Snooker Table

My final rendered piece is titled “Snooker Table”, a custom-designed scene inspired by professional snooker ball arrangements. It features polished reflections, shadows, smooth materials, and custom lighting choices to create a realistic billiard table composition.

Features Added

Below is an explicit list of enhancements beyond the base A3 requirements, along with where they appear in the code:

1. Custom Scene: Full Snooker Ball Arrangement

• Realistic snooker layout with 15 red balls and 6 color balls.
• Where: data/creative.json (sphere objects + materials)

2. Glossy / Reflective Materials

• Polished highlights and strong specular response.
• Where: src/blinn_phong_shading.cpp, materials in creative.json

3. Snooker Table Cloth Texture (Procedural Pattern)

• I implemented a procedural texture on the table surface to resemble the directional cloth pattern found on real snooker tables.Gradient background and snooker table-like reflective floor plane.
• This texture introduces subtle wave-like variations across the green surface, simulating the brushed nap of snooker felt and improving realism compared to a flat diffuse plane.
• Where:
  • src/raycolor.cpp: procedural modulation of the floor shading (position-dependent intensity variation). (plane + environment lighting)
  • data/creative.json: floor plane material definition (green cloth base color).

4. Improved Shadow Rendering

• Cleaner, more defined shadows beneath objects.
• Where: src/raycolor.cpp (shadow ray logic)

5. Custom Camera Placement

• Camera adjusted to capture a natural snooker viewpoint.
• Where: creative.json (“camera” section)

Acknowledgements

• CSC317 Fall 2025 Assignment 3 framework by course staff.
• ImageMagick used for .ppm → .png conversion and text overlay.
• No external assets or copyrighted models were used.
• All custom scene creation and feature additions implemented by myself.