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+# tinyray
+A simple raytracer in exactly 450 lines of C
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+![Output](output.bmp)
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+### Features
+ * Sphere-Ray Intersection
+ * Materials
+ * Diffuse and Specular Lighting
+ * Point, Directional, and Ambient Lights
+ * Custom Floating-Point Vector Library
+ * Output to image with stb_image
+ * Gradient Background
+ * Watermark
+
+### Helpful Resources
+I created this toy raytracer to learn about basic raytracing (and for fun, of course), taking inspiration from the following resources:
+ - [Gabriel Gambetta: Computer Graphics From Scratch](https://www.gabrielgambetta.com/computer-graphics-from-scratch/basic-ray-tracing.html)
+ - [Scratch A Pixel: Minimal Ray Tracing](https://www.scratchapixel.com/lessons/3d-basic-rendering/minimal-ray-tracer-rendering-simple-shapes/ray-sphere-intersection)
+ - [ssloy's tinyraytracer](https://github.com/ssloy/tinyraytracer)
+
+The first link is especially helpful in understanding how raytracing works from a mathematical perspective.
+
+**I created this for fun for the UoA ENGGEN 131 Art Challenge**