How do I break the background into pieces?

I am wondering if there is any easy way to create an effect of breaking the background into pieces. For example, think the background is a piece of glass, and I want to create an effect that if the player can tap the screen for 100 times in 10 seconds, the screen will be smashed into pieces. Any help or suggestion will be appreciated. Thanks.

Depends on your needs, e.g. reaslism. Multiple sprites of broken pieces. Animation frames of broken pieces. Pre-rendered video. Canvas plugin (draw breakage lines). Your own WebGL effect. Also there are previous threads talking about sprite destruction which might help.

codah thanks!