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Newsletter 9: Add Colony, ssshmup, and Robo (#126)
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[blobs-tweet]: https://twitter.com/rhmoller/status/1254179448586481669
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### [Colony Genesis][colony-itch]
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![gameplay screenshot with ASCII art graphics](colony.png)
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[Native Systems] is working on "Colony Genesis" - an ant colony sandbox game
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with ASCII graphics.
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This month v0.1.3 and v0.1.4 versions were released. Some of the updates:
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- Add controls to highlight all ants by behavior (SHIFT+select)
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- Fix frame loop timer to prevent fast forwards
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- Adds temperature diffusion and adjusts rates
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It should now be easier to maintain high enough temperatures over night
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and in lower soil layers for eggs to develop normally.
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[colony-itch]: https://nativesystems.itch.io/colony
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[Native Systems]: https://nativesystems.rs
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### [ssshmup]
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![shmup gameplay](ssshmup.gif)
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[ssshmup] by [@mkhan45]
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is a small small shoot 'em up made with [ggez] and [specs].
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_Discussions:
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[/r/rust_gamedev](https://reddit.com/r/rust_gamedev/comments/g6uwah/super_small_shootem_up)_
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[ssshmup]: https://github.com/mkhan45/ssshmup
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[@mkhan45]: https://github.com/mkhan45
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[ggez]: https://ggez.rs
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[specs]: https://github.com/amethyst/specs
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### [Robo Instructus]
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[![stepping through the code](robo.gif)][robo-news]
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[Alex Butler] continues to polish their "[Robo Instructus]" puzzle game -
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[1.25, 1.26, and 1.27 versions were released][robo-news]:
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automatically follow execution when paused,
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bugfixes, dependency updates, and performance optimizations.
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[Alex Butler]: https://twitter.com/bigabgames
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[Robo Instructus]: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1032170/Robo_Instructus
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[robo-news]: https://steamcommunity.com/app/1032170/allnews
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Also, Alex published a new crate supporting the rasterization
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of .otf lines and quad/cubic Bézier curves: [ab_glyph_rasterizer].
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It's around 2-5x faster than the current rusttype .ttf rasterizer.
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[ab_glyph_rasterizer]: https://crates.io/crates/ab_glyph_rasterizer
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### Amethyst Games
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- "Conquest" by [@takeryo_eeic] is a hexagonal tactic game.

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