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of its Utility AI library, with fixes and lots more observability improvements. +- Other game updates: + - [Disk-0 Madness] is a bullet hell game, written in Rust for the WASM-4 + fantasy console. + - [Combine and Conquer] released version 0.1, moving into early access. + - [bevy-rapier-car-sim] is a 3D car simulation in Rust. + - [PongRust] is an 'unbeatable' Pong game. + - [My Roguelite] is a browser-based 3D roguelite. + - [Life Code] is an ecosystem simulation game. + - [Klod] released a retrospective post about their Katamari-inspired platformer. +- Other engine updates: + - [Rustacean Station] interviewed the developer of the Fyrox engine. + - [The Fyrox Book] added a new chapter on property inheritance. + - [Bevy's scheduling overhaul RFC] was merged. +- Other learning material updates: + - [LogRocket] posted about Bevy's ECS API. + - [Wade Zimmerman] wrote about their native iOS game dev journey with Rust. + - [Rust and Tell] featured a talk on hot reloading. + - [Bevy Basics] continued their series of beginner Bevy tutorials. + - [Yishn] coded an Astroids clone with Bevy. +- Other library updates: + - [big-brain] released version 0.14 of its Utility AI library, with fixes and + lots more observability improvements. + - [egui_dock] adds docking support to egui. + - [Valence] is a framework for building Minecraft servers in Rust. + - [Luminance] is a type-safe graphics framework, which is currently undergoing + a major rewrite. + - [Bevy ECSS] is a library for integrating a subset of CSS with Bevy's ECS system. + - [dtm] is a fast encoder/decoder for the DTM image format. + +[Disk-0 Madness]: https://maxcurzi.itch.io/disk-0-madness +[Combine and Conquer]: https://buckmartin.de/combine-and-conquer/2022-09-23-v0.1.0.html +[bevy-rapier-car-sim]: https://github.com/alexichepura/bevy-rapier-car-sim +[PongRust]: https://larsdu.github.io/PongRust/ +[My Roguelite]: https://ostwilkens.github.io/my-roguelite/ +[Life Code]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftVkklmO1Dk +[Klod]: https://devildahu.ch/devlog/making-of-klod-tech/ +[Rustacean Station]: https://rustacean-station.org/episode/dmitry-stepanov/ +[The Fyrox Book]: https://fyrox-book.github.io/fyrox/scene/inheritance.html +[Bevy's scheduling overhaul RFC]: https://github.com/bevyengine/rfcs/pull/45 +[LogRocket]: https://blog.logrocket.com/rust-bevy-entity-component-system +[Wade Zimmerman]: https://devmap.org/native-ios-game-development-w-rust-a1134887c35f +[Rust and Tell]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UUImyqX8j0 +[Bevy Basics]: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6uRoaCCw7GN_lJxpKS3j-KXuThRiSXc6 +[Yishn]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCys49c44PU +[big-brain]: https://github.com/zkat/big-brain/releases/tag/v0.14.0 +[egui_dock]: https://crates.io/crates/egui_dock +[Valence]: https://github.com/valence-rs/valence +[Luminance]: https://phaazon.net/blog/2022-luminance-redesign-part-1 +[Bevy ECSS]: https://github.com/afonsolage/bevy_ecss +[dtm]: https://github.com/Ku95/dtm ## Discussions +- /r/rust_gamedev + - ["Should I use an existing physics engine or implement it myself?"](https://reddit.com/r/rust_gamedev/comments/x8if87/rubber_duck_question_should_i_use_an_existing) + - ["Ecs fundamentally at odds with borrow checker?"](https://reddit.com/r/rust_gamedev/comments/xajcgd/ecs_fundamentally_at_odds_with_borrow_checker) + - ["Best Engine for Choice-Driven, Semi-Free-Roam, 2D Gamedev"](https://reddit.com/r/rust_gamedev/comments/xc0fes/best_engine_for_choicedriven_semifreeroam_2d) + - ["Turn-based game - architecture feedback/opinons"](https://reddit.com/r/rust_gamedev/comments/xe1d6p/turnbased_game_architecture_feedbackopinons) + ## Requests for Contribution -## Jobs - - +- ['Are We Game Yet?' wants to know about projects/games/resources that + aren't listed yet][awgy]. +- [Graphite is looking for contributors][graphite-contribute] to help build the + new node graph and 2D rendering systems. +- [winit's "difficulty: easy" issues][winit-issues]. +- [Backroll-rs, a new networking library][backroll-rs]. +- [Embark's open issues][embark-open-issues] ([embark.rs]). +- [wgpu's "help wanted" issues][wgpu-issues]. +- [luminance's "low hanging fruit" issues][luminance-fruits]. +- [ggez's "good first issue" issues][ggez-issues]. +- [Veloren's "beginner" issues][veloren-beginner]. +- [A/B Street's "good first issue" issues][abstreet-issues]. +- [Mun's "good first issue" issues][mun-issues]. +- [SIMple Mechanic's good first issues][simm-issues]. +- [Bevy's "good first issue" issues][bevy-issues]. + +[awgy]: https://github.com/rust-gamedev/arewegameyet#contribute +[graphite-contribute]: https://graphite.rs/contribute +[winit-issues]: https://github.com/rust-windowing/winit/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+label%3A%22difficulty%3A+easy%22 +[backroll-rs]: https://github.com/HouraiTeahouse/backroll-rs/issues +[embark.rs]: https://embark.rs +[embark-open-issues]: https://github.com/search?q=user:EmbarkStudios+state:open +[wgpu-issues]: https://github.com/gfx-rs/wgpu/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3A%22help+wanted%22 +[luminance-fruits]: https://github.com/phaazon/luminance-rs/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3A%22low+hanging+fruit%22 +[ggez-issues]: https://github.com/ggez/ggez/labels/%2AGOOD%20FIRST%20ISSUE%2A +[veloren-beginner]: https://gitlab.com/veloren/veloren/issues?label_name=beginner +[abstreet-issues]: https://github.com/a-b-street/abstreet/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3A%22good+first+issue%22 +[mun-issues]: https://github.com/mun-lang/mun/labels/good%20first%20issue +[simm-issues]: https://github.com/mkhan45/SIMple-Mechanics/labels/good%20first%20issue +[bevy-issues]: https://github.com/bevyengine/bevy/labels/E-Good-First-Issue ## Bonus +![Ruffle logo](ruffle.svg) + +[Ruffle] is an open-source Flash Player emulator, written in Rust. It aims to run +natively on all modern operating systems and web browsers, leveraging Rust's +memory safety guarentees to avoid the security pitfalls that Flash became +notorious for in its later years. + +Many of today's game developers got their start developing +in Flash, and Ruffle aims to help preserve this part of internet (and +gaming!) history for future generations to look back on. + +For a look back at the history of Flash gaming, and the influence it has has +on games today, check out [Flash Game History]. + +[Ruffle]: https://ruffle.rs/ +[Flash Game History]: https://www.flashgamehistory.com/ + ------ That's all news for today, thanks for reading! diff --git a/content/news/038/ruffle.svg b/content/news/038/ruffle.svg new file mode 100644 index 000000000..d15aca4f1 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/news/038/ruffle.svg @@ -0,0 +1 @@ + \ No newline at end of file