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title = "This Month in Rust GameDev #13 - August 2020"
date = 2020-09-07
transparent = true
draft = true
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Welcome to the 13th issue of the Rust GameDev Workgroup’s
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- [Popular Workgroup Issues in Github](#popular-workgroup-issues-in-github)
- [Meeting Minutes](#meeting-minutes)
- [Requests for Contribution](#requests-for-contribution)
- [Jobs](#jobs)
- [Bonus](#bonus)

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Ideal section structure is:
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### [Crate Before Attack][cba-site]

[![Camera debugging in Crate Before Attack](crate-before-attack.png)][cba-site]
_Debugging camera motion: highlighted areas are points of interest._
_Debugging camera motion: highlighted areas are points of interest_

[Crate Before Attack][cba-site] by [koalefant (@CrateAttack)][@CrateAttack]
is a skill-based multiplayer game where frogs combat their friends
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- [Airshipper 0.4.0 Progress](https://veloren.net/devblog-79#airshipper-0-4-progress-by-songtronix)
- [Animation and Movement Updates](https://veloren.net/devblog-79#animation-and-movement-updates-by-slipped)
- [Particle Timing](https://veloren.net/devblog-80#particle-timing-by-lobster)
- [0.7 Release Party Statistics](https://veloren.net/devblog-81#0-7-release-party-statistics)
- [0.7 Release Party Kick Disaster](https://veloren.net/devblog-81#0-7-release-party-kick-disaster-by-xmac94x)
- 0.7 Release: [Party Statistics](https://veloren.net/devblog-81#0-7-release-party-statistics)
and [Kick Disaster](https://veloren.net/devblog-81#0-7-release-party-kick-disaster-by-xmac94x)
- [Lighting and World Changes](https://veloren.net/devblog-81#sharp-s-lighting-and-world-changes-branch)
- [0.8 Intro Meeting](https://veloren.net/devblog-82#0-8-intro-meeting)
- [Audio SFX](https://veloren.net/devblog-82#audio-with-ellinia)
- [Photo Gallery](https://veloren.net/devblog-83#photo-gallery)

August's full weekly devlogs: "This Week In Veloren...":
[#79](https://veloren.net/devblog-79), [#80](https://veloren.net/devblog-80),
[#81](https://veloren.net/devblog-81), [#82](https://veloren.net/devblog-82).
[#79](https://veloren.net/devblog-79),
[#80](https://veloren.net/devblog-80),
[#81](https://veloren.net/devblog-81),
[#82](https://veloren.net/devblog-82),
[#83](https://veloren.net/devblog-83).

In September, work on 0.8 will continue. Some large systems being worked on
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but was renamed to fit the theme better.

The [5th devlog][egregoria-blog-post] was published, talking about
the renaming, project managment, buildings and scripting.
the renaming, project management, buildings and scripting.

A [Discord][egregoria-discord] server was launched to discuss the project.

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[![Dodging bullets and carrying Cary to temporary safety](cary_screenshot.png)][Cary]

In [Cary] the player has to bring the titular character to the exit by carying
In [Cary] the player has to bring the titular character to the exit by carrying
them or otherwise making sure they don't – nor the player themselves –
touch any of the traps.
Easier said then done when you have limited stamina and Cary keeps running
Easier said than done when you have limited stamina and Cary keeps running
into spikes.

Made with hecs and wgpu (no framework), but uses WebGL on the web
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![screenshot: concrete, trees, shadows](garden.jpeg)

[Garden][garden] is an upcoming game centered around growing realistic plants.
Some of the updates from [the Jule & August devlog][garden-devlog]:
Some of the updates from [the July & August devlog][garden-devlog]:

- A new player inventory system;
- Better collision detection and camera movement;
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### [Dwarf Seeks Fortune][dsf-github]

[![Dwarf Seeks Fortune](dwarf_seeks_fortune.png)][dsf-github]
_Collect all keys to unlock the door to the next level._
_Collect all keys to unlock the door to the next level_

[Dwarf Seeks Fortune][dsf-github] is a puzzle-platformer made with the Amethyst game
engine. Its developer, Jazarro, has partnered with the Amethyst organization
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[SIMple Physics][simple-physics-site] by [@mkhan45] is a set of educational physics
simulators meant to help students and teachers conduct labs without expensive equipment
or in person classes. Each simulator uses serializeable graphs, object inspection,
or in person classes. Each simulator uses serializable graphs, object inspection,
Lua scripting, and a few other features to help students learn. Currently, there
is a simulator for mechanics/projectile motion and one for universal gravitation,
but the goal is to include one for electronics/magnetism and one for waves/optics.
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### [Beginning Game Development with Amethyst][rustconf-talk-video]

[![youtube preview](rustconf-amethyst-talk.png)][rustconf-talk-video]
_Click to [watch the talk][rustconf-talk-video]._
_Click to [watch the talk][rustconf-talk-video]_

Getting started with Rust + gamedev can be intimidating. At
[RustConf 2020][rust-conf-2020], [Micah Tigley] gave a talk about their experience
beginning game development using the [Amethyst][amethyst-link] game engine and
learning about ECS by implementing examples that aim to be accessible for
beginners.

Supporting blog posts for talk:
Supporting blog posts for the talk:

- [Creating a Simple Spritesheet Animation with Amethyst][micah-blog-part1]
- [Running Animation][micah-blog-part2]
- [Camera Follow System][micah-blog-part3]
- ["Creating a Simple Spritesheet Animation with Amethyst"][micah-blog-part1]
- ["Running Animation"][micah-blog-part2]
- ["Camera Follow System"][micah-blog-part3]

The source code for the [demo can be found here][micah-demo-src].

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- joint constraints;
- optional serialization of the physics state;
- optional cross-platform determinism on IEEE-754 compliant targets;
- optional explicit SIMD and parallelism.
- optional explicit SIMD and parallelism;
- JavaScript bindings with official NPM packages.

This new physics engine is developed by the recently created [Dimforge]
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[Jude3D](https://neocogi.com) is a web based 3D sculpting application.
It's a WebAssembly application, written in C/C++ and compiled using Emscripten
but after much thinking the authors decided to move the development to Rust!
but after much thinking, the authors decided to move the development to Rust!

Many problems arise when moving existing C/C++/WebAssembly code to Rust.
The two most important ones:
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These led the authors to drop using Rust's std in favor to their own libs (`!#[no_std]`),
at least until the std library crates are split up accordingly and stabilized,
for example the `alloc` crate.
for example, the `alloc` crate.

The good news is that they are
[releasing most of the libraries as they make them as open source][neocogi-repo]!
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The library can detect collisions between circles, rectangles, capsules and
up to eight-sided convex polygons. There are also functions for manifold
generation, the GJK algorithm and ray casting operations. There is an example
generation, the GJK algorithm, and ray casting operations. There is an example
program in the repository.

[cute-c2]: https://crates.io/crates/c2
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All that's required to define a base shape are the initial vertices, triangles
based on the indices of the vertices in the initial vertices, and numbered
edges. As long as the winding of the triangles remains consistend throughout
edges. As long as the winding of the triangles remains consistent throughout
the base mesh, all of the resulting triangles will retain that winding.

This library also provides a few interesting base shapes (which can be used alone
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- Dynamically sized multi-binding support.
- Improved entrypoint debug printing.
- Better manifest merging method for pipeline construction.
- Bugfixes and various small API improvments.
- Bugfixes and various small API improvements.

_Discussions: [/r/rust_gamedev][spirq-discussion]_

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![KAS text layout](kas-text-layout.png)

[KAS] by [@dhardy] is a general purpose UI toolkit; its
initial aim is "old school" desktop apps with good keyboard and touchscreen
initial aim is "old school" desktop apps with a good keyboard and touchscreen
support. Unlike many modern immediate-mode UIs, KAS's widgets retain state,
allowing minimal per-frame updates. KAS supports embedded WebGPU graphics now,
and will (eventually) support being embedded within other contexts (requiring
only a supply of input events and implemention of some basic graphics routines).
only a supply of input events and implementation of some basic graphics routines).

KAS v0.5 switches to a new crate for text layout,
[KAS-text]. KAS-text is a text layout
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### [Egui]

![Egui](egui.png)

[Egui] is a highly portable immediate mode GUI library in pure Rust.
Egui can be integrated anywhere you can paint textured triangles.
You can compile Egui to WASM and render it on a web page using [egui_web]
or compile and run natively using [egui_glium].

[Click to run Egui web demo](https://emilk.github.io/egui/index.html)
Check out the [Egui web demo](https://emilk.github.io/egui/index.html).

Example:

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});
```

![Egui](egui.png)

_Discussions:
[/r/rust](https://reddit.com/r/rust/comments/hzwvsk/emigui_deserves_more_love)_

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[Tetra] is a simple 2D game framework, inspired by XNA and Raylib. This month,
versions [0.4.1][tetra-041] and [0.4.2][tetra-042] were released, featuring:

- Improved Serde support
- Various fixes and improvements to the built-in `Camera` type
- Many documentation improvements, based on user feedback
- Improved Serde support;
- Various fixes and improvements to the built-in `Camera` type;
- Many documentation improvements, based on user feedback.

In addition, Tetra 0.5 is planned for release in early September. For more
information on the upcoming changes, see the [changelog][tetra-changelog].
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This ECS design stores all components in a single array
and uses bit masks for enabling/disabling components.
An entity can have maximum 64 components and must be initalized
An entity can have maximum 64 components and must be initialized
with all components it uses in the future.
Each entity has a slice into the array that stores all components.
The `World` object, `Component` and systems are generated using macros.
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## Popular Workgroup Issues in Github

- [rust-gamedev/wg](https://github.com/rust-gamedev/wg):
- [#89 "Moving ecs_bench to GDWG"](https://github.com/rust-gamedev/wg/issues/89);
- [#93 "Consider creating a game math library benchmark for the working group"](https://github.com/rust-gamedev/wg/issues/93);
- [rust-gamedev/rust-gamedev.github.io](https://github.com/rust-gamedev/rust-gamedev.github.io):
- [#233 "Custom Domain"](https://github.com/rust-gamedev/rust-gamedev.github.io/issues/233);
- [rust-gamedev/ecs_bench_suite](https://github.com/rust-gamedev/ecs_bench_suite):
- [#6 "Benchmark compile times"](https://github.com/rust-gamedev/ecs_bench_suite/issues/6);
- [#13 "How results will be updated?"](https://github.com/rust-gamedev/ecs_bench_suite/issues/13);

## Meeting Minutes

<!-- Up to 10 most important notes + a link to the full details -->
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[simm-issues]: https://github.com/mkhan45/SIMple-Mechanics/labels/good%20first%20issue
[bevy-issues]: https://github.com/bevyengine/bevy/labels/good%20first%20issue

## Jobs

<!-- An optional section for new jobs related to Rust gamedev -->

## Bonus

<!-- Bonus section to make the newsletter more interesting
and highlight events from the past. -->

Just an interesting Rust gamedev link from the past. :)

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That's all news for today, thanks for reading!
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