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Expand Up @@ -136,6 +136,33 @@ September's full weekly devlogs: "This Week In Veloren...":
[veloren-011-dev-chats]:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5Xz-vbE27Q
[veloren-011-release-blog]: https://veloren.net/release-0-11/

### [Harvest Hero Origins][hho] @ PAX West 2021

![hho @ pax](hho_pax.jpg)
_Gemdrop Games booth at PAX West 2021_

[Harvest Hero Origins][hho]
([Discord](https://discord.gg/CJRbxQn3d9),
[Twitter](https://twitter.com/GemdropGames))
is an arcade wave defense game by [Gemdrop Games][gemdrop],
built in Rust on top of [Emerald].

Gemdrop Games recently took Harvest Hero Origins to [PAX West 2021][hho_pax]
and had a very positive response from most of the players!
Being able to watch people play the game was extremely valuable,
the developers were able to see pain points in UI/UX design
and can now fix them without worry.
They were also able to see what players find fun about controlling each hero,
which helps with the next hero planning in the full release of the game.

Harvest Hero Origins is still planned to release by the end of 2021,
please wishlist it on [Steam][hho]!

[Emerald]: https://github.com/Bombfuse/emerald
[gemdrop]: https://twitter.com/GemdropGames
[hho]: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1651500/Harvest_Hero_Origins
[hho_pax]: https://twitter.com/GemdropGames/status/1433819047481659394

## Engine Updates

### [good-web-game]
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -207,6 +234,35 @@ As the godot-rust community keeps growing, the project can now be found
[gd-discord]: https://discord.com/invite/FNudpBD
[gd-twitter]: https://twitter.com/GodotRust

### [Emerald]

![hotreload](emd_texture_hotreload.gif)
_Built in texture hot reloading, just call `emd.loader().hotreload()`_

[Emerald] by [@bombfuse][bombfuse_twi]
is a 2D game engine focused on being super portable and easy-to-use.

Currently supported platforms are:
Windows, Linux (WIP gamepad support), macOS (WIP gamepad support),
Web, Android (WIP audio, gamepad Support),
[GameShell](http://imgur.com/a/8cWxOPs),
and even [WearOS](https://twitter.com/bombfuse_dev/status/1444100458260299778)!

Recently added features include:

- Texture hot reloading (sound hot reloading is coming soon!).
- Cross-platform file saving/loading.
This is essential for games, basically allows the user to save
their files to the platform specific save directory.

[Emerald] has slowly been growing, both in contributor size and feature sets
recently. If any of this interests you and you'd like to contribute,
[feel free to grab a task](https://github.com/Bombfuse/emerald/issues),
fork and PR!

[Emerald]: https://github.com/Bombfuse/emerald
[bombfuse_twi]: https://twitter.com/bombfuse_dev

## Learning Material Updates

## Tooling Updates
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