Walking on rope mechanices

Hi,
I want to start working on a game where a figure is walking on a rope while balancing,
How would you tackle this ?
Where can I read about the physics of balancing a figure?
Any direction will be helpful ,TNX

 

Tight rope or slack rope? A tight rope has little or no reaction to the walkers movement. Once walking on the rope your walking side direction input could just change the rigidbody.centerOfMass so it becomes heavier on one side or the other. A slack rope is quite a bit more involved.