From 8aeb2978c58a142b7e8313be809ec8306aa3ad12 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Joe Clay <27cupsofcoffee@gmail.com> Date: Sat, 3 Oct 2020 14:57:37 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] N14: Tetra and tetrapack --- content/posts/newsletter-014/index.md | 28 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+) diff --git a/content/posts/newsletter-014/index.md b/content/posts/newsletter-014/index.md index b13fd591e..33e04c5aa 100644 --- a/content/posts/newsletter-014/index.md +++ b/content/posts/newsletter-014/index.md @@ -66,6 +66,34 @@ If needed, a section can be split into subsections with a "------" delimiter. ## Library & Tooling Updates +### Tetra + +[Tetra] is a simple 2D game framework, inspired by XNA and Raylib. This month, +version [0.5][tetra-05] was released, featuring: + +- Cargo feature flags, allowing you to remove unused functionality and + shrink your build +- Relative mouse events and infinite mouse movement (allowing for FPS-style + control schemes) +- Extra methods for getting and setting the state of a playing sound + +For full details and a list of breaking changes, see the [changelog][tetra-changelog]. + +Additionally, this month [puppetmaster] released [tetrapack], a set of useful +extensions for Tetra. This includes: + +- Helpful timer types +- Looping background music +- Custom mouse cursors +- Input utility functions +- Tilemaps and tile animations + +[tetra]: https://github.com/17cupsofcoffee/tetra +[tetra-05]: https://twitter.com/17cupsofcoffee/status/1301210538299609088 +[tetra-changelog]: https://github.com/17cupsofcoffee/tetra/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md +[puppetmaster]: https://github.com/puppetmaster- +[tetrapack]: https://github.com/puppetmaster-/tetrapack + ## Popular Workgroup Issues in Github ## Requests for Contribution