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6464
6565## Game Updates
6666
67+ ### [ Egregoria]
68+
69+ ![ Egregoria in 3D] ( egregoria.jpg )
70+
71+ [ Egregoria] ([ GitHub] [ Egregoria ] , [ Discord] [ egregoria-discord ] )
72+ by [ @Uriopass ]
73+ is a simulation oriented city builder that tries
74+ to replicate modern society as well as possible.
75+
76+ It recently upgraded from a 2D top-down view to a
77+ 3D third-person camera as seen in the screenshot above.
78+
79+ Elevated roads and bridges are now possible, allowing to build
80+ [ complex highway interchanges] [ highway-screenshot ] .
81+
82+ Some technical details around the renderer with more screenshots,
83+ along with an architectural overview of the project can be read in the
84+ [ 9th devlog] [ egregoria-blog-post ] .
85+
86+ [ Egregoria ] : https://github.com/Uriopass/Egregoria
87+ [ @Uriopass ] : https://github.com/Uriopass
88+ [ egregoria-blog-post ] : https://douady.paris/blog/egregoria_9.html
89+ [ egregoria-discord ] : https://discord.gg/CAaZhUJ
90+ [ highway-screenshot ] : http://douady.paris/blog/img/blog_9/interchange.jpg
91+
6792### [ Open Combat] [ opencombat ]
6893
6994![ Open Combat logo] ( open_combat.jpg )
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106131
107132The next iteration would be to support a WebAssembly version of the same.
108133
134+ ### [ Blightmud] [ blightmud ]
135+
136+ ![ Blightmud logo] ( blightmud.png )
137+
138+ [ Blightmud] [ blightmud ] ([ Discord] ( https://discord.gg/qnxgUC5 ) ) is a mud client
139+ for the terminal inspired by [ tintin++] [ tintin ] and [ tinyfugue] [ tinyfugue ]
140+ allowing users to connect and get immersed in the worlds offered by text based
141+ online multi user dungeons known as muds.
142+
143+ The project was birthed in April of 2020 and has come a long way since. It now
144+ offers granular scripting access using [ lua] [ lua ] , plugin handling, built in
145+ text-to-speech (via [ Speech dispatcher] [ speechd ] ), split view scrolling, modern
146+ telnet protocols and TLS connections to name a few.
147+
148+ [ blightmud ] : https://github.com/Blightmud/Blightmud
149+ [ tintin ] : https://tintin.mudhalla.net/
150+ [ tinyfugue ] : http://tinyfugue.sourceforge.net/
151+ [ lua ] : https://www.lua.org/
152+ [ speechd ] : https://freebsoft.org/speechd
153+
154+ ### [ The Hat Chooses the Wizard] [ hatchooseswizard ]
155+
156+ ![ Level 1-4 of the game "The Hat Chooses the Wizard" running on a Game Boy
157+ Advance] ( hatchooseswizard.jpg )
158+ _ Runs on real hardware!_
159+
160+ The Hat Chooses the Wizard is a 2D platformer for the Game Boy Advance.
161+
162+ It was made for this year's Game Maker's Toolkit (GMTK) game jam with the theme
163+ joined together and came in the top 25% of over 5800 entries. The game plays
164+ over 12 levels with the core mechanic being to throw your hat and then
165+ accelerate towards it. You can play it on a web based emulator embedded on the
166+ [ itch] [ hatchooseswizard ] page.
167+
168+ The game is written in pure Rust and uses [ agb] [ agblibrary ] to
169+ interface with the hardware. The library is designed to allow you to write games
170+ without needing a detailed understanding of the hardware while still giving full
171+ access to all of its capabilities. It is under active development with
172+ plenty more features on the way.
173+
174+ You can find the source code for the game [ here] [ hatchooseswizardsource ] and all
175+ feedback is welcome.
176+
177+ [ hatchooseswizard ] : https://lostimmortal.itch.io/the-hat-chooses-the-wizard
178+ [ hatchooseswizardsource ] : https://github.com/corwinkuiper/joinedtogether
179+ [ agblibrary ] : https://github.com/corwinkuiper/agb
180+
181+ ### [ Themengi]
182+
183+ ![ User highlighting objects in the game world and parsing the phrase
184+ "dang puru rupuu kythengi" into the action "open", object "door", and mods
185+ "red" and "left".] ( themengi.gif )
186+ _ Demonstration of natural language parser with temporary words and grammar._
187+
188+ [ Themengi] ([ Discord] [ themengi-discord ] , [ Twitter] [ themengi-twitter ] )
189+ is a puzzle adventure game where you learn an alien language,
190+ with completely unknown words and grammar, to navigate the world
191+ and find your way home.
192+
193+ This month the [ first devlog] [ themengi-video ] for
194+ Themengi was published, discussing its natural language parser using
195+ Head-Driven Phrase Structure Grammar, the choice to use Bevy, a texture
196+ upscaling technique for faithful pixel art rendering, and implementing an
197+ outline shader in the Bevy render pipeline.
198+
199+ [ Themengi ] : https://vgel.me/themengi
200+ [ themengi-discord ] : https://discord.gg/GpparbnXPC
201+ [ themengi-twitter ] : https://twitter.com/voooooogel
202+ [ themengi-video ] : https://youtube.com/watch?v=gtIphiK7tMs
203+
109204## Engine Updates
110205
111206## Learning Material Updates
112207
208+ ### [ A Trig-less Line of Sight Algorithm for 2D Games] [ lineofsight ]
209+
210+ ![ 2D Sight Example] ( lineofsight.png )
211+
212+ [ @basstabs ] published a tutorial which explains how to write a
213+ line of sight algorithm for 2D games in Rust without using trigonometry or
214+ square roots. It includes vector diagrams and typeset math to explain the ideas
215+ behind each stage of the algorithm, source code for each step, tests to verify
216+ accuracy of the methods, and suggestions for further improvements.
217+ Additionally, the
218+ [ repository] ( https://github.com/basstabs/2d-line-of-sight ) contains benchmarks
219+ and a sample application written in [ ggez] ( https://crates.io/crates/ggez ) .
220+
221+ _ Discussions: [ /r/rust_gamedev] (
222+ https://www.reddit.com/r/rust\_gamedev/comments/nx79kq/ )_
223+
224+ [ lineofsight ] : https://basstabs.github.io/2d-line-of-sight/
225+ [ @basstabs ] : https://github.com/basstabs
226+
113227## Library & Tooling Updates
114228
115229### [ erupt]
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131245[ erupt ] : https://gitlab.com/Friz64/erupt
132246[ @Friz64 ] : https://blog.friz64.de/about
133247
248+ ### [ wgpu] family re-union
249+
250+ ![ wgpu family reunion] ( wgpu-family-reunion.svg )
251+
252+ [ wgpu] is a [ WebGPU] implementation in Rust. It is safe, efficient,
253+ and portable: it can target both native and the Web.
254+
255+ [ Family reunion] is by far the biggest change in ` wgpu ` project since
256+ the inception. First, the Rust API of [ wgpu-rs] was moved to the main
257+ [ wgpu] repository. Second, the whole base was relicensed under MIT/Apache2.
258+
259+ [ gfx-hal] - the Vulkan Portability-like graphics API abstraction -
260+ was detached from the project. Instead ` wgpu ` got its own in-house unsafe
261+ abstraction called "wgpu-hal" developed within the [ wgpu] repository.
262+
263+ The team released [ wgpu-0.9] right before this transition, to give the new
264+ graphics infrastructure more time to take shape. At the time of writing,
265+ supported backends on the new HAL include Vulkan, Metal, and OpenGL ES3.
266+
267+ Finally, the testing infrastructure received a major upgrade. It started
268+ rendering the examples on the available adapters and compraring the results
269+ with reference images.
270+ This includes automatic testing using software adapters on CI.
271+
272+ [ wgpu ] : https://github.com/gfx-rs/wgpu
273+ [ wgpu-rs ] : https://github.com/gfx-rs/wgpu-rs
274+ [ gfx-hal ] : https://github.com/gfx-rs/gfx
275+ [ wgpu-0.9 ] : https://crates.io/crates/wgpu/0.9.0
276+ [ Family reunion ] : https://github.com/gfx-rs/wgpu/milestone/9?closed=1
277+
134278## Popular Workgroup Issues in Github
135279
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