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title = "This Month in Rust GameDev #21 - April 2021"
date = 2021-05-04
date = 2021-05-09
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Welcome to the 21st issue of the Rust GameDev Workgroup's
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- [Learning Material Updates](#learning-material-updates)
- [Engine Updates](#engine-updates)
- [Library & Tooling Updates](#library-tooling-updates)
- [Popular Workgroup Issues in Github](#popular-workgroup-issues-in-github)
- [Meeting Minutes](#meeting-minutes)
- [Requests for Contribution](#requests-for-contribution)
- [Jobs](#jobs)
- [Bonus](#bonus)

<!--
Ideal section structure is:
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getting a game ready for release, and much more. You can watch the recording of
the meetup [here on Youtube][gamedev-meetup-video].

The next meetup will take place on the 8th of May at 16:00 GMT on the [Rust
The meetups take place on the second Saturday every month via the [Rust
Gamedev Discord server][rust-gamedev-discord], and can also be [streamed on
Twitch][rust-gamedev-twitch]. If you would like to show off what you've been
working on, fill out [this form][gamedev-meetup-form].
working on in a future meetup, fill out [this form][gamedev-meetup-form].

[gamedev-meetup-form]: https://forms.gle/BS1zCyZaiUFSUHxe6
[gamedev-meetup-video]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XE0lH0tlbBs
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Veloren's financial state was overhauled to examine previous expenses, and
prepare for provisioning the dedicated server. Functionality was added to switch
between server-authoratative and client-authoratative physics. Skeletons for
between server-authoritative and client-authoritative physics. Skeletons for
big-winged creatures were added. Data being sent over the network is being
optimized to reduce the amount of bandwidth players have to use.

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[![Station Iapetus Youtube](station-iapetus.jpg)][si-youtube]

[Station Iapetus][Station Iapetus] by [@mrDIMAS] is a 3rd person shooter on the
prison Iapetus near the Saturn.
prison Iapetus near Saturn.
This month's updates include:

- New level (lab)
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- WebAssembly support ([check online demo][rg3d_wasm_demo])
- Proc-macro for Visit trait
- On-demand texture compression
- Performace improvements
- Performance improvements
- Various bug fixes and small improvements.

[rg3d]: https://github.com/mrDIMAS/rg3d
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Read [gfx-release-blog] for more details.

In April, the team implemented more validation on both the host and the shader
sides. [Naga]'s coverage of SPIR-V and MSL features is also greately improved.
sides. [Naga]'s coverage of SPIR-V and MSL features is also greatly improved.

On the infrastructure side, [wgpu] integrated [profiling] and got the first
[naga performance][naga perf numbers] numbers, which looked promising.
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the extract-prepare-submit pipeline on entities that are not visible.

[@aclysma] implemented an OpenGL ES 2.0 backend. While ES2 cannot support all
funcionality in `rafx-api`, it provides very broad compatibility. This means
functionality in `rafx-api`, it provides very broad compatibility. This means
the core functionality of rafx-api can be used with almost any mobile device
or browser ([~98% web coverage][rafx-webgl-caniuse].)

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[Twitter](https://twitter.com/GraphiteEditor)) is an in-progress vector and
raster graphics editor built on a nondestructive node-based workflow.

The team size has doubled in the past month— thank you to the new contributors!
The team size has doubled in the past month — thank you to the new contributors!
Since then, systems related to editor tools and data flow were added.
The editor now has proper input behavior on the existing Rectangle and Ellipse Tools
plus the new Shape and Line Tools while holding modifier keys.
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[graphite-twitter]: https://twitter.com/GraphiteEditor
[graphite-live-demo]: https://editor.graphite.design/

## Popular Workgroup Issues in Github

<!-- Up to 10 links to interesting issues -->

## 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

## Requests for Contribution

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

## 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. -->
- [femtovg is looking for help with the wgpu backend][femtovg-help].
- [Embark's open issues][embark-open-issues] ([embark.rs]).
- [gfx-rs's "contributor-friendly" issues][gfx-issues].
- [wgpu's "help wanted" issues][wgpu-help-wanted].
- [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].

[femtovg-help]: https://reddit.com/r/rust/comments/mfuo4m/femtovg_2d_vector_graphics_crate_is_looking_for
[embark.rs]: https://embark.rs
[embark-open-issues]: https://github.com/search?q=user:EmbarkStudios+state:open
[gfx-issues]: https://github.com/gfx-rs/gfx/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3Acontributor-friendly
[wgpu-help-wanted]: https://github.com/gfx-rs/wgpu-rs/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/good%20first%20issue

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