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rust-ecosystem
phaser | rust-ecosystem | |
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7 | 8 | |
36,421 | 861 | |
0.7% | 1.4% | |
9.8 | 7.0 | |
2 days ago | 17 days ago | |
JavaScript | Rust | |
MIT License | Apache License 2.0 |
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phaser
- Alternatives to Flash Player for Videogame Coding?
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3 years of fulltime Rust game development, and why we're leaving Rust behind
If you're targeting the browser first why not use a browser first library like PhaserJS [0]?. I don't see a reason to work around with WASM; HTML5 canvas might be everything that you need.
[0] https://phaser.io/
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Gamedev.js Jam 2024 start and theme announcement!
Gold : GitHub, Phaser Studio, Arcadia
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Introduction to JavaScript: Empowering Web Development with Interactivity
Versatility: JavaScript is not limited to web browsers. It's used in a variety of environments, including mobile app development (using frameworks like React Native), game development (using libraries like Phaser), and even serverless computing (using platforms like AWS Lambda).
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A developer portfolio as a 2D top-down walking simulator
This reminds me of my first real dev job, 10y ago, making small facebook games with https://phaser.io it was actually kind of fun now that I think back.
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Aftermath of switching from VSCode to Neovim
Is it worth it? I think while attempting to create a game engine with the Canvas API and vanilla JavaScript. (I quickly ditched that idea and started using PhaserJS)
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Phaser: A fast, fun and free open source HTML5 game framework
I didn't try to build anything with Phaser, but I evaluated it a bit when trying to pick a game engine for a 2D web game.
The tech didn't impress me that much, but it also seemed like the most mature 2D game engine available in JS.
Notably, Phaser 4 was announced ~four years ago and was an attempt to get the project written natively in TypeScript. It looks pretty dead in the water - https://github.com/phaserjs/phaser and having a "best effort" TypeScript experience layered onto Phaser 3 didn't excite me.
Additionally, with browsers gaining support for WebGPU, I expect any game engine worth their snuff to begin rapidly adopting support for WebGPU. As best I can tell, any hope of Phaser supporting WebGPU is lumped into Phaser 4, so... not much to say there.
Overall, it was a little tough for me to tell if I was being overly critical and viewing a mature product as a ghost town, but that's the impression I took away from it.
As far as I can tell, BabylonJS is king in town for a TypeScript game engine, but its focus is 3D experiences. I didn't find an especially compelling 2D game engine. I ended up making a prototype using React + PixiJS + React-Pixi, but that was hardly an engine and had significant performance issues.
Now I am building in Rust with Bevy. It's slow going, creating UI elements sucks right now, but the underlying tech is super solid and I feel good about what I write and what I learn even if I'm dismayed at the pace in which I am creating.
rust-ecosystem
- 3 years of fulltime Rust game development, and why we're leaving Rust behind
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Rust – Are We Game Yet?
These are issues that I'm aware of that are "tracking" the status of Rust on console:
* <https://github.com/rust-gamedev/wg/issues/90>
* <https://github.com/EmbarkStudios/rust-ecosystem/issues/18>
I say scare quote tracking because due to the nature of console NDAs it's unlikely you'll see much if any useful details in an open public forum.
The issues aren't dissimilar to those facing Godot (although it has the benefit it's able to use existing C++ compilers) and the project has previously outlined some of the issues involved:
* <https://docs.godotengine.org/en/4.0/tutorials/platform/conso...>
* <https://godotengine.org/article/godot-consoles-all-you-need-...>
The current "solution" seems to be console-related development activity occurring via the recently established W4 Games (https://w4games.com/2023/02/28/godot-support-for-consoles-is...) but that's obviously never going to be openly developed without console platform approval (same as any other game engine).
- Useful Clippy lint rules outside of defaults?
- More use of Rust is inevitable in open source software
- How I got involved in the Rust community
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What's the advantages of Rust over C/C++ today ? Is it possible to create the best 3d engine in Rust or a AAA game like Elden Ring, FF7 remake, GTA etc with it ? If it's possible why it asn't been done yet ?
Some companies are betting on Rust, like Embark Studio (though I'm not sure their next big game, ARC Raiders, is actually fully based on Rust... but it will come !)
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Why haven't the community created an open-source version of this game?
Next generation uses Rust https://github.com/EmbarkStudios/rust-ecosystem
- Embark Rust Ecosystem
What are some alternatives?
kaboom.js - 💥 JavaScript game library
downlords-faf-client - Official client for Forged Alliance Forever
Excalibur - 🎮 Your friendly TypeScript 2D game engine for the web 🗡️
gdextension - Rust bindings for Godot 4 [Moved to: https://github.com/godot-rust/gdext]
cocos-engine - Cocos simplifies game creation and distribution with Cocos Creator, a free, open-source, cross-platform game engine. Empowering millions of developers to create high-performance, engaging 2D/3D games and instant web entertainment.
rx - 👾 Modern and minimalist pixel editor
Godot - Godot Engine – Multi-platform 2D and 3D game engine
bevy - A refreshingly simple data-driven game engine built in Rust
A-Frame - :a: Web framework for building virtual reality experiences.
sqlite3-ocaml - OCaml bindings to the SQLite3 database
melonJS - a fresh, modern & lightweight HTML5 game engine
oxidator - RTS game/engine in Rust and WebGPU