Newsletter 5: Initial draft (#46)

Author: ozkriff

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+title = "This Month in Rust GameDev #5 - December 2019"
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+<!-- markdownlint-disable no-trailing-punctuation -->
+
+Welcome to the fifth 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!][join]
+
+Want something mentioned in the next newsletter?
+[Send us a pull request][pr].
+Feel free to send PRs about your own projects!
+
+[Rust]: https://rust-lang.org
+[join]: https://github.com/rust-gamedev/wg#join-the-fun
+[pr]: https://github.com/rust-gamedev/rust-gamedev.github.io
+
+<!--
+Ideal section structure is:
+
+```
+### [Title]
+
+![image/GIF description](image link)
+
+A paragraph or two with a summary and [useful links].
+
+_Discussions:
+[/r/rust](https://reddit.com/r/rust/todo),
+[twitter](https://twitter.com/todo/status/123456)_
+
+[Title]: https://first.link
+[useful links]: https://other.link
+```
+
+Discussion links are added only if they contain
+some actual interesting discussions.
+
+If needed, a section can be split into subsections with a "------" delimiter.
+-->
+
+## Game Updates
+
+## Library & Tooling updates
+
+## Popular Workgroup Issues in Github
+
+<!-- Up to 10 links to interesting issues -->
+
+- [#32 "Selective Enabling/Disabling optimizations at a crate/file/function level"](https://github.com/rust-gamedev/wg/issues/32);
+- [#69 "Input Handling"](https://github.com/rust-gamedev/wg/issues/69);
+- [#75 "Standardised API for sharing thread pools"](https://github.com/rust-gamedev/wg/issues/75);
+
+<!-- TODO: more issues -->
+
+## Meeting Minutes
+
+<!-- Up to 10 most important notes + a link to the full details -->
+
+[See all meeting issues][label_meeting] including full text notes
+or [join the next meeting][join].
+
+[label_meeting]: https://github.com/rust-gamedev/wg/issues?q=label%3Ameeting
+
+## Requests for Contribution
+
+<!-- Links to "good first issue"-labels or direct links to specific tasks -->
+
+- [/r/rust: "Need help porting steam libraries to rust"][help-steam-libs];
+- [Embark's open issues][embark-open-issues] ([embark.rs]);
+- [winit's "Good first issue" and “help wanted” issues][winit-issues];
+- [gfx-rs's "contributor-friendly" issues][gfx-issues];
+- [wgpu's "help wanted" issues][wgpu-help-wanted];
+- [luminance's "low hanging fruit" issues][luminance-fruits];
+- [ggez's "good first issue" issues][ggez-issues];
+- [Veloren's "beginner" issues][veloren-beginner];
+- [Amethyst's "good first issue" issues][amethyst-issues];
+
+[help-steam-libs]: https://reddit.com/r/rust/comments/diuqg7/need_help_porting_steam_libraries_to_rust
+[embark.rs]: https://embark.rs
+[embark-open-issues]: https://github.com/search?q=user:EmbarkStudios+state:open
+[winit-issues]: https://github.com/rust-windowing/winit/issues?utf8=✓&q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3A%22status%3A+help+wanted%22+label%3A%22Good+first+issue%22
+[gfx-issues]: https://github.com/gfx-rs/gfx/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3Acontributor-friendly
+[wgpu-help-wanted]: https://github.com/gfx-rs/wgpu-rs/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3A%22help+wanted%22
+[luminance-fruits]: https://github.com/phaazon/luminance-rs/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3A%22low+hanging+fruit%22
+[ggez-issues]: https://github.com/ggez/ggez/labels/%2AGOOD%20FIRST%20ISSUE%2A
+[veloren-beginner]: https://gitlab.com/veloren/veloren/issues?label_name=beginner
+[amethyst-issues]: https://github.com/amethyst/amethyst/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3A%22good+first+issue%22
+
+## Bonus
+
+<!-- Bonus section to make the newsletter more interesting
+and highlight events from the past. -->
+
+Just an interesting Rust gamedev link from the past. :)
+
+------
+
+That's all news for today, thanks for reading!
+
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+[/r/rust](TODO),
+[twitter](TODO).
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+[@rust_gamedev]: https://twitter.com/rust_gamedev