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[ldn]: https://meetup.com/Rust-London-User-Group/events/269357779 [ldn-video]: https://youtube.com/watch?v=o9QeKfKLXXM -[ldn-slides-1]: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1-uPn_a03oePVxJrw6l0u-DYlbJC_1i8i4DMs5J2grGw/edit#slide=id.g72ab46800e_0_118 -[ldn-slides-2]: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1R49kKosTRoQU6UPk9xAc8fXd3_GEnzzrrEfKwS97XHM/edit#slide=id.g7f7981398b_0_627 -[ldn-slides-3]: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1YP9ksYnk0Mzycywd0w_4X4QWAPQEqZtm8zTTvVEtedM/edit#slide=id.g7f632a29d0_0_310 +[ldn-slides-1]: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1-uPn_a03oePVxJrw6l0u-DYlbJC_1i8i4DMs5J2grGw +[ldn-slides-2]: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1R49kKosTRoQU6UPk9xAc8fXd3_GEnzzrrEfKwS97XHM +[ldn-slides-3]: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1YP9ksYnk0Mzycywd0w_4X4QWAPQEqZtm8zTTvVEtedM [@_AlexEne_]: https://twitter.com/_AlexEne_ [@plippe]: https://github.com/plippe ## Game Updates +### [Crate Before Attack][cratebeforeattack-site] + +[![screenshot: a frog swinging on their tongue](cratebeforeattack.png)][cratebeforeattack-site] + +["Crate Before Attack"][cratebeforeattack-site] by @koalefant +is a multiplayer game where frogs combat their friends +while navigating a landscape with their sticky tongue. +It is a hybrid of a realtime and turn-based game. + +The game [can be played right in the browser (PC-only)][cratebeforeattack-play]. + +It is built for Web using [miniquad] and [tokio] crates and features: + +- Swift roping (aka grappling hook); +- Diverse weapons; +- Local and online multiplayer; +- Procedural animation; +- Fun physics. + +Check the [devlog][cratebeforeattack-devlog]. It has three posts atm: + +- ["Inflation"](https://cratebeforeattack.com/posts/20200420-inflation) +- ["Hare Animation"](https://cratebeforeattack.com/posts/20200428-hare-animation) +- ["Rust Experiment"](https://cratebeforeattack.com/posts/20200502-rust) + +Also, there're a lot of dev videos on the game's +[YouTube channel][cratebeforeattack-youtube]. + +[cratebeforeattack-devlog]: https://cratebeforeattack.com/posts +[cratebeforeattack-play]: https://cratebeforeattack.com/play +[cratebeforeattack-site]: https://cratebeforeattack.com +[cratebeforeattack-youtube]: https://youtube.com/channel/UC_xMilPTLuuE5iLs1Ml9zow +[tokio]: https://tokio.rs + ### [A/B Street][abstreet] [A/B Street][abstreet] is a game by [dabreegster] exploring how small changes to @@ -213,6 +247,54 @@ Follow [@seratonik] on Twitter for updates. [@seratonik]: https://twitter.com/seratonik [mishayla]: https://www.artstation.com/mpaulson +### [Akigi][akigi] + +![shadows demo](akigi-shadows.jpeg) + +^ _new shadows_ + +> [Akigi][akigi] is a multiplayer online world where humans +> aren't the only intelligent animals. + +Some of this months's updates: + +- [Better NPC decision making](https://devjournal.akigi.com/april-2020/061-2020-04-05.html#npc-decision-making). +- [Health bars, water](https://devjournal.akigi.com/april-2020/062-2020-04-12.html) + and [shadows](https://devjournal.akigi.com/april-2020/063-2020-04-19.html). +- [Displaying damage received](https://devjournal.akigi.com/april-2020/064-2020-04-26.html#displaying-damage-received). + +Full devlogs: +[#061](https://devjournal.akigi.com/april-2020/061-2020-04-05.html), +[#062](https://devjournal.akigi.com/april-2020/062-2020-04-12.html), +[#063](https://devjournal.akigi.com/april-2020/063-2020-04-19.html), +[#064](https://devjournal.akigi.com/april-2020/064-2020-04-26.html). + +[akigi]: https://akigi.com + +### Blobs'n'Bullets + +![shmup](blobs-n-bullets.gif) + +[@rhmoller started working][blobs-tweet] on +a retro twin-stick shooter "Blobs'n'Bullets". +It uses WASM, web-sys, canvas and the gamepad-api +and features a local 2-player coop. + +[blobs-tweet]: https://twitter.com/rhmoller/status/1254179448586481669 + +### Amethyst Games + +- "Conquest" by [@takeryo_eeic] is a hexagonal tactic game. + This month [its model were updated][conquest-models] + and the UX was reworked to feel like moving chess pieces. + Check out a [new gameplay video][conquest-video]: + + [![new models](conquest.gif)][conquest-video] + +[@takeryo_eeic]: https://twitter.com/takeryo_eeic +[conquest-models]: https://twitter.com/takeryo_eeic/status/1246189179467214850 +[conquest-video]: https://twitter.com/takeryo_eeic/status/1249850460678193152 + ### Ludum Dare 46 Games [Ludum Dare 46](https://ldjam.com/) was this month!