The Corundum Graphics Engine

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By Jake Zaia -- Stuyvesant Computer Graphics Pd 10

What is it?

A graphics engine written entirely in Ruby with a compyler written in Python. It facilitates the creation of 3-dimensional (and 2-dimensional) shapes and emulates real-world lighting.

New features

This version contains 2 new major features:

• OBJ File support: Any OBJ file may be used to create a mesh in this project
• Multiple lights: Multiple point-light sources may now be used. In addition each object has its own reflective constants.

How do I use it?

1. First, clone the repo: $ git clone https://github.com/jzaia18/corundum-graphics-engine.git

2. For example code execution, type make

3. Create any file with the extension .mdl. A full list of commands may be found in the MDL.spec file located in the root of the repository.

4. Execute your own code with ruby Main.rb <filename>.mdl

Dependencies?

The Corundum engine runs primarily on Ruby but does require a few other packages

• Ruby
• Python 2
• Image Magick