Paitan

“The Rat Trap” is Paitan’s first experimental animation project — an original story in early development. We are exploring and unlocking the Metahuman HDA in Houdini 21 to power our project. This week was all about world-building—piece by piece, node by node. I took a major step forward by updating the kitchen set, reshaping it into a modern space accented with African textures and design cues.

“The Rat Trap” is Paitan’s first experimental animation project — an original story in early development. We are exploring and unlocking the Metahuman HDA in Houdini 21 to power our project. This week, I set out to achieve something ambitious — to take facial animation data from Unreal Engine’s Metahuman and apply it directly to a Metahuman rig inside Houdini, maintaining full control and editability within Apex.

“The Rat Trap” is Paitan’s first experimental animation project — an original story in early development. We are exploring and unlocking the Metahuman HDA in Houdini 21 to power our project. This week, I set out to achieve something ambitious — to take facial animation data from Unreal Engine’s Metahuman and apply it directly to a Metahuman rig inside Houdini, maintaining full control and editability within Apex.

“The Rat Trap” is Paitan’s first experimental animation project — an original story in early development. We are exploring and unlocking the Metahuman HDA in Houdini 21 to power our project. This week we levraged Vellum and Copernicus to create accessories for our character.

“The Rat Trap” is Paitan’s first experimental animation project — an original story in early development. We are exploring and unlocking the Metahuman HDA in Houdini 21 to power our project

“The Rat Trap” is Paitan’s first experimental animation project — an original story in early development. We are exploring and unlocking the Metahuman HDA in Houdini 21 to power our project

“The Rat Trap” is Paitan’s first experimental animation project — an original story in early development. We are working on rigging our main character a UE5.6 Metahuman in Houdini using APEX.

“The Rat Trap” is Paitan’s first experimental animation project — an original story in early development. We are working on our main character. Our UE5.6 Metahuman in Houdini

“The Rat Trap” is Paitan’s first experimental animation project — an original story in early development. We are working on our main character. Our UE5.6 Metahuman in Houdini

“The Rat Trap” is Paitan’s first experimental animation project — an original story in early development. We are working on our main character. Our UE5.6 Metahuman in Houdini

“The Rat Trap” is Paitan’s first experimental animation project — an original story in early development. We are working on the main Arena, the kitchen and we're sharing our work i progress.

“The Rat Trap” is Paitan’s first experimental animation project — an original story in early development. This post details how AI is powering our Research and Development

“The Rat Trap” is Paitan’s first experimental animation project — an original story in early development. This blog details how we built our team.

“The Rat Trap” is Paitan’s first experimental animation project — an original story in early development. This blog kicks off our behind-the-scenes series exploring how we’re using Houdini, Unreal Engine, and AI tools like Forge to bring this chaotic kitchen comedy to life.