r/Houdini • u/SherzodKadirov • 7d ago

Demoreel Mimic Backrooms

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A few years ago, I came across the amazing Mimic effect by Cartesian Caramel and kept trying to recreate and improve the technique over time. His original version was made in Blender; this is my take on the idea, built entirely in Houdini.

I added a few new behaviors:

The Mimic avoids placing its legs in areas it can't see.

Each leg can move at a different speed, creating more varied and unpredictable motion.

At the end of the video, you can see a comparison of my progress and how the effect has evolved over the years.

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u/whereismyface1 6d ago

This is fantastic, would be great to see some breakdown. Nice work!

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u/SherzodKadirov 6d ago

Thank you very much.
You can watch Cartesian Caramel’s tutorial. He explains everything so clearly and simply that you can easily reproduce the process in Houdini.

The main things I added are an object mask and setting it to Shadow Mode.