+++ title = "This Month in Rust GameDev #50 - April 2024" transparent = true date = 2024-05-03 draft = true +++
Welcome to the 50th issue of the Rust GameDev Workgroup's monthly newsletter. Rust is a systems language pursuing the trifecta: safety, concurrency, and speed. These goals are well-aligned with game development. We hope to build an inviting ecosystem for anyone wishing to use Rust in their development process! Want to get involved? Join the Rust GameDev working group!
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SM64JSARCHIVE Source code available on the (GitHub, sm64jsarchive is a rewrite of the decompilation project of Super Mario 64 JavaScript as an actively maintained fork instead. The reason this was made as original sm64js's developers and admins / moderators got demotivated and fully left the project sm64jsarchive was made as an new reboot of sm64js.
The backend server has been finally been able to start after 10 long months and is now live to https://mmo.sm64jsarchive.com
The newest updates have been:
- Working MMO
- More stable changes to the games client
A stress test is scheduled for 2024-4-10 12:25 CST and everyone is invited!
Note: if you have a laggy computer or something like that and the page does not load within 10-20 minutes then please try refreshing.
Official demo available soon
Open Combat (Website, GitHub, Discord) is a real-time tactical game which takes place during the 2nd World War.
Some major changes since last news !
- Basic HUD is now complete
- Hight definition map finished for the demo
- Basic game logic finished
The game demo is almost finished. Some things are missing like soldier high definition assets, or minimal AI for opponent. But the demo is playable and we need some alpha players to make feedbacks 🎮 ! You can find game binaries on the Github page. Please come and see us on the Discord to make your feedback !
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