Alright, I just watched a video in slo-mo and I can say it is not the same animation. https://gyazo.com/da0c846cd88d8c0e16ac04a31f60637a It looks like it has a burst of tendrils, and then a silhouette of the surge suit appears, and then it slowly disappears to the actual suit. Is that correct?
Yep multi-cut tool in Maya. Tentacles in gameplay were a custom curve-based tool our animators could keyframe. Cinematic tentacles were mostly done in Houdini and brought into the engine as alembic.
Who do you think asked Dustin to come around to answer your question? :) I know its exciting and there is so much one could do and learn and experience and all. But calm down, one step at a time.. all of this is mighty complex and there is soooooo much one can learn, at any given time. I'd suggest you to finish what you…