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170170## Tooling Updates
171171
172+ ### [ Blackjack]
173+
174+ ![ Blackjack: A height field terrain built from a noise function being edited in
175+ real time] ( blackjack.gif )
176+
177+ [ Blackjack] by @setzer22 is a procedural modeling application made in Rust,
178+ using rend3, wgpu, and egui. It follows the steps of applications like Houdini,
179+ or Blender's geometry nodes project and provides a node-based environment to
180+ compose procedural recipes to create 3d models.
181+
182+ The past couple months have been busy for Blackjack, the work continues with a
183+ focus of filling in all the missing bits to enable usage in more indie gamedev
184+ workflows.
185+
186+ Some of the changes include:
187+
188+ - New nodes for geometry editing, like: _ Resample curve_ , _ Point cloud_ ,
189+ _ Polygon_ , _ Line from points_ or _ Edit geometry_ .
190+ - A new type of mesh, the height map with its set of nodes.
191+ - A way to import OBJ meshes into procedural graphs.
192+ - Bug fixes in extrude and bevel nodes, making them more robust and handle more
193+ kinds of meshes.
194+ - A new DragValue widget offering more precise control when tweaking parameters.
195+ - Smoother camera controls and various editor UX improvements.
196+
197+ Blackjack has no release notes yet, but make sure to check out the recently
198+ merged PRs ([ 1] [ blackjack-pr-1 ] , [ 2] [ blackjack-pr-2 ] , [ 3] [ blackjack-pr-3 ] ) for a
199+ more in-depth summary of the changes and lots of animated gifs.
200+
201+ On the social side, a first [ blog post] [ blackjack-blog-post ] in a series was
202+ published on Ko-fi showing a real gamedev use case using Blackjack and the Godot
203+ engine together to implement a racing game. Additionally, Blackjack now has a
204+ [ Twitter account] [ blackjack-twitter ] . Consider following both for more frequent
205+ updates!
206+
207+ Currently, development is focused on implementing the next major feature:
208+ Gizmos. There are [ some initial results] [ blackjack-gizmos ] , and the full PR for
209+ it is expected to land sometime during November.
210+
211+ [ Blackjack ] : https://github.com/setzer22/blackjack
212+ [ blackjack-pr-1 ] : https://github.com/setzer22/blackjack/pull/45
213+ [ blackjack-pr-2 ] : https://github.com/setzer22/blackjack/pull/46
214+ [ blackjack-pr-3 ] : https://github.com/setzer22/blackjack/pull/52
215+ [ blackjack-gizmos ] : https://twitter.com/Blackjack3dRust/status/1587900630718615552
216+ [ blackjack-blog-post ] : https://ko-fi.com/post/New-nodes-Improved-Lua-bindings-and-lots-of-QoL-i-S6S6FK40S
217+ [ blackjack-twitter ] : https://twitter.com/Blackjack3dRust
218+
172219## Library Updates
173220
174221### [ presser]
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