miniRT 🌟

A ray tracer written in C using MLX42 - exploring the fundamentals of computer graphics and 3D rendering.

Authors: Mathijs Van Rijn & Edsard Grisel

Showcase

Basic spheres with lighting and shadows

Bump mapping for surface detail

Multiple colored light sources

Checkerboard texture mapping

Features

• 3D Objects: Spheres, planes, and cylinders
• Lighting: Full Phong lighting model with ambient, diffuse, and specular reflection
• Camera: Configurable position and orientation
• Texture Mapping: UV mapping, bump mapping, and checkerboard patterns
• Lighting: Multiple light sources with colored lighting support
• Scene Files: Parse .rt scene description files

Setup

Ubuntu/Linux

git clone <repository-url>
cd miniRT
make

macOS (Apple Silicon)

git clone <repository-url>
cd miniRT
git checkout macos_demo
make

Running

• Scenes can be found in the scenes folder

./miniRT [Filename].rt

Key bindings

• Arrow keys: Camera rotation
• WASD: Camera translation

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Part of the 42 School curriculum