diff --git a/content/posts/newsletter-016/hands-on-rust.jpg b/content/posts/newsletter-016/hands-on-rust.jpg new file mode 100644 index 000000000..8e7e43ae5 Binary files /dev/null and b/content/posts/newsletter-016/hands-on-rust.jpg differ diff --git a/content/posts/newsletter-016/index.md b/content/posts/newsletter-016/index.md index 622e96f45..dd65ac771 100644 --- a/content/posts/newsletter-016/index.md +++ b/content/posts/newsletter-016/index.md @@ -202,6 +202,31 @@ Exciting new additions have been made in November! ## Learning Material Updates +### [Hands-on Rust][hands-on-rust] + +[][hands-on-rust] + +["Hands-on Rust: Effective Learning through 2D Game Development and Play"][hands-on-rust] +by Herbert Wolverson is now in beta. The book teaches Rust through game development +examples, and is targeted at readers who have some experience with writing code +in other languages. It teaches beginner to intermediate-level Rust. It also teaches +high-level gamedev concepts, notably Entity-Component System (ECS) theory. + +After walking you through installing Rust, a few simple examples teach the language +basics. Then you put these together to make "Flappy Dragon" - a simple Flappy Bird +clone. The book then changes gear and begins to build a dungeon crawler (roguelike) +with tile graphics. The first beta walks you through the basics, "Flappy Dragon" +and making an ECS-based dungeon crawler skeleton - focused on teaching basic Rust, +ECS composition and control flow. Beta 2 added health, a heads-up display, combat +and win/lose conditions - focused on making the user comfortable with Rust's +amazing iterator system. Beta 3 will add fields-of-view, more dungeon designs and +map theming - focused on teaching trait use and creation. + +Beta 1 launched November 11th, Beta 2 launched November 25th. The next beta is +expected December 8th. + +[hands-on-rust]: https://pragprog.com/titles/hwrust/hands-on-rust/ + ### [ECS scheduler thoughts, part 1] [@Ratys] wrote an article about system schedulers in [ECS]. It contains