diff --git a/content/posts/newsletter-017/index.md b/content/posts/newsletter-017/index.md index 971030117..9fd7a92db 100644 --- a/content/posts/newsletter-017/index.md +++ b/content/posts/newsletter-017/index.md @@ -175,6 +175,33 @@ game. Some updates include: [debug-lines]: https://twitter.com/carlosupina/status/1335289462738259974 [player-config]: https://github.com/amethyst/space_shooter_rs/pull/101 +### [Building Pikachu Volleyball][pikachu-video] + +[![YouTube Preview: Video thumbnail with a crab and text](pikachu0.png)][pikachu-video] +_Click to [watch the video on YouTube][pikachu-video]_ + +[Building Pikachu Volleyball][pikachu-video] by [@danlogs] is the latest episode +of a video series inspired by Shing Lyu's book [Practical Rust Projects][amazon-book]. +Here, [@danlogs] re-creates the Pikachu spin-off game from 1997 +by Satoshi Takenouchi - Pikachu Volleyball. + +Apart from being a good way for aspiring game developers to start +understanding the gist of game dev with Rust, this video also displays some of +the language's hardest topics (i.e. ownership, lifetimes, modules, etc.) +in a real-world application. + +[The source code is available here.][pikachu-src] + +Join the [danlogs's Discord channel][danlogs-discord] +or follow [@danologue on Twitter][@danologue]. + +[pikachu-src]: https://github.com/danbugs/danlogs/tree/master/rust/projects/pikachu_volleyball +[pikachu-video]: https://youtube.com/watch?v=Z1sxCC0CDts +[@danlogs]: http://youtube.com/c/danlogs +[amazon-book]: https://amazon.com/Practical-Rust-Projects-Computing-Applications/dp/1484255984 +[danlogs-discord]: https://discord.com/invite/fSWE49H +[@danologue]: https://twitter.com/danologue + ## Library & Tooling Updates ### [Egui] diff --git a/content/posts/newsletter-017/pikachu0.png b/content/posts/newsletter-017/pikachu0.png new file mode 100644 index 000000000..8e9bc064c Binary files /dev/null and b/content/posts/newsletter-017/pikachu0.png differ