The only decent video i could find of a rat jumping on the ground.

I went back to using Rigify since the game rig didn’t allow good movement for animation, so the plan is to animate all mechanics with Rigify and then later convert it into a game rig with all the actions included.
Jump animation:
This jumping animation is broken into 3 parts, jumping into the air, falling in the air, and landing. This is for later when we implement the animation into unity.
Holding and release animation:
We are thinking of having a charged up jump mechanic in the game so i made a holding and releasing animation.