A GPU-accelerated fractal explorer.
Most of the code included in this repository is a modified version of code from either my Shaker or Boiler repositories. I just ported the algorithms and code to work on the GPU, instead of the CPU. This enables the program to be fast enough to run in realtime.
You need to link OpenGL and SDL2 in order to build Shaker. The following command should suffice for most systems and compilers.
clang++ fractals.cpp -o fractals -O3 -lSDL2 -lGLOn Apple systems, you may need to use this command instead, based on your compiler vendor.
clang++ fractals.cpp -o fractals -O3 -lSDL2 -framework OpenGLI don't use GNU/Linux or Windows, so I wouldn't know where to find the OpenGL or SDL include files. You'll probably have to modify the include paths. Other than that, Fractals is (probably) cross-compatible.
Once you have compiled Fractals successfully, it is trivial to use it. Simply pass a filename as an argument to Fractals. You can optionally pass a width and a height (you must specify both if you are to specify any).
./fractals mandelbrot.glslor, this is also valid
./shaker mandelbrot.glsl 800 600Currently, Fractals only supports the Mandelbrot, Julia and Burning Ship fractals.
Fractals requires a machine that supports a minimum of OpenGL 3.2 Core. This is basically almost every machine. I chose to use OpenGL 3.2 Core for reasons specific to my machine.
This repository is licensed under the MIT License.