I'm using unity and I always end up stopping my prototypes and one particular point-when I need to make the character controller. I can get away with setting the velocity directly in prototypes but it results in shitty game feel. If I use kinematic bodies then I can't do collision against enemies/walls. Physics interaction is another nightmare. And if you don't use kinematic rigid body then your player can be pushed by enemies in unrealistic ways.
I'm might not be a coding expert but when it comes coding systems like damage or anything that isn't reliant on physics, I can do it without much of a problem. It's the physics related stuff that always gives me headaches. What's worse is that I can't even find any articles/tutorials on this aspect at all. I can ask questions on the unity subreddit and all I get is that it's highly game specific and I should I implement it myself. But where do I even start?
Sorry for the rant. But this is an issue which must have been solved already. I'm sure that there are already assets for this but I can't afford them and I'm very much willing to do the work myself. Please, just tell me what I have to do.