L-System Plant Generator

Generating and rendering 3D fractal plants using L-systems using OpenGL.

Features

• Loading fractal base geometry from .obj files
• Loading floor model geometry and material from .obj and .mtl files
• Selection of fractal base models
• Selection of predefined L-systems for plant generation
• Custom L-system input via GUI
• Phong, Gouraud or Flat shading selectable via GUI
• Perspective camera with keyboard and mouse controls
• Randomized placement of plants in a defined area
• Interpolating plant color based on height

Authors

• Mikołaj Garbowski
• Maksym Bieńkowski
• Jędrzej Grabski

Installation

• Install Rust
• Install Just for running utility scripts

Running

Clone, just run. Check out just -l for recipes.

Controls

• Move using WASD/HJKL
• Space to move up, z to move down
• Mouse to look around
• Press Esc to enter menu

References

• L-System - Wikipedia
• The Algorithmic Beauty of Plants, P. Prusinkiewicz, A. Lindenmayer
• Real-Time Rendering 4th Edition, T. Akenine-Möller, E. Haines, N. Hoffman, A. Pesce, M. Iwanicki, S. Hillaire
• Learn OpenGL