diff --git a/Asteroid.gd b/Asteroid.gd
index eb35e0b..035cc42 100644
--- a/Asteroid.gd
+++ b/Asteroid.gd
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 extends KinematicBody2D
 
+var ExplosionEffect = load("res://ExplosionEffect.tscn")
+
 var rect = Rect2(0, 0, 0, 0)
 var velocity = Vector2(0, 0)
 var rot_vel = 0
@@ -31,6 +33,10 @@ func wrap(v, v_min, v_max):
 		return v
 		
 func on_explode():
+	# create bullet impact
+	var new_ee = ExplosionEffect.instance()
+	get_tree().get_root().add_child(new_ee)
+	new_ee.set_global_pos(get_global_pos())
 	queue_free()
 	
 func do_damage(v):
diff --git a/Bullet.gd b/Bullet.gd
index bcb6cdf..09722ae 100644
--- a/Bullet.gd
+++ b/Bullet.gd
@@ -5,13 +5,13 @@ var BulletImpact = load("res://BulletImpact.tscn")
 var velocity = Vector2(1, 0)
 var lifetime = 16 # seconds
 
-var bullet_dmg = 0.25
+var bullet_dmg = 25
 
 onready var sprite = get_node("Sprite")
 
 func _ready():
 	set_fixed_process(true)
-	
+
 func fire(delta, vel, dir, speed):
 	velocity = (vel.length() * dir + (dir * speed * delta))
 	sprite.set_rot(dir.angle())
diff --git a/ExplosionEffect.gd b/ExplosionEffect.gd
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2216acd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ExplosionEffect.gd
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+extends Sprite
+
+var current_time = 0
+var frames_per_second = 0.05
+
+func _ready():
+	set_process(true)
+
+func _process(delta):
+	
+	if int(current_time / frames_per_second) >= get_hframes() - 1:
+		queue_free()
+	
+	set_frame(int(current_time / frames_per_second))
+	current_time += delta
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/ExplosionEffect.tscn b/ExplosionEffect.tscn
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..28ba00b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ExplosionEffect.tscn
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+[gd_scene load_steps=3 format=1]
+
+[ext_resource path="res://raw/explosion_1.png" type="Texture" id=1]
+[ext_resource path="res://ExplosionEffect.gd" type="Script" id=2]
+
+[node name="ExplosionEffect" type="Sprite"]
+
+texture = ExtResource( 1 )
+hframes = 8
+region_rect = Rect2( 0, 0, 32, 32 )
+script/script = ExtResource( 2 )
+
+
diff --git a/raw/explosion_1.ase b/raw/explosion_1.ase
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..53e0ed5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/raw/explosion_1.ase
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:b900489b98c048ae8c0891147a23232788780d5aececd7ee23b8563874dc694a
+size 5525
diff --git a/raw/explosion_1.png b/raw/explosion_1.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..020ae42
Binary files /dev/null and b/raw/explosion_1.png differ
diff --git a/raw/explosion_1.png.flags b/raw/explosion_1.png.flags
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..226e8a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/raw/explosion_1.png.flags
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+filter=false
+gen_mipmaps=false