software raytracer, made using c++

a brief little outing into computer graphics, made by following the first two entries of the in one weekend series by peter shirley, trevor d black, and steve hollasch

there were two main goals i had for this project. one was to refamiliarize myself with c++ and get acquainted with some of its newer features, seeing as i had not done much development with it since college. the second was to learn the basics about one of the key fields underpinning game development, computer graphics

some stuff i learned or refreshed along the way:

• cmake and build systems
• smart pointers
• linear algebra
• how cameras, textures, lighting, and much more work
• well..... that i don't particularly like c++

to hit on that last point, yes, i found i don't quite like it much. maybe graphics is what will make me learn rust in the future... although i cannot say that's super high on my priorities either

despite rediscovering that c++ annoyed me, i also tried to learn a bit of opengl soon afterwards. i admittedly lost my steam due to a variety of reasons. and while graphics programming is most certainly cool, i had other things to focus on. maybe one day i will return to graphics programming a bit more in-depth and seriously, but in the moment it was right time to move on to different pursuits