2-D Colliding Balls Screen Saver:

Introduction

This is a screen saver application which is used to simulate the collision of multiple balls in 2-D space.It is made using OpenGL and one-one thread communication mechanism.

Requirements:

Libraries:

• OpenGL
• glut
• pthread
• version of g++ (c++11) required to compile

Compilation and Execution:

• Clone the git repository
• cd colliding_balls_screensaver
• run make command
• The output is stored in /output directory
• cd output
• ./collide
• eg:Enter the number of balls for collision:7

Features:

• The balls moves in 2-D space.
• Each balls is generated at random position with random colour.
• Collision between the balls is made perfectly elastic.

References:

• gamedev.net
• OpenGL documentation
• bogotobogo.net/cplusplus/*
• https://developer.apple.com/opengl/