Nova is a solar system simulator build with C++ and OpenGL. Various types of objects are simulated in this program, such as Skybox, Sun(Lightsource), Planets, Asteroids(Particle Effects), and spaceship.

Several techniques and libraries are used in this program:

• Core-profile Mode and Instanced Rendering are used to achieve better performance
• Assimp library for loading model
• Stb_image library for loading texture
• Freetype for font rendering

• Custom shader

• Self-made model: Evil robot