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[Discord]: https://discord.gg/tvGzD4GqvF [@sajattack]: https://twitter.com/sajattack +### [gbemu] + + + +[gbemu] by [@BlueBlazin] is a Gameboy/Gameboy Color Emulator which +[runs in the browser][gbemu-web]. + +> ... I wrote the emu just for myself as a learning experience. +> So it's lacking in a lot of features you'd expect from one made +> for others to use, and it's also not mobile friendly unfortunately +> (but I'll work on that soon). +> Still, it may be of some interest to someone here :D + +_Discussions: +[/r/rust](https://reddit.com/r/rust/comments/j8vw84/i_made_a_gameboygameboy_color_emulator)_ + +[gbemu]: https://github.com/BlueBlazin/gbemu +[gbemu-web]: https://gbemu.netlify.app +[@BlueBlazin]: https://github.com/BlueBlazin + ### [skyline-rs]  @@ -584,6 +604,27 @@ It also features updates regarding: [bntx]: https://github.com/jam1garner/bntx [nutexb]: https://github.com/jam1garner/nutexb +### [shared-arena] + +[shared-arena] by [@0x5eb] is a thread-safe & efficient memory pool. +Memory pools are usefull for speeding up dynamic (de)allocation +of large amounts of data of the same size. + +shared-arena provides three memory pools with different trade-offs: + + + +The crate uses unsafe in a few places, +but the code is covered by the miri interpreter, valgrind and 3 sanitizers +(address, leak and memory) [on each commit][shared-arena-ga]. + +_Discussions: +[/r/rust](https://reddit.com/r/rust/comments/jddens/announcing_shared_arena)_ + +[shared-arena]: https://github.com/sebastiencs/shared-arena +[shared-arena-ga]: https://github.com/sebastiencs/shared-arena/blob/master/.github/workflows +[@0x5eb]: https://twitter.com/0x5eb + ### [glam] v0.10.0 [glam] is a simple and fast linear algebra crate for games and graphics. @@ -624,6 +665,29 @@ For a full list of changes see the [glam changelog]. [bytemuck]: https://docs.rs/bytemuck [glam changelog]: https://github.com/bitshifter/glam-rs/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md +### [density-mesh] + + + +[density-mesh] by [@PsichiX] is an image density/height map to mesh generator. +It consists of two crates: + +- density-mesh-core - generates mesh from density map. +- density-mesh-image - generates density map from image. + +Typical use case would be to use two of them to create mesh from images +but in case you have your own image handler, you can stick to the core module +and produce density maps by yourself. + +There's also a [CLI tool][density-mesh-cli]. + +_Discussions: +[/r/rust](https://reddit.com/r/rust/comments/j73ijj/densitymesh_image_to_2d_mesh_converter)_ + +[density-mesh]: https://github.com/PsichiX/density-mesh +[density-mesh-cli]: https://github.com/PsichiX/density-mesh#cli +[@PsichiX]: https://github.com/PsichiX + ### [Rapier] [][Rapier] @@ -985,6 +1049,48 @@ Contributions and feedback are always welcome. [Rapier]: https://rapier.rs [Wgpu]: https://wgpu.rs +### [fastnbt & fastanvil][fastnbt] + + + +[fastnbt] by [@owengage] is a fast parsing library +for Minecraft's NBT and Anvil formats. + +The project consists of several crates: + +- fastnbt - fast deserializer and parser for Minecraft: Java Edition's + NBT data format. +- fastanvil - for rendering Minecraft worlds to maps. +- fastnbt-tools - various tools for NBT/Anvil, notably a map renderer. +- anvil-wasm - an entirely in-the-browser map renderer. + Demo at [owengage.com/anvil][anvil]. + +The project supports only the latest version of Minecraft (1.16 at the moment). + +_Discussions: +[/r/rust](https://reddit.com/r/rust/comments/jj6k9b/any_minecraft_fans)_ + +[fastnbt]: https://github.com/owengage/fastnbt +[@owengage]: https://github.com/owengage +[anvil]: https://owengage.com/anvil + +### mcproto + +mcproto by [@Twister915] is an implementation of the Minecraft multiplayer +network protocol in Rust. It consists of three crates: + +- [mcproto-rs] - the protocol itself, +- [mctokio] - tokio I/O stuff, +- [rustcord] - a layer 7 server-switching proxy implementation (WIP). + +_Discussions: +[/r/rust](https://reddit.com/r/rust/comments/jcbawo/the_entire_minecraft_protocol_in_rust)_ + +[mcproto-rs]: https://github.com/Twister915/mcproto-rs +[mctokio]: https://github.com/Twister915/mctokio +[rustcord]: https://github.com/Twister915/rustcord +[@Twister915]: https://github.com/Twister915 + ### Ajour - World of Warcraft Addon Manager [][Ajour] diff --git a/content/posts/newsletter-015/shared-arena.png b/content/posts/newsletter-015/shared-arena.png new file mode 100644 index 000000000..e29310aff Binary files /dev/null and b/content/posts/newsletter-015/shared-arena.png differ