Newsletter 8: Coordination/Tracking

[ozkriff]

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Feel free to suggest sections.

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

• [x] LDN Virtual Talks April 2020 (GameDev Special) (1) - ✔️ done by @ozkriff
• [x] spreading the word note - ✔️ done by @ozkriff
• [x] Game Updates
  • [x] Veloren (1) - ✔️ done by @AngelOnFira in #108
  • [x] Urban Gift (1) - ✔️ done by @ozkriff in #98
  • [x] Will: Online Play + Open Source (1) - ✔️ done by by @azriel91 in #94
  • [x] Tennis Academy Dash (1, 2) - ✔️ done by @ozkriff in #100
  • [x] Colony Genesis (1, 2) - ✔️ done by @ozkriff in #98
  • [x] slime99 (1) - ✔️ done by @stevebob in #97
  • [x] Coffe Junk Studio: "Sphere Game" and "Helix Repair" (1, 2) - ✔️ done by @ozkriff in #100
  • [x] Garden (1, 2) - ✔️ done by @ozkriff
  • [x] Akigi (1) - ✔️ done by @ozkriff in #100
  • [x] Zemeroth (1) - ✔️ done by @ozkriff in #104
  • [x] Ascension 2 (1, 2) - ✔️ done by @ozkriff in #98
  • [x] For the Quest (1, 2, 3, 4) - ✔️ done by @seratonik in #96
  • [x] pGLOWrpg (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7) - ✔️ done by @ozkriff in #98
  • [x] DynaMaze (1, 2, 3) - ✔️ done by by @boringcactus in #91
  • [x] Realm.One (1, 2) - ✔️ done by @ozkriff in #107
• [x] Library & Tooling Updates
  • [x] rustsim (1, 2, 2) - ✔️ done by @ozkriff in #103
  • [x] "Quest Engine P2: Deploying Rust app on Android" (1) - ✔️ done by @17cupsofcoffee in #90
  • [x] const-tweaker (1) - ✔️ done by @17cupsofcoffee in #90
  • [x] assets_manager (1) - ✔️ done by @17cupsofcoffee in #90
  • [x] netstack (1, 2) - ✔️ done by @PatrickHoward
  • [x] bracket-lib & roguelike book (1, 2, 3, 4) - ✔️ done by @ozkriff in #103
  • [x] miniquad (1, 2) - ✔️ done by @not-fl3 in #105
  • [x] gfx/wgpu (1) - ✔️ done by @kvark in #92
  • [x] Nannou (1) - ✔️ done by @ozkriff in #100
  • [x] three-d (1, 2) - ✔️ done by @asny in #93
  • [x] Oxygengine (1, 2, 3, 4) - ✔️ done by @PsichiX in #106
  • [x] Amethyst (1, 2, 3, 4, 5) - ✔️ done by @azriel91 in #94
  • [x] ash ✔️ done by @msiglreith in #99
  • [x] rectangle-pack (1) - ✔️ done by @PatrickHoward in #101
  • [x] Mun (1) - ✔️ done by @Wodann in #95
• [x] Popular Workgroup Issues in Github - ✔️ done by @ozkriff in #104
• [x] Bonus - ✔️ done by @ozkriff in #104

Final steps:

• [x] final review - everyone
• [x] publish - @ozkriff
• [x] post on /r/rust, /r/rust_gamedv, /r/gamedev, URLO, twitter.com/rust_gamedev - @ozkriff
• [x] add comment links - @ozkriff
• [x] add a draft of the 9 newsletter - @ozkriff

[17cupsofcoffee]

Since their authors aren't tagged, I'll pick up:

• Quest Engine Part 2: Deploying Rust app on android
• const-tweaker
• assets_manager

I would also pick up netstack, but I don't fully understand what it does 😆 Networking is not my forte.

[PatrickHoward]

I’ll take on net stack and rectangle pack!

[Wodann]

I generally prefer not to engage in self-promotion, but I'd like to take on adding the This month in Mun - February 2020 blogpost - since Mun has been previously been part of the newsletter.

[asny]

I'll take three-d as suggested.

[boringcactus]

I'll write up something for DynaMaze

[o7-machinehum]

I'll write up something on realm.one, topic two please! :) Do you have a length suggestion?

[ozkriff]

@Machine-Hum not sure, but a few paragraphs are usually enough to overview the updates.

[seratonik]

I'll take on the For The Quest section :)

[azriel91]

I will take Will, and me shall take Amethyst.

(yes I tried :slightly_smiling_face:)

[ozkriff]

Taking Urban Gift, Colony Genesis, Ascension 2, and pGLOWrpg sections.

[gridbugs]

I will take slime99

[ozkriff]

Taking Sphere Game, Helix Repair, Akigi, and Nannou sections.

[a1phyr]

Hi ! Author of assets_manager here. I plan to release a new version with hot-reloading tonight. Is there a deadline for this to include this in the newsletter ?

I'll make a PR to include it when it is released

[ozkriff]

@a1phyr hey! Though the newsletter will be posted almost a week later, it's supposed to be a March issue that covers only what happened in that month. News about your new release are supposed to be included in the 9th newsletter.

[ozkriff]

Taking rustsim and bracket-lib.

[ozkriff]

It'd be great to release the newsletter today in 5-8 hrs. well, I guess the newsletter won't be published today)

@AngelOnFira @not-fl3 @PatrickHoward @Machine-Hum @PsichiX, how're your sections going?

[ozkriff]

Ok, we're ready for the final PR! #109 ("Newsletter 8") - everyone is invited to review.

:timer_clock: Hope to merge this today +- at 15:00 UTC (in six hrs from now).

[ozkriff]

https://rust-gamedev.github.io/posts/newsletter-008

Many thanks to all contributors and reviewers!

[ozkriff]

Next: #111 ("Newsletter 9: Coordination/Tracking")