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Newsletter 12 (rust-gamedev#229)
* Newsletter 12: Add bonus * Newsletter 12 * Newsletter 12: Fix ToC * Newsletter 12: Typos & more consistent lists * Newsletter 12: More typos * Newsletter 12: Mention Embark's internship
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title = "This Month in Rust GameDev #12 - July 2020"
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Welcome to the twelfth issue of the Rust GameDev Workgroup’s
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- [Game Updates](#game-updates)
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- [Learning Material Updates](#learning-material-updates)
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- [Library & Tooling Updates](#library--tooling-updates)
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- [Popular Workgroup Issues in Github](#popular-workgroup-issues-in-github)
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- [Library & Tooling Updates](#library-tooling-updates)
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- [Meeting Minutes](#meeting-minutes)
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- [Requests for Contribution](#requests-for-contribution)
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- [Jobs](#jobs)
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[Vlad Zhukov] shared a video of a WIP multiplayer online strategy game
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where you fight with other players for territory.
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Currently there are two types of resources and 5 types of buildings.
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Currently, there are two types of resources and 5 types of buildings.
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To build on the tile you need to occupy it with your warriors first.
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The player who occupied all enemies' tiles win.
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The game is written with [miniquad](https://github.com/not-fl3/miniquad)
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Some parts of the game are promised to be open-sourced in future.
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Some parts of the game are promised to be open-sourced in the future.
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Read more about crates used in this project [here][hex-strat-crates].
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This month [versions v0.2.2..v0.2.5][abstreet-releases] were released.
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- A new random traffic scenario generator that makes people go between
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houses and workplaces.
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- New character art to give cutscenes a bit more personality.
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- [WIP grab implementation (with some humorous results)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSrBGpT-Ebs),
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- [New animations + attacks](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AaPkRSNhoSM)
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- [New animations + attacks](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AaPkRSNhoSM),
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- Inflow and outflow directions are recorded for each cell, which allows
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following the river upstream or downstream;
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- Simple yet effective erosion model implemented, which ensures no upwards flows
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- Each stream has its unique ID, which will later be linked to the stream data;
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- Streams have 12 orders of magnitude from smallest brooks to major rivers;
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- All the options are available to user under "General", "Advanced" and
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"Very advanced" sections for any level of fine-tuning.
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Hopefully, it will be revived later, in the form of recording user inputs.
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- Many structural improvements, such as less glitchy particle
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better error handling, and ensuring particles
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[![fps-game-screenshot](fps-game-2.jpeg)][on-fps-game-2-youtube]
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^ _Click to watch a [footage from the game's current state][on-fps-game-2-youtube]._
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^ _Click to watch [footage from the game's current state][on-fps-game-2-youtube]._
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fast quadruped movement. Particle systems are being implemented and optimized. A
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crafting GUI has been added. Translations have stabilized significantly, and
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geneartion. The inaugural episode of the Rust Game Dev podcast will be released,
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generation. The inaugural episode of the Rust Game Dev podcast will be released,
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Data-Oriented Design is an approach to program optimization focused on
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- [wgpu's "help wanted" issues][wgpu-help-wanted].
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- [Veloren's "beginner" issues][veloren-beginner].
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[![youtube preview](shar-youtube.jpeg)][shar-trailer]
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[shar-trailer]: https://youtube.com/watch?v=OVYQs3KY2EE
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[shar-death]: https://fedorgames.itch.io/shar/devlog/52720/time-to-move-on
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