💡 Raycast

• A python raycasting demo using p5py
• This is a port based off of the javascript implementation shown here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOEi6T2mtHo&t=1708s
• This should be (it isn't because unlike p5js, its not built ontop of the skia engine) more performant however than the video, I noticed there were a number of duplicate heavy calculations being made in the video which have been fixed here.

🔧 Demo

📓 Requirements:

system

• Python 3
• Glfw: install it using this link: https://p5.readthedocs.io/en/latest/install.html#installing-p5

pip

• absl-py
• p5py

📦 Installation:

• make sure you are using pip for python 3
• run the following command:

# installs the requirements for the program
pip install -r requirements.txt --user

✨ Examples:

# use the mouse as input
python3 main.py

# automatically move the source particle
python3 main.py --auto

# set number of rays to 36, the smaller the number, the more performant
python3 main.py --rays 36