Computer Graphics 1 Project (TDT4195)

This repository collects all three hand-ins for the Visual Computing Fundamentals (Computer Graphics 1) course at NTNU (autumn 2024).
Together they form a single, cumulative project that starts with drawing a few triangles and ends with a fully animated, lit moon-scene featuring multiple helicopters.

Tech stack: Rust + OpenGL 4.0 Core (GLSL), using the gloom-rs framework provided by the course.

Screenshots

Requirements

• Draws coloured triangles & wireframes
• Per‑vertex colour interpolation
• Transparent triangles with correct depth sorting & alpha blending
• Perspective projection & free‑fly camera rig
• OBJ mesh loading (lunarsurface & helicopter)
• Scene‑graph with hierarchical transforms
• Basic Lambert lighting (per‑pixel normals)
• Time‑based rotor animation
• Chase camera that locks onto any helicopter
• Helicopter pilot mode with WASD controls
  • Follow a helicopter by pressing CTRL + num to select it, then ALT to control it with WASD (controls are a bit wonky, but functional)
• Tested on Windows 11 and expected to work on recent Linux distros with OpenGL 4.0+ (untested)