh deformers and data assets.

Attach an OverAnim component to a character and assign a deformer data asset, with no custom shaders or tedious rig setups required, to add dynamic, stylised motion.

You can grab Dynamic OverAnimation for free directly on Fab (compatible with UE5.8). It’s especially useful for fast-paced platformers, stylized action games, and combat feedback!

Creator: DynaMax · Price: Free · Get it: Fab