Rust for Game Development -- Game Engines & Frameworks

Today we are looking at the most popular engines, frameworks and libraries for Rust game development.

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[DerSolinski]

I'm pretty sure Rust will become the prominent language for games in years to come.
Adoption will be very slow, and then explode as soon there is a viable product for AAA production.
The amount of bug fixing that Rust just outright eliminates from the start is astonishing.
It makes games safer, faster and efficient.

[magicjtv]

‘No mobile” is not a limitation of Rust. Rust libraries can be used on both iOS and Android.

[etopowertwon]

I just today played around with rocket(high-level framework for rust, reminds me of bevy in how it treats state: in bevy you make Resource<XXX> argument, in Rocket - State<XXX> and framework figures itself that it needs to be passed) and also I read about sqlx, which supports sqlite and hence can be useful for gamdev.

Coming from c++, rust macro is something of next-level. sqlx can check sql syntax by connecteing to DB at compile time.

[embeddedbastler]

As an addition, it might be easier to use the wgpu crate instead of Vulkan, OpenGL, ... bindings. Wpgu is a graphics library that has Vulkan, OpenGL, Dx and Metal backends to provide native rendering. As it is based on the upcoming WebGPU API, it will soon be able to also run wgpu projects on the web with high performance.
It's also the project used by the bevy game engine.

[techbytefrontier]

I'm starting to learn rust and will develop games using the bevy engine. I just started and rust seems amazing for me looking as a c, c++ dev.. so many similarities but at the same time very different and very safe, the compiler is also very straight forward with the errors.. i'm really enjoying

[yQAlurOhloz]

"gg easy" is how you pay respects to your opponents after a competitive match.

[GDScriptDude]

I was rusty on this topic, thanks for the update :)

[m-o]

I was literally checking your Bevy 0.7 vid a few hours ago and cloned their repo already, best timing ever.
I was going to try Amethyst originally but changed my mind after seeing that Bevy seems to have the upper hand in terms of roadmap, also personal preference.

[MrNybbles]

@1:12 Mike: ". . .but it was almost like Rocket Surgery to learn."

Yeah, being an Aerospace Doctor is a very high bar to entry.

I love these subtle jokes, please keep them up! 🤣

[vitluk]

Using rust almost daily, not for work, just for toy projects atm, and I love it. The language is just fun to work with (all the other benefits of it aside). I tried to use bevy at some point, but it got me confused as hell with its structure, macros, and traits. Maybe I'll get into that someday but sadly, not enough time to just learn it properly right now for me...

[Hashbee]

I literally decided to learn Rust today and you upload a video, thanks lmao

[rogeriocruz]

"gg ezed" is what Mike says when he trashes noobs of the opposite team

[ysumate]

As for me, everything is simple and clear. Thank you very much for

[telldo]

Reading a little about Rust made me understand a bit easier C/(old) C++ I now use at work (avionic industry). Vice-versa, C++ made me understand parts of Rust I initially didn't fully comprehend. I really don't understand the hate on either of them some people seem to have.

[polymathprogramming]

Allegro 5 has a Crate for rust, and is fantastic alternative to SDL :)

[madpuppet]

I don't think you'll see any triple A using rust unless NIntendo, Sony & Microsoft support a rust interface with their sdks, or if you can compile rust to c++ that can be compiled with their sdks.

[Sanrio_cute]

Please take a look at kajiya renderer it works with bevy game engine, and it looks as good as Unreal Engine.

[EmilNicolaiePerhinschi]

in the article the link to "SDL2 Bindings" goes to the raylib crate

[robertkimura]

The rust gamedev news letters shows some advanced rust projects

[igorgiuseppe]

ggez probably is pronounced as GG Easy