rust-gamedev/rust-gamedev.github.io

Newsletter 13

ozkriff opened this issue · 37 comments

ozkriff commented

Feel free to suggest sections!

If you want to help writing the newsletter:

  • Grab one of the "🆓 free" sections by leaving a comment like "I'd like to work on {section_name_1} and {section_name_2}".
  • Mentions in brackets (like "🆓 free (@ozkriff ?)") are just an invitation to write the corresponding section if you want, but anyone is free to take it.
  • Write a short overview:
    • Use provided links as a starting point.
    • Try to maintain a consistent style with the rest of the newsletter and run markdownlint, please.
    • Insert line breaks (softbreak) at 80 chars, please.
    • Use third-person pronouns even if you write about your project updates.
    • DM me on Discord or Telegram if there're any questions.
  • Send a PR to the source branch (example: #75)
    • Mention this issue in your PR's description to link it all together.

I'm hoping to release this newsletter on 2020.09.07, so a soft deadline for all section PRs is 2020.09.05.

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

Final steps:

  • final review - ✔️ done by everyone
  • publish - ✔️ done by @ozkriff in #274
  • 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 14 newsletter - ✔️ done by @ozkriff in #275
ozkriff commented

@icefoxen (#231):

https://rustgamedev.com/episodes Saw this and was surprised that it wasn't included in the newsletter already, then realized it was brand new. Haven't actually listened to it yet though, so maybe it's not good. XD Will listen to it and see how it is.

ozkriff commented

📜 Updated the structure/list of sections!

Uriopass commented

I'll take Egregoria :-)

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BezPowell commented

Happy to write a bit about blitz-path, I'm honoured you want to include it.

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rtsuk commented

It might be better to wait to list Crankstart until the Playdate SDK is generally available. Right now it not usable by anyone who isn't in the closed developer program.

AnneKitsune commented

Taking: Event Chaining as a Decoupling Method in ECS
Could we also add Minigene inside of the Library & Tooling Updates section? https://git.jojolepro.com/minigene (updating the readme with more details soon)

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OptimisticPeach commented

I'd be happy to write a small bit on hexasphere.

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tigleym commented

I'd be happy to work on: "Roguelike with Amethyst" talk + blog posts .

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cwfitzgerald commented

Unfortunately shader-types is fundamentally broken, and I would advice everyone not to use it. 😢

gridbugs commented

Happy to write about "chargrid rl tutorial 2020"

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ecton commented

@ozkriff I completed a game jam this past month and just posted a retrospective. If you don't mind, I'd love to write a short blurb in the Game Updates section. Figured I'd ask before sending in an unannounced PR!

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ozkriff commented

@cwfitzgerald oh, ok, removed shader-types from the plan.

@rtsuk 👌 sure, removed Crankstart from the current newsletter - ping me when the SDK is released!

@Jojolepro @ecton great! Added Minigene and Chillscapes sections to the plan!

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icefoxen commented

I wrote up a quick thing on RustGameDev Podcast, for the second episode. PR #234 Just added it in the "learning materials" section, but it's listed in the main issue as having its own section... where do we want to put it?

cart commented

I'll work on Bevy!

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bonsairobo commented

I'll write about the smooth voxel stuff.

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PENGUINLIONG commented

will take spirq and inline-spirv. thx!

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eloraiby commented

Will be glad to write about NeoCogi's libs :)

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Jasper-Bekkers commented

I just saw I got mentioned here for rspirv-reflect, I can definitely write something about that, thanks!

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bugzmanov commented

Just noticed this, I'd be happy to write on "Writing NES Emulator in Rust"

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sebcrozet commented

I will take Dimforge and Rapier!

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emilk commented

Thanks for the Egui mention - I've made a PR for it.

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MR2011 commented

I'll write about wowAddonManager

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Wodann commented

Opened PR #250 to include Mun's updates in the newsletter

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AlexApps99 commented

Hello, I was recommended to submit this snippet of code for inclusion in the newsletter by @workingjubilee
It's an example on how to use custom panic hooks and allocation error hooks to handle panics and OOM gracefully.
How to cleanly handle panics and OOM in a GUI application

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Lokathor commented

Library & Tooling Updates

  • yacurses is newly released this month! It's a cross-platform curses bindings crate that's small, simple, easy to understand, and most importantly safe to use. It wraps over ncurses on Unix and a bundled pdcurses on Windows. If you're looking to make a terminal-based roguelike (or any other terminal-based game), give it a try.
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Jazarro commented

I'll write something for Dwarf Seeks Fortune.

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dabreegster commented

Sorry for the slow response again. :( If the deadline is still this Saturday, I can write something for A/B Street by then.

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mkhan45 commented

Hey, sorry I missed this. I'll try writing something for SIMple Physics

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bvssvni commented

I'll write something about Piston updates, Nano-ECS and UI experiments.

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ozkriff commented

Hello, I was recommended to submit this snippet of code for inclusion in the newsletter by @workingjubilee
It's an example on how to use custom panic hooks and allocation error hooks to handle panics and OOM gracefully.
How to cleanly handle panics and OOM in a GUI application

@AlexApps99 sure! Added to the plan; feel free to send a PR.

mkhan45 commented

If possible could you add SIMple Mechanic's good first issues to the requests for contribution section?

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AlexApps99 commented

@ozkriff on second thought, although the example seems to work, rust-lang/rust#51245 points out that alloc functions are annotated with #[rustc_allocator_nounwind], so it could potentially lead to bugs or undefined behavior.
It doesn't seem to affect Desktop platforms, but I would prefer not to recommend this until it is 100% safe.

ozkriff commented

Grabbing akigi, ecs_bench_suite, Amethyst, mochi, optik-rs, sia, aaand intellij-ron.

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ozkriff commented

The final PR: #274 ("Newsletter 13") - everyone is invited to review :)

ozkriff commented

🎉 https://rust-gamedev.github.io/posts/newsletter-013 🎉

This issue was written by more than 30 people, that's crazy! :-D
Huge thanks to all contributors and reviewers, you are awesome!

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ozkriff commented

Next coordination issue: #278 ("Newsletter 14")