Mini-MineCraft

Authors: Aman Sachan, Meghana Seshadri, and Jon Lee

Features I implemented:

Efficient Terrain Rendering:

• Rendering only the hull of the terrain;
• Using interleaved VBOs, i.e one VBO that holds all the data (position, color, normals, textures, etc);
• Dividing the terrain into Chunks and generating the VBO for every chunk only once;

Generalized Scheme for Texture Mapping, Normal Mapping, Specular Mapping, and Animated Textures

Weather (Snow and Rain) and Cloud:

• Snow and Rain weather effects were achieved via billboards that have a texture with transparency;
• Volumetric Clouds, rendered in a way similar to the ground;

Day and Night Cycle:

• Changing Sky Color;
• Changing Light Color;
• Changing Light Direction;
• Changing Light Intensity;

Tiny Dynamic Compass