[Native Systems] is working on "Colony Genesis" - an ant colony sandbox game

with ASCII graphics.

This month v0.1.3 and v0.1.4 versions were released. Some of the updates:

- Add controls to highlight all ants by behavior (SHIFT+select)

- Fix frame loop timer to prevent fast forwards

- Adds temperature diffusion and adjusts rates

It should now be easier to maintain high enough temperatures over night

and in lower soil layers for eggs to develop normally.

[colony-itch]: https://nativesystems.itch.io/colony

[Native Systems]: https://nativesystems.rs


[ssshmup] by [@mkhan45]

is a small small shoot 'em up made with [ggez] and [specs].

_Discussions:

[/r/rust_gamedev](https://reddit.com/r/rust_gamedev/comments/g6uwah/super_small_shootem_up)_

[ssshmup]: https://github.com/mkhan45/ssshmup

[@mkhan45]: https://github.com/mkhan45

[ggez]: https://ggez.rs

[specs]: https://github.com/amethyst/specs

[][robo-news]

[Alex Butler] continues to polish their "[Robo Instructus]" puzzle game -

[1.25, 1.26, and 1.27 versions were released][robo-news]:

automatically follow execution when paused,

bugfixes, dependency updates, and performance optimizations.

[Alex Butler]: https://twitter.com/bigabgames

[Robo Instructus]: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1032170/Robo_Instructus

[robo-news]: https://steamcommunity.com/app/1032170/allnews

Also, Alex published a new crate supporting the rasterization

of .otf lines and quad/cubic Bézier curves: [ab_glyph_rasterizer].

It's around 2-5x faster than the current rusttype .ttf rasterizer.

[ab_glyph_rasterizer]: https://crates.io/crates/ab_glyph_rasterizer