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@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
title = "This Month in Rust GameDev #13 - August 2020"
date = 2020-09-07
transparent = true
-draft = true
+++
Welcome to the 13th issue of the Rust GameDev Workgroup’s
@@ -34,8 +33,6 @@ Table of contents:
- [Popular Workgroup Issues in Github](#popular-workgroup-issues-in-github)
- [Meeting Minutes](#meeting-minutes)
- [Requests for Contribution](#requests-for-contribution)
-- [Jobs](#jobs)
-- [Bonus](#bonus)
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Ideal section structure is:
@@ -115,8 +112,8 @@ for you to listen and subscribe:
### [Crate Before Attack][cba-site]
-[][cba-site]
-_Debugging camera motion: highlighted areas are points of interest._
+[][cba-site]
+_Debugging camera motion: highlighted areas are points of interest_
[Crate Before Attack][cba-site] by [koalefant (@CrateAttack)][@CrateAttack]
is a skill-based multiplayer game where frogs combat their friends
@@ -146,7 +143,7 @@ More details are in [August DevLog-entry][cba-august-update].
### [Veloren][veloren]
-
+
_Landscape with new LoD and lighting_
[Veloren][veloren] is an open world, open-source voxel RPG inspired by Dwarf
@@ -173,16 +170,18 @@ You can read more about some specific topics from August:
- [Airshipper 0.4.0 Progress](https://veloren.net/devblog-79#airshipper-0-4-progress-by-songtronix)
- [Animation and Movement Updates](https://veloren.net/devblog-79#animation-and-movement-updates-by-slipped)
- [Particle Timing](https://veloren.net/devblog-80#particle-timing-by-lobster)
-- [0.7 Release Party Statistics](https://veloren.net/devblog-81#0-7-release-party-statistics)
-- [0.7 Release Party Kick Disaster](https://veloren.net/devblog-81#0-7-release-party-kick-disaster-by-xmac94x)
+- 0.7 Release: [Party Statistics](https://veloren.net/devblog-81#0-7-release-party-statistics)
+ and [Kick Disaster](https://veloren.net/devblog-81#0-7-release-party-kick-disaster-by-xmac94x)
- [Lighting and World Changes](https://veloren.net/devblog-81#sharp-s-lighting-and-world-changes-branch)
- [0.8 Intro Meeting](https://veloren.net/devblog-82#0-8-intro-meeting)
- [Audio SFX](https://veloren.net/devblog-82#audio-with-ellinia)
- [Photo Gallery](https://veloren.net/devblog-83#photo-gallery)
August's full weekly devlogs: "This Week In Veloren...":
-[#79](https://veloren.net/devblog-79), [#80](https://veloren.net/devblog-80),
-[#81](https://veloren.net/devblog-81), [#82](https://veloren.net/devblog-82).
+[#79](https://veloren.net/devblog-79),
+[#80](https://veloren.net/devblog-80),
+[#81](https://veloren.net/devblog-81),
+[#82](https://veloren.net/devblog-82),
[#83](https://veloren.net/devblog-83).
In September, work on 0.8 will continue. Some large systems being worked on
@@ -229,7 +228,7 @@ Egregoria was previously known as Scale,
but was renamed to fit the theme better.
The [5th devlog][egregoria-blog-post] was published, talking about
-the renaming, project managment, buildings and scripting.
+the renaming, project management, buildings and scripting.
A [Discord][egregoria-discord] server was launched to discuss the project.
@@ -244,10 +243,10 @@ _Discussions:
[][Cary]
-In [Cary] the player has to bring the titular character to the exit by carying
+In [Cary] the player has to bring the titular character to the exit by carrying
them or otherwise making sure they don't – nor the player themselves –
touch any of the traps.
-Easier said then done when you have limited stamina and Cary keeps running
+Easier said than done when you have limited stamina and Cary keeps running
into spikes.
Made with hecs and wgpu (no framework), but uses WebGL on the web
@@ -313,7 +312,7 @@ the [Bar Painting][vangers-bars-blog] post of the blog.
[Garden][garden] is an upcoming game centered around growing realistic plants.
-Some of the updates from [the Jule & August devlog][garden-devlog]:
+Some of the updates from [the July & August devlog][garden-devlog]:
- A new player inventory system;
- Better collision detection and camera movement;
@@ -352,7 +351,7 @@ Chillscapes is written using an early-in-development 2d engine,
### [Dwarf Seeks Fortune][dsf-github]
[][dsf-github]
-_Collect all keys to unlock the door to the next level._
+_Collect all keys to unlock the door to the next level_
[Dwarf Seeks Fortune][dsf-github] is a puzzle-platformer made with the Amethyst game
engine. Its developer, Jazarro, has partnered with the Amethyst organization
@@ -401,7 +400,7 @@ _One of SIMple Mechanic's Lua presets, a colorful wave of bouncing circles_
[SIMple Physics][simple-physics-site] by [@mkhan45] is a set of educational physics
simulators meant to help students and teachers conduct labs without expensive equipment
-or in person classes. Each simulator uses serializeable graphs, object inspection,
+or in person classes. Each simulator uses serializable graphs, object inspection,
Lua scripting, and a few other features to help students learn. Currently, there
is a simulator for mechanics/projectile motion and one for universal gravitation,
but the goal is to include one for electronics/magnetism and one for waves/optics.
@@ -444,7 +443,7 @@ work with graphics in Rust using [SDL2][sdl2] library.
### [Beginning Game Development with Amethyst][rustconf-talk-video]
[][rustconf-talk-video]
-_Click to [watch the talk][rustconf-talk-video]._
+_Click to [watch the talk][rustconf-talk-video]_
Getting started with Rust + gamedev can be intimidating. At
[RustConf 2020][rust-conf-2020], [Micah Tigley] gave a talk about their experience
@@ -452,11 +451,11 @@ beginning game development using the [Amethyst][amethyst-link] game engine and
learning about ECS by implementing examples that aim to be accessible for
beginners.
-Supporting blog posts for talk:
+Supporting blog posts for the talk:
-- [Creating a Simple Spritesheet Animation with Amethyst][micah-blog-part1]
-- [Running Animation][micah-blog-part2]
-- [Camera Follow System][micah-blog-part3]
+- ["Creating a Simple Spritesheet Animation with Amethyst"][micah-blog-part1]
+- ["Running Animation"][micah-blog-part2]
+- ["Camera Follow System"][micah-blog-part3]
The source code for the [demo can be found here][micah-demo-src].
@@ -548,7 +547,7 @@ CPU version of PhysX, and often slightly faster than Box2D.
- joint constraints;
- optional serialization of the physics state;
- optional cross-platform determinism on IEEE-754 compliant targets;
-- optional explicit SIMD and parallelism.
+- optional explicit SIMD and parallelism;
- JavaScript bindings with official NPM packages.
This new physics engine is developed by the recently created [Dimforge]
@@ -567,11 +566,11 @@ _Discussions:
### [NeoCogi's Libraries][neocogi-repo]
-
+
[Jude3D](https://neocogi.com) is a web based 3D sculpting application.
It's a WebAssembly application, written in C/C++ and compiled using Emscripten
-but after much thinking the authors decided to move the development to Rust!
+but after much thinking, the authors decided to move the development to Rust!
Many problems arise when moving existing C/C++/WebAssembly code to Rust.
The two most important ones:
@@ -581,7 +580,7 @@ The two most important ones:
These led the authors to drop using Rust's std in favor to their own libs (`!#[no_std]`),
at least until the std library crates are split up accordingly and stabilized,
-for example the `alloc` crate.
+for example, the `alloc` crate.
The good news is that they are
[releasing most of the libraries as they make them as open source][neocogi-repo]!
@@ -602,7 +601,7 @@ cute-c2 is a 2D collision detection library that has had its first release to
The library can detect collisions between circles, rectangles, capsules and
up to eight-sided convex polygons. There are also functions for manifold
-generation, the GJK algorithm and ray casting operations. There is an example
+generation, the GJK algorithm, and ray casting operations. There is an example
program in the repository.
[cute-c2]: https://crates.io/crates/c2
@@ -618,7 +617,7 @@ as well as per-vertex attributes.
All that's required to define a base shape are the initial vertices, triangles
based on the indices of the vertices in the initial vertices, and numbered
-edges. As long as the winding of the triangles remains consistend throughout
+edges. As long as the winding of the triangles remains consistent throughout
the base mesh, all of the resulting triangles will retain that winding.
This library also provides a few interesting base shapes (which can be used alone
@@ -708,7 +707,7 @@ Some of the updates:
- Dynamically sized multi-binding support.
- Improved entrypoint debug printing.
- Better manifest merging method for pipeline construction.
-- Bugfixes and various small API improvments.
+- Bugfixes and various small API improvements.
_Discussions: [/r/rust_gamedev][spirq-discussion]_
@@ -799,11 +798,11 @@ See discussion at [/r/rust_gamedev][wgpu-instancing-reddit].
[KAS] by [@dhardy] is a general purpose UI toolkit; its
-initial aim is "old school" desktop apps with good keyboard and touchscreen
+initial aim is "old school" desktop apps with a good keyboard and touchscreen
support. Unlike many modern immediate-mode UIs, KAS's widgets retain state,
allowing minimal per-frame updates. KAS supports embedded WebGPU graphics now,
and will (eventually) support being embedded within other contexts (requiring
-only a supply of input events and implemention of some basic graphics routines).
+only a supply of input events and implementation of some basic graphics routines).
KAS v0.5 switches to a new crate for text layout,
[KAS-text]. KAS-text is a text layout
@@ -820,12 +819,14 @@ For more, see the article ["Why I created KAS-text"][kas-article].
### [Egui]
+
+
[Egui] is a highly portable immediate mode GUI library in pure Rust.
Egui can be integrated anywhere you can paint textured triangles.
You can compile Egui to WASM and render it on a web page using [egui_web]
or compile and run natively using [egui_glium].
-[Click to run Egui web demo](https://emilk.github.io/egui/index.html)
+Check out the [Egui web demo](https://emilk.github.io/egui/index.html).
Example:
@@ -840,8 +841,6 @@ Window::new("Debug").show(ui.ctx(), |ui| {
});
```
-
-
_Discussions:
[/r/rust](https://reddit.com/r/rust/comments/hzwvsk/emigui_deserves_more_love)_
@@ -968,9 +967,9 @@ While it is still under heavy development, a lot can be done already:
[Tetra] is a simple 2D game framework, inspired by XNA and Raylib. This month,
versions [0.4.1][tetra-041] and [0.4.2][tetra-042] were released, featuring:
-- Improved Serde support
-- Various fixes and improvements to the built-in `Camera` type
-- Many documentation improvements, based on user feedback
+- Improved Serde support;
+- Various fixes and improvements to the built-in `Camera` type;
+- Many documentation improvements, based on user feedback.
In addition, Tetra 0.5 is planned for release in early September. For more
information on the upcoming changes, see the [changelog][tetra-changelog].
@@ -1049,7 +1048,7 @@ has released a new ECS library [Nano-ECS].
This ECS design stores all components in a single array
and uses bit masks for enabling/disabling components.
-An entity can have maximum 64 components and must be initalized
+An entity can have maximum 64 components and must be initialized
with all components it uses in the future.
Each entity has a slice into the array that stores all components.
The `World` object, `Component` and systems are generated using macros.
@@ -1255,6 +1254,15 @@ Amongst them:
## Popular Workgroup Issues in Github
+- [rust-gamedev/wg](https://github.com/rust-gamedev/wg):
+ - [#89 "Moving ecs_bench to GDWG"](https://github.com/rust-gamedev/wg/issues/89);
+ - [#93 "Consider creating a game math library benchmark for the working group"](https://github.com/rust-gamedev/wg/issues/93);
+- [rust-gamedev/rust-gamedev.github.io](https://github.com/rust-gamedev/rust-gamedev.github.io):
+ - [#233 "Custom Domain"](https://github.com/rust-gamedev/rust-gamedev.github.io/issues/233);
+- [rust-gamedev/ecs_bench_suite](https://github.com/rust-gamedev/ecs_bench_suite):
+ - [#6 "Benchmark compile times"](https://github.com/rust-gamedev/ecs_bench_suite/issues/6);
+ - [#13 "How results will be updated?"](https://github.com/rust-gamedev/ecs_bench_suite/issues/13);
+
## Meeting Minutes
<!-- Up to 10 most important notes + a link to the full details -->
@@ -1295,17 +1303,6 @@ or [join the next meeting][join].
[simm-issues]: https://github.com/mkhan45/SIMple-Mechanics/labels/good%20first%20issue
[bevy-issues]: https://github.com/bevyengine/bevy/labels/good%20first%20issue
-## Jobs
-
-<!-- An optional section for new jobs related to Rust gamedev -->
-
-## Bonus
-
-<!-- Bonus section to make the newsletter more interesting
-and highlight events from the past. -->
-
-Just an interesting Rust gamedev link from the past. :)
-
------
That's all news for today, thanks for reading!
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