Community Tutorial: Unreal Engine 5.5: Hand Holding Mechanics | Simple IK & Animation Blueprint Setup Tutorial!

:rocket: Simple Hand Holding Mechanics in Unreal Engine 5 | IK & Animation Blueprint Guide :video_game:

This is a basic hand-holding system I created 6 months ago using Animation Blueprints & Inverse Kinematics (IK)—no animations involved!
While there are more advanced ways to achieve this, I wanted to share this quick and simple method for anyone looking to add basic character interaction in UE5.

:white_check_mark: What You’ll Learn:
:heavy_check_mark: Setting up IK for hand positioning using Anim Blueprints
:heavy_check_mark: A simple approach to hand-holding mechanics in UE5
:heavy_check_mark: Works for NPCs, co-op games, and basic interactions

https://dev.epicgames.com/community/learning/tutorials/xjXX/unreal-engine-5-5-hand-holding-mechanics-simple-ik-animation-blueprint-setup-tutorial