Ask me questions about Rust or game dev!

[ChevyRay]

I thought it might be fun to take reader questions and answer them on the blog!

• questions / thoughts about Rust
• questions / thoughts about other languages
• questions about game development
• questions or clarification requestions from other posts
• no questions about business or marketing please

I will use your username here for the question in the post. If you want your name left out of the question or if you have a preferred name to use, please post it with your question.

[ValorZard]

Have you read the loglog game dev blog post about Rust game development? What's your take on that?
link: https://loglog.games/blog/leaving-rust-gamedev/

[ChevyRay]

Ohh good first question. I'll definitely do a post about this since I'm SURE i'll get asked this a lot.

TLDR is: I'm mostly disappointed that it exists because it might scare people off from picking up Rust for game dev. For me it's just solved--I am using Rust for game dev, and no other language even comes close to competing, so the problems I'm interested in are: how to improve it, how to solve game-specific problems in different ways, what scripting languages to use, how to get the best cross platform support, how to best support rapid iteration and reflection, etc. Like I hope they find a solution that works for them, but it definitely seems like I would hate working on their projects hahaha.

I'll do a post about it though, organizing my thoughts a bit more. Thanks for asking!

[twuky]

I'd be curious on hearing a general take around ECS or other game patterns. It seems like the ownership rules in rust just sort of slide a lot of developers over in that direction, to the point discussion of other patterns rust may also be well-suited to just doesn't occur. would love to see some thoughts or examples on what the full possibility space is here

[ChevyRay]

ECS is interesting because it actually gained traction initially through AAA where extremely high performance was required, and the cache performance and parallelization that ECS provided was far too good to pass up.

I don't know if I can talk generally on it, though... it's a design pattern I am aware of and use occasionally, just a tool that solves a certain kind of problem. I've used it in some games, not in others.

Rust's ownership rules don't really give me any problems, though, so that's definitely not something that pushes me towards or away from ECS, I find for me it's mostly unrelated.

I'll type a bit and see if I can make a short post about this. thanks for the question!

[taciturnaxolotl]

This isn’t really a question but I just wanted to mention how beautiful your site is!!! I’ve been looking for inspiration to redo my site and I have think I’ve found it! Btw your post on 175 fonts was fascinating :)

[luca-aurelia]

Hi Chevy!

I ran across your Cohost post on px and would love to hear more about either the Intermediate Graphics Layer or your approach to making "engine development so fast, smooth, and easy that developing an engine for every new game is a trivial and practical decision."

I use code to make visual art and each piece has its own idiosyncratic requirements (I imagine games are that way too) so building a composable set of "engine" primitives sounds really appealing to me.

[ChevyRay]

great question, thanks for asking! a difficult one, but i'll see if i can come up with a good answer

[aziktj]

Well, isn't this the best opportunity for my research (• ⩊ •)
We are conducting research on feelings of running a video game business, and it will also be interesting for viewers, so win-win

It is a small list of questions (kinda small...)

• What do you love in making video games?

• What do you hate doing while running a game studio?

• What problems do keep you awake at nights about running a video game studio?

• What would you choose to magically get rid of if there was a chance in making video games?

• What are the pains in making video games?

• What would you never trade away for any amount of money when it comes to creating games?

[sanbox-irl]

How is your username pronounced? My coworker says "shevee" and i say "jchevee". thank you so much!

[ChevyRay]

Soft like "shevee"!

[sanbox-irl]

I can't believe i'm wrong, but thank you!! And thanks for the Font and the blogs :)

[ChevyRay]

You're not wrong exactly. Some Chevys use your pronunciation (Chevy Chase, for example), so it can go either way. The only way to know for sure is to ask :)

[sanbox-irl]

Exactly!!

[kirestus]

Hey Chevy! I was wondering on how developing games in rust compares to c++? I’ve heard rust is a lot like c++ but beyond that I don’t know much about it