Newsletter 16

[ozkriff]

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

• Rust GameDev Podcast 3 (1, 2 - ✔️ done by @patchfx in N16: Rust Game Dev Podcast - Episode 3 #396
• Survey Reminder (1, 2) - ✔️ done by @erlend-sh in N16: Survey reminder #374
• Game Updates
  • A/B Street (1, 2) - ✔️ done by @dabreegster in N16: A/B Street #369
  • Veloren 0.8 (1) - ✔️ done by @AngelOnFira in N16: Veloren November content #393
  • fbsim (1, 2) - ✔️ done by @IanTayler in N16: FBSim release and tutorial #377
  • Akigi (1) - ✔️ done by @AngelOnFira in N16: Akigi November content #395
  • Antorum (1) - ✔️ done by @Dooskington in N16: Add Antorum Online #384
  • rymd (1) - ✔️ done by @profan in N16: Add rymd. #387
  • shotcaller v0.3.1 (1, 2) - ✔️ done by @erlend-sh in N16: Shotcaller #375
  • space_shooter_rs - ✔️ done by @cdsupina in N16: Updates to space_shooter_rs #388
  • gameoff2020 (1, 2, TODO: more?) - ✔️ done by @mockersf, @grzi & @ozkriff in N16: game off 2020 for wotm #390, N16: GameOff - Add Starlight 1961 #402, N16: Add more gameoff games and learning materials #403
• Learning Material Updates
  • Hands-On Rust (1, 2, 3) - ✔️ done by @thebracket in N16: Add Hands-On Rust #389
  • Why Rust is the Future of Game Development (1, 2) - ✔️ done by @ozkriff in N16: Add more gameoff games and learning materials #403
  • ECS scheduler thoughts, pt1 (1, 2) - ✔️ done by @Ratysz in N16: ECS scheduler thoughts, part 1 #380
  • How to build a multiplayer game (1, 2, 3) - ✔️ done by @ozkriff in N16: Add more gameoff games and learning materials #403
  • Chess game in Rust using Bevy (1) - ✔️ done by @guimcaballero in N16: Bevy chess tutorial #372
  • Learn Wgpu (1) - ✔️ done by @sotrh N16: Learn Wgpu #370
• Library & Tooling Updates
  • cargo-mobile (1) - ✔️ done by @francesca64 in N16: cargo-mobile #392
  • profiling (1, 2) - ✔️ done by @aclysma in N16: Profiling #371
  • rkyv (1, 2) - ✔️ done by @djkoloski in N16: rkyv #368
  • assets_manager - ✔️ done by @a1phyr in N16: Add assets_manager #391
  • Terramach (1, 2) - ✔️ done by @AngelOnFira in N16: Terra Mach content #397
  • glam - ✔️ done by @bitshifter in N16: glam #399
  • winit - ✔️ done by @francesca64 in N16: winit #401
  • Fluffl (1, 2) - ✔️ done by @ozkriff in N16: Release #404
  • rapier & salsa (1) - ✔️ done by @sebcrozet in N16: Add Rapier and Salva #400
  • rib (1, 2) - ✔️ done by @bmatthieu3 in N16: rib #382
  • kira (1, 2) - ✔️ done by @tesselode in N16: Kira #378
  • gfx/wgpu (1) - ✔️ done by @kvark in N16: Add gfx-rs #366
  • iced 0.2 (1, 2) - ✔️ done by @hecrj in N16: iced #398
  • KAS 0.6 (1) - ✔️ done by @dhardy in N16: add KAS entry #376
  • egui 0.4 (1) - ✔️ done by @ozkriff in N16: Release #404
  • Another World Suite (1, 2) - ✔️ done by @ozkriff in N16: Release #404
  • Old Gods (1, 2) - ✔️ done by @ozkriff in N16: Release #404
  • macroquad - ✔️ done by @not-fl3 in N16: miniquad/macroquad #394
  • dotrix (1, 2, 3) - ✔️ done by @Lowentwickler in N16: Dotrix #386
  • tetra & ogmo3 (1) - ✔️ done by @17cupsofcoffee in N16: Tetra and ogmo3 #367
  • ggez - ✔️ done by @icefoxen in N16: ggez #385
  • rg3d (1) - ✔️ done by @mrDIMAS in N16: rg3d #383
  • F1 Telemetry TUI (1, 2) - ✔️ done by @aldidana in N16: F1 Telemetry TUI #379
  • bevmnist (1, 2) - ✔️ done by @mockersf in N16: bevmnist #381

Final steps:

• final review - ✔️ done by everyone
• publish - ✔️ done by @ozkriff
• post on /r/rust, /r/rust_gamedv, /r/gamedev, URLO, twitter.com/rust_gamedev - ✔️ done by @ozkriff
• add comment links - ✔️ done by @ozkriff
• 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

[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]

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

Huge thanks to all contributors and reviewers! 🦀🦀🦀

[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! ❤️