Howdy all. Houdini newb here trying to transition. I've done a lot of rigging in Maya for the most part and I've got a little pet project to replicate the behavior of Maya's deformers in Houdini. Unfortunately, I'm only so technical and have not written any custom deformers before. I've done a bit of searching, but looking for some more resources that will help me in my quest. Any signs pointing in the right direction would be much appreciated. I'm currently working on matching the twist/bend behavior.

If the bend tool doesn't suite your needs, pretty much anything can be implemented in the deformation wrangle.

Hi,

These are old but might help you:

https://www.orbolt.com/asset/animatrix::bend::1.00 (VOP)
https://www.orbolt.com/asset/animatrix::bend::2.00 (SOP)

https://www.orbolt.com/asset/animatrix::twist::1.00 (VOP)
https://www.orbolt.com/asset/animatrix::twist::2.00 (SOP)