This explosion effect was created first by modelling the barrel in Blender, taking the model into Houdini, I then created the destructable pieces, the expulsion of the mesh pieces as well as the explosion smoke. I then exported this effect to Unity engine as a VAT (Vertex animation texture), which uses a texture to animate the mesh explosion. I also exported the smoke as a flipbook image to use as a billboard animation in tandem with the VAT to create the effect shown.

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