@@ -62,6 +62,83 @@ If needed, a section can be split into subsections with a "------" delimiter.
6262
6363## Game Updates
6464
65+ ### [ Crate Before Attack] [ cba-site ]
66+
67+ [ ![ Golf Club in Crate Before Attack] ( crate-before-attack.gif )] [ cba-site ]
68+
69+ ^ _ A new weapon: the Golf Club_
70+
71+ [ Crate Before Attack] [ cba-site ] by [ koalefant (@CrateAttack )] [ @CrateAttack ]
72+ is a skill-based grappling hook multiplayer game where frogs combat their friends
73+ while navigating the landscape with their sticky tongues.
74+
75+ A summary of July changes:
76+ <
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div class="diff-text-inner">77+ - Gameplay: added a new melee weapon:
78+ [ the Golf Club] [ cba-youtube-golf-club ] .
79+ - Maps: added new map [ Ruins] [ cba-youtube-observation ]
80+ by [ Kesha Astafyev] [ cba-spoon-tar ]
81+ - Animation: added eye tracking, frogs will track the closest danger
82+ with their eyes such as a projectile or a pet.
83+ - Lobby: it is now possible to observe a match after it was started,
84+ added chat, user list with country flags, match details, and map previews.
85+ - Localization: the game comes in three languages now: English, Spanish, Russian.
86+ - Numerous bugfixes and tweaks.
87+
88+ Here is [ a Playable Browser build] [ cba-play ] .
89+ More details are on [ the YouTube channel] [ cba-youtube ]
90+ and in [ July Update DevLog-entry] [ cba-july-update ] .
91+
92+ [ cba-site ] : https://cratebeforeattack.com
93+ [ cba-july-update ] : https://cratebeforeattack.com/posts/20200731-july-update/
94+ [ cba-play ] : https://cratebeforeattack.com/play
95+ [ cba-youtube ] : https://youtube.com/channel/UC_xMilPTLuuE5iLs1Ml9zow
96+ [ cba-youtube-golf-club ] : https://youtu.be/UYxZQh68T6E
97+ [ cba-youtube-observation ] : https://youtu.be/D63xy7sXStk
98+ [ cba-spoon-tar ] : https://www.behance.net/spoon_tar
99+ [ @CrateAttack ] : https://twitter.com/CrateAttack
100+
101+ ### [ Wonder]
102+
103+ [ ![ Lines drawn with a ball ready to roll down them] ( wonder-screenshot.png )] [ Wonder ]
104+
105+ [ Wonder] ([ source code] [ Wonder-source ] ) is a casual physics puzzle game by [ @kettlecorn ]
106+ made for the web with WebAssembly, browser APIs, and no game framework.
107+ The objective is to collect all the stars on each level
108+ by drawing lines for the ball to roll along.
109+
110+ The game was made in 48 hours for the
111+ [ Ludum Dare game jam] [ ludum-dare ] that occurred in April.
112+ @kettlecorn recently published an article going into the technical and
113+ creative challenges encountered making the game:
114+ [ "Making a Game in 48 hours with Rust and WebAssembly"] [ 48-hour-jam ] .
115+
116+ Wonder can be [ played in the browser on itch.io] [ Wonder ] .
117+
118+ [ Wonder ] : https://kettlecorn.itch.io/wonder
119+ [ Wonder-source ] : https://github.com/kettle11/LD46
120+ [ @kettlecorn ] : https://twitter.com/kettlecorn
121+ [ ludum-dare ] : https://ldjam.com
122+ [ 48-hour-jam ] : https://ianjk.com/rust-gamejam/
123+
124+ ### [ Tennis Academy Dash] [ tennis-academy-dash ]
125+
126+ ![ gameplay] ( tennis_academy.gif )
127+
128+ [ @oliviff ] released [ Tennis Academy Dash] [ tennis-academy-dash ]
129+ [ v0.2] [ tennis-academy-update ] :
130+
131+ This release features:
132+
133+ - a layering/scene management system
134+ - transitioning between UI scenes and game scenes
135+ - improving the level loading to work with string config files
136+ - adding a 5th level
137+
138+ [ @oliviff ] : https://twitter.com/oliviff
139+ [ tennis-academy-dash ] : https://iolivia.itch.io/tennis-academy-dash
140+ [ tennis-academy-update ] : https://twitter.com/oliviff/status/1285298082033348609
141+
65142### [ Canon Collision] [ canon-collision ]
66143
67144![ Basic Projectiles] ( canon-collision.png )
@@ -152,6 +229,26 @@ Got any ideas? Leave an [issue on github][Sandbox], or add it yourself!
152229[ Sandbox ] : https://github.com/JMS55/sandbox
153230[ Flathub ] : https://flathub.org/apps/details/com.github.jms55.Sandbox
154231
232+ ### [ Pushin' Boxes] [ pushin-homepage ]
233+
234+ [ ![ Pushin' Boxes gameplay] ( pushin_boxes_gameplay.gif )] [ pushin-itch ]
235+
236+ [ Pushin' Boxes] [ pushin-homepage ] ([ itch] [ pushin-itch ] )
237+ is a [ Sokoban] [ pushin-sokoban ] clone made with [ ggez] [ pushin-ggez ] by
238+ [ @septum ] [ septum-twitter ] . It features 16 levels of puzzling box-pushin' action
239+ where the player controls a little robot (named プシン).
240+ Check out a [ blog post] [ pushin-post ] about the game's release.
241+
242+ [ The source code is available on GitLab] [ pushin-repository ] .
243+
244+ [ pushin-homepage ] : https://septum.io/games/pushin-boxes
245+ [ pushin-itch ] : https://septum.itch.io/pushin-boxes
246+ [ pushin-sokoban ] : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sokoban
247+ [ pushin-post ] : https://septum.io/blog/my-first-game
248+ [ pushin-ggez ] : https://github.com/ggez/ggez
249+ [ pushin-repository ] : https://gitlab.com/septum___/pushin_boxes
250+ [ septum-twitter ] : https://twitter.com/septum___
251+
155252### [ On FPS Game Progress \# 2] [ on-fps-game-2 ]
156253
157254[ ![ fps-game-screenshot] ( fps-game-2.jpeg )] [ on-fps-game-2-youtube ]
@@ -188,6 +285,32 @@ surface. This demo is using [Rust-SDL2][rust-sdl2] for bindings.
188285[ sdl2-project ] : https://www.libsdl.org/download-2.0.php
189286[ rust-sdl2 ] : https://crates.io/crates/sdl2
190287
288+ ### [ Rust Sokoban Tutorial] [ sokoban_book ]
289+
290+ ![ sokoban update] ( rust_sokoban.png )
291+
292+ The Rust Sokoban tutorial is an online book aimed at Rust gamedev beginners
293+ which walks through making a simple Sokoban game using ggez and ECS (with specs).
294+ It tries to teach the basics of architecting in ECS and basic Rust concepts
295+ through a hands-on approach.
296+
297+ This month:
298+
299+ - the book was officially released on July 10th;
300+ - the project received 3 external contributions;
301+ - a few text edits were done, including fixing an issue with code
302+ snippets not appearing correctly;
303+ - work on translations has started (🇨🇳 translation coming soon 🤞).
304+
305+ You can follow
306+ the release discussion [ on Twitter] [ sokoban_release ] ,
307+ provide feedback [ on github] [ sokoban_github ] and
308+ read the book at [ sokoban.iolivia.me] [ sokoban_book ] .
309+
310+ [ sokoban_release ] : https://twitter.com/oliviff/status/1281641563257360384
311+ [ sokoban_book ] : https://sokoban.iolivia.me
312+ [ sokoban_github ] : https://github.com/iolivia/rust-sokoban
313+
191314### [ An Introduction to Data-Oriented Design in Rust] [ dod ]
192315
193316![ vector vs linked list perf] ( data_oriented_design.svg )
@@ -347,6 +470,28 @@ tokio), all but a few worked out-of-the-box!
347470[ vulkan-renderer-prototype-video ] : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ks_HQbejHE4
348471[ moltenvk ] : https://github.com/KhronosGroup/MoltenVK
349472
473+ ### [ Ludusavi]
474+
475+ ![ Demo of Ludusavi GUI] ( ludusavi.gif )
476+
477+ [ Ludusavi] is a tool written in Rust by [ @mtkennerly ] for backing up PC game
478+ save data. It has backup info for more than 7,000 games, is cross-platform for
479+ Windows, Linux, and Mac, and has a GUI as well as a command line interface.
480+ The GUI was created using the [ Iced] crate.
481+
482+ The [ backup info] is sourced from [ PCGamingWiki] so that everyone can help to
483+ expand the data, and it's stored in a documented format so that other backup
484+ tools can share the same data set. A [ plugin] for [ Playnite] was also just
485+ released.
486+
487+ [ Ludusavi ] : https://github.com/mtkennerly/ludusavi
488+ [ @mtkennerly ] : https://twitter.com/mtkennerly
489+ [ Iced ] : https://crates.io/crates/iced
490+ [ backup info ] : https://github.com/mtkennerly/ludusavi-manifest
491+ [ PCGamingWiki ] : https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Home
492+ [ plugin ] : https://github.com/mtkennerly/ludusavi-playnite
493+ [ Playnite ] : https://playnite.link
494+
350495### [ Langcraft]
351496
352497[ Langcraft] is the Minecraft LLVM target you've never wanted.
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