frosty

README

Frosty

Frosty is an experimental raytracer, written in Go.

It was written for the experience of creating a raytracer, not as a serious project.

Installation

go install github.com/cespare/frosty@latest

Usage

frosty -h tells you the options. Use the json scene file in the repo to get started.

Status

Alpha. It makes pictures.

Features

• Cubes
• Point lights
• Shadows
• Diffuse lighting
• Color clamping (naive tone mapping)
• Antialiasing (supersampling)
• Parallel ray computaiton
• Background (planes)

See open issues for other things I've thought about implementing.

License

MIT licensed; see LICENSE.txt.