Garden Finch

Flagship Stylized Skinned Bird Model with 5 Authored Clips

The Garden Finch is PERCH’s primary hero bird model. It demonstrates full end-to-end integration: custom generic armature, 5 authored motion clips, calibrated contact markers, and balanced flight aerodynamics.

Garden Finch Close-Up

Model & Asset Specifications

Property	Value / Specification
Prefab Path	`Assets/Decnet/Perch/Examples/Creatures/Prefabs/ConfiguredGardenFinch.prefab`
Mesh Geometry	Original CC0 stylized low-poly model (~6,800 triangles)
Material / Shaders	`URP/Lit` stylized hand-painted feather atlas ($1024 \times 1024$)
Rig Type	Unity Generic Armature (18 bones)
License	CC0 Public Domain geometry and authored clips

The 5 Authored Animation Clips

The Garden Finch uses PerchPoseClipDriver with five rig-specific clips:

Finch_Flight: Continuous rhythmic wing flapping with sinusoidal body bobbing.
Finch_Glide: Extended wing banking posture used during straightaway cruising.
Finch_LandFold: Aerodynamic flare posture transitioning into progressive wing folding against the body.
Finch_PerchedIdle: Perched stance featuring subtle head tilts and breathing balance shifts while feet remain pinned.
Finch_Takeoff: Rapid power flap launch transitioning smoothly back into forward flight.

Calibrated Creature Profile Settings

The shipped Profile_GardenFinch.asset is pre-configured with the following values:

Dimensions:
  BodyLength: 0.28 m
  BodyRadius: 0.10 m
  ClearanceMargin: 0.04 m
  ContactSpan: 0.14 m
  ReservedFootprintRadius: 0.40 m

Flight Kinematics:
  CruiseSpeed: 4.2 m/s
  ApproachSpeed: 2.1 m/s
  TouchdownSpeedTolerance: 0.22 m/s
  MaxAcceleration: 6.5 m/s²
  MaxDeceleration: 8.5 m/s²
  MaxTurnRate: 130 °/s

Timings:
  MinimumFlightTime: 5.0 s
  MinDwellTime: 4.0 s
  MaxDwellTime: 9.0 s
  RetryCooldown: 2.5 s

[!TIP] Drag ConfiguredGardenFinch directly into any scene with a PerchWorld and a rail to watch it operate with zero configuration required.