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Newsletter 9: CBA, Conquest, Akigi, BnB (rust-gamedev#125)
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## [London Virtual Talks (GameDev Special)][ldn-video]
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[![Recorded stream screenshot](ldn-video.png)][ldn-video]
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[![Recorded stream screenshot](ldn-video.jpeg)][ldn-video]
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[This month's London Rust meetup][ldn] features three gamedev talks:
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[ldn]: https://meetup.com/Rust-London-User-Group/events/269357779
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[ldn-video]: https://youtube.com/watch?v=o9QeKfKLXXM
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[ldn-slides-1]: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1-uPn_a03oePVxJrw6l0u-DYlbJC_1i8i4DMs5J2grGw/edit#slide=id.g72ab46800e_0_118
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[ldn-slides-2]: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1R49kKosTRoQU6UPk9xAc8fXd3_GEnzzrrEfKwS97XHM/edit#slide=id.g7f7981398b_0_627
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[ldn-slides-3]: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1YP9ksYnk0Mzycywd0w_4X4QWAPQEqZtm8zTTvVEtedM/edit#slide=id.g7f632a29d0_0_310
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[ldn-slides-1]: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1-uPn_a03oePVxJrw6l0u-DYlbJC_1i8i4DMs5J2grGw
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[ldn-slides-2]: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1R49kKosTRoQU6UPk9xAc8fXd3_GEnzzrrEfKwS97XHM
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[ldn-slides-3]: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1YP9ksYnk0Mzycywd0w_4X4QWAPQEqZtm8zTTvVEtedM
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[@_AlexEne_]: https://twitter.com/_AlexEne_
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[@plippe]: https://github.com/plippe
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## Game Updates
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### [Crate Before Attack][cratebeforeattack-site]
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[![screenshot: a frog swinging on their tongue](cratebeforeattack.png)][cratebeforeattack-site]
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["Crate Before Attack"][cratebeforeattack-site] by @koalefant
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is a multiplayer game where frogs combat their friends
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while navigating a landscape with their sticky tongue.
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It is a hybrid of a realtime and turn-based game.
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The game [can be played right in the browser (PC-only)][cratebeforeattack-play].
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It is built for Web using [miniquad] and [tokio] crates and features:
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- Swift roping (aka grappling hook);
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- Diverse weapons;
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- Local and online multiplayer;
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- Procedural animation;
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- Fun physics.
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Check the [devlog][cratebeforeattack-devlog]. It has three posts atm:
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- ["Inflation"](https://cratebeforeattack.com/posts/20200420-inflation)
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- ["Hare Animation"](https://cratebeforeattack.com/posts/20200428-hare-animation)
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- ["Rust Experiment"](https://cratebeforeattack.com/posts/20200502-rust)
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Also, there're a lot of dev videos on the game's
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[YouTube channel][cratebeforeattack-youtube].
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[cratebeforeattack-devlog]: https://cratebeforeattack.com/posts
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[cratebeforeattack-play]: https://cratebeforeattack.com/play
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[cratebeforeattack-site]: https://cratebeforeattack.com
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[cratebeforeattack-youtube]: https://youtube.com/channel/UC_xMilPTLuuE5iLs1Ml9zow
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[tokio]: https://tokio.rs
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[A/B Street][abstreet] is a game by [dabreegster] exploring how small changes to
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[mishayla]: https://www.artstation.com/mpaulson
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### [Akigi][akigi]
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![shadows demo](akigi-shadows.jpeg)
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^ _new shadows_
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> [Akigi][akigi] is a multiplayer online world where humans
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> aren't the only intelligent animals.
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Some of this months's updates:
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- [Better NPC decision making](https://devjournal.akigi.com/april-2020/061-2020-04-05.html#npc-decision-making).
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- [Health bars, water](https://devjournal.akigi.com/april-2020/062-2020-04-12.html)
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and [shadows](https://devjournal.akigi.com/april-2020/063-2020-04-19.html).
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- [Displaying damage received](https://devjournal.akigi.com/april-2020/064-2020-04-26.html#displaying-damage-received).
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Full devlogs:
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[#061](https://devjournal.akigi.com/april-2020/061-2020-04-05.html),
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[#062](https://devjournal.akigi.com/april-2020/062-2020-04-12.html),
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[#063](https://devjournal.akigi.com/april-2020/063-2020-04-19.html),
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[#064](https://devjournal.akigi.com/april-2020/064-2020-04-26.html).
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[akigi]: https://akigi.com
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### Blobs'n'Bullets
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![shmup](blobs-n-bullets.gif)
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[@rhmoller started working][blobs-tweet] on
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a retro twin-stick shooter "Blobs'n'Bullets".
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It uses WASM, web-sys, canvas and the gamepad-api
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and features a local 2-player coop.
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[blobs-tweet]: https://twitter.com/rhmoller/status/1254179448586481669
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### Amethyst Games
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- "Conquest" by [@takeryo_eeic] is a hexagonal tactic game.
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This month [its model were updated][conquest-models]
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and the UX was reworked to feel like moving chess pieces.
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Check out a [new gameplay video][conquest-video]:
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[![new models](conquest.gif)][conquest-video]
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[@takeryo_eeic]: https://twitter.com/takeryo_eeic
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[conquest-models]: https://twitter.com/takeryo_eeic/status/1246189179467214850
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[conquest-video]: https://twitter.com/takeryo_eeic/status/1249850460678193152
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[Ludum Dare 46](https://ldjam.com/) was this month!

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