Helitrace

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This game requires visual studio's Desktop development with c++ to be installed on the system.
It can be downloaded from here make sure to click the checkbox for Desktop development with c++

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CPU Raytraced on rails shooter,
You're in a helicopter and have to get to the top of the building to destroy the 6G tower!

This game is a short ~5 minute experience mainly focused on showing of the raytracer


made in 8 weeks for BLOCK C of the Y1 Programming track at Breda University of Aplied Sciences

Source code is available at: https://github.com/Twenmod/HeliTrace

Requirements

Desktop development with c++ installed on the system
- It can be downloaded from here make sure to click the checkbox for Desktop development with c++

This game requires a good CPU that supports AVX2 (most modern cpu's do)

Controls

[LEFT_MOUSE] Shoot

[RIGHT_MOUSE] Aim

[ESC] for pause menu

[Q] for quit

[R] to restart

[(LEFT/RIGHT)MOUSE] for UI

Credit

Base template and tinyBVH by: Jacco Bikker, https://github.com/jbikker/tmpl8rt_2025, https://github.com/jbikker/tinybvh

Music and some assets from Half life
Helicopter by WH1T3_No1SE: https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/ah250-krogulec-7db68ee0eb1f4f25a801976b2b4cf5e2
Building by Nicolai Kilstrup: https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/building-brutalist-tricorner-a0923ae832474539bc8...
SFX from freesounds.org

Versions

The game has 3 versions, the base game, a "high" res version (which requires a high end cpu) and debug mode.
Debug mode gives access to dev features allowing you to look anywhere and change settings.