This is the final project of my curriculum at school 42, realised as a team of 4 students in about three months.

The goal was to create in C and without the help of libraries that we hadn’t coded ourselves, a raytracer engine, so ability to render simple 3D objects, simulates light reflections, refractions and shadows.

It was also necessary to create a input file type for the program and do the parsing to be able to load scenes.

On my side I worked on many parts of the project:

• The input file and its parsing
• The UI & UX, and events management (keyboard, mouse, buttons)
• Special modes (filters) that modify the final rendering of the image
• The PNG image export system
• The ability to add elements in the scene
• Management of scene elements, modification of position, size, colors, shader, …

I learned a lot during the development, I tested new things like the advanced event management with different interface elements (button, textarea, radio button, input, …).

It was a long and challenging project but the result was worth it.

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