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8888[ Tetra ] : https://github.com/17cupsofcoffee/tetra
8989[ steamworks ] : https://crates.io/crates/steamworks
9090
91+ ### [ CyberGate] [ cybergate-yt ]
92+
93+ ![ hundreds of colliding colored balls in the air] ( entities.png )
94+ _ The server and clients are able to smoothly handle
95+ over a thousand balls rained from above_
96+
97+CyberGate ([ YouTube] [ cybergate-yt ] , [ Discord] [ cybergate-dis ] ) by CyberSoul
98+ is a new multiplayer project that aims at procedurally generating distinct
99+ universes and gameplay experiences. CyberGate is the name of the main world
100+ where universes can be created and accessed by quantum portals.
101+
102+ Recent updates:
103+
104+ - Bandwidth became 16 times smaller by implementing entity prioritization
105+ \+ other techniques.
106+ - Interpolation and Jitter prediction makes entities way smoother.
107+ - Automatic and Reliable Spawn and Despawn of entities.
108+ - Many other features and optimizations to do with rapier 3d physics,
109+ wgpu renderer and quinn (quic) protocol.
110+
111+ [ Join the Discord server] [ cybergate-dis ] to participate in tests.
112+
113+ _ Discussions: [ /r/rust_gamedev] ( https://reddit.com/r/rust_gamedev/comments/vy7vms/multiplayer_stress_test_1_million_balls ) _
114+
115+ [ cybergate-yt ] : https://youtube.com/channel/UClrsOso3Xk2vBWqcsHC3Z4Q
116+ [ cybergate-dis ] : https://discord.gg/R7DkHqw7zJ
117+
118+ ### [ Botnet]
119+
120+ ![ botnet screenshot] ( botnet.png )
121+
122+ [ Botnet] is an upcoming programming-based multiplayer game, where you write
123+ scripts (compiled to WebAssembly) to control robots. Coordinate your network
124+ of bots to gather resources, build new industry, and expand your control of
125+ the server!
126+
127+ This month was primarily spent on BotnetReplayViewer - a visual program to
128+ watch matches, and inspect entity data.
129+
130+ Additionally, the antenna structure was added. Building an antenna gives you
131+ control over the bay (room) it's in, letting you build additional structures,
132+ and increasing the total number of bots you can control. Bots can also use
133+ antennas to store resources.
134+
135+ Interested in contributing? Head over to the
136+ [ github discussion page] [ botnet_ideas ] and suggest some ideas!
137+
138+ [ Botnet ] : https://github.com/JMS55/botnet
139+ [ botnet_ideas ] : https://github.com/JMS55/botnet/discussions/categories/ideas
140+
141+ ### [ Re-Rolling!]
142+
143+ ![ Re-rolling gameplay] ( re-rolling_gameplay.png )
144+
145+ [ Re-Rolling!] by [ @mystalice ] ( https://twitter.com/mystalice ) is a top-down 2D
146+ survival shooter where you fight off a horde of rats using weapons you randomly
147+ rolled.
148+
149+ The game was created for [ GMTK Jam 2022] [ rr_gmtk2022 ] in 48 hours and was
150+ heavily inspired by [ 20 Minutes Till Dawn] [ rr_20minutes ] .
151+
152+ Re-Rolling! was made with Bevy using heron for physics, bevy_egui for in-game
153+ UI, and a handful of other helpful crates and plugins. You can browse the source
154+ on [ GitHub] [ rr_github ] .
155+
156+ [ Re-Rolling! ] : https://mystal.itch.io/re-rolling
157+ [ rr_gmtk2022 ] : https://itch.io/jam/gmtk-jam-2022
158+ [ rr_20minutes ] : https://store.steampowered.com/app/1966900/20_Minutes_Till_Dawn/
159+ [ rr_github ] : https://github.com/mystal/re-rolling
160+
91161## Engine Updates
92162
163+ ### [ Bevy v0.8] [ bevy-blog ]
164+
165+ ![ bevy terrain] ( bevy_terrain.jpg )
166+ _ Bevy-shaped mountains in a Bevy-based Witcher 3 terrain texturing tool built by
167+ rmemr_
168+
169+ [ Bevy] [ bevy ] is a refreshingly simple data-driven game engine built in Rust. It
170+ is [ free and open source] [ bevy-git ] forever!
171+
172+ Bevy 0.8 was a massive community effort. You can check out the [ full release
173+ blog post here] [ bevy-blog ] , but here are some highlights:
174+
175+ - [ New Material System] [ bevy-materials ]
176+ - [ Camera-driven Rendering] [ bevy-camera ]
177+ - [ Built-in Shader Modularization] [ bevy-shader-mod ]
178+ - [ Spot Lights] [ bevy-spotlights ]
179+ - [ Visibility Inheritance] [ bevy-visibility ]
180+ - [ Upgraded to wgpu 0.13] [ bevy-wgpu ]
181+ - [ Automatic Mesh Tangent Generation] [ bevy-tangent ]
182+ - [ Renderer Optimizations] [ bevy-render-opt ]
183+ - [ Scene Bundle] [ bevy-scene ]
184+ - [ Scripting / Modding Progress] [ bevy-scripting ]
185+ - [ ECS Query Ergonomics and Usability] [ bevy-ecs-ergo ]
186+ - [ ECS Internals Refactors] [ bevy-refactors ]
187+ - [ Reflection Improvements] [ bevy-reflect ]
188+ - [ Hierarchy Commands] [ bevy-hierarchy ]
189+ - [ Bevy UI Now Uses Taffy] [ bevy-taffy ]
190+
191+ _ Discussions:
192+ [ /r/rust] ( https://www.reddit.com/r/rust/comments/wc0sqc/bevy_08/ ) ,
193+ [ Hacker News] ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32287828 ) ,
194+ [ Twitter] ( https://twitter.com/cart_cart/status/1553411157662187521 ) _
195+
196+ [ bevy ] : https://bevyengine.org
197+ [ bevy-git ] : https://github.com/bevyengine/bevy
198+ [ bevy-blog ] : https://bevyengine.org/news/bevy-0-8
199+ [ bevy-materials ] : https://bevyengine.org/news/bevy-0-8/#new-material-system
200+ [ bevy-camera ] : https://bevyengine.org/news/bevy-0-8/#camera-driven-rendering
201+ [ bevy-spotlights ] : https://bevyengine.org/news/bevy-0-8/#spotlights
202+ [ bevy-visibility ] : https://bevyengine.org/news/bevy-0-8/#visibility-inheritance
203+ [ bevy-shader-mod ] : https://bevyengine.org/news/bevy-0-8/#built-in-shader-modularization
204+ [ bevy-wgpu ] : https://bevyengine.org/news/bevy-0-8/#wgpu-0-13-new-wgsl-shader-syntax
205+ [ bevy-tangent ] : https://bevyengine.org/news/bevy-0-8/#automatic-mesh-tangent-generation
206+ [ bevy-render-opt ] : https://bevyengine.org/news/bevy-0-8/#render-phase-sorting-optimization
207+ [ bevy-scene ] : https://bevyengine.org/news/bevy-0-8/#scene-bundle
208+ [ bevy-scripting ] : https://bevyengine.org/news/bevy-0-8/#scripting-modding-progress-untyped-ecs-apis
209+ [ bevy-ecs-ergo ] : https://bevyengine.org/news/bevy-0-8/#query-intoiter
210+ [ bevy-refactors ] : https://bevyengine.org/news/bevy-0-8/#ecs-lifetimed-pointers
211+ [ bevy-reflect ] : https://bevyengine.org/news/bevy-0-8/#bevy-reflection-improvements
212+ [ bevy-hierarchy ] : https://bevyengine.org/news/bevy-0-8/#hierarchy-commands
213+ [ bevy-taffy ] : https://bevyengine.org/news/bevy-0-8/#taffy-migration-a-refreshed-ui-layout-library
214+
215+ ### [ Dims] [ dims-website ]
216+
217+ ![ Concept art of a player creating a world in Dims] ( dims-concept-art.jpg )
218+
219+ [ Dims] [ dims-website ] ([ Twitter] [ dims-twitter ] , [ Discord] [ dims-discord ] ,
220+ [ YouTube] [ dims-youtube ] ) is a pre-alpha collaborative open-world
221+ creation platform.
222+ Users can hop in sessions and build a game together, allowing everyone
223+ to bring out their inner game-maker.
224+
225+ In July, development continued to make great strides. Some of the highlights
226+ include:
227+
228+ - Continued work on the audio system, including in-game graphs of attenuation
229+ and other audio-related functions
230+ - The introduction of an intent system that allows for user actions to be
231+ undone and replayed arbitrarily
232+ - A complete UI facelift using Material UI icons and a new design language
233+ - A new scripting system using WebAssembly + WASI and Rust as a guest language
234+ (look forward to an article on this soon!)
235+ - The beginnings of a shared asset database that lets you and your team easily
236+ share assets amongst each other and with other projects
237+ - Various infrastructural and rendering fixes, including more accurate PBR
238+
239+ Want to try Dims out for yourself? Come join the [ Discord] [ dims-discord ] to be
240+ notified of future public tests, see the latest features before everyone else,
241+ and to talk to the devs personally.
242+
243+ [ dims-website ] : https://dims.co
244+ [ dims-twitter ] : https://twitter.com/DimsWorlds
245+ [ dims-discord ] : https://discord.gg/Z5CAVmNE57
246+ [ dims-youtube ] : https://youtube.com/channel/UCR5gOwS7uSl0a0dl7MLQoqg
247+
93248## Learning Material Updates
94249
250+ ### Pathfinding in Rust
251+
252+ ![ Example of the results of doing an A* search from a start node to a goal node] ( astar-search.png )
253+
254+ [ Pathfinding in Rust: A tutorial with examples] ( https://blog.logrocket.com/pathfinding-rust-tutorial-examples )
255+ is an article with examples of how to use the [ ` pathfinding ` ] ( https://crates.io/crates/pathfinding )
256+ crate to do breadth-first, Dijkstra's, and A* search. It links to the
257+ [ gregstoll/rust-pathfinding] ( https://github.com/gregstoll/rust-pathfinding )
258+ repo which has working code for all of these.
259+
260+ ### [ Creating mountains from planes with vertex shaders and Bevy] [ chrisbiscardi-vid1 ]
261+
262+ [ ![ vertex shaders example] ( creating-mountains-from-planes-with-vertex-shaders-and-bevy.png )] [ chrisbiscardi-vid1 ]
263+ _ Creating mountains from planes with vertex shaders and Bevy_
264+
265+ [ @chrisbiscardi ] published a [ video] [ chrisbiscardi-vid1 ]
266+ about using the new Material shader APIs in Bevy 0.8 to transform the
267+ vertex positions in a custom mesh plane using a vertex shader.
268+
269+ _ Discussions: [ Twitter] ( https://twitter.com/chrisbiscardi/status/1549089599971938304 ) _
270+
271+ [ chrisbiscardi-vid1 ] : https://youtube.com/watch?v=85uJc81SQZ4
272+ [ @chrisbiscardi ] : https://twitter.com/chrisbiscardi
273+
274+ ### [ What's in a wgsl fragment shader? ft Bevy] [ chrisbiscardi-vid2 ]
275+
276+ [ ![ vertex shaders example] ( creating-mountains-from-planes-with-vertex-shaders-and-bevy.png )] [ chrisbiscardi-vid2 ]
277+ _ What's in a wgsl fragment shader? ft Bevy_
278+
279+ [ @chrisbiscardi ] published a [ video] [ chrisbiscardi-vid2 ]
280+ that introduces the new Material APIs in Bevy 0.8. It covers AsBindGroup,
281+ uniforms, and using Perlin Noise in a fragment shader to render different
282+ colors onto a cube in a variety of ways.
283+
284+ _ Discussions: [ Twitter] ( https://twitter.com/chrisbiscardi/status/1546909993726726144 ) _
285+
286+ [ chrisbiscardi-vid2 ] : https://youtube.com/watch?v=SOOOc9-joVo
287+ [ @chrisbiscardi ] : https://twitter.com/chrisbiscardi
288+
95289### [ Rusteroids] [ rusteroids-youtube-playlist ]
96290
97291![ A screenshot of the latest Rusteroids tutorial] ( ./rusteroids-screenshot-tutorial15.png )
@@ -117,6 +311,27 @@ Twitter!
117311
118312## Tooling Updates
119313
314+ ### [ NES Bundler] [ nes-bundler ]
315+
316+ ![ NES Bundler running Data Man with GUI showing] ( nes-bundler.png )
317+ _ NES Bundler in action_
318+
319+ [ NES Bundler] [ nes-bundler ] by [ @tedsteen ] .
320+ Did you make a NES-game but none of your friends own a Nintendo? Don't worry.
321+ Put your ROM and configuration in NES Bundler and build an executable for Mac,
322+ Windows or Linux. What you get is a single executable with
323+
324+ - Simple UI for settings
325+ - Re-mappable Keyboard and Gamepad input (you bundle your default mappings).
326+ - Save/Restore state
327+ - Netplay!
328+
329+ It's early days, but the key features are there and work is ongoing
330+ to make it more mature!
331+
332+ [ nes-bundler ] : https://github.com/tedsteen/nes-bundler
333+ [ @tedsteen ] : https://github.com/tedsteen
334+
120335### [ Blackjack]
121336
122337![ Blackjack: A procedural bridge being edited in real-time] ( blackjack.gif )
@@ -165,6 +380,89 @@ compiles but fails to access the intended component.
165380[ hecs ] : https://github.com/Ralith/hecs
166381[ hecs-changelog ] : https://github.com/Ralith/hecs/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md#080
167382
383+ ### [ bevy_mod_wanderlust]
384+
385+ [ bevy_mod_wanderlust]
386+ ([ GitHub] ( https://github.com/PROMETHIA-27/bevy_mod_wanderlust ) ) by
387+ [ @PROMETHIA-27 ] is a character controller plugin for Bevy engine.
388+
389+ Inspired by [ this excellent video] ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdskE8PJy6Q ) ,
390+ it is implemented on top of [ Rapier physics] ( https://rapier.rs/ ) and highly
391+ customizable. Wanderlust includes a variety of settings to target many different
392+ character controller types, including 2D/3D platformers, spacecraft, and
393+ first/third person games.
394+
395+ [ bevy_mod_wanderlust ] : https://crates.io/crates/bevy_mod_wanderlust
396+
397+ ### [ Lyon]
398+
399+ ![ Variable width stroke in action] ( lyon.png )
400+
401+ [ Lyon] ([ GitHub] ( https://github.com/nical/lyon ) ) by [ Nical] ( https://github.com/nical )
402+ is a collection of crates providing various 2D vector graphics utilities, including
403+ fast tessellation algorithms, easy to integrate in typical GPU accelerated rendering
404+ engines.
405+
406+ Lyon made its symbolic [ ` 1.0.0 ` release] ( https://crates.io/crates/lyon/1.0.0 )
407+ reflecting the stability of the project. Highlights in this release include:
408+
409+ - Initial support for variable line width in the stroke tessellator.
410+ - An efficient algorithm to query positions at given distances along a path.
411+ - Improved support for specifying custom endpoint attributes in paths and algorithms.
412+ - And more. You can read the [ announcement blog post here] ( https://nical.github.io/posts/lyon-1-0.html ) .
413+
414+ _ Discussions: [ /r/rust] ( https://reddit.com/r/rust/comments/vwdxim/announcing_lyon_100 ) ,
415+ [ Twitter] ( https://twitter.com/nicalsilva/status/1546424285442473987?s=20&t=S1fXSoh2zWHbfTImCGYpPQ ) _
416+
417+ [ Lyon ] : https://github.com/nical/lyon
418+
419+ ### [ Renet]
420+
421+ ![ GIF of demo using renet and bevy] ( renet_bevy_demo.gif )
422+ * Demo using renet and bevy*
423+
424+ [ Renet] by [ @lucaspoffo ] is a network library to create
425+ games with the Server-Client architecture.
426+
427+ Built on top of UDP, it has its own protocol to send and receive reliable messages
428+ more suited for fast-paced games than TCP. Some other features are:
429+
430+ - Connection management
431+ - Authentication and encrypted connections
432+ - Communication through multiple types of channels:
433+ - Reliable Ordered: guarantee ordering and delivery of all messages
434+ - Unreliable Unordered: no guarantee of delivery or ordering of messages
435+ - Block Reliable: for bigger messages, such as level initialization
436+ - Packet fragmentation and reassembly
437+
438+ Renet comes with [ bevy_renet] , a plugin for the Bevy engine, and also with
439+ [ renet_visualizer] , an egui interface to visualize network metrics.
440+
441+ [ Renet ] : https://github.com/lucaspoffo/renet
442+ [ @lucaspoffo ] : https://github.com/lucaspoffo
443+ [ bevy_renet ] : https://github.com/lucaspoffo/renet/tree/master/bevy_renet
444+ [ renet_visualizer ] : https://github.com/lucaspoffo/renet/tree/master/renet_visualizer
445+
446+ ### [ miniquad]
447+
448+ ![ miniquad fileopen] ( miniquad_gl2.gif )
449+ * VirtualBox, gl2 as the only GPU accelaration available*
450+
451+ [ miniquad] is a safe and cross-platform rendering library
452+ focused on portability and low-end platform support.
453+
454+ This month [ OpenGl 2.1/GLESv2] [ gl2pr ] PR got merged, adding support for old
455+ android phones, virtual machines, and just old computers.
456+
457+ While the PR itself is quite small, it solved a very old design issue:
458+ [ compatibilities proposal] [ mqcompat ] . Fixing this issue opened the door for
459+ both lower-end backends, like gl1, and higher-level backends. Metal being the
460+ next in line.
461+
462+ [ miniquad ] : https://github.com/not-fl3/miniquad/
463+ [ gl2pr ] : https://github.com/not-fl3/miniquad/pull/305
464+ [ mqcompat ] : https://github.com/not-fl3/miniquad/pull/176
465+
168466## Popular Workgroup Issues in Github
169467
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