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Instead of a boring scrollbar thought it would be fun to have an animated stick figure that walks up and down the side of your page when you scroll.

This is the first prototype i made.

Going to make a skateboarder, rock climber, or squirrel next. what other kinds of scroll buddies should I make?

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Two guys pumping a rail-car.

Someone rowing the scrollbar thumb (the longer the thumb, the more rowers).

row boat would be cool

Saw this catapillar one a few weeks ago -> https://x.com/trunarla/status/1893705260142657764

Very cool idea! Suggestion: add a trail of breadcrumbs that the figure tosses behind them and, when scrolling up, picks them back up again or kicks them off the screen.

this is a great idea! I am working on a few other scroll buddy animations :)

My first two ideas to ‘innovate’ on this was; a car driving down the page, or a drag racing Christmas tree where the lights count down in ‘full tree’ style.

Maybe a raindrop? Anyone else cheer for raindrop races as a kid on long drives?

An apple falling on to Newton's head.

Fun to think about!

Some gears meshing together and rotating that 'make' the page go up and down?

Change the persons orientation (make him turn around) when going back up?

Love it! Super creative :)

How about a skier with little jumps or obstacles at each header

Monkey climbing a pole (children's arithmetic problem)

Cat, with different animations depending on how fast you scroll.

Elevator, with stops at paragraphs(/some other break)

A rocket, flying saucer or bird seems obvious, for something which is going up and down. But as an improvement, it should also handle the direction of scrolling. At the moment, the buddy always looks into the same direction. Unless it's Michael Jackson doing a moonwalk (which you could add too), it's inconsistent.

scuba-diver.

also cave explorer on a rope.

scuba diver would be cool

Stickman Michael Jackson; complete with moon walk, anti grav lean, side glide, circle slide, and a toe lean at the end. Crotch grab optional (maybe on click?).

A guy falling that just keeps eating shiit.

I am going to do one with Homer Simpson falling down a cliff hitting everything on his way

I like it. Coprophilia guy, they could call him.

I think you took that too literally. “Eating shit” is an idiom to indicate someone fell down.

Penguin waddle, slinky

I like it, it's neat!

adds a bit of fun to a website :)

Bookworm, of course.

could it turn around and walk up forwards?

I normally react to sites touching my scrollbar with language I shouldn't repeat on someplace as innocent as the internet.

Scrollbuddy is different. I would take a bullet for scrollbuddy. I want him on all sites.

A platypus?

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