Newsletter 36 - July 2022 #1098

ozkriff · 2022-07-29T18:07:03Z

Newsletter 36: July 2022

tags: `newsletter`

Editors: @ozkriff, @AngelOnFira, and @17cupsofcoffee

Another month has gone by, so it's time to put together the Rust Gamedev newsletter with TODO's news!

Current Schedule

The soft deadline for all section PRs is the 3rd of August.

We may still accept PRs that are submitted later than this, as long as they're ready before the newsletter's release, but this isn't guaranteed. If you want your section to be included, don't leave it till the last minute!

How to Contribute

If you want to help writing the newsletter:

Read CONTRIBUTING.md.
Choose one or more of the "🆓 free" sections listed below, and leave a comment letting us know you want to work on them.
- The links in brackets (like "1, 2, 3") are suggestions of links to include in the section. Feel free to add more!
- The username listed next to the section (like "@ozkriff?") is a suggestion of who may want to pick up the work (usually the project's developer, or someone who has expressed interest in the past).
- You are not obligated to write a section if you're tagged or your project is listed! You're welcome to ask someone else to write the section, or to ask for your project to be excluded from this month's post.
- Extra sections not listed in the plan are welcomed - just leave a comment and open a PR!
Write a short overview in the newsletter's Markdown file, making sure to follow the style guidelines (see below).
Send a PR to the source branch (example: N15: A/B Street #336).
Mention this issue in your PR's description to link it all together.

Style Guidelines

The full style guide is in CONTRIBUTING.md, but here are the most important rules:

Write in third-person perspective.
Each line must be 80 characters or less, for ease of reviewing/diffing.
Only one image per section is allowed.
- The maximum size is 300kb for static images and 2.5mb for GIFs.
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- Prefer static images to GIFs, to keep the page load times down.
Each section should be under 1000 characters, and under 6 paragraphs.
- This only applies to the rendered text, not the markup.
Keep formatting minimal - no bold/italics/etc.
Avoid long/nested bullet point lists - no changelogs!

Please use these templates as a starting point:

Games/apps/libraries:

### [Game name]

![alt text](img)
_optional image label_

[Game name] ([GitHub], [Discord], [Twitter]) by [@nickname]
is... {short project description in one sentence}.

{An overview of the recent updates with links to more details}.

_Discussions: [/r/rust_gamedev](link), [Twitter](link), [etc](link)_

[Game name]: http://example.com

Articles/blog posts/videos/etc:

### [Article name]

![alt text](img)
_optional image label_

[@nickname] published an [article] about...
{overview what the resource is about}.

_Discussions: [/r/rust_gamedev](link), [Twiter](link), [etc](link)_

[Article name]: http://example.com

Current Structure & Status

Below is our current planned structure for the newsletter, and the status of each PR (which we'll try to keep updated).

This is not an exhaustive list - if you have your own project that you want to write about, just make a comment on this issue and open a PR!

Announcements

Rust Gamedev meetup - ✔️ done by @AngelOnFira
Rust Tokyo Game Hack event (1) - 🆓 free (@PabloMansanet?)
Arcade cabinet (1, 2, 3, 4) - 🚧 WIP by @cdsupina
nintendo switch target merged (1, 2, 3) - 🆓 free (@jam1garner?)
rust-game-ports (1, 2) - ✔️ done by @64kramsystem
3D Ferris - ✔️ done by @RayMarch

Game Updates

Learning Material Updates

Engine Updates

godot-rust (1) - ✔️ done by @Bromeon
Gamercade (1, 2) - ✔️ done by @RobDavenport
bevy 0.8 - ✔️ done by @cart
Dims - ✔️ done by @philpax

Tooling Updates

Blackjack - ✔️ done by @setzer22
unitypacker (1, 2) - 🆓 free (@paulfigiel?)
NES Bundler (1) - ✔️ done by @tedsteen
bevy_shadertoy_wgsl (1, 2) - ✔️ done by @eliotbo
annelid (1) - 🆓 free (@dagit?)
Graphite - ✔️ done by @Keavon

Library Updates

Other News

Bullet points of any interesting news that doesn't have its own section

Discussions

Jobs

Publishing Steps

Final review - by everyone
Publish - by @ozkriff
Post on /r/rust, /r/rust_gamedev, /r/gamedev, URLO, twitter.com/rust_gamedev - by @ozkriff
Pin thread on Twitter - by @ozkriff
Add comment links - by @ozkriff
Add a draft of next month's newsletter - by @ozkriff

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filtoid · 2022-07-29T18:09:29Z

I'll take Rusteroids, I've got a couple of updates for it.

nicopap · 2022-07-29T18:27:14Z

bevy_fbx an in-development and incoming plugin for the bevy game engine to load FBX files (@heavyrain266 and me)
AFAIK bevy 0.8 will be released before the newsletter is published

philpax · 2022-07-29T18:48:09Z

I'll write an update for Dims (game engine), as I did last time. (By the way - the deadline says 3rd of April, I assume that's meant to be August?)

JMS55 · 2022-07-29T18:58:28Z

I'll be writing about https://github.com/JMS55/botnet again this month.

[Coordination issue](rust-gamedev#1098)

PROMETHIA-27 · 2022-07-29T19:18:13Z

I've taken bevy_mod_wanderlust

lucaspoffo · 2022-07-29T22:06:22Z

When is the deadline? It's wrong in the description, 3rd of April.

grantshandy · 2022-07-29T23:09:39Z

Hello, thanks for considering my project fdg for this newsletter. I should let you know that it really doesn't have much to do with game development though, it's more in the data visualization space.

If it still sounds like something you all want to mention in the newsletter I'm happy to see it put out there, but I just wanted to let you all know it's real purpose.

ChristopherBiscardi · 2022-07-29T23:21:06Z

I'll take on the two videos I'm tagged for.

mystal · 2022-07-30T03:10:34Z

I'll write about Re-Rolling!, my GMTK Jam game that I'm tagged for.

Elogain · 2022-07-30T10:36:19Z

Hello!

This is not an exhaustive list - if you have your own project that you want to write about, just make a comment on this issue and open a PR!

I'd like to write about a small game I'm making called "Galactic Mess", thank you!

Ralith · 2022-07-30T16:10:17Z

Taking hecs.

eliotbo · 2022-07-31T02:14:22Z

I'll write about bevy_shadertoy_wgsl

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gregstoll · 2022-07-31T02:51:09Z

I'll take Pathfinding in Rust: A tutorial with examples - thanks!

cart · 2022-07-31T03:44:36Z

I'll take Bevy 0.8

for issue rust-gamedev#1098

hakolao · 2022-08-02T08:31:45Z

Added #1116 about Sand Fall With Compute Shaders in Rust. Hopefully formatted correctly.

Bromeon · 2022-08-02T08:51:39Z

Added #1117 about godot-rust 🤖🦀

TuckerBMorgan · 2022-08-02T21:36:49Z

Added #1118 about agma

RobDavenport · 2022-08-02T23:18:01Z

Added #1119 about Gamercade

64kramsystem · 2022-08-05T13:53:32Z

I confirm the rust-game-ports section.

cdsupina · 2022-08-05T14:00:43Z

I'll take the arcade cabinet. I'll start writing it tonight after RustConf.

Keavon · 2022-08-05T22:39:47Z

Writing about Graphite today.

64kramsystem · 2022-08-06T10:31:21Z

The soft deadline for all section PRs is the 3rd of April.

@ozkriff We need a time machine 😄 Probably the template wording could be changed to "following month" or something similar, in order to avoid having to change the description every month 😁

ozkriff · 2022-08-06T20:05:01Z

😖 sorry for the late replies! going to finish the reviews and prepare the final draft ~~tomorrow (sunday)~~ on monday.

fdg <...> more in the data visualization space.

@grantshandy yeah, sure, it still fits the newsletter! please send a PR if you have time to write it before the release. btw, I'm not sure if fdg belongs to libraries or if it's more of a tool.

I'd like to write about a small game I'm making called "Galactic Mess", thank you!

@Elogain sure! same as above, please send a PR if you have time to write it before the release.

I won't be able to do Hydrofoil Generation this month. Hope to be in next month.

@kunos ok! i will briefly mention July updates in the Other News but feel free to write a proper section about them (and future updates) next month!

3rd of April

@lucaspoffo @64kramsystem oh, time-warped it to August

Probably the template wording could be changed to "following month" or something similar, in order to avoid having to change the description every month

@64kramsystem maybe, but it might confuse people if we post the coordination issue when the month is already over 🤔

ozkriff · 2022-08-11T16:14:48Z

Better late than never, here's the final PR - #1131 - everyone is invited to review! Merging in a few hours if there're no objections.

ozkriff · 2022-08-11T20:10:13Z

And it's out! As always, huge thanks to all editors, contributors, and reviewers! 🦀

https://gamedev.rs/news/036

eliotbo · 2022-10-11T08:21:01Z

added #1120 about bevy_shadertoy_wgsl and GLSL2WGSL

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ozkriff added help wanted Extra attention is needed coordination labels Jul 29, 2022

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PROMETHIA-27 added a commit to PROMETHIA-27/rust-gamedev.github.io that referenced this issue Jul 29, 2022

bevy_mod_wanderlust section

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[Coordination issue](rust-gamedev#1098)

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N36: CyberGate #1100

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Creating mountains and what's in a shader

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Newsletter 36: July 2022

tags: newsletter

Current Schedule

How to Contribute

Style Guidelines

Current Structure & Status

Announcements

Game Updates

Learning Material Updates

Engine Updates

Tooling Updates

Library Updates

Other News

Discussions

Jobs

Publishing Steps

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