Generating 2D path from one point to another

Hi,

I am looking for nice way to create path from player to desired point in 2d sidescrolling platformer style. I am struggling to find a solid solution to achieve this:


So I want to click somewhere on 2D plane and generate path from player to that point. Few options I've thought of:
1) Raytracing from from player to click point, and tracing the path that way. This would be quite inefficient I believe as I'd need to find...

Generating 2D path from one point to another