Build Instructions

Prerequisites

• CMake ≥ 3.20
• A C++17-capable compiler
  • On Windows: Visual Studio 2022 (with Desktop development with C++)
• Git (for pulling submodules)

Clone and fetch submodules

git clone https://github.com/dudujuju828/GraphicsEngine.git GraphicsEngine
cd GraphicsEngine
git submodule update --init --recursive

This pulls the external dependencies into external/ (Assimp, GLFW, GLM, ImGui, spdlog, etc.).

Configure the build

From the project root (where CMakeLists.txt lives):

cmake -S . -B build

This generates project files under build/.

Build

On Windows (MSBuild / Visual Studio generator):

cmake --build build --config Debug
# or
cmake --build build --config Release

This produces main.exe under:

• build/Debug/main.exe for Debug
• build/Release/main.exe for Release

Run

From the project root:

./build/Debug/main.exe
# or
./build/Release/main.exe

All third-party libraries are built and linked statically, so no extra DLL setup should be required.

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Demonstrations

Youtube

https://www.youtube.com/@maxthomarino

Skybox

Object Loading

Perlin Noise

Spdlog-ing