Newsletter 17

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Current structure/status (I'll try to keep this updated):

- [x] Meetup - ✔️ done by @ozkriff in #450
- [x] Rust GameDev Podcast 4 ([1](https://rustgamedev.com/episodes/interview-with-fedor-logachev), [2](https://reddit.com/r/rust_gamedev/comments/kit4pa/rustgamedev_podcast_4_fedor_logachev)) - ✔️ done by @ozkriff in #450
- [x] Game Updates
  - [x] Way of Rhea - ✔️ done by @MasonRemaley in #407
  - [x] Veloren ([1](https://veloren.net/)) - ✔️ done by @AngelOnFira in #422
  - [x] A/B Street & 15 Minute Santa ([1](https://twitter.com/CarlinoDustin), [2](https://reddit.com/r/abstreet), [3](https://reddit.com/r/rust_gamedev/comments/khkrdl/15minute_santa)) - ✔️ done by @dabreegster in #411
  - [x] Egregoria - ✔️ done by @Uriopass in #413
  - [x] doukutsu-rs ([1](https://reddit.com/r/rust/comments/kh79r1/made_my_rust_remake_of_cave_story_engine)) - ✔️ done by @alula in #432
  - [x] Antorum ([1](https://ratwizard.dev/dev-log/antorum/)) - ✔️ done by @Dooskington in #419
  - [x] Zombie Shooter - ✔️ done by @Aunmag in #445
  - [x] Akigi ([1](https://devjournal.akigi.com)) - ✔️ done by @chinedufn in #437
  - [x] Swoop ([1](https://reddit.com/r/rust_gamedev/comments/k72oqs/i_wanted_to_learn_webgl_so_i_made_a_small_game), [2](https://sdfgeoff.github.io/wasm_minigames/a_first_game_swoop.html)) - ✔️ done by @sdfgeoff in #429
  - [x] Harvest Hero - ✔️ done by @Bombfuse in #418
  - [x] FreeNukum ([1](https://gitlab.com/silwol/freenukum), [2](https://reddit.com/r/rust_gamedev/comments/k9dw50/freenukum_a_clone_of_the_1991_dos_game_duke_nukem/)) - ✔️ done by @silwol in #430
  - [x] OpenEtG JS->Rust story ([1](https://reddit.com/r/rust/comments/k3jy5g/i_rewrote_10k_lines_of_js_into_rust_over_the_last)) - ✔️ done by @AngelOnFira in #449
  - [x] Weegames - ✔️ done by @yeahross0 in #416
  - [x] Shotcaller - ✔️ done by @erlend-sh in #431
  - [x] Cheese ([1](https://expenses.itch.io/cheese), [2](https://reddit.com/r/rust_gamedev/comments/k4tyn8/ive_been_working_on_this_rts_game_for_the_2020/)) - ✔️ done by @expenses in #420
  - [x] vollmond ([1](https://puppetmaster.itch.io/vollmond), [2](https://twitter.com/fischspiele/status/1344780158641860611)) - ✔️ done by @puppetmaster- in #439
- [x] Learning Material Updates
  - [x] How to Revive a Dead Rust Project ([1](https://youtube.com/watch?v=qoCryIy4bFE), [2](https://twitter.com/carlosupina/status/1341763006716407808)) - ✔️ done by @tigleym in #412
  - [x] Build Pikachu game in Rust ([1](https://reddit.com/r/rust/comments/k8ppyp/build_the_pikachu_game_in_rust)) - ✔️ done by @danbugs in #417
  - [x] re-creating a retro screensaver ([1](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9lsT4kJo44)) - ✔️ done by @septum in #427
  - [x] Rendering bezier strokes with SDFs ([1](https://vladjuckov.github.io/beziers-sdf/), [2](https://twitter.com/VladZhukov0/status/1338545036405796865)) - ✔️ done by @pum-purum-pum-pum in #435
  - [x] Nannou: creative coding with Rust ([1](https://youtu.be/Ml6tpyTyXhM)) - ✔️ done by @septum in #421
  - [x] Triangle From Scratch ([1](https://rust-tutorials.github.io/triangle-from-scratch), [2](https://github.com/rust-tutorials/triangle-from-scratch), [3](https://twitter.com/Lokathor/status/1342720757806190592)) - ✔️ done by @Lokathor  in #450
  - [x] Undergrad Thesis on game scripting for Legion ([1](https://twitter.com/sayadiguin/status/1342198284849455106), [2](https://community.amethyst.rs/t/undergrad-thesis-on-game-scripting-for-legion/1753)) - ✔️ done by @pablodiegoss in #425
  - [x] WASM Games from Scratch - ✔️ done by @sdfgeoff in #429
- [x] Library & Tooling Updates
  - [x] thermite ([1](https://github.com/raygon-renderer/thermite), [2](https://reddit.com/r/rust/comments/k9i580/thermite_simd_melt_your_cpu_early_announcement/)) - ✔️ done by @AngelOnFira in #442
  - [x] Mun - ✔️ done by @Wodann in #433
  - [x] kira 0.2 & 0.3 ([1](https://reddit.com/r/rust/comments/k87kwj/kira_game_audio_library_v020), [2](https://reddit.com/r/rust/comments/kkf1jz/kira_game_audio_library_v030), [3](https://twitter.com/tesselode/status/1342878087990685700)) - ✔️ done by @tesselode in #428
  - [x] polyhedron-ops - ✔️ done by @AngelOnFira in #448
  - [x] raw-gl-context ([1](https://github.com/glowcoil/raw-gl-context)) - ✔️ done by @glowcoil in #438
  - [x] SPIR-Q 0.4.10 ([1](https://reddit.com/r/rust_gamedev/comments/kgv4gh/spirq_0410_customized_shader_reflection_no_hassle/)) - ✔️ done by @PENGUINLIONG in #434
  - [x] rust-gpu v0.2 (+SHADERed) ([1](https://reddit.com/r/rust/comments/k6o7dt/announcing_rustgpu_v02)) - ✔️ done by @XAMPPRocky in #426
  - [x] egui 0.5 & 0.6 ([1](https://twitter.com/ernerfeldt/status/1338224408071196674), [2](https://twitter.com/ernerfeldt/status/1342956640023289861)) - ✔️ done by @emilk in #415
  - [x] tetra ([1](https://twitter.com/17cupsofcoffee)) - ✔️ done by @17cupsofcoffee in #409
  - [x] ggez - ✔️ done by @icefoxen in #447
  - [x] macroquad ([1](twitter.com/fedor_games), [2](https://reddit.com/r/rust_gamedev/comments/kend22/made_a_bloody_calculator_with_rust_and_wasm)) - ✔️ done by not-fl3 in #424
  - [x] rg3d/rusty-editor ([1](https://twitter.com/DmitryNStepanov), [2](https://reddit.com/r/rust/comments/kad35c/i_made_a_level_in_rustyeditor_which_is_a_scene/), [3](https://old.reddit.com/r/rust/comments/k77u3q/rg3d_v016_featurerich_and_easytouse_game_engine/)) - ✔️ done by @mrDIMAS
  - [x] Starframe ([1](https://twitter.com/moletrooper/status/1338066680724008960)) - ✔️ done by @MoleTrooper in #414
  - [x] dotrix ([1](https://github.com/lowenware/dotrix), [2](https://reddit.com/r/rust_gamedev/comments/jzgwgp/dotrix_3d_engine_weekly_update_1/), [3](https://reddit.com/r/rust_gamedev/comments/k3ri5d/dotrix_weekly_3), [4](https://reddit.com/r/rust_gamedev/comments/kaz0zt/dotrix_weekly_4), [5](https://reddit.com/r/rust_gamedev/comments/kfo5v1/dotrix_weekly_5), [6](https://reddit.com/r/rust_gamedev/comments/kjwoql/dotrix_weekly6)) - ✔️ done by @Lowentwickler in #441
  - [x] Bevy v0.4 ([1](https://reddit.com/r/rust/comments/kge7zy/bevy_04)) - ✔️ done by @cart in #436
  - [x] rpt ([1](https://reddit.com/r/rust/comments/k81wwi/rpt_v01_a_physicallybased_path_tracer)) - ✔️ done by @ekzhang in #410 & #446
  - [x] Textyle ([1](https://reddit.com/r/rust_gamedev/comments/khl8jq/textyle_online_tilemap_editor_rust)) - ✔️ done by @AngelOnFira in #443
  - [x] playground.meteorlinker.com ([1](http://playground.meteorlinker.com), [2](https://reddit.com/r/rust/comments/kk6i38/write_mini_graphics_demos_in_rust_in_the_browser)) - ✔️ done by @AnthonyYoManz in #423

Final steps:

- [x] final review - by everyone
- [x] publish - by @ozkriff
- [x] post on /r/rust, /r/rust\_gamedv, /r/gamedev, URLO, twitter.com/rust\_gamedev - by @ozkriff
- [x] add comment links - by @ozkriff
- [x] add a draft of the 18 newsletter - by @ozkriff

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