N18: Initial draft (#452)

Author: ozkriff

content/posts/newsletter-018/index.md

@@ -0,0 +1,118 @@
++++
+title = "This Month in Rust GameDev #18 - January 2021"
+date = 2021-02-08
+transparent = true
+draft = true
++++
+
+Welcome to the 18th issue of the Rust GameDev Workgroup's
+monthly newsletter.
+[Rust] is a systems language pursuing the trifecta:
+safety, concurrency, and speed.
+These goals are well-aligned with game development.
+We hope to build an inviting ecosystem for anyone wishing
+to use Rust in their development process!
+Want to get involved? [Join the Rust GameDev working group!][join]
+
+You can follow the newsletter creation process
+by watching [the coordination issues][coordination].
+Want something mentioned in the next newsletter?
+[Send us a pull request][pr].
+Feel free to send PRs about your own projects!
+
+[Rust]: https://rust-lang.org
+[join]: https://github.com/rust-gamedev/wg#join-the-fun
+[pr]: https://github.com/rust-gamedev/rust-gamedev.github.io
+[coordination]: https://github.com/rust-gamedev/rust-gamedev.github.io/issues?q=label%3Acoordination
+[Rust]: https://rust-lang.org
+[join]: https://github.com/rust-gamedev/wg#join-the-fun
+
+Table of contents:
+
+- [Game Updates](#game-updates)
+- [Learning Material Updates](#learning-material-updates)
+- [Library & Tooling Updates](#library-tooling-updates)
+- [Popular Workgroup Issues in Github](#popular-workgroup-issues-in-github)
+- [Requests for Contribution](#requests-for-contribution)
+
+<!--
+Ideal section structure is:
+
+```
+### [Title]
+
+![image/GIF description](image link)
+_image caption_
+
+A paragraph or two with a summary and [useful links].
+
+_Discussions:
+[/r/rust](https://reddit.com/r/rust/todo),
+[twitter](https://twitter.com/todo/status/123456)_
+
+[Title]: https://first.link
+[useful links]: https://other.link
+```
+
+If needed, a section can be split into subsections with a "------" delimiter.
+-->
+
+## Game Updates
+
+## Learning Material Updates
+
+## Library & Tooling Updates
+
+## Popular Workgroup Issues in Github
+
+<!-- Up to 10 links to interesting issues -->
+
+## Requests for Contribution
+
+<!-- Links to "good first issue"-labels or direct links to specific tasks -->
+
+- [Embark's open issues][embark-open-issues] ([embark.rs]).
+- [gfx-rs's "contributor-friendly" issues][gfx-issues].
+- [wgpu's "help wanted" issues][wgpu-help-wanted].
+- [luminance's "low hanging fruit" issues][luminance-fruits].
+- [ggez's "good first issue" issues][ggez-issues].
+- [Veloren's "beginner" issues][veloren-beginner].
+- [Amethyst's "good first issue" issues][amethyst-issues].
+- [A/B Street's "good first issue" issues][abstreet-issues].
+- [Mun's "good first issue" issues][mun-issues].
+- [SIMple Mechanic's good first issues][simm-issues].
+- [Bevy's "good first issue" issues][bevy-issues].
+
+[embark.rs]: https://embark.rs
+[embark-open-issues]: https://github.com/search?q=user:EmbarkStudios+state:open
+[gfx-issues]: https://github.com/gfx-rs/gfx/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3Acontributor-friendly
+[wgpu-help-wanted]: https://github.com/gfx-rs/wgpu-rs/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3A%22help+wanted%22
+[luminance-fruits]: https://github.com/phaazon/luminance-rs/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3A%22low+hanging+fruit%22
+[ggez-issues]: https://github.com/ggez/ggez/labels/%2AGOOD%20FIRST%20ISSUE%2A
+[veloren-beginner]: https://gitlab.com/veloren/veloren/issues?label_name=beginner
+[amethyst-issues]: https://github.com/amethyst/amethyst/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3A%22good+first+issue%22
+[abstreet-issues]: https://github.com/dabreegster/abstreet/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3A%22good+first+issue%22
+[mun-issues]: https://github.com/mun-lang/mun/labels/good%20first%20issue
+[simm-issues]: https://github.com/mkhan45/SIMple-Mechanics/labels/good%20first%20issue
+[bevy-issues]: https://github.com/bevyengine/bevy/labels/good%20first%20issue
+
+------
+
+That's all news for today, thanks for reading!
+
+Want something mentioned in the next newsletter?
+[Send us a pull request][pr].
+
+Also, subscribe to [@rust_gamedev on Twitter][@rust_gamedev]
+or [/r/rust_gamedev subreddit][/r/rust_gamedev] if you want to receive fresh news!
+
+<!--
+TODO: Add real links and un-comment once this post is published
+**Discussions of this post**:
+[/r/rust](TODO),
+[twitter](TODO).
+-->
+
+[/r/rust_gamedev]: https://reddit.com/r/rust_gamedev
+[@rust_gamedev]: https://twitter.com/rust_gamedev
+[pr]: https://github.com/rust-gamedev/rust-gamedev.github.io