Newsletter 16

[ozkriff]

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

• [x] Rust GameDev Podcast 3 (1, 2 - ✔️ done by @patchfx in #396
• [x] Survey Reminder (1, 2) - ✔️ done by @erlend-sh in #374
• [x] Game Updates
  • [x] A/B Street (1, 2) - ✔️ done by @dabreegster in #369
  • [x] Veloren 0.8 (1) - ✔️ done by @AngelOnFira in #393
  • [x] fbsim (1, 2) - ✔️ done by @IanTayler in #377
  • [x] Akigi (1) - ✔️ done by @AngelOnFira in #395
  • [x] Antorum (1) - ✔️ done by @Dooskington in #384
  • [x] rymd (1) - ✔️ done by @profan in #387
  • [x] shotcaller v0.3.1 (1, 2) - ✔️ done by @erlend-sh in #375
  • [x] space_shooter_rs - ✔️ done by @cdsupina in #388
  • [x] gameoff2020 (1, 2, TODO: more?) - ✔️ done by @mockersf, @grzi & @ozkriff in #390, #402, #403
• [x] Learning Material Updates
  • [x] Hands-On Rust (1, 2, 3) - ✔️ done by @thebracket in #389
  • [x] Why Rust is the Future of Game Development (1, 2) - ✔️ done by @ozkriff in #403
  • [x] ECS scheduler thoughts, pt1 (1, 2) - ✔️ done by @ratysz in #380
  • [x] How to build a multiplayer game (1, 2, 3) - ✔️ done by @ozkriff in #403
  • [x] Chess game in Rust using Bevy (1) - ✔️ done by @guimcaballero in #372
  • [x] Learn Wgpu (1) - ✔️ done by @sotrh #370
• [x] Library & Tooling Updates
  • [x] cargo-mobile (1) - ✔️ done by @francesca64 in #392
  • [x] profiling (1, 2) - ✔️ done by @aclysma in #371
  • [x] rkyv (1, 2) - ✔️ done by @djkoloski in #368
  • [x] assets_manager - ✔️ done by @a1phyr in #391
  • [x] Terramach (1, 2) - ✔️ done by @AngelOnFira in #397
  • [x] glam - ✔️ done by @bitshifter in #399
  • [x] winit - ✔️ done by @francesca64 in #401
  • [x] Fluffl (1, 2) - ✔️ done by @ozkriff in #404
  • [x] rapier & salsa (1) - ✔️ done by @sebcrozet in #400
  • [x] rib (1, 2) - ✔️ done by @bmatthieu3 in #382
  • [x] kira (1, 2) - ✔️ done by @tesselode in #378
  • [x] gfx/wgpu (1) - ✔️ done by @kvark in #366
  • [x] iced 0.2 (1, 2) - ✔️ done by @hecrj in #398
  • [x] KAS 0.6 (1) - ✔️ done by @dhardy in #376
  • [x] egui 0.4 (1) - ✔️ done by @ozkriff in #404
  • [x] Another World Suite (1, 2) - ✔️ done by @ozkriff in #404
  • [x] Old Gods (1, 2) - ✔️ done by @ozkriff in #404
  • [x] macroquad - ✔️ done by @not-fl3 in #394
  • [x] dotrix (1, 2, 3) - ✔️ done by @Lowentwickler in #386
  • [x] tetra & ogmo3 (1) - ✔️ done by @17cupsofcoffee in #367
  • [x] ggez - ✔️ done by @icefoxen in #385
  • [x] rg3d (1) - ✔️ done by @mrDIMAS in #383
  • [x] F1 Telemetry TUI (1, 2) - ✔️ done by @aldidana in #379
  • [x] bevmnist (1, 2) - ✔️ done by @mockersf in #381

Final steps:

• [x] final review - ✔️ done by everyone
• [x] publish - ✔️ done by @ozkriff
• [x] post on /r/rust, /r/rust_gamedv, /r/gamedev, URLO, twitter.com/rust_gamedev - ✔️ done by @ozkriff
• [x] add comment links - ✔️ done by @ozkriff
• [x] add a draft of the 17 newsletter - by @ozkriff

[Ratysz]

Taking "ECS scheduler thoughts, pt1"

[Dooskington]

I’ll do the Antorum update section.

[icefoxen]

I should do another ggez update!

[voxelias]

I'll take dotrix

[djkoloski]

I'd like to write about rkyv.

[aclysma]

I can write something for profiling

[patchfx]

I'll pick up the podcast

[sotrh]

I'll take "Learn Wgpu News (1)"

[guimcaballero]

I'll take "Chess game in Rust using Bevy"

[bmatthieu3]

i will write something about rib

[profan]

I'll do rymd 👍

[hecrj]

I can write the iced update.

[IanTayler]

I'll take FBSim

[tesselode]

i'll take kira!

[bitshifter]

I will add a glam update.

[aldidana]

I added F1 Telemetry TUI

[mockersf]

I'll take bevmnist

[cedric-h]

I would like to write a little something about my work in progress RPG made in Rust.

[cdsupina]

@tigleym and I will write about space_shooter_rs

[dns2utf8]

I did write a follow up to my talk "How to build a multiplayer game": https://estada.ch/2020/11/2/how-to-build-a-multiplayer-game-rustfest-global-2020-pre-event/

Is that what you had in mind?

[Ratysz]

I think cargo-mobile announcement should be in the newsletter. @francesca64?

[thebracket]

I'll get you something for Hands-On Rust today.

[ozkriff]

@dns2utf8 kinda, though newsletter sections are usually more like a short overview (in a few sentences) of the links themselves.

[francesca64]

@Ratysz thanks! I'll make a PR.

[francesca64]

Also, winit needs a new web maintainer (rust-windowing/winit#1777). Is this something the newsletter could signal boost?

[aclysma]

Also, winit needs a new web maintainer (rust-windowing/winit#1777). Is this something the newsletter could signal boost?

Sounds like a good idea to me. I think the imgui crate is in a similar situation.

EDIT: Actually looks like someone already volunteered! :D

[ozkriff]

Also, winit needs a new web maintainer (rust-windowing/winit#1777). Is this something the newsletter could signal boost?

Sure, feel free to add a section about it!

[ozkriff]

Ping @cedric-h @bitshifter @hecrj, how're your sections going? :) Hope to finish the final draft today.

[hecrj]

@ozkriff I should be able to open a PR in the next couple of hours.

[AngelOnFira]

@ozkriff I'm going to take some sections that still seem open: Akigi, Terramach, and Fluff for now.

[sebcrozet]

I'm going to take dimforge/rapier. Doing it right now.

[ozkriff]

Taking "Why Rust is the Future of GameDev", "How to build a multiplayer game", "fluffl", "egui", "Another World Suite", and "Old Gods",

[suspistew]

Hello, I'll take GameOff 2 !

[ozkriff]

The final PR: #404 ("N16: Release") - everyone is invited to review!

[ozkriff]

:tada: https://rust-gamedev.github.io/posts/newsletter-016 :tada:

Huge thanks to all contributors and reviewers! :crab::crab::crab:

[kvark]

You made it! Thank you for all the hard work @ozkriff !

[emilk]

Taking "Why Rust is the Future of GameDev", "How to build a multiplayer game", "fluffl", "egui", "Another World Suite", and "Old Gods",

Thanks for taking on Egui - I was a bit too busy this week to do it myself! ❤️