Newsletter 17

[ozkriff]

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Current structure/status (I'll try to keep this updated):

• Meetup - ✔️ done by @ozkriff in N17: Release #450
• Rust GameDev Podcast 4 (1, 2) - ✔️ done by @ozkriff in N17: Release #450
• Game Updates
  • Way of Rhea - ✔️ done by @MasonRemaley in N17: Add Way of Rhea #407
  • Veloren (1) - ✔️ done by @AngelOnFira in N17: Veloren #422
  • A/B Street & 15 Minute Santa (1, 2, 3) - ✔️ done by @dabreegster in N17: 15-minute Santa #411
  • Egregoria - ✔️ done by @Uriopass in N17: Add Egregoria #413
  • doukutsu-rs (1) - ✔️ done by @alula in N17: add doukutsu-rs #432
  • Antorum (1) - ✔️ done by @Dooskington in N17: Antorum #419
  • Zombie Shooter - ✔️ done by @Aunmag in N17: A Zombie Shooter Game #445
  • Akigi (1) - ✔️ done by @chinedufn in N17: Akigi #437
  • Swoop (1, 2) - ✔️ done by @sdfgeoff in N17: Swoop #429
  • Harvest Hero - ✔️ done by @Bombfuse in N17: Add Harvest Hero #418
  • FreeNukum (1, 2) - ✔️ done by @silwol in n17: FreeNukum #430
  • OpenEtG JS->Rust story (1) - ✔️ done by @AngelOnFira in N17: openEtG #449
  • Weegames - ✔️ done by @yeahross0 in N17: Weegames #416
  • Shotcaller - ✔️ done by @erlend-sh in N17: Shotcaller #431
  • Cheese (1, 2) - ✔️ done by @expenses in N17: Cheese #420
  • vollmond (1, 2) - ✔️ done by @puppetmaster- in n17: Vollmond #439
• Learning Material Updates
  • How to Revive a Dead Rust Project (1, 2) - ✔️ done by @tigleym in N17: How to Revive a Dead Rust Project talk #412
  • Build Pikachu game in Rust (1) - ✔️ done by @danbugs in N17: Building Pikachu Volleyball #417
  • re-creating a retro screensaver (1) - ✔️ done by @septum in N17: Add re-creating a retro screensaver #427
  • Rendering bezier strokes with SDFs (1, 2) - ✔️ done by @pum-purum-pum-pum in N17: add Bezier #435
  • Nannou: creative coding with Rust (1) - ✔️ done by @septum in N17: Nannou: creative coding with Rust #421
  • Triangle From Scratch (1, 2, 3) - ✔️ done by @Lokathor in N17: Release #450
  • Undergrad Thesis on game scripting for Legion (1, 2) - ✔️ done by @pablodiegoss in N17: Undergrad Thesis on game scripting for legion #425
  • WASM Games from Scratch - ✔️ done by @sdfgeoff in N17: Swoop #429
• Library & Tooling Updates
  • thermite (1, 2) - ✔️ done by @AngelOnFira in N17: Thermite #442
  • Mun - ✔️ done by @Wodann in N17: add Mun #433
  • kira 0.2 & 0.3 (1, 2, 3) - ✔️ done by @tesselode in N17: Kira #428
  • polyhedron-ops - ✔️ done by @AngelOnFira in N17: Polyhedron-ops #448
  • raw-gl-context (1) - ✔️ done by @glowcoil in n17: raw-gl-context #438
  • SPIR-Q 0.4.10 (1) - ✔️ done by @PENGUINLIONG in N17: SPIR-Q #434
  • rust-gpu v0.2 (+SHADERed) (1) - ✔️ done by @XAMPPRocky in N17: Add rust-gpu section #426
  • egui 0.5 & 0.6 (1, 2) - ✔️ done by @emilk in N17: Egui #415
  • tetra (1) - ✔️ done by @17cupsofcoffee in N17: Tetra #409
  • ggez - ✔️ done by @icefoxen in N17: ggez #447
  • macroquad (1, 2) - ✔️ done by not-fl3 in N17: macroquad #424
  • rg3d/rusty-editor (1, 2, 3) - ✔️ done by @mrDIMAS
  • Starframe (1) - ✔️ done by @MoleTrooper in N17: starframe #414
  • dotrix (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6) - ✔️ done by @Lowentwickler in N17: Dotrix #441
  • Bevy v0.4 (1) - ✔️ done by @cart in N17: Bevy Engine #436
  • rpt (1) - ✔️ done by @ekzhang in N17: Add rpt #410 & N17: Update description for rpt #446
  • Textyle (1) - ✔️ done by @AngelOnFira in N17: Textyle #443
  • playground.meteorlinker.com (1, 2) - ✔️ done by @AnthonyYoManz in N17: Add playground.meteorlinker.com #423

Final steps:

• final review - by everyone
• publish - by @ozkriff
• post on /r/rust, /r/rust_gamedv, /r/gamedev, URLO, twitter.com/rust_gamedev - by @ozkriff
• add comment links - by @ozkriff
• add a draft of the 18 newsletter - by @ozkriff

[PsichiX]

getting raui/oxygengine for tomorrow :D

[m0lentum]

I'll add a bit about the recent starframe physics improvements if it's cool :)

[Dooskington]

Will take care of the Antorum section some time tonight ⚔️

[ekzhang]

Thanks, I can add a short section about rpt. 🙂

[cart]

I'll take bevy!

[dabreegster]

I'll write up A/B Street & 15m Santa

[PENGUINLIONG]

Will take SPIR-Q!

[voxelias]

I take dotrix!

[alula]

I take d-rs

[chinedufn]

I'll take Akigi

[XAMPPRocky]

I'll take rust-gpu 0.2

[serprex]

Fun thing with openEtG Rust/JS rewrite is that last month I rewrote server from node.js into Rust: serprex/openEtG@e26a92e

Ended up adding 2k lines to project, so not as much a 1:1 rewrite

[expenses]

I'll have a go at writing a piece for cheese : )

[Uriopass]

I'll take Egregoria 🏙️

[septum]

I'll take re-creating a retro screensaver and Nannou: creative coding with Rust

[danbugs]

I'd like to work on "Build the Pikachu game in Rust" section from the Learning Material Updates.

[pablodiegoss]

I'll take the game scripting for legion thesis :D

[ozkriff]

Fun thing with openEtG Rust/JS rewrite is that last month I rewrote server from node.js into Rust: serprex/openEtG@e26a92e

Ended up adding 2k lines to project, so not as much a 1:1 rewrite

@serprex sorry, could you clarify a bit: it's additional info you'd like to be added to the section, right? Would you like to write that section?

[ozkriff]

@ozkriff feel free to assign a few to me if they end up not being taken by their recommended authors.

@AngelOnFira, awesome! Assigning "thermite" and "Textyle" to you than :)

[ozkriff]

Any volunteers for the last free sections: "OpenEtG JS->Rust story" and "polyhedron-ops"?

[Lokathor]

[Triangle From Scratch](https://rust-tutorials.github.io/triangle-from-scratch/) ([GitHub repo](https://github.com/rust-tutorials/triangle-from-scratch)) is a new tutorial series. So far there's just one article for opening a window using the Win32 API, but more subjects and on more platforms will be added over time. From the author:
> The point isn't that we specifically care about drawing the triangle. That's just a goal that's easy to grasp. The point is that we're doing it with no dependencies as a way to get ourselves to learn about low level OS interaction details as we go. That said, the "no crates" rule is for educational purposes only; please feel free to use crates in normal situations.

[ozkriff]

Sorry that my reviews take so long, I have a hard time with this newsletter issue for various personal reasons. 🐌

[AngelOnFira]

No worries! Editing a newsletter of this size is no small feat. We all appreciate the work you put into it every month, and don't hold you against when it's released 💟

[ozkriff]

Any volunteers for the last free sections: "OpenEtG JS->Rust story" and "polyhedron-ops"?

Assigning them to @AngelOnFira then

[PsichiX]

i'm sorry for the delay with my part, lots of work was blocking me, but today i can finally sit down and write Oxygengine/RAUI section :)

[ozkriff]

Aaaand finally here's the final PR: #450 ("N17: Release") - everyone is invited to review.

[ozkriff]

It's out!

https://rust-gamedev.github.io/posts/newsletter-017

[emilk]

Good job @ozkriff and everyone else who contributed