torus-engine 1.5.0

3D ASCII character rendering engine

torus-engine

Description

Basic ASCII 3D rendering engine on the terminal.

Install

Download using pip

Open your terminal and type:

pip install torus-engine

You can find more information on the package on PyPI by clicking here.

Import to your Python project

In your Python project, add this line at the top of the file you wish to have access to the torus-engine package:

Tutorial

Let's go through a simple tutorial that showcases the different essential functionalities of the torus-engine API.

Creating an object, Torus

You can choose which object you want to render. See torusengine/objects for the different objects available. Alternatively, you can create your own, as long as it satisfies the requirements.

import torusengine.objects.orus import Torus

torus = Torus()

Adding a light source, Light

Then you can add a light source:

import torusengine.light import Light

light_source_position = (2, 1, 0) # (x, y, z) coordinates
light_source = Light(position=light_source_position)

Placing a Camera

You also need a camera. To do that you can follow the code below:

import torusengine.camera import Camera

camera_point = (1, 0, 0) # (x, y, z) coordinates
camera = Camera(camera_position=camera_point)

Camera takes as optional parameters point_to_fix, which is where the camera is pointing ((0, 0, 0) by default), and horizontal_rotation which determines the tilt of the camera.

Putting it altogether to create a Scene

You can now create a Scene, by passing the object, the light source and the camera:

import torusengine.scene import Scene

scene = Scene(torus, light_source, camera)

Scene can also take the fps parameter (frames per second), which is set to 5 by default.

With the object scene instantiated, you can now call its start() method:

scene.start()

It can take as parameter the boolean static (set to False by default), which determines whether to update the scene only once, or to update it conitnuously (according to its fps value).

Additional methods of the class Scene can be called, to change the camera (by moving it up, down, left or right), to increase or decrease the light source intensity, or even to change the object being rendered altogether.

🛠 Improvments

Feel free to create an issue or a pull request in case you find bugs or want to add a feature!