https://github.com/pwhiddy/raymarch-engine

Minimal ray-traced game engine with gravity affected rays
https://github.com/pwhiddy/raymarch-engine

game-engine gravity opengl portal puzzle raymarching-distance-fields raytracing wormhole

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Minimal ray-traced game engine with gravity affected rays

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/pwhiddy/raymarch-engine
• Owner: PWhiddy
• Created: 2017-02-12T03:36:54.000Z (over 8 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2021-08-17T22:13:50.000Z (almost 4 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-04-13T00:36:16.219Z (about 2 months ago)
• Topics: game-engine, gravity, opengl, portal, puzzle, raymarching-distance-fields, raytracing, wormhole
• Language: C++
• Homepage:
• Size: 13.7 KB
• Stars: 23
• Watchers: 3
• Forks: 2
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.md

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# Raymarch Engine

## An improved version of this repo can be found here: https://github.com/pwhiddy/time

An empty room with tiled walls and some luxurious y=sin(x*z) floors

![alt tag](http://i.imgur.com/n5JWmFI.png)

Player has created a couple wormholes

![alt tag](http://i.imgur.com/iwVP7II.png)

Getting dangerously close

![alt tag](http://i.imgur.com/R8AOVm9.png)

All graphics are ray-traced in real time. Geometry is defined as signed distance fields.

The player can create wormhole portals that bend light as it travels, creating a very similar effect to that seen in interstellar. 

An example of useage can be found in initialize.cpp

Dependencies: glfw, glew, glm