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title = "This Month in Rust GameDev #31 - February 2022"
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<!-- no toc -->
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- [Bevy Jam](#bevy-jam-1)
- [Rust GameDev Meetup](#rust-gamedev-meetup)
- [Rust GameDev Showcase](#rust-gamedev-showcase)
- [Game Updates](#game-updates)
- [Learning Material Updates](#learning-material-updates)
- [Engine Updates](#engine-updates)
- [Tooling Updates](#tooling-updates)
- [Library Updates](#library-updates)
- [Other News](#other-news)
- [Popular Workgroup Issues in Github](#popular-workgroup-issues-in-github)
- [Meeting Minutes](#meeting-minutes)
- [Discussions](#discussions)
- [Requests for Contribution](#requests-for-contribution)
- [Jobs](#jobs)
- [Bonus](#bonus)

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![Bevy Jam](bevy-jam.png)

The first ever [Bevy Jam][bevy-jam] just finished! Bevy Jam is a week long event,
The first-ever [Bevy Jam][bevy-jam] just finished! Bevy Jam is a week-long event,
where the goal is to make a game in [Bevy Engine][bevy-engine], the free and open-source
game engine built in Rust.

The theme was Unfair Advantage. 431 people joined the jam and 75 teams submitted
entries. A ten day "voting period" has started, which will end on March 14th.
entries. A ten-day "voting period" has started, which will end on March 14th.
[Anyone can play and vote on the submissions][bevy-jam-submissions].

The winning team will receive any two items from the [Bevy Merch][bevy-merch] store.
Expand All @@ -91,7 +88,7 @@ The winning team will receive any two items from the [Bevy Merch][bevy-merch] st

![Gamedev meetup poster](gamedev-meetup.png)

The 13th Rust Gamedev Meetup took place in in February. You can watch the
The 13th Rust Gamedev Meetup took place in February. You can watch the
recording of the meetup [here on Youtube][gamedev-meetup-video]. The meetups
take place on the second Saturday every month via the [Rust Gamedev Discord
server][rust-gamedev-discord] and are also [streamed on
Expand All @@ -103,6 +100,18 @@ Twitch][rust-gamedev-twitch].
[gamedev-meetup-form]: https://forms.gle/BS1zCyZaiUFSUHxe6
[rust-meetup-feb-time]: https://everytimezone.com/s/c1b2eb7b

## Rust GameDev Showcase

The Rust Gamedev Working Group is working on a showcase of games made in Rust!
If you're interested in submitting your own footage, fill out [this
form][showcase-form]. You can also read more about the process of creating the
showcase in the [showcase discussion on Github][showcase-discussion]. The
deadline for submissions has been extended until the 19th of February. Hope to
see your game in there!

[showcase-form]: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1MpA7J9BFXAgoCJZJrxi8r4sqzhhYCzCtFo5kXGVOZj4/edit
[showcase-discussion]: https://github.com/rust-gamedev/wg/discussions/121

## Game Updates

### [Name Needed][name-needed]
Expand All @@ -113,11 +122,11 @@ _The player orders a selection of blocks to be broken, and a brick wall to be
built._

[Name Needed][name-needed] by [@DomWilliams0][domwilliams-github] is a one-man
effort to produce an open source, intuitive and high performance Dwarf
effort to produce an open source, intuitive, and high-performance Dwarf
Fortress-esque game with a custom engine.

Recent progress has been on procedural terrain generation, the player UI, item
stacks and build jobs. A major refactor of the AI system integrated Rust's
stacks, and build jobs. A major refactor of the AI system integrated Rust's
superb `async`/`await` support, which is documented in the most recent devlog.

- [Devlog #5: voxel world goals][name-needed-devlog5]
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### [Dis-order]

![Screenshot of Dis-order](dis-order.png)
![Screenshot of Dis-order](dis-order.jpg)

Dis-order by [@jkhelsing] is a short sokoban-esque puzzle game made in 72 hours
for MiniJam 100. In Dis-order you're making chaos instead of order, you win when
there are are no patterns or order in the level.
there are no patterns or order in the level.

It's made using [Bevy][dis-order-bevy] and uses [bevy_smud][bevy_smud] for shape
rendering, and a compute pass for the [particle
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posted. This release was 5 months in the making, so the changelog is quite
large. During the release party, the official server reached a cap of 195
players online at once, which is another record for Veloren. Changes were made
to allow server owners to more easily handle IPv4 and IPv6 connections.
to allow server owners to handle IPv4 and IPv6 connections.
Improvements were also made to trading price calculations to properly normalize
loot tables.

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- essential features of the [bevy][bevy] engine
- important ECS notions for beginners
- WASM build
- and soon, android native apk build
- and soon, android native APK build

_Discussions: [Twitter][bevy_minesweeper_twitter], [dev.to][Bevy Minesweeper]_

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Bruno Lipovac [released a blog post][Supercharging your Web with Rust and Bevy]
that detailed building 3D applications for use on the web with Bevy. It walks
through setting up a Bevy project, and importing some models. It also details
through setting up a Bevy project and importing some models. It also details
some more fine-detail items, such as lighting and sky. It then shows how to
compile the project and serve it.

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This application saw its first public release a month ago, where it added
support for its first use case: manual channel shuffling.

The latest version, [v0.4.0][Vismut v0.4.0], brings an all new interface that's
not only prettier, but also much easier to use thanks to `bevy_egui`!
The latest version, [v0.4.0][Vismut v0.4.0], brings an all-new interface that's
not only prettier but also much easier to use thanks to `bevy_egui`!

Upcoming versions will turn it into a fully featured node based procedural
Upcoming versions will turn it into a fully-featured node-based procedural
texturing tool. [Read the introduction][Vismut Introduction]
on the author's blog for more information.

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![Blackjack: Showcase of the new catmull-clark subdivision](blackjack.gif)

[Blackjack] by @setzer22 is a new procedural modeling application made in Rust,
using rend3, wgpu and egui. It follows the steps of applications like
using rend3, wgpu, and egui. It follows the steps of applications like
Houdini, or Blender's geometry nodes project and provides a node-based
environment to compose procedural recipes to create 3d models.

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experience.

After officially launching the alpha version last month, work has progressed
designing the node graph system. Also, the team has spent this month adding
in designing the node graph system. Also, the team has spent this month adding
polish to the application and continuing work on more website content.

A new editor feature is the Gradient tool which makes it possible to add some
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### [vach]

[vach] is an archiving file format developed from the ground up for games and
other realtime applications by [@zeskeertwee] and [@sokorototo]. It is
other real-time applications by [@zeskeertwee] and [@sokorototo]. It is
written in pure Rust.

Its primary objectives (in no particular order) are:
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- Be as compact as possible - the smallest valid archive is only 13 bytes.
- Each entry has some metadata attached to it - this is implemented using
bitflags and up to 8 bits are free to the user.
- Has mutlithreaded implementations of both the loader and the writer.
- Has multithreaded implementations of both the loader and the writer.

A [CLI][vach-cli] is allowing one to use vach as a general purpose archive
A [CLI][vach-cli] is allowing one to use vach as a general-purpose archive
format. The CLI is fully multithreaded, allowing for insane un/packing speeds.

Feel free to drop into the [repo][vach] and open an issue, pull request or
Feel free to drop into the [repo][vach] and open an issue, pull request, or
drop a star 🌟. It helps maintain momentum in the project.

[vach]: https://github.com/zeskeertwee/vach
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![Sparsey](sparsey.png)

[Sparsey] by [@LechintanTudor] is a sparse set-based Entity Component System
with beautiful and concise syntax.
with a beautiful and concise syntax.

The biggest change in this release was the removal of component change detection
which had a significant impact on performance and memory usage. As a result,
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![Encase Logo](./encase.svg)

[Encase] ([docs.rs], [crates.io]) by [@teoxoy] is a new library
that provides a mechanism to lay out data into GPU buffers
that provides a mechanism to layout data into GPU buffers
according to [WGSL's memory layout] rules.

Features

- supports all WGSL [host-shareable types] + wrapper types
(`&T`, `&mut T`, `Box<T>`, ...)
- extensible by design; most traits can be easily implemented
for user defined types via macros (see [design])
- built in support for data types from a multitude of crates
for user-defined types via macros (see [design])
- built-in support for data types from a multitude of crates
(enabled via [features])
- covers a wide area of use cases (see [examples])

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platform-specific code.

The main goal is to provide a set of APIs and tools that can be used to create
your project in an ergonomic manner without enforcing any structure or pattern,
your project ergonomically without enforcing any structure or pattern,
always trying to stay out of your way. The idea is that you can use it as a
foundation layer or backend for your next app, game engine or game.
foundation layer or backend for your next app, game engine, or game.

This first version comes with windowing, input and rendering support on MacOS,
Linux, Windows and Web. Behind feature flags you can use a fast 2D renderer,
This first version comes with windowing, input, and rendering support on MacOS,
Linux, Windows, and Web. Behind feature flags, you can use a fast 2D renderer,
text rendering, and [egui] integration.

You can try [Notan] by adding it to your `Cargo.toml` -> `notan = "0.1.0"` or
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[Bevy]: https://github.com/bevyengine/bevy
[@nikl_me]: https://twitter.com/nikl_me

## Popular Workgroup Issues in Github
## Discussions

<!-- Up to 10 links to interesting issues -->
<!-- Links to handpicked reddit/twitter/urlo/etc threads that provide
useful information -->

- [/r/bevy](https://www.reddit.com/r/bevy/):
- ["Recommended Bevy/ECS Project Structure/Conventions"]
- [/r/rust_gamedev](https://www.reddit.com/r/rust_gamedev/):
- ["Which is a better game engine to start with as a beginner"]
- [gamedev wg](https://github.com/rust-gamedev/wg)
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I like the idea of merging this into the Discussions section rather than having a seperate "Popular Workgroup Issues in Github" section (the WG's not really active enough to justify the latter, imo) - might worth making this change permanent in the template?

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I did it for this one since it seemed to make sense for the discussions that are happening. Maybe in the future if I manage to get meetings running we can do more issue-based work 😄

- [#121 Rust Gamedev Showcase]
- [#122 Length of meetups]
- [#119 Engine benchmark repo]

["Recommended Bevy/ECS Project Structure/Conventions"]: https://reddit.com/r/bevy/comments/sikrv1/recommended_bevyecs_project_structureconventions
["Which is a better game engine to start with as a beginner"]: https://reddit.com/r/rust_gamedev/comments/stcnx0/which_is_a_better_game_engine_to_start_with
[#121 Rust Gamedev Showcase]: https://github.com/rust-gamedev/wg/discussions/121
[#122 Length of meetups]: https://github.com/rust-gamedev/wg/discussions/122
[#119 Engine benchmark repo]: https://github.com/rust-gamedev/wg/discussions/119

## Other News

<!-- One-liners for plan items that haven't got their own sections. -->

## Meeting Minutes

<!-- Up to 10 most important notes + a link to the full details -->

[See all meeting issues][label_meeting] including full text notes
or [join the next meeting][join].

[label_meeting]: https://github.com/rust-gamedev/wg/issues?q=label%3Ameeting

## Discussions

<!-- Links to handpicked reddit/twitter/urlo/etc threads that provide
useful information -->
- Other game updates:
- [Fish Fight] introduced mod loading.
- [vange-rs] published a blog post about using Emscripten with Rust.
- [makiomino.fun] introduced a new level-up animation.
- [country-slice] added shadows and the ability to adjust wall height.
- [flesh] has a new animation for the mid-boss.
- [Rustenstein 3D: Game programming like it's 1992] is an article walking
through creating a Wolfenstein-like game in Rust.
- [Making a 3D Super Munchers Clone with Bevy] is a video walkthrough of
creating a 3D game in Bevy.
- [Vulkan with Rust by example] is the latest post in a series about using Vulkan
with Rust.
- [Fyrox] got assets to hot-reload.
- [Hotham] released a video demo of the engine.
- [godot-rust] introduced C#-style properties.
- [cosync] is a single-threaded executor for deferred async code for games.
- [SPIR-Q v0.5] was released after two years of v0.4 maintenance.
- [egui 0.17.0] was released, with custom text styles, any-sized fonts, and
much more.
- [sparticles-rs] is a particle system generator.
- [blender_bevy_toolkit] is making process in opening Blender files in Bevy.

[Fish Fight]: https://reddit.com/r/rust_gamedev/comments/sokjon/fish_fight_v041_mod_loading
[vange-rs]: https://caiiiycuk.medium.com/vangers-3d-example-of-using-emscripten-in-rust-720ee8099d72
[makiomino.fun]: https://twitter.com/makiomino/status/1496252771909218308
[country-slice]: https://twitter.com/anastasiaopara/status/1492429686294683653
[flesh]: https://twitter.com/Im_Oab/status/1490576387589427200
[Rustenstein 3D: Game programming like it's 1992]: https://tech.nextroll.com/blog/dev/2022/02/02/rustenstein.html
[Making a 3D Super Munchers Clone with Bevy]: https://youtube.com/watch?v=oee3Z69sE-8
[Vulkan with Rust by example]: https://nikitablack.github.io/post/vulkan_with_rust_by_example_6_fixing_depth/
[Fyrox]: https://reddit.com/r/rust_gamedev/comments/sm34s6/media_finally_got_assets_hot_reloading_working_in
[Hotham]: https://reddit.com/r/rust_gamedev/comments/st4vp1/media_hotham_vr_engine_demo
[godot-rust]: https://twitter.com/GodotRust/status/1490282777039753218
[cosync]: https://github.com/sanbox-irl/cosync
[SPIR-Q v0.5]: https://reddit.com/r/rust_gamedev/comments/sr7nnr/spirq_v05_cleaner_api
[egui 0.17.0]: https://twitter.com/ernerfeldt/status/1496200805212475396
[sparticles-rs]: https://youtube.com/watch?v=dyxlfOyW90Q
[blender_bevy_toolkit]: https://reddit.com/r/rust_gamedev/comments/sredt1/blender_bevy_pipeline_progress

## Requests for Contribution

<!-- Links to "good first issue"-labels or direct links to specific tasks -->

- [Graphite is looking for contributors][graphite-contribute] to help build the
new node graph and 2D rendering systems.
- [winit's "difficulty: easy" issues][winit-issues].
- [Backroll-rs, a new networking library][backroll-rs].
- [Embark's open issues][embark-open-issues] ([embark.rs]).
- [wgpu's "help wanted" issues][wgpu-issues].
- [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].

[graphite-contribute]: https://github.com/GraphiteEditor/Graphite/issues/202
[winit-issues]: https://github.com/rust-windowing/winit/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+label%3A%22difficulty%3A+easy%22
[backroll-rs]: https://github.com/HouraiTeahouse/backroll-rs/issues
[embark.rs]: https://embark.rs
[embark-open-issues]: https://github.com/search?q=user:EmbarkStudios+state:open
[wgpu-issues]: https://github.com/gfx-rs/wgpu/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/a-b-street/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/E-Good-First-Issue

## 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. -->
- [Embark Studios](https://careers.embark-studios.com/jobs)
(Stockholm/Hybrid Remote) - Various roles

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